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Warriors Game Day Links #29: Golden State Warriors 104 vs LA Clippers 97 - First they push you. Then they shove you. Then they grab you. Then you win.

OAKLAND, CA - FEBRUARY 20:  Ekpe Udoh #20 of the Golden State Warriors celebrates after dunking the ball during their game against the Los Angeles Clippers at Oracle Arena on February 20, 2012 in Oakland, California.  NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.  (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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3 months ago: OAKLAND, CA - FEBRUARY 20: Ekpe Udoh #20 of the Golden State Warriors celebrates after dunking the ball during their game against the Los Angeles Clippers at Oracle Arena on February 20, 2012 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Postgame: Warriors 104 - Clippers 97 - OH NO Udoh'nt!
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Recaps

Associated Press: Udoh lifts Warriors past Clippers 104-97 | Photo Gallery
Sports Network: Warriors pull away late against Clippers
Matt Steinmetz: Monta's 32 points lifts Warriors past Clippers 104-97
Rusty Simmons: Ellis, Udoh lead Warriors past Clippers at home
Marcus Thompson II: Ekpe Udoh May Have Earned Starting Center Spot in Warriors’ Win over the Clippers


Pregame News

- Lots of road games coming up means it'll be harder to reach .500.
Matt Steinmetz: Warriors slipping and schedule doesn't get easier

- How does a team finish out of the NBA playoffs 16 out of 17 years and keep its arena filled, sponsors happy and the media at bay?
Andy Dolich: Why are Warriors fans so loyal?

- Larry Riley isn't quite ready to "look to the future", but he's getting closer.
Marcus Thompson II: Golden State Warriors may soon look to future

- Mark Jackson didn't sound like he's thinking about giving the young players more minutes right now.
Matt Steinmetz: Mark Jackson in no hurry to 'go young'
Rusty Simmons: Mark Jackson isn't resigned to the lottery yet

- Previews of the game.
Matt Steinmetz: Clippers-Warriors: What to watch for

Pregame Videos

- KNBR, 95.7 FM audio.
8:23 min: Matt Steinmetz, Tierney and Davis

Mark Jackson at shootaround.

Stephen Curry at shootaround.


Postgame News

- Al Attles and Tom Meschery told stories about the 100-point game. Plus other notes.
Marcus Thompson II: Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point night is fondly remembered

Postgame Videos

John Henry Smith interviews Monta Ellis right after the game.

Mark Jackson at the podium.

David Lee in the locker room.

Nate Robinson in the locker room.

Ekpe Udoh in the locker room.

CSN highlights, recap.


Highlights by gumbywithpokey.


By Marcus Thompson II: Dave Chappelle in the locker room.

Recap and highlights from nba.com's game page:
Clippers vs. Warriors: First half
Curry's Wrap-around Pass
Four-point play
Lee's And-one
Curry Blocks Foye
Ellis to the Hole
McGuire Blocks Paul
Clippers vs. Warriors

Postgame Quotes and Stuff from warriors.com recap

Photo Gallery

Audio
1:51 min: Tim Roye interviews David Lee right after the game
10:51 min: Mark Jackson Postgame - 2/20
4:10 min: Ekpe Udoh Postgame - 2/20
1:37 min: Stephen Curry Postgame - 2/20
2:10 min: David Lee Postgame - 2/20
Mark Jackson
On Ekpe Udoh:
"He was great, absolutely great. I thought one time he rushed a jump shot, and that's the same shot I told him I want him to shoot this summer - but he was great. Offensively on the block, aggressive shooting the jumper, all over the place defensively and stepping up to the challenge by defending Blake Griffin. He gave us a presence and I'm just extremely happy for him because he never made an excuse all season long. Had an opportunity tonight and truly took advantage of it."

On Ekpe Udoh Possibly Earning Starting Minutes
"The way he's played the last month or so has been great and tonight was the icing on the cake. I thought he had a couple of quarters, during that month, where he didn't have the same presence. But I love his demeanor, love his professionalism and I have confidence in him - he was spectacular tonight."

On Execution In The Fourth Quarter:
"At the end of the day, we took care of the basketball and we got stops. I believe the score was 97-95 Clippers and we got into lockdown mode - we made life tough. When you play great defense teams can score, but we buckled down and closed out the game the way good teams do. What I loved about it was that we closed possessions by pursing the basketball - that was the best part of the night. We got it done defensively and took care of the basketball down the stretch and we can grow from that."

On Dominic McGuire's Defense:
"It's who he is and he understands that. Some guys just have a gift to do different things on the basketball court, and his gift is, he is a lockdown defender. That doesn't mean a guy can't go by him and score, but I'll take the odds on his ability to stay connected and contest shots. He's exceptional at it and we knew that right away. We are fortunate to have him because he was another guy at home ready for his phone to ring and he came in from day one and was a presence on the defensive end. To his credit, it's awfully tough never knowing when you are going to be called on - he's a pro. I don't think he'll be sitting at home waiting for his phone to ring next year."
David Lee
On Finishing The Game:
"I think we got stops defensively and got rebounds. When you do that it takes the pressure of the offense, you don't need to win the game on scoring. We had a couple of great individual's defensive plays and team defensive plays. We were able to get some stops and rebounds. That was the key to the win tonight."

