Warriors vs. Hawks November 2nd (FSN) 7:30 PST

Warriors vs. Kings

Warriors Head Coach



Mike Montgomery

Warriors Starting Lineup


PG: Baron Davis
SG: Jason Richardson
SF: Mike Dunleavy
PF: Troy Murphy
C: Adonal Foyle*

*Questionable

Warriors Key Bench Players



Mickael Pietrus
Projected Stats: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists



Andris Biedrins
Projected Stats: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists

Warriors Keys To Winning
<ul>
[*]Beat the Hawk's backcourt. JJ, Childress, Harrington, and J-Smoove are really really SF/SG's at heart and will be able to tear through the Warriors slow frontcourt. The Warriors need to shut down all ball movement over to the SF/PF area to win.
[*]Crush the C spot. Andris Biedrins might start this game with Warriors regular C, Adonal Foyle, questionable to Nov. 2 game. Either way, the Warriors should be able to beat the Hawks lone center Zaza Pauchilla.[/list]Warriors MVP

Baron Davis
Projected Stats: 22 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists

Hawks Head Coach


Mike Woodson

Kings Starting Lineup


PG: Joe Johnson
SG: Josh Childress
SF: Josh Smith
PF: Al Harrington
C: Zaza Pauchilla

Hawks Key Bench Player



Marvin Williams
Prjected Stats: 7 points, 5 rebound, 2 assists

Hawks Keys To Winning
<ul>
[*]Contain Davis. Baron Davis is the Warriors center-piece. If the Hawks stop him, the ball movement is lost and the Warriors will be shut down.
[*]Use the speed at the PF spot. Troy Murphy is a below-average defender and Al Harrington's speed needs to come in handy tonight to shut him down.[/list]
Hawks MVP

Joe Johnson
Projected Stats: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists

Prediction

Watch Al Harrington to explode on Troy Murphy tonight. The Warriors backcourt will make some noise for their home opener this year and will get 50 points combined. Andris Biedrins will have a good night against Zaza Pauchilla tonight and get feeds from the Baron. Joe Johnson will prove that he is the Hawks leader tonight and get 7 assists. A close game overall, but nonetheless. 102 to 95 Warriors.

 

You mean Nov. 2?

 

I think the you are underestimating Zaza Pachulia. he's a lot better that you are giving him credit for...

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Kwan1031:</div><div class="quote_post">You mean Nov. 2?</div>

I fixed it man. AP you have to slow down buddy and check your work to make sure it makes sense

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting lessthanjake:</div><div class="quote_post">I think the you are underestimating Zaza Pachulia. he's a lot better that you are giving him credit for...</div>

ZaZa has looked great in preseason. We'll see how he turns out on the opener. He could be a lock for a double double, a few steals, and a block.

 

The Hawks frontcourt D should be pretty weak,their backcourt could be a step slow compared to Baron-J rich,Warriors need to be aggressive and run. If we are firing 3's we waste the edge.

Zaza may be an improvement but not intimidating...Poodles get named Zaza.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting REREM:</div><div class="quote_post">The Hawks frontcourt D should be pretty weak,their backcourt could be a step slow compared to Baron-J rich,Warriors need to be aggressive and run. If we are firing 3's we waste the edge.

Zaza may be an improvement but not intimidating...Poodles get named Zaza.</div>
Besides poodles, any B-Celebrity Hungarian women who live in Beverly Hills and slap police officers.

ZaZa is a pretty good defender in some areas I heard, but you're right he's probably as or less intimidating as Foyle (Foyle just isn't that rough and tumble as let's say Dampier, but he does bring the energy and shotblocking presence). Zaur ZaZa Pachulia will bring the post defense and bang around.

 

The Hawks are a very intruiging bunch. At any point in the game they can bring in a prototypical swingman...but not just one, FIVE. It would be interesting to see if they have Joe Johnson, Josh Childress, Josh Smith, Al Harrington, and Marvin Williams all out on the floor at the same time...

We've all been looking forward to this game since April. And now that its hear, well, I'm not sure about anyone else, but I feel a bit reserved to the fact that people have been singing the Warriors praises all offseason, yet, the preseason was a bit disappointing with a few injuries. Yesterday's Dunleavy news, which I think is good news, has some worried about the team's future next year and beyond.

The 2006 W's are definitely going to be alot more exciting then anything we've seen over the past 11 years. So, let's enjoy the present and see how this team stacks up. I don't expect a blistering start, but I do expect the team to continue to gel and get an identity of their own, instead of being known as the Phoenix Suns-lite.

On a side note, I'm not sure who else out there has HD, but I am sooo looking forward to watching this season on FSNHD... 61" of Barnett's love affair with Dun.

 

Could we get a better opponent to start the season? Hawks at home. Man, thank you David Stern. Now if only the Warriors take care of business and smack the Hawks. Let Joe Johnson fire up his 30 shots and grab the rebounds and run.

 

Fyi...It also says Warriors vs Kings at the top of the post

 

http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/preview_110205.html

Biedrins is starting

 

Sweet!

 

I have practice tomorrow night at 8, I'm pissed. I'm gonna need a good recap when I get back.

 

That loss must've stung! Seems Speedy did well.

 

Speedy cut Kings apart in 2nd quarter and they never look back. Good to see Speedy doing just fine despite they drafted Paul. Man, Kings bench looked good in preseason, but they looked like a crap against Hornets. Hope we can shake subpar preseason performance and start rolling like end of last year...

 

Yeah, as far as I am concerned the Warriors and Hawks are on the same level. We are both young teams that expect good things this season. I do expect us to blow them out though because I think we did last year...

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">I have practice tomorrow night at 8, I'm pissed. I'm gonna need a good recap when I get back.</div>

I'll be at the game. I can give a breakdown of what I saw when I get back

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting CohanHater:</div><div class="quote_post">I'll be at the game. I can give a breakdown of what I saw when I get back</div>That would be sweet. I'll be looking foward to it.

If it goes anything like this suns/mavs game, I'll be back in time to watch the end. haha

 

Btw. The Good Guys just got bought out by CompUSA and are dumping inventory at selected stores. I suggest that people check it out to see if they can land a Tivo for cheap enough. I promise it's well worth the investment. If it means not going out to eat 2 times a month and just makin PB&Js then go for it. I have to work odd hours sometimes and I didn't miss a single game last year due to that investment.