<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>OAKLAND — According to the Warriors, there are two certainties. The sun will rise in the east, and Baron Davis will rise again in the West. Never mind that Davis' shooting during Golden State's past six games has been an unsightly 33.3 percent from the floor and 28.9 percent on 3-pointers. Or that at times Thursday and Saturday, even newly signed center Chris Webber was beating Davis down the floor as the Warriors attacked in transition. Never mind that Warriors coach Don Nelson, surveying a boxscore in which Davis was shown to have missed 15 of 19 shots in Golden State's 105-102 win over Sacramento Saturday, was moved to say that, "Baron has a game like this, we normally don't win it." Never mind all that, said several of Davis' teammates, who all shared the same attitude: There's no reason to fret. "Not at all," Warriors guard Monta Ellis said. "That's one person I'm not concerned about." That the Warriors have gone 4-2 without getting typical production from Davis is testament in part to Ellis' stellar performances during that same stretch. But it's also due to Davis trying to make up for his lack of offense with contributions in other areas. "I've had good shots, I'm just missing," Davis said after Saturday's victory. "Everybody goes through it, you know. The most important thing is we won the basketball game, and I was able to do other things out there. A lot of times, when your shots (are) not falling, you can still contribute defensively and (with) rebounding." According to swingman Stephen Jackson, Nelson has requested that Davis, who ranks seventh in the league in assists at 8.0 per game, start taking better care of his scoring totals rather than concentrating quite so much on distribution. "I think he's caught up right now in trying to get everybody involved and tries to get his offense later, and then sometimes it's too late," Jackson said. "Today (Nelson) told him to come out and be dominant. I'm not worried. ... He's so talented, man, he might have 50 the next game. You don't know. I think he'll be alright." Nelson pointed out that Mickael Pietrus banged his knee just above Davis' left knee in practice on Friday — although Davis said that wasn't a problem. Al Harrington thinks it might just be fatigue, plain and simple: Davis is averaging more than 39 minutes a game, and he's started in all 50 games this season. Whatever the reason, the fix can't come soon enough for the Warriors, not with Jackson nursing another leg injury and Golden State playing seven of its next eight games at home. "I've been with him three years, and I know what he can do. And I know what he don't do," Ellis said. "It's like that sometimes. At the beginning of the season, I had those tough games just like that. He's an All-Star, a great player, a great leader and he's going to play his way out of it. NOTES: Jackson's status is up in the air for tonight's contest after spraining his left ankle Saturday. The injury occurred midway through the third quarter when Jackson was fouled in midair by Mike Bibby during a 2-on-1 fastbreak, and he landed partially on Bibby's foot, causing the ankle to roll over. Jackson's status is day-to-day. ... Nelson tried to pull Jackson from the game immediately after the injury, even if just for a minute or two, but the captain — who was moving very gingerly around the Warriors' postgame locker room — was having none of that. "I knew if I came out of the game, it would have got stiff, and I wouldn't have been able to get back loose again," Jackson said. "It would have just been hurting more. I just wanted to keep going and deal with the pain (later)."</div> Source: Inside Bay Area
