Golden State Warriors @ Milwaukee Bucks 3/30/05

<font size="4">Milwaukee Bucks</font><font size="4"> (27-43) @ </font><font size="4">Golden State Warriors</font><font size="4"> (25-45</font><font size="4">)</font>

Golden State Warriors






PG - Baron "B-Diddy" Davis
SG - Jason "J-Rich" Richardson
SF - Mike Dunleavy Jr. (?)
PF - Troy Murphy
C - Adonal "O.D." Foyle


Milwaukee Bucks




PG - Mo Williams
SG - Michael Redd
SF - Toni "The Croation Sensation" Kukoc
PF - Joe Smith
C - Dan Gadzuric

 

All right Murphy is becoming a dunk-a-holic. Freakin' awesome! Go Murphy!

 

McDonalds AA game>Warriors>McDonalds>Warriors...my remote is getting warm. Looks like Pietrus is still hot

 

I'm just glad the team has it in their head it's better to drive than to settle for jumpers. Pietrus and Murphy are just driving and getting to the line.

Keep an eye on Gerald Green in that McDonald's AA game.

 

Key Halftime Stat:
60-52 Warriors

Warriors Team Rebounding: Warriors: 29 rebs (10 offensive boards) vs. Bucks: 20 rebs (6 offensive boards)
Team Free throw Attempts: Warriors: 21 FT attempts vs. Bucks: 11 FT attempts

Troy Murphy: 16 points/7 boards/6 of 6 from free throw line in first half
Baron Davis: 11 assists in the first half.
Jason Richardson: 12 points 4 of 5 from free throw line
Mickael Pietrus: 8 points, 5 of 6 from free throw line
Zarko Cabarkapa: 6 rebounds

Michael Redd: 16 points 6/7 free throw line
Mo Williams: 6 assists 6/8 shooting

 

Green can soar and has also made nearly every 3 attempt. An all-star game doesn't display a lot of D. A big guy,Bynum,shows potential. Josh McRoberts has impressive overall skills-seems committed to college. Actually,many of these guys look talented,Green looks top 10,I'm not sue anyone else locked a round 1 slot,but there are quite a few who'd be hard to resist if available rd 2

 

They say Green is the second coming of Tracy McGrady or at least a Josh Smith if the hype is all wrong.

 

DFish just hit another buzzer beater. This one to give us the lead at the end of the third. He's so much more accurate when there's a guy to hand it to him rather than him trying to just play for the last shot with the ball in his hands.

He got a screen shot a 3 off the dribble. Missed. Pietrus hustles down the offensive board, goes iso and misses. Then Biedrins get a 2nd offensive board and calmly scoops it to Fisher who hits it with almost no time remaining. Now if Fish can avoid shooting it off the dribble he'd be a higher percentage shooter by now.

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Jason Richardson back to back sequence of the season:

Jrich comes out of nowhere on defense to swat the ball which is being shot on the corner baseline by the Bucks. As the ball goes flying out of bounds, he jumps after it and backhands it to a teammate to save the ball. The Warriors now have possession. Jrich then runs full speed the length of the court for the alley oop feed from Baron Davis for the slam dunk. What hustle.

Then Pietrus puts one over Zaza Pachulia for the alley oop dunk and draws a blocking foul.

 

Why is Foyle shooting the ball? We have last posession in the 4th and we can run out the clock. With the 8 point lead on a two-on-one break with the final 24, he decides to shoots 8 feet away from the basket rather than hold it or at least try to get the 100% shot by dunking it. Since he sucks, he misses, then the Bucks run it back on the miss to get it within 6. What an idiot.

***
Thank God, Monty just yanked him. He was on route to cost us the game like he almost did last game with the Bucks when he committed the over the back foul to give the Bucks the lead in the final minute. Freakin' Foyle... He should not be allowed to play in 4th quarters and he can whine about it all he wants on his website. 8 years in the league and you'd figure he'd know better. And plus he cost two easy posessions earlier in the game by just fumbling the ball out of bounds on the rebound or dropping the pass. It should show up as two turnovers, but he never had posession since it wasn't in his hands long enough cuz he can't catch.

 

o-my-gosh,fun finish. J rich gives us that superhero sequence,Murph-double/double again,Pietrus,Zarko,just great off the bench,a Fish buzzer shot,Adonal plays nice D-then has a classic brainfreeze late,Baron and the gang end it with a globetrotter-like 4 corners show. cool

 

The warriors have won the last 6 of 7 and 8 of 12 on the road? Who are these guys!

 

Awesome win. Foyle F'ckin sucks.

 

It was the Baron Davis, Pietrus, Jrich and Murphy show tonight.

I think Pietrus actually got more minutes than Dunleavy or Fisher and a new season high. I think Pietrus is starting to understand his role, shut down the other team's best scorer in the backfourt, learn when to play team defense and start driving because we have very few guys who can beat their man senseless off the dribble like he can. We better not trade Pietrus because I see a 1-2 punch in the shooting guard spot. One guy who is too quick and the other guy who is too strong. And the rest are all glue guys who can score within the flow of things like Zarko, Dunleavy, etc.

