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Game Thread #16: Memphis Grizzlies at Golden State Warriors (Including Synergy Advanced Scouting Report)

Memphis Grizzlies at Golden State Warriors, Jan 23, 2012 7:30 PM PST


Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol, of Spain, right, yells as he celebrates with Tony Allen, left, after Gasol scored against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the overtime period of Game 3 of a second-round NBA basketball series on Saturday, May 7, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. The Grizzlies won 101-93 in overtime to take a 2-1 lead in the series. Gasol had 16 points and Allen scored 10. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Mark Humphrey - ASSOCIATED PRESS

2 months ago: Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol, of Spain, right, yells as he celebrates with Tony Allen, left, after Gasol scored against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the overtime period of Game 3 of a second-round NBA basketball series on Saturday, May 7, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. The Grizzlies won 101-93 in overtime to take a 2-1 lead in the series. Gasol had 16 points and Allen scored 10. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

I have decided to use my Synergy powers for good. Instead of taking us apart after the game, today I will provide an advanced scouting report on Memphis. What offensive and defensive strategies should we employ? Let's look inside the numbers for some help.

Warriors (5-10) vs Grizzlies (9-4)

Time: 7:30pm PST

TV: CSN Bay Area | Radio: KNBR 680

Blog Buddy: Straight Outta Vancouver

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Memphis Offense

Area is proportional to points scored (i.e. % of total offense) and color scale is proportional to scoring efficiency (PPP). Red is more efficient, blue is less. Click on a tile to pop-up the points scored by a player and his efficiency. It should be obvious from the Synergy treemap that the Grizzlies' primary offensive strength is transition scoring. They currently rank 3rd in transition efficiency. They have a lot of players that do it well, even the big man Gasol. To be successful tonight, we should have a strategy to slow them down. Memphis is 9th in post-up scoring, with their main threat being Gasol, but Gay also helping out in that regard. Nothing shocking there. Biedrins and Udoh have their work cut out, but it would be much more difficult if Zach Randolph were in the lineup (I did not include him in this scouting report). Overall, Memphis is just in the upper third (#11) in efficiency according to Synergy. If we can make them a half-court jump-shooting team (#21 in SPOT, #28 in BALL), we'll have a better chance of winning.

Memphis Defense

Here, the area refers to the % of total scoring done by Memphis opponents. The color represents the opponent efficiency. In this case, blue means lower opponent efficiency and red means higher opponent efficiency. Memphis is also 11th in overall defensive efficiency according to Synergy. In the treemap above I've coded the colors according to league rank. Memphis is #1 in the league in guarding ISO and #2 in guarding ROLL. That means we should (hopefully) see fewer Monta isos, but also fewer Lee ROLL plays (presumably because it's tough to score on Gasol on those). Memphis has some serious defensive weaknesses, though. They are #22 in the league defending SPOT (so expect to see plenty of Curry/Rush/Klay spot-up 3's). Memphis is #25 in guarding SCREEN (again, think Curry), and a woeful #28 in defending BALL. This is where we should expect to see Monta doing the bulk of his scoring damage tonight.

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will Beans score 30 pts?

i question your sources
yes

that’s what they are there for

question them, and then get vague answers

David Lee gonna go off
hes also gonna make speights look like an all star
the thing is Lee is not particularly strong in the things that Memphis is actually really good at defending

seems unlikely Lee would “go off” against them, but anything is possible

Marc Gasol just got Western Conference Player of the Week

There’s no way he’s slowing down tonight.

I say, the Warriors do their best to keep making the Grizzlies give the ball to Speights, cuz he’s not gonna pass it.

This site's new look is heck of ugly! Change it back please!
Still working on it.

The logo is here to stay, but the site colors will probably be changed soon.

All we need

to do is get rid of the orange once and for all and exchange that with yellow. That would make it alot better imo

If the yellow

is too hard to see put the yellow at the top of the page where the blue is and make where its orange at blue. Getting rid of orange is key though. Blue and Yellow!

That's the plan...

as far as I know.

ok cool!

cant wait to see it

hey, while we are talking about it

on the mobile version of GSoM, only a portion of the logo shows…looks like someone’s cartoon head or something

we know
well then...

keep up the good work, folks!!!

you mean gold, not yellow
Yellow, Gold

its all the same lol :)

The color nobody care about

and even remember

The color scheme of GSOM feels like Im driving one of these

colors are really bad...logo is way boring...t.psd's brain was way cooler!
Can't please everyone.

We really like the logo, but the colors will definitely be fixed.

Can't please everyone.

I’m happy with your efforts. I always get my money’s worth here at GSofM

Haha

We aim to be a good value.

changes is always

a bad thing for most of the people. Because it take you out of your comfort zone. But sometimes change need to happen to begin a new and move on from there. But I agreed this color is killing me it is good to the eyes (if you’ve seen the “Blue” color before this it hurt my eyes) but not catchy. It reminds me of flesh color of my old “crayola.” But I know I can get use to it in time.

