Warriors' 8-man rotation may be running out of gas

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">No one will question the Warriors' emotional toughness after they rallied twice on the road against the bigger, stronger Jazz and came close to stealing a pair of wins this week.

    Concerns over their physical toughness, though, are piling up faster than Carlos Boozer rebounds. Golden State's eight-man rotation has been whittled down with Monta Ellis, Mickael Pietrus and Andris Biedrins all struggling, and coach Don Nelson is the first to admit that his run-and-gun Warriors are in danger of running on empty if they can't get everybody back up to speed.

    "Fatigue is turning out to be a factor," Nelson said. "We can get away with what's turned out to be kind of a six-man rotation in one series, but certainly you can't continue that through the second, third, fourth series.

    "It catches up with you."

    It caught up to the Warriors in Game 2, when they were blitzed by the Jazz 14-4 in overtime after hanging tough through four quarters. Baron Davis, Jason Richardson and Stephen Jackson all logged more than 45 minutes. Matt Barnes played 43. </div>

    Source: SF Gate
     

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