On Ekpe Udoh:
"He didn't try to do too much. When we threw it down to him inside he made solid moves and when he got open jump shots he shot them, made a couple of them and he played great defense like he always does. Really, really happy for him. Let's hope he's feeling ok after getting hit."
Ekpe Udoh
On Seizing The Opportunity:
"Coach always tells me to be confident and shoot that shot. I just went out there and my teammates helped me out a lot with the open shot because everybody else was focused on their man. I'm glad I have those type of teammates."

On How He Prepared To Start
"I'm just ready. It was a big opportunity. I was just telling myself that. Before the game I even got nervous, I got butterflies going crazy. It was a big opportunity to help my teammates as much as possible."

Interesting Tweets

(after the game)
warriors: INJURY ALERT: @EkpeUdoh suffered a sprained left knee in the 4th qtr tonight. Xrays were negative & he will be re-examined tomorrow.
MSteinmetzCSN: Udoh's fine. X-rays negative.
EkpeUdoh: AAAAHHHHH!!!! Great win tonight. Thanks for all the love and support. Bay Area fans=best in the country. Oh and have a nice evening!!!
EkpeUdoh: Oh n I'm good!!!!!
StephenCurry30: Good home win. Thanks to Too $hort for hyping the crowd and Dave Chappelle for stopping thru. One more Wed in PHX. Have to get it done.
StephenCurry30: Umm think we need to work on that form.... http://t.co/GppclORo
KlayThompson: Great W 2night. And gotta my with 1 of my icons! http://t.co/JkELUQoO
Dlee042: Best Crowd of the Year tonight! Great job sealing the deal in the 2nd half with defense and rebounding. Player of the game @EkpeUdoh !!!!

GSWFastBreak: I love that the official box score lists Biedrins with "flu like symptoms" instead of just "flu." Nice touch.
Dlee042: @GSWFastBreak Thats standard protocol for the NBA, rediculous isnt it LOL

Notes

- Andris Biedrins DNP because of flu-like symptoms.
- Ekpe Udoh suffered a knee injury when someone ran by him and collided with his knee. X-rays were negative, and he'll be re-examined tomorrow. You can see the collision in the nba.com highlight "Ellis to the Hole".


What's next?

- Have a safe trip. The Warriors won't be back home until Mar 7. They close out the first half of the season against the Suns on Wed, then a bunch of road games to start the 2nd half of the season.

Day Date Time Opponent TV Radio
Wed Feb 22 6:00pm @Suns CSNBayHD KTCT 1050
All Star Weekend
Tue Feb 28 4:00pm @Pacers CSNBayHD KTCT 1050
Wed Feb 29 4:30pm @Hawks CSNBayHD KTCT 1050
Fri Mar 02 5:00pm @Sixers CSNBayHD / ESPN KTCT 1050
Sun Mar 04 3:00pm @Raptors CSNBayHD KTCT 1050
Poll
That's some gritty toughness despite the physical Clippers. And that's what we want.
Stephen Curry
3 votes
Monta Ellis
85 votes
Dorell Wright
3 votes
David Lee
19 votes
Ekpe Udoh
433 votes
Brandon Rush
2 votes
Nate Robinson
8 votes
Dominic McGuire
9 votes
Klay Thompson
3 votes
So that's what a starting center looks like!
54 votes
CP3 - 0 pts in the 4th
25 votes
Team gritty toughness
16 votes
Team win
14 votes

674 votes | Poll has closed

0 recs  |  128 comments

Comments

Enjoy while I start gathering stuff for tonight.
what a game. good to see ekpe walking around by himself after the game
This was a nice win

Nice to see Ekpe playing well

That most be the understatement of the season!

We finally got someone inside at center that can score, defend, and, yes, rebound!

lets not get ahead of ourselves

it’s one game. he’s still shooting pretty awful on the season. he clearly makes us better though with his defense

but considering the alternative

it’s a no-brainer that he starts no?

of course

i’m just saying, let’s not count ekpe yet as a center that can “score, defend, and rebound”. he is a great defender and his rebounding may not look great but he helps our team rebounding. i’m just not ready to call him a scorer yet

Didn't you say that about Lin also?

I think Ekpe missed two shots all game, and he was a terror on the offensive boards…

one game outbursts happen all the time

lin has done it for a lot of games in a row now. it’s pretty clear he’s a capable scorer. ekpe has done it for one game.

I believe in Udoh

I think he’s legit, last night was the first of many!

didn't see game but just saw Udoh's line...

