Sacramento vs Golden State Preview Mar 20th 2005

If the Red Sox can beat the curse-the W's ought to be able to make the playoffs-next year. While Andy will likely add 10-15 lb for next year, Zarko needs to be quick,and adding bulk too quick could slow him up. All the young guys will likely be stronger if not much heavier. That everyone seems to "get it" now really gives the W's a lot broader options next draft. Note too,Murphy has had a very good game.

 

Yea Murphy really stepped up tonight. Hopefully the reason he's been so terrible with his insided game this season is becuase of his injuries.

Also I wish the warriors would make more then half their freethrows. This game would be over if they did.

 

Three blind mice, three blind mice, see how they run, see how they run....

Refs are calling questionable calls both ways, but man...

 

Close at the end-hope the W's don't get hasty with a 3

 

Nice, Biedrins just got his first double double.

But the lead is slipping. No J-rich to hit the clutch shot this time. Who should get the ball if it does come down to the last shot. Since Davis is like 4-17 tonight.

Also the warriors may hit a new season high in 3's attempted again.

 

Zarko nailed a clutch shot

 

you can't stop Zarko,you can only hope to contain him. A month ago that statement would have got lots of laughs

 

stick a fork in Sacto-Bibby flipped out and it's history

 

Listen to the Kings fans boo as the W's dribble out the clock Music to my ears since we always been dominated by the Kings at Arco. The cool thing was we did it without our scoring leader Jrich, a shotblocking backup center, and on the road at Arco of all places. This means we've swept the Kings on their home turf during this entire season. Wow...

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting custodianrules2:</div><div class="quote_post">Listen to the Kings fans boo as the W's dribble out the clock Music to my ears since we always been dominated by the Kings at Arco. The cool thing was we did it without our scoring leader Jrich, a shotblocking backup center, and on the road at Arco of all places. This means we've swept the Kings on their home turf during this entire season. Wow...</div>

I am very impressed. Missing Jrich is a bigger hit to this team than Mobley, Miller and Jackson. I would be pissed if I was a Kings fan too. Not only have you lost to the Warriors twice in the last week and this time at home by 10 but we actually won the series for the season 3-1 for the first time since we had Webber...

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting REREM:</div><div class="quote_post">stick a fork in Sacto-Bibby flipped out and it's history</div>
Zarko was awesome, He always played smart and stayed aggressive. A huge mismatch on the offense end in our favor. I love how he just spikes it down in traffic. Only way to stop him is to pull a cheap "Danny Fortson" move on him.

Yeah I saw that Bibby got totally frustrated. He went and chopped Murphy right across the arms toward his face and Monty had to calm Murphy down because Murphy was ready to get into it.

 

All I can say is we better lock up Zarko and AB long term when their contracts are up. These guys have impressed me more then anyone else on the team the last 3-4 games..I hope they keep it up and keep getting better. That cluth shot by Zarko was lovely...rising up very high and the soft touch to put it in the basket..AB showed his offense skills around the rim tonight aswell. I only saw the 2nd half but its always entertaining to whoop Sac, especially in Arco

 

Man, Kings probably saw this game as a automatic win, and to make things worse, we also lost Richardson (who averaged 34 pts against Kings) and Foyle. I was hoping that we don't get blown out, and we came out with a win.

We know that stat can be deceiving, but for Davis, stat is blatantly lying under the oath. He had 13/8 ast with 4-18 including 1-11 from 3. But, he really was a big part of this victory.

Murphy picked up his game when we need the most with Richardson's absence.

What did we give up for Zarko? Looks like his confidence is back. He is deceptionally quick. 7-7 from 2 pts.

Biedrins is long. Very very long. And, he can be longer. He impacted the game big time.

Dunleavy didn't have exactly a good game, but his 7 pts in early 4th quarter was huge. Also, 2nd time, Peja had horrible shooting night.

Now, Fisher is being infected by Davis and he is actually useful even when his shooting wasn't going down with 9 ast.

Pietrus didn't exactly exploded but his 9 rebounds were rather huge.

I had bit hard time recognizing Murphy, Biedrins, Zarko, and Skita. Was I alone?

We had winning rec against Kings when we had Webber. Now, we had a winning rec against Kings when Webber was traded...

 

You know what, all of a sudden the Warriors front line doesn't look small anymore. We actually have size and length now. I think previously the warriors were undersized, getting destroyed in the paint. Now, we have some lengthy athletic guys who can guard the paint. Take a look at AK47, that guy is a blocking machine. Hopefully Biedrins and Zarko can be somewhat like that.

 

Jeez, lots of Warrior fans on tonight.