Hmm...

Interesting that they are so good at stopping the big man on the pick and roll, but consistently letting the ball handler hurt them. I wonder if that is a personnel issue or more of a defensive scheme issue. Let’s see if the Warriors can take advantage.

Gasol and Conley have some secret voodoo sauce or something

because they are playing INSANELY good together right now (watched 3 of their recent games … okay I admit, it’s because I got Conley on my fantasy team)

Just curious but don’t quite remember what “Ball” in Synergy is. I keep thinking it’s “Iso.”

It's when the ball handler in a pick and roll situation shoots the ball
Minny has better record and we have the same record as Nets

wow… just wow…

Not shocking

They have more talent than us. At a certain point, that talent was bound to develop.

That Rubio kid doesn’t look so bad, now does he? Doubt they’d trade him straight up for Steph.

Kings has more win than Warriors

I think Warriors has the worst rosters.

I think Kings got the worst roster than us

Imagine you got a cuckoo head Cousin on our roster I mean he is a beast but a locker room killer. Right now they just lucky they fired Westphal and is on a honeymoon stage with Smart. But we don’t know how long that will last.

hey, where is our honeymoon with Mark Jackson??

I do think Kings has better rosters. Evans is a beast, so is Cousins. Then they got Thornton, Outlaw, JJ Jickson, Hayes, Jason Thomas, and Jimmer.

Kings big man DeMarcus Cousins, who is among the league leaders with 11 double-doubles following Saturday’s 19-point, 11-rebound effort, had 16 points and 11 boards Dec. 27.
remember Jackson's own words

about his team’s loses by small margins, having their chances to win. you don’t think the coaching can provide that small margin ? Min and GS both started with coaching changes this season. what would the results look like if you switched those coaches ?

I don’t think anyone is suggesting to switch our coach. It’s that we don’t have good players.

Didn't Biedrins get 20+/20+ last time we played Memphis?

BEANSSSS!!!

Can we please get a win tonight?!

been out of town and missing Dubs bball…please Warriors, make staying up and watching you worth my time!!!!

at this point, all I care is entertainments

hope to see a fight or something tonight.

62 to 32 at halftime

When can we play with Washington?

Knowing us

we will probably lose to the Wizards smh

Price alert

Lower level tickets at 10 bucks on stubhub, just saying

The Grizz are a good team

Why don’t people want to watch?

The key is to buy the cheapest tickets and then sneak down during halftime
they tightened the security this year
Really? Like, they check tickets at halftime now?
Game link?

I’m at school in Nashville and hate missing the games. Thanks.

Ellis goes for 40

Lee gets 30/20 – Curry gets 20 assists – Biedrins grabs 30 rebounds – DWright, Klay, Rush knock down a combined 20 threes.

LEHHHGOO WARRIORS WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

brandon wright huh
We are going to LOSE tonight

And it won’t be fun either

LGW!

Make me a believer…

Grizz with tip
steph with a J
NIce play to set up Curry for a jumper in the corner area
good hands steph
hahaahaha Durrrrrel
Oh my god, FINISH the fast break!

That wasn’t even very fast, either

Masters of the fast break
convert dorell!

One of the league’s worst starters

i like david active
cool pass by Curry though
DW always release his layups really early
Oh, Fitz
The national audience is all

“Wtf?!”

LOL

Fitz – “HEY! A kicked ball!”

yeah, NOW they call a kick ball
good board dorell
How is it possible such a good fastbreak team got so bad?

Dorell was terrible on the fastbreak last year too

Grizzlies start out with cold shooting

this won’t last for long

What's behind the black shoes and socks at home?
Lee is owning that matchup
Lee feels like hes back in the east vs speights lol
Nice passing all around
that was a beautiful series
Meh to that shot
wow, i think that was a gift

That should have been a no call

Argh

Lee didn’t see the DWright backdoor

get the board
Is Monta sponsored by Jordan yet?
Nice drawing the charge, Steph
Durrrell, just awful
bad turnover dorell
What the f was that?

DWright, you are NOT steph Curry, you cannot make that behind the back pass

Steph isn't that good a passer either
dorell is so stupid sometimes
Monta right through the D
good board david
Curry 333333333333
Dorell lucky that wasn't another TO
Good team defense
Tony Allen is a good defender

I wish we had him

Tony Allen is must follow on twitter, you guys.

The guy is crazy LOL

Warriors trying to run a little more than in past games.

You can hear MJ yelling for them to GO GO GO
Durrel in full force
Mark Jackson definitely wants this team to run
I missed Curry's sweet shot
So much turnovers
Why are we trying these dumb passes
Oooof, another turnover

still not a smooth offense

Good idea Steph, pass just a little high and fast
There you go, DWright
Biedrins has 2 fouls
Biedrins #2

Now we have no one to guard Gasol

alright guys, let's go warriors!

good night folks

Gasol is getting the ball too deep in post

Udoh can't guard Gasol
Monta NICE move from the post

Udoh is a child to Gasol

There’s a reason people call him Wendigo.

