Monta Ellis knew early his shot wasn't falling. Unlike in the past, Golden State's mercurial scorer didn't force the issue. Instead, Ellis was content deferring to his teammates and passing the ball around. As a result, the Warriors are off to their best start in 16 years. Two days after matching his career high in scoring, Ellis had 15 points and 11 assists, Dorell Wright added 24 points, and the Warriors beat the Los Angeles Clippers 109-91 on Friday night. "I saw in the beginning of the game that it wasn't my game so I tried to do other things to get my team involved," Ellis said. "I know when my day is going to be good and when my day is going to be bad. We just went off the flow, ran and made plays, and came out with the win." Ellis, who had 46 points in a season-opening win over Houston on Wednesday night, had an off night shooting but made three 3-pointers and came within two assists of tying his personal best. Read more: http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=301029009
Monta Ellis made the right decision. I'm really liking his gameplay so far. He avoided being like Baron Davis.