Um do my eyes deceive me but Fisher's box score says he got 9 assists. I know the guy can pass really well, but thank goodness his mentality wasn't going to bomb shots off the dribble without passing when the Warriors fell into that 12-3(?) Kings run in the 4th. Baron Davis on the other hand went 1 of 11 from downtown, but he was penetrating and setting everyone up. I guess you don't mind the shot selection when your biggest point guard is getting blocks, 8 assists, and steals and the ball is hitting at least one or two other people's hands before getting it cycled back. Great game from our backcourt and our frontcourt. It was an all around team game. 23 team assists versus Sactown's 16. And without our biggest shotblocking presence, we got 5 blocks. 2 From Baron, 1 from Biedrins, 1 from Murphy, and 1 from Pietrus.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting openglfx:</div><div class="quote_post">You know what, all of a sudden the Warriors front line doesn't look small anymore. We actually have size and length now. I think previously the warriors were undersized, getting destroyed in the paint. Now, we have some lengthy athletic guys who can guard the paint. Take a look at AK47, that guy is a blocking machine. Hopefully Biedrins and Zarko can be somewhat like that.</div>

Well, I don't know about that. I mean, with Biedrin, our middle got stronger, but still it's far from enough. Even with our 7 wins with Davis, only decent big man we met was Garnett (13 for 18 with 28 pts) and Stoudmire (12 for 22 with 31 pts), and they basically had their ways against us. If we plan to move next step, we will need a defensive big man... like Dampier...

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Kwan1031:</div><div class="quote_post">Well, I don't know about that. I mean, with Biedrin, our middle got stronger, but still it's far from enough. Even with our 7 wins with Davis, only decent big man we met was Garnett (13 for 18 with 28 pts) and Stoudmire (12 for 22 with 31 pts), and they basically had their ways against us. If we plan to move next step, we will need a defensive big man... like Dampier...</div>

We'll see next year, I mean those two guys you mentioned are capable of blowing up with those numbers against anyone on them almost. As long as they can keep the other guys from scoring easy buckets. Thats good enough IMO.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting custodianrules2:</div><div class="quote_post"> Um do my eyes deceive me but Fisher's box score says he got 9 assists. I know the guy can pass really well, but thank goodness his mentality wasn't going to bomb shots off the dribble without passing.</div>

Freakin finally Fisher gets it. He played very well without even hoisting a lot of shots. If he can just do this all the time then that would be great.

Zarko & Murphy were great. Murphy showed a lot of heart. His post moves were not very fashy but played his guts out. I hope warriorsfansc is right and works hard on a post game this summer. Zarko was awesome. That floating post shot was money. B-Diddy is balling even when he's shooting 4-18. Beans is looking like a steal of a pick @ 11. Pietrus played within himself and made plays.

Next year is going to be awesome. We are probably going to get a top ten draft pick as opposed to 6 or 7 but Taft, Splitter & Vazquez may slip. Mullin got Biedrins to pull out of workouts so I wouldn't be suprised if he pulls it off again. Get in everyone, Mullin's in the driver's seat and we're all going aboard...

 

Biedrins had his first start. Hopefully after this game Monty will start Biedrins over Foyle. Foyle doesn't get double-doubles and posterize like that No Richardson yet we won... I'm glad Murphy had a big game. Hopefully this will make him more confident in his next games. Zarko did great off the bench, no surprise. White is killing me. Skittles hardly played, but hey, he scored!

 

Nice game by the Warriors...

The Warriors could use another big man defender like Kwan was saying. Actually if anyteam could find someone who could nutralize players like KG and Amare, that would be one very valuable player. But I agree that the Warriors could use a player like that, maybe like a Dampier, I suppose. But maybe Foyle and Biedrins could hold their own, just enough, especially with Zarko, Murphy, and Skita being other big bodies who are at least long and "can" be a presence...which is not all the time though. But maybe one more solid big defensive player would be a good addition to this team, especially when it seems that Foyle is always out for some reason or another, or just playing in a slump. As it is, Murphy, Zarko, and Skita are very suspect and kind of far from desireable defensive big man for a team. But they are long and tall. But still far from desireable.

But I have a question about Mickael Pietrus. I notice that he seems kind of fluttered out there, like he isn't in the game like he used to be and that he is much more reserved. I may be a little in denial to think that he could never have a poor attitude, especially since I have known him to be very competitive. But right now I was trying to understand Pietrus and how he was playing. And right now he is mostly nonexistant(like in the offense), and isn't being as asertive as he used to be. My thoughts were that he is being cautious so he doesn't screw up so he would get pulled out of the game; maybe just let the offense do their thing, since they were working very well like that; or he is totally off line and not on the same page or attitude level with the rest of the team and the coaching staff. And then you have Jim Barnett getting on him a lot(I am not sure why he does it so much). I find this situation to be kind of odd...

I guess my question though, is...Has Pietrus gained a somewhat "bad attitude" or loss of passion(that he once had)? Or is this still Pietrus trying to find his way on the team, and try to find what the team wants and needs him to do(especially after the new additions). I mean, I guess I could see Pietrus being kind of confused on what Montgomery wants from him...And I know there is more that Montgomery could get out of Pietrus. So it's kind of weird like that...But Pietrus did have 9 big rebounds. I would like to see his aggressiveness and passion on the court come to live again.