I thought they called him "the black sheep younger brother"
Maybe on ESPN

They always go with the wrong nickname.

Monta with the nice post up

Udoh got washed out under the basket...
monta olajuwon
Beautiful team passing to a Nate 3
Klay cannot create

stop that Klay

That was an ugly play to end the qtr

Of course Klay gets blocked

That was beautifully dumb

It's nice how we're already up by 8
I can't decide is this maxtall commercial is trying to be serious.
give one to lee
13pts Q

Grizzz 6-22 -looks like SJax statline

I hate this pizza orgasmica commercial.

McG running the break makes me nervous
Refs are taking the night off

(both ways)

ROFL THIS JUMP BALL
Hahahaha

Nate, a little over anxious on the jump ball

Klay following up the space given to him with a jumper.

That was a nice dunk by Gay
Klay Allen for 3, with no fear
Klay has awesome offensive potential
Klay in Gay's (?) eye
Udoh getting good with that hook

No hesitation.

Udoh's hook looking better every week.
Our bench got a lot

of energy

Shift - A

Now that football season is over. I am now 100% into basketball

Great pick and roll Udoh and Nate
Well

They are trying to push the pace at least?

yeah, the bench are

they’ve been a source of pushing the pace the past few games

It is Nate squad

Nate are use to play fast pace

Also

Makes sense with how small our bench is with Kwame gone.

that's a good point
loving the bench energy
this team has plenty of good talent

if we can get wright and andris to be their good or at least decent selves … we nice

Our Bench is fun

to watch than our starter

good pace

considering W’s frontcourt on the bench
Gasol keeps runing

Udoh everything but the finish
Nice move, but too bad didnt finish
Good team defense there
Rush hour 3!

Nice drive and kick from Nate too

Seems like every year

We have one player having a breakout year from 3 pt land lol

my scouting report was pretty much spot on
Udoh

active hand

oooooh my god

In and out for Klay, that should have been IN

In and Out

Burger

they should count that for at least 1 point
That was a great pass from Nate

Turn on the game… see Rush bury a 3.

What. A. Rush.

oh man, nice pass Nate

especially considering you are 5’9"

Lets get a couple starters back in to keep the lead
No thanks

We are good right now

Rush, Klay and Nate

Great off the bench! With Curry back we can be great! Miss Kwame tho :(

We get him back

by the time of the playoffs (optimistic)

if they were in the east where the Knicks are fighting off the Bucks and Cavs for the 8th seed

not in the west where the Lakers and Blazers currently are not in the top 8

bench

outscores starters 21:18

Whoo Warriors are beating on the Grizz!
as good as our bench is playing, and they are playing FANTASTIC atm

I wish to god this could translate on the road. It’s there where we get our mediocre record. Warriors playing well at home is old news.

yeah, but at the same time

i’m glad that we’re seeing SOME form of good basketball from this team

specially

with our bench doing good

glad to see klay playing better recently

Rebounding will hurt us with this lineup
cmon Klay
Kobe can get

away with it

this is the NBA

david stern laughs…

I've seen worse carries not get called

I didn’t even see it

i saw the hesitation on the dribble move, that was it
A lot of PG

does that kind of dribble sometime makes me think Ref never call a carry no more

Man I really like Tony Allen
what the f was that, Curry?
Curry forgot how to finish a fast break

That was a weird shot

Like Barnett said

Looked like he wanted to dish it off but then had to take the shot while he was up already.

curry airball 3?!
Wow Steph is sucking right now
He is doing good

during the 1st quarter

and Curry forgot how to shoot, too, aiiiiibaaaall
YEESH Curry came in shooting blanks

Oh boy Curry is looking off

Wow that was ugly Steph…

He sucks. Trade him now! =P

Curry's last possessions

Questionable shot of the side of the backboard
Misses jumper in the lane
Misses fastbreak layup
Airballs 3

I think you can reasonably expect him to hit the last 3. Easy shots for him, usually.

But his handle

is sweet

That shot of the backboard I think he thought he was getting free throws

he was sitting to long
Klay passed Curry a bowl on the bench...

…. just blacked out for about :45.

David Lee forgot how to dribble

Bring back the bench!

I'm almost ready to go back to the bench
Wow our starter suck
Where is the bench
Biedrins 3rd foul sigh
Here's where we collapse
The starters rested so long

they thought this was the 3rd quarter

I went from

Noooooooooyes!

Nice Curry to Lee there

Wow nice pass to Lee inside.

lol

Curry trying to cut block him there

Curry and Lee

can play together

Thankfully Curry's ankles getting twisted there didn't result in more time off
Dorell is so horrid
DWright, bad decision to pass into traffic
bad pass Wright, great save Monta
Curry.

What is up, dude?

AHAHAHA through steph’s hands.

This team IS better than 5-10

I totally believe that. How much better? Hmmmm… I’d say they could have been 7-8 right now realistically.

