Sacramento vs Golden State Preview Mar 20th 2005

This is not going to be as fancy looking as other people's previews but if someone wants to attach pictures ect, that would be welcome...

The Warriors will be playing Sacramento at Arco Arena on Sunday at 6:00pm unlike when they defeated the Kings in Oakland by a score of 100-97. The Warriors own a suprising 2-1 series advantage over the Kings this season and will look to win the series 3-1 for the first time since the went 4-1 in the 1993-1994 season. That is insane.

The Warriors will have a tough task to fulfill in order to do that. Don't expect another 40pt game by Jrich or a 33pt game by Baron Davis. In order to win this game the Warriors will have to play defense first and foremost and have a balanced scoring output by our main 8 player rotation. Cuttino Mobley made 10-15 from the field including 6-7 from 3pt range. Whoever is guarding Mobley this game must make sure to stick on him and not allow him to get hot from the 3pt line. He also was able to post up Derek Fisher at will. I would put Baron Davis on Mobley to outmuscle Mobley down low in the post and have the quickness to stay with him on the perimeter. We kept Peja in check most of the game last time and we also have to keep that our focus. Dunleavy made his defense an example for guarding Peja; make him put it on the floor and create his own shots. Do not let him catch and shoot or curl off screens. Bibby is the only real theat left after Mobley and Peja. He could be a very tough matchup for Fisher because of his quickness but he obviously could not hold Mobley down low so hopefully he will be able to body up on Bibby a little better since he is a smaller guard and play off him so that he wont get burned every time Bibby penetrates.

As far as the offense is concerned I think we need to keep taking advantage of Richardson's strength and quickness down low. Post him up for instant offense, otherwise keep moving the ball around for easy shots in the half court set and keep trying to push the ball on the fast break. Our key to winning will not be our starting 5 like Sacramento but it will be our bench and depth. Biedrens, Zarko, and Pietrus are coming on strong and play very well together. They have been altering oppenents shots in the lane and rebounding with aggressiveness. They will be key in resting Richardson, Murphy, Dunleavy and Foyle.

This is going to be a very tough game to win on the road especially after beating them less than a week ago. I predict the Kings to win by 6-8pts in a high scoring game.

 

Hey thanks for doing this WF!

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Mobley is out (back spasms again, I think)
Jrich is out (family emergency)

 

Foyle is out too. But Biedrins gets his first start.

 

Wow without Foyle there's going to be no defense inside when Biedrins is out and without Jrich's assortment of team leading stats and his post up fadeaways it'll be hard to score.

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Dfish is playing point guard, oh no, here comes the barrage of wasted posessions.

 

...which all makes sense and yet it's near even after a quarter-at Arco. Monty's getting more confident in the bench Skita is in,White played,looks like everyone but Todd Fuller will get minutes

 

Skita pops a 3

 

Warriors looking good even without Jrich. Biedrins playing well once again.

 

The scoreboard said Biedrins got a technical. How did that happen?

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Gohn:</div><div class="quote_post">The scoreboard said Biedrins got a technical. How did that happen?</div>

Illegal defense.

 

I like the fact our 7 footers on the floor are athletic, skilled enough to take it to the rim and big enough to just shoot over everyone or post up to pound the ball inside. They just need to hustle so they can change shots and shield off the penetration on the defensive end. It appears that the team is up when Biedrins is in the game because he's just so active and everywhere at once. And then with Dunleavy/Zarko in the game it helps tie in the catch and shooters who will try to pop threes if nobody gets open. I just hope we don't settle for this in transition 3 ball crap unless the player is absolutely on fire the last couple of posessions.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting BDiddyJRich:</div><div class="quote_post">Illegal defense.</div>
Oh alright. Didn't think he would get a tech for argueing a call or taunting.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Gohn:</div><div class="quote_post">Oh alright. Didn't think he would get a tech for argueing a call or taunting.</div>
I'd love to see the guy pound his chest and go "ahhhhhhhhhhh!" after he just spiked it on Brian Skinner.

 

Speak of the devil, he just curled around Skinner for the 180 slam dunk on top of his dome.

 

No problem on the preview Custodian. I dont know how you guys post the pictures but I assume it is with photo shop or something. It is alot harder than it looks so everyone who even attempts to do this and create a better one than me I have much respect for. I think I provided pretty good personal insight since I just saw them play on national TV against Sac only a few days before and I stayed up until 11:30pm to watch every minute of the game. If it were not for it being on TV I would not have been able to do this preview. If Biedrens plays well and scores 15pts and 10rebs I think this guy needs to start over Foyle...

 

What a dunk by Biedrins. The guy has 9 points on 4/4 shooting and 7 boards in 15 mins.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Warriorfansnc93:</div><div class="quote_post">No problem on the preview Custodian. I dont know how you guys post the pictures but I assume it is with photo shop or something. It is alot harder than it looks so everyone who even attempts to do this and create a better one than me I have much respect for. I think I provided pretty good personal insight since I just saw them play on national TV against Sac only a few days before and I stayed up until 11:30pm to watch every minute of the game. If it were not for it being on TV I would not have been able to do this preview. If Biedrens plays well and scores 15pts and 10rebs I think this guy needs to start over Foyle...</div> Well it was appreciated you took care of it for us BTW if you want to know how to do pictures, if you go to your User CP options at the top of the page it should take you to the page which is title "User Control Panel", click on "edit options" on the left hand side menu. Under "Miscellaneous Options" on that options page (down at the bottom) there should be a section that says

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Message Editor Interface
When posting messages to the forums or other members, there are three interface types available to you. The simplest of these is a simple text box, while the last is a fully-fledged WYSIWYG editor, which allows you to format your text as you want it and see the results immediately.</div>
Choose WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) that has pictures capability where you can post url links to post pictures without hosting them yourself.

 

Zarko!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was like 3 dunks tonight off the drive?

 

Man, I'm excited about next season already when the Euro's all bulk up and get stronger. Zarko is jsut amazing, his long strides and ball handling skills. AB, man 18 years old and his length and defense is great. I hope to see more of Skit playing in the future, looks like more good stuff.

 

man, i have to say your bball club will be monstrous next season... they are playing really well lately.. baron davis surely had made a huge impact on GSW

 

One more rebound and Beidrins gets a double double.