I loved how Murphy was aggressive attacking the rim. Most dunks I've seen out of him tonight. I love it when the 6'11 guy just powers it down making the whole backboard shake.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting upsidedownside7:</div><div class="quote_post">Awesome win. Foyle F'ckin sucks.</div>

I think you're being too harsh on the guy man, he's still our best post defender. Hell he had 8 points, take out the 8 points we lose.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting openglfx:</div><div class="quote_post">I think you're being too harsh on the guy man, he's still our best post defender. Hell he had 8 points, take out the 8 points we lose.</div>
I don't think that's harsh. He's paid like a starter because he wanted to be a starter, but plays nowhere near the expectations, consistency and the level he's supposed to play as a starter. He jobbed Mullin last summer. If it wasn't him in the game, then it'd be someone else's 8 points (which were given to him by Baron Davis since Foyle's defensive assignment went after him instead). Maybe if we'd have waited to get somebody that is more coordinated at least and has an idea of what they're doing in the game rather than lock up a guy who has been injured in both knees for a 5 year guaranteed contract for roughly 8-10 mil a year. He's no Pietrus, so he can't get away with carrying such a low basketball IQ with 8 years in the league under his belt. Granted, we could have done far worse for a starting center, we can't help but feel angry when we're unsure if there's going to be enough budget left for re-signing guys like Zarko, Pietrus, and Dunleavy. If we sacrifice talent and are content with a Center that doesn't produce consistently, we're going to be really hating him when certain guys aren't going to be back because he took away 2-4 million from the budget as his year-to-year payout grows. In addition, his defense is way overrated, not to be confused with his 110% effort, but he's not crafty enough as veterans like Cliff Robinson, Dale Davis, Kurt Thomas, or PJ Brown, on and on. Very rarely do I see him force turnovers from the guys they're guarding, forcing them to travel, terminate their dribble or losing the ball. He's got great timing on his blocks, but it doesn't mean anything if the Bucks get the ball back and they end up scoring. It just makes Foyle look more and more one-dimensional as a player that's supposed to set the tone. Bucks got nobody inside other than Marcus Fizer so maybe Foyle stood out during this game, but other games he's been horrible. We can say at least he's a guy with a lot of heart and that he'll play 110%, but it's just not enough when he's out there doing dumb stuff or dropping easy plays a development league player could finish. You need the smarts and at least some all around skill as a big man. A lot of times he ends up playing like a rook and I hope Monty makes him into an example in film session so Baron won't have to and so Biedrins doesn't pick up bad habits by watching this guy.

 

Man does Baron Davis make a difference, the team seems to clicking on all cylinders. Those alleyoops from Baron to J-Rich are plain nasty. I can hardly wait for the game against the Lakers. I really love the Orange uniforms I hope the keep them permanently

 

Watching Suns-Sixers and when Stephen Hunter and Sam Dalembert were on the floor there were plenty of iron hands and low BB IQ moments. Around the league there are a dozen backup bigs who can match Foyle's low-lights,with not half the upside..and that's pretty much why he got that contract,plan B was really a bummer. There are a lot more NBA teams now than 15-20 years ago,but not a lot more talented centers. On "potential" Gerald Green is well ahead of Marvin Williams and Rudy Gay. I have not seen any of the 3 play much D yet,though Marvin did play some in the last game,which finally got him off my "sucks" list and on my "maybe next year" list

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting REREM:</div><div class="quote_post">Watching Suns-Sixers and when Stephen Hunter and Sam Dalembert were on the floor there were plenty of iron hands and low BB IQ moments. Around the league there are a dozen backup bigs who can match Foyle's low-lights,with not half the upside..and that's pretty much why he got that contract,plan B was really a bummer. There are a lot more NBA teams now than 15-20 years ago,but not a lot more talented centers. On "potential" Gerald Green is well ahead of Marvin Williams and Rudy Gay. I have not seen any of the 3 play much D yet,though Marvin did play some in the last game,which finally got him off my "sucks" list and on my "maybe next year" list</div> Oh yeah with those guys, definitely, but Foyle for 5-6 years?? I think we could get away with playing with an NBDL leaguer or a power forward at center a la the Knicks, but Mullin had it in his mind that this was the playoff team going into this season so he shelled out 6 year contracts to a bunch of players, 1 or 2 which have had questionable understanding of team basketball or would not be effective without a big man or another dribble penetrator on the floor. I'm not a huge fan of Dalembert/Hunter for that reason of having stone hands or low basketball IQ, except Dalembert has shown some flashes of being dominating which was why some fans were saying that guy will be good eventually. That "potential" is at least something forward to look to. Hunter has showed a lot of signs he's a bust and wasn't worth a first round pick, but he's getting paid something like less than a mil or something really a bargain. That's a great deal for a pure shotblocker that's horrible from the line! I wish Foyle were young because plainly put he has no upside and has never shown the ability to start given his past health problems last season. "Plan B" was like Mullin's first offseason move so it was like... um okay, what's next? And then came the hefty contracts because Mullin didn't want to lose Richardson or Murphy, the team's best stars, next offseason. A safe, but frustrating to hear about move, since he lost a lot of leverage by waiting till the very end to have Mullin finally give in. Murphy and Richardson have been more or less playing up to it now that Baron Davis was acquired. Dan Fegan wasn't backing down so I'm wondering what Mullin originally had the salary set at and if waiting raised the stakes because of the pressure of the midnight deadline to extend their contracts.

Thanks for the Gerald Green observations BTW.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Duckmyster:</div><div class="quote_post">Man does Baron Davis make a difference, the team seems to clicking on all cylinders. Those alleyoops from Baron to J-Rich are plain nasty. I can hardly wait for the game against the Lakers. I really love the Orange uniforms I hope the keep them permanently</div> The good thing is that nobody in our core is on the decline. We have such a young roster and plenty of years left in them barring injury (Let's hope Cohan is willing to shell out the bucks to make up for lost time out of the playoffs).

I can't wait until next season. It's like one awesome preview for next season, but none of this counts. In fact it hurts our draft position and a chance at more ping pong balls.

 

The Baron strikes again, last 5 games not counting this game he's had 26.0 points, 5.2 rebounds, 7.8 assists, 2.4 steals, 46.3% FG, and 35.7% 3PT

If Baron keeps the health alive, this is a playoff team. He can even had a couple of missed games you know, like 5 or so.