Dorell

Bad pass Ellis bad pass

hey look Warriors signed Kyle Williams to a 10 day

and he got Stephs number somehow

too soon
concussion, separated shoulder

when they yell “Peter” get away from the ball. if you cant do that then get off the field

Using that name

should be a ban!

Tony Allen

Destroying Monta.

Yeah did he fall asleep?
check the boxscore

And tell me what about them says he is “killing” him

well i was referring to that play, not the overall game.
Curry 2 for 1 3, I think he could have taken a better, closer shot
I'm so nervous every time I see Curry running or making quick moves
Im nervous

when I see 17 point lead just dissipate

I keep checking my own ankles for weaknesses.

I feel like just watching Curry makes your ankles deteriorate.

seriously, on the fast break, im just afraid itll end in, a BREAK. LOLOLOL.
At least he can still make layups
Curry nice breaking away from the defense for the out of bounds play
nice Monta to Curry
up 9 !!!
We should be up by 40

if wasn’t for the starter

Let's start the bench, and bench the starters!
the grizz wouldn't know how to respond
Much better when we run a play and not a Monta iso

To end a Qtr.

Well, it was an inbound play

i was just going to say that

yeah, that’s like a catch and shoot play

I know

Despite the fact that they were forced into it. It was nice. :P

I almost want a last shot scenario to end the game, just to see what they do

well, we had one a few games ago, with a Curry good look at a 3

that’s all i can remember for this season

Actually, it was the last game, after the missed kicked ball

Exactly, they tried something different immediately following another failed Monta iso.

i would guess because they didnt have enough time to run another monta iso

Will they try something different when it’s not seconds after a Monta fail

Another 2nd qtr of comedic amateurish errors

i don’t know if that’s better or worse than the good old 3rd qtr collapses

don't think there will be collapse

not 4 W’s this time

wouldnt surprise me
their bench scored 4 pts

with 3 TOs

fire mark jackson

nao

agree, he shouldnt even come out of the locker room. he should head straight to the parking lot.
lol refs are definitely gifting us this game after what happened last time.
good stuff

prevented Memphis transition
more spot-up shooting
no Monta iso

whatup gsom

site looks way different. way ugly. LGW!

man curry is struggling with his shot hope he finds it the 2nd half
Jumbaco!Jumbaco!
Warriors just can't handle wining too many pts

we have to keep the game close

if we get it in the butt this 3rd Q and lose the lead, im turning this crap off
did our defense improve this year?

no offense, no defense, no entertainment

not really

people just aren’t shooting as well overall. we’re also playing at a slower pace

lol

Curry was lol’ing at the jump ball too

Whoa Dorell
exactly what I said

Whoa

Wowow

DWright in Gay’s face

wow im suprised that went in
wow memphis great D

Dorell step back booyah

Beans went 20/20 against the griz last year?

I do not recall that

that was his last good game....
it was early in the year
Yeah

His only offensive game all year

Monta nice blocking Allen
stupid dorell

you had monta on the wing for 3

lol "At least he tried" -Jim B on Dorell
Dorell wasn't even LOOKING to finish that
Bean should Attack

with some post move

Beans of 3 years ago...

… takes one dribble and goes to the rim…

I was thinking something similar
you're talking about when he caught that pass from Curry, right?
Grizz D is good

i am impressed

lazy pass steph
lazy steph pass

when will he learn… keith smart would have pulled him

Monta with a catch and shoot 3
great pass steph

monta 3

Curry NASTY dribbling and shot
Curry made that look easy
Steph is not the same player he was before the injury...needs time
CURRY SHAKE-N-BAKE JUMPER

is GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLL!!!!

That straight up splashed
Where did Curry get that from?
From his Daddy

no not really

DWright great help steal
nice flop? steph
Do you just come here to say negative crap?

We’re up 16 and he drew the charge. Get lost.

calling what i see

he flopped on that “charge”

Curry got luckyt there

that could have been called a block

Lee needs to go up like a man
he just did coach

lebron james’d it

There ya go Lee!
DAVID LEE REDEMPTION!

dunk it all day!!

Just like that
So great to have Curry back

Jim: can David Lee finish
Lee: dunk!
Bob: He does! With the 2 handed dunk

It is about time DLee
WOW CURRY SHAKE AND BAKE WAS SEXY.

DLEE 2 HANDER SEXY.

what's the score?
Obama, why are you calling Dub's games and not getting me free medicare?
i dont see the resemblance

He looks like Gus from Breaking Bad to me

beans recovered

gtfo block

Biedrins with a monster block from behind after he fell for the pump fake
I wonder what Gay is complaining about

When he bear hugged him lol

Well

Maybe not bear hugged, more like cuddle hugged lol

no picture..score anyone?
lol how is Gay arguing that?
hes telling the ref he just wanted a hug
Thats what I really love about Steph, nothing going and he can step back and hit a long jumper
Whoa, we escaped the backcourt call
and the and-1 mixtape continues
PASS AND CRASH

DUMB RULE

Wha?!

Restricted zone?

definitely restricted area
Curry acting like Monta.

Ball sstopped moving.

Curry can really create his own shot
tell that to the bunch of people that think he cant lol
Dorell, constantly the dumbest I've seen
That was most DEFINITELY a flop
Bad bad call

That is a flop.

why don't NBA players...

…know how to do a jump stop? Always getting charges on the pass….

The ref just hate us

to be on Top 10 play of the night

ESPN should do Top 10 Worst Calls of the Night

The Warriors would have at least 3 clips on a nightly basis.

good idea

refs in every sport needs criticizing

DWright nice steal, Warriors terrible fast break
LOL WE CANT FINISH FAST BREAKS

SAD

Such a bad fast break team

Though good D by Memphis there

Well

I guess the Warriors made it easier on them

Christ guys 4 on 1, FOR REALS?

JB is about to have a seizure from these missed fast breaks.

Mark Jackson: pls go over fast break 2 on 1 and 3 on 1 in practice
LOL at Barnett...

….he gets mad on pretty much every fast break….

Did refs decide to ONLY call O fouls
is dorell trying to pick up more turnovers today than the first 15 games combined?
Nice Curry drive and pass to Lee

that’s what I want more of

Finally foul favor us
A fast break basket!!!!

A fast break basket!!!! Call the presses!!!

Dwright actually finished a turn around lay in
lol, that was pretty nice DWright

Dorrell finishes on a very awkward pass from Lee…

Finally Fastbreak score
Lee defended Gasol!
Grizzlies lost track of Rush!
David v Goliath (Marc)
Dorell Wright should run all our fast breaks

LOL

A delayed fast break to Rush

Back to back Dorell not being awful!

spoke too soon! he had 2 back to back good plays
thats what he said
BRush

from DWright

Dammit Dorell didn’t pump fake or turn it over….

Almost messed up on that fast break
Where has this Warriors team been all season?
watching

49ers

:(

KYLE WILLIAMS…………………………………………………………………………… :(

they stay in oakland when the warriors go on the road
memphis is playing terrible. refs are on our side. ILL TAKE IT!
I dunno

but I think 2 days of rest definitely helped

Haha, MT2 knew what was going to happen

gswscribe: I bet Jim Barnett is going crazy over that fast break

What I love about Steph being back so far

Monta not being the primary ballhandler, going 5-7 from the field so far mostly on off the ball movement

wow

why can’t we play like this every game (minus the fastbreak flaws)

Matt S would argue that kick wasn’t intentional

For a team essentially built to score on the break, you’d think we’d convert those opportunities more often.

There's the swarming help on Gasol, nice
if Dorell made that

MVP

It's not often that you're almost on the line when you're shooting a 3 from there
Rebound rebound rebound

as Smart emphasize

what kind of D was that Lee?
nice help D david lee

just stand and stare

I saw that

Only explanation is that i think he didn’t want to leave Gasol

ah good excuse

each time he left gasol tonight, the guy dishes to gasol for a dunk

DLee with the Ole defense
you mean his regular defense?
2 Things On my mind....

1) I love what Brent Barry called our bench: The "Dub"stitutes

2) We need Rudy “Gay” on the Dubs. Not only is he really really good….but would there ever be another jersey that would sell more in San Francisco than one with “Gay” on the back?

Do people still really find SF/Gay jokes funny?

+10000

I was just thinking, how is that not embarrassing for HIM

Agreed.
Rush dont be passive
Easy fast break! There you go!

Ahhh, Grizz’s can’t run one either!

Thats the wayy how you run
THAT FAST BREAK THOUGH
On the replay

try to draw a charge on Monta. His a flopper

Curry with a 2-for-1 3!

Curry pure on that jumper.

I think Curry and Ellis together can work

Ya i said it

bbbbbbbbbbbbbbut Brandon Rush is automatic from 3 :(
Good 3rd qtr

up 16. Please close the game.

LOL curry almost rolled his ankle.....
He's definitely hesitant on that bad boy...
Monta and Curry

together forever

they will ride the moped together.
Happy Together
yeah...that's what i mean

Wow, Warriors have only take 6 free throws. That’s awful. Too many Js

its been a low free throw game all round. but refs def on our side today.
The difference being that Memphis hasn't taken many FT's either...

Yeah, I’d expect more, especially when they have a guy like Gasol. He should be able to bully whoever is guarding him.

yeah...

a 16 point lead is awful

Seriously...people just have to be negative no matter how well we're playing...
The rebounds are nearly even

Warriors – 29 reb, Grizzlies 27. Nevertheless, we’re up 16.

Udoh nice jump shot
Ekpe hangin' the net!
Ekpe baseline jumper

impressive

Udoh great help there to stop that drive to the hoop
i havent watched Warriors games in awhile

how has Klay been? good? still bad?

solid
slowly increasing his trade value
he's found his shot
He's been pretty good.

His shots have started falling. Now he gets like 15 points now.

no now* (redundant)
wow thats great

does he still make stupid mistakes? or has he toned down on those too?

he's cut down a little
Turned those down too.

Now he doesn’t follow a made shot with a dumb shot. Normally follows it with another made shot, and his shot selection has improved.

15...lol

not sure what game you’ve been watching, but he hasn’t hit 15 in a game yet

He hit 14 in one game. Whatever I rounded lol
We don't hate him no more

His 3 point shooting is better than we could have expected.

assuming it holds up as the sample size gets larger
Look at Nate chase that down!
that was ALOT of contact on Gay by McGwuire
49ers should sign Nate as a KR/PR/DB
Ugh

Don’t remind me of that Niner game Barnett (I was there)

Nate dribbled that into trouble
memphis really good at going for the ball

forcing lots of TOs

We want Jenkins!
Yup at least he

is more in control

i forgot about that guy

We Want Jenkins!!!

And so it begins..................
3 deep at PG! finally...
Michael Jordan theme song

FINISH HYMM

What the f was that airball, Dom?
Super small, Nellie ball
Yeah, warm your hands up McG, that's the problem
Just stick with defense and tip ins McGuire
And immediately we dont get the rebound
Come on Klay not an AND1
Terrible shot by Curry

Lucky he made

Monta 33333333333
its still raining in Oakland
i would really like JB as our coach

“don’t pick up the dribble” rookie!

But then again

don’t really want Klay dribbling that much

he was stuck

could have easily turned into TO

Grizzlies happy to take and miss jumpers
Best backcourt in the league...
LOL CMON DAVID LEE HOLY FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

you were paid to rebound

So....uh.....

Can we put in biedrins now?

FINALLY, the Grizzlies score

but it took them so much work. Maybe there’s something to this small ball lineup

-_______-

Are you forreal?

That was hilarious.
Worst Time to foul
Zero box outs on that whole sequence...

#Fundamentals.

thay's too basic...we don't do that
Now he's going to be too winded for the next rebound, brilliant strategy
RUSH HOUR 3!

automatic from the corner

Wright pumpfaked next to the basket .... /facepalm/

Luckily Rush made it

Is it just me or does DWright...

… Always seem to have a panic attack when receiving a pass anywhere but outside the 3?

yes, he actually has to think

it’s not natural for him

Hate when Monta does that

SIGN rush

curry and monta playing together beautifully

shhh...don't jinx the future
I like the way this team uses Rush.
He's like better shooting less dumb Air France.
lol @ dorell signature pumpfake
Ooof, bad pass or timing, Monta and Lee pick and roll
Monta

For the love of god stop jumping up and passing

Basketball fundamentals…

yeah its certainly a bad habit.
PASS CRASH

hah! eat that memphis

I can't believe how dumb Monta can continue to be with passing in the air
Monta got a gift

that should have been a no call

Monta Mississippi Bullet Pass

even Dlee cant catch

How many Gay dunks is that?
Dear god, that dunk
Rush cannot answer back with his own jam
Rush wanted to dunk that to answer Gay lol
Why are the refs now deciding to start calling fouls?
Cause Warriors could win
And where's the replay of Curry's foul?
Aw shiz we in the penalty
ARE YOU KIDDING ME
Excuse me, please catch the ball
Damnit Monta put some more wax on those hands.
This was a very nice game

Warriors are running away with this one

We've truly earned this loss
time out jackson

you idiot

He try to be

Phil Jackson

he try to be nelly

small ball and hack a howard

we need a timeout!
yup, its gonna happen
Nope, Lee can't finish when he's got 2 guys right there
Calm down guys

Warriors are still up

I HAZ MAD

NOOOOOOO

Did Rudy Gay just take a million foot fadeaway jumper with Curry defending him?

crappy play warriors.
replay please, let's see if Curry really was fouled
Forget the foul

good thing his ankle is ok with all that collision

ARE YOU KIDDING ME
where the hell is udoh
WHERE THE FUCK IS THE FOUL ON CURRY
Geez, you'd think we were down 10 with these reactions
I don't understand this.

No whistles all night, then they just go insane!

time for monta iso
please god no!!!
ha ha... guaranteed...

… though I think you might be serious.

like Bavetta would call this game
It isn't Warriors basketball

if there is no torture involve

Warriors basketball: torture
I wish the front office would just be honest..

…. and start incorporating this into their marketing campaign.

Small ball FTW?

Not really… Good job, MJ!

We are winning the TO battle: 20 for us, 18 for them...
As long as we execute the Dubs will be fine

Calm down

You're banking on the Warriors to play well?

Not a good idea

As long as we execute the Dubs will be fine

hence why we are all worried.

When you blow up a 17 point lead

you should be Worry

no way we are going to blow this game
Monta, we definitely need that shot

Jackson looked at the score, then realized he wanted an opportunity to coach Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and initiated the tank plan.

Monta freaking owned Tony Allen

jabbed him to the floor and shot it over him lol

Lee with a side ways fading hook

much needed too

just a bad bounce of the ball
LOL STARE AT THE BALL GUYS

DONT REBOUND AT ALL

How is that a foul on Curry?
Basketball reasons
Warriors are going to Lee in the post the last few plays
Thats a foul on curry?

Are you kidding?

How is that foul on Curry

Curry got the upper hand

Curry is angry

angry Curry. Take over. Take. Over.

im PISSED AT UDOH

grab A FCNIN REBOUND. WTF

Lazy pass by Steph....

… but I don’t see how that’s a foul…. 50/50 ball all the way.

Gay 2 FT fail, haha
udoh gave them 2 second possesions

Need to stop playing scared.

How many TO does Monta have in the quarter!?
4

since like the 8 minute mark

one not his fault...but yea terrible

needs to stop trying to go on a head on drive against tony allen. the one place you can beat allen is with the jumper. so do that if ur trying to score

Conley didn't fall for Curry ready to take a charge
oh wow, Monta got a foul call on that drive. Amazing
what? memphis fouled?

oh shhh world must be ending

monta needs to make these
Monta probably should have dipped his hands in butter

…before this quarter.

Monta is the boss!
sucks turnover over and over and over
See, nothing to worry about
Monta almost with a double double

16 points & 7 turns

game not done yet

it is possible

Being a Warriors fan is torturous

20 point leads are never safe

It all started with unnecessary small ball. Small ball FTL.
we gonna win this.
pretty picknroll memphis
Curry getting the lucky bounce!
Oh Curry

Your killin us.

basketball god is with steph
"Bounce of the night!" lol, okay
of course he gets the foul
Look, the Warriors have this game
you wanna reexamine that statement?
Wow I thought Memphis would cool off... but we suck
If Memphis get a lead

Im sure it is game over

The refs just exploded this quarter, out of nowhere
Biedrins has 1 R, Udoh has 2, Ellis has 10...what's wrong with that picture?
Who would have thought Conley would have a better career then Oden????
Omg, Grizzlies saw that Curry pass coming
1 point game - no more lazy passes

keith smart is mad

omg tony allen spin drop-step for a layup wtf
That's why you dont jump up and pass damn it
Curry and Monta deserve each other
Steph takes his focus off Allen to yell something up court, and Allen turns around and lays it in

happened to Curry a couple times this game too. he needs to pay attention.

Curry pulling a Kyle Williams, cant defend Conley and dumb turnovers
Okay never mind all that positivity I said earlier

The Warriors suck

damn

hope washington don’t catch up to us :(

tank mode: engaged

we wont tank, give that up
No our tanking is actually called

“coming close and having games slip away” It’s so discreet.

12 combined turnovers for our guards. awful

Thus making any debate about which is out point guard hilarious; neither.

curry pls dont choke
live by curry monta die by curry monta
Rule #1 of passing is don't jump
WhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhy

WhyAmIAWarriorsFanWhyWhyWhy

Coz you like to hurt yourself
I'd love to have Tony Allen on this team.
he was great with Boston too

very good defender/excellent role player

Get ready for the Monta iso
at this point its our only hope

Monta ISO is a pretty bad play

lol, monta is the bosss
TAKE OVER1

CLOSE IT! FINISH HYMMM!!

top of left elbow pull up j
They are totally not gonna expect it
MONTA ISO WOOOOOO
lol nah its not the last second
Can someone explain to me why we run the same offense I had my 7th grades run?

Pass to wing off an upscreen or up-cut. Cmon

Or I should say, pass to anticipating defender because it’s so vanilla

Why do we need to call a play to ISO monta
Wow.

HOW is it that we just turn to shit in the 4th quarter

I think we are reaching Cleveland Brown's level of suck
23 turnovers in a single game
23 turnovers in a single game
yep, it's been close because they have 20 themselves!
Monta iso was coming before that foul
we got this go warriors
There goes our lead

We can’t execute a team play. You can see why we go with Monta isos.

MELTDOWN CITY!!!!!!!!

3 chances, 3 clangs
David Lee didn't even go for that rebound it came to him
okay monta wtf
let's see you guys win this one
3 terrible offensive possessions, 2 Steph 1 Monta
warrior fans reaction: priceless
it would help is someone knew how to drive

Tank city

Three straight perimeter shots. Ugly.
Gay with a dagger fadeaway 2 at the shotclock buzzer
Rudy Gay: "THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT"

:(

Haha

Turnover City

That's Rudy Guy..
curry will make this 3
to lose like this

it takes some talent

Okay screw the warriors

We officially suck
trade monta
trade curry
both cant do nothin

trade lee, trade wright, trade beans

trade klay, trade dom, trade nate trade rush, trade everyone!!!

like he said ya motherfucker tank mode woooo
BAHAHAAHA this is effin amazing.
who wants to bet we draw up a monta 3?
9 TO in the 4th is dispicable
Ugh... why doesn't Monta go to the hole on that?

Don’t understand.

The owners obviously want to rip the heart out of Warriors fans

Playoffs? We suck™

monta monta iso iso
Oh yeah... this is a playoff team all right.

The Grizzlies that is…

Klay gon save us
At least we dont ever have to worry about our guys getting egos

They have to ALL know they suck

U-NI BROW U-NI BROW U-NI BROW

Is this double whammy
iight im out, nite all
Yeah, that's how the game ends
Was that seriously our shot!?!?!?!

I’m so tired of this end of game garbage.

Just ugly!!!!!!
of course they go for a monta 3 instead of attacking the rim

they had plenty of time

tank tank tank tank tank tank tank tank

bad play shoulda swung the ball around

With the swarming D, swinging the ball should lead to an open 3 point shooter.

are

we going to get austin rivers?

He needs to get better as a shooter
OMG WE HAVE A CHANCE
That should have been a foul on Gasol

He made contact with Monta’s elbows

The rules for leaning into your defender are different now. I’d like to see the replay a couple more times, but that might be the rule in that situation.

THAT WAS A FOUL
Another missed call
refs arent calling that at the end of the game
refs have been told not to call it if it appears the offensive player leans in for contact

and if they do call offensive foul if defensive player is still on the ground

thank D-wade for that

And we choked... awesome. Let's depress the bay area even more
ya montaaaaa ISOOOO
obviously was a clearout for a quick two

but monta decided to go for the three with Gasol on him. ugh

UGLY11111111!!!!
Why are the fans booing Gay!? Boo the Warriors you sheep

Don’t worry guys… Lacob promised us a championship within the next 15 years using these guys or similarly mediocre players. It’s cool.

laughing all the way to the bank

They played pretty well most of the game. coach let them lose it at the end.

I call it Grizlies got the lead

we lose

I PREDICT MONTA ISO
No, we need a catch and shoot
Being a Warrior fan is shameful.
We wrote the book on how to blow a 20 point lead
Warriors got beat in the butt
i blame udoh. inability to get rebound led to so many 2nd chance opportunities
Yep, he and Biedrins had 3 rebounds, total!
Curry looked like an absolute nervous wreck in the 4th

And if hes going to be key for us he must be more composed , stupid careless passes and chucking

At least Monta’s TO’s arent from pure laziness

double dragons

steph – lazy passes
monta – wild jumping passes

Is that a surprise?

The dude has sprained his ankle a bunch of times. He’s still probably trying to figure out how much he can push it.

if he cant use it why play?
Curry needs time to get back into it...

Yeah, Monta’s TOs are from lack of court vision and fundamentals…

I'd rather have that then just pure laziness like a soft pass trying to get it to a post up player

I wouldn’t, especially when one of them is a 26 year old with bad fundamentals and one of them is a 23 year old who really just needs to tighten up his passing. You aren’t thinking straight if you pick the first one over the second one.

Well if the first one gets us back something better when packaged with a few things

Hell yes I take the 2nd

I think it goes without saying that no one is untouchable. With Curry’s injuries, I’m honestly not sure who has more value right now. Monta’s value around the league is a mystery to me.

And after all those 2nd chance points we gave up in the 4th

Beans never aw the floor.

Jackson FTL

JUST PLAIN UGLY!!!!!!
Who said Curry was great?

Honestly the dude sucks

Did you get dropped on your head as a child?

No I am just tired of all this Curry is soooo great

Lazy passes, Turnovers, Looks like he dgaf

He was an elite shooter by his second season. His second NBA season was better than any Monta Ellis season. Lazy looking passes or not, he’s still a better player with actual passing upside.

stop smoking weed
of course when there is no hope make a three
Monta makes that last 3 - Just extending the grief
Curry must go

Why do people think this guy is good? He is a defenseless turnover machine. Utterly careless and lackadaisical , it seems as if he could care less. Maybe he could be a decent two, Jackson will be playing Nate in crunch time soon. Not rebounding because you are too small Is tolerable. Lazy play and failing to take care of the ball is inexcusable.

agree. what a failure.

The guy is good because he scores at a high volume with elite efficiency and he’s young. If you want a defenseless turnover machine, look at the other starting guard on the team. All the bad stuff you get with Curry, plus he’s not efficient and is basically in his prime.

and he costs more and he's undersized for his position

who are you talking about

The guy is good because he scores at a high volume with elite efficiency and he’s young.

Curry

If you want a defenseless turnover machine, look at the other starting guard on the team. All the bad stuff you get with Curry, plus he’s not efficient and is basically in his prime.

Monta

really you need to stop, curry made hella mistakes today as did monta theres too many curry apologists here really annoying
i dont think anyone is arguing that curry had a good game today

but if you look past one game and look at overall impact, steph is much better

i've been watching for a while monta still better than curry as of now
he's really not

and it’s really not close

agree to disagree