…does it go without saying that Udoh should be starting over Biedrins and getting 30 min per game going forward?…seems so to me.

It should go without saying, but I wouldn’t assume that is going to happen. I wouldn’t expect this type of production out of Udoh every night, but a halfway decent night by Udoh is still better than Biedrins.

to me, its not clear why udoh hasnt been the starter since LAST YEAR...
+++++Amens, too!
postgame conference sounds like mark jackson finally plans on giving udoh more minutes

about time

it definitely made him THINK about his answer
I cannot figure out what he has to think about

It is a no brainer!

He's thinking about how they still have to pay Biedrins

and how much should he “work” for that money.

I give the best post game pressers in all the land.
Was tonight the beginning of the turnaround for the Warriors?

I hope so

dont get ahead of yourself, it's only ONE win!
I voted Udoh, but, it was hard,

because, IQ, you also had that choice “that’s what a center looks like”!

I know, I know

I came up with that line during the game, and I felt I HAD to get it into the poll no matter what.

lol I saw it during the game and liked it

but, I could not check both boxes! :-)

Haha

then consider it one of those tough choices that build your character :P

I think there is not a single Warrior Fan

not oozing with character by now!

In all honesty, I was going to use that line as the title

but the game got soooo much more intense, I had to come up with something else.

i would have chose this one if Udoh was 20 pounds heavier and 2 inches taller
4 tough games coming up
on the road too
Who cares,

we have found a real, live, CENTER!

Nah

I predict winning streak to keep those playoff “hopes” alive

Greg Monroe who?
lol

Griffin, who? Ate him up!

D.Lee spoke w. Roye post game

he thought K.Martin nearly broke his arm on a hack ; had x-rays taken at half time. Lee made sure after giving Udoh his due that he gave Biedrins a hearty, hope he’s feeling better ! everyone loves loves Griffin, but would he lead his team anywhere without Paul or Billups — does he have the smarts for it ?

Was it Jordan who made sure Udoh felt some pain at the end, as an added reward for winning ? Curry got a T telling the ref he was getting mugged by Evans. we’ll see how the bullies do when they’re at home in the remaining games against them.

On the Clippers blog, about every 3 posts is about how the refs screwed THEM. Not that the refs were horrible both ways, but they had it out to get them. How can a team with Blake AND CP3 ever complain about refs?

Every fan thinks the refs are out to get their team

In reality the refs do their best

I'm aware.

It wouldn’t have stood out to me if it wasn’t so extreme. #refsagainstLAC

Udoh offensively was nice, but the Warriors as a whole got dominated on the boards. Half of Udoh’s offensive boards came on bouncers. Evans/Jordan/Griffin dominated the offensive glass, Udoh only had 2 defensive boards all game.

Still love the win

I would not say they dominated!

Slighty more efficient. I think they missed two fewer shots than we did, and they pulled down 17 offensive boards to our 14.

I honestly think that this was the best Warrior win so far this season.

Fun game to watch

totally agree!

it was so fun and that they makes it even better! loved it!!!

that *they won*
First round of stuff is up.
See what a half decent center can do for us? So lets stop talkin about 11 mill Monta.

Now just imagine if Udoh could actually learn to grab a few more defensive rebounds.

Added

Matt Steinmetz, warriors tweet, 1 note about Udoh’s injury.

Updated the note

The Udoh collision can be seen in the nba.com “Ellis to the Hole”.

looks like udoh banged knees with Foye? I can’t tell, the number on the jersey is a little fuzzy.

the game was a little physical, i wouldn’t be surprised if it was intentional with the way Udoh contributed to the win tonight. I’m mean from the video, he was the only clipper running back as Monta drove to the hoop. The other clippers were trying to go for the rebound.

After watching that play on the gumby highlights

I don’t think it was intentional. I think he saw Curry moving out to the top of the 3 with no defenders near him as Monta drove, and he desperately ran in that direction to try to stop a possible Monta kick to Curry for the wide open 3.

Yeah, it was Foye and not intentional. He was trying to quickly rotate towards Curry and happened to run right through Udoh’s legs :(

I saw Udoh lying on the ground as the cameras started panning towards our bench after the timeout. I couldn’t really celebrate Monta’s shot, and was thinking “uh oh” the entire time during the break. It just really sucked considering Udoh’s impact that game and if we were to lose him for a while, I don’t think I could be happy with the win.

From a Lakers fan

Once again, Congratulations for beating the Clippers.

hahahaha

hey, btw…can we have Pau?

it will help us beat them more often,
thanks

In return, I will congratulate any team and every team that is able to beat the luckin fakers!
Udoh as your starting center

Great move for the Warriors. How effective was he as a starting center, anyway? (I didn’t watch the game since I was watching the vs. Blazers game)

Chappele is always chilling at our games

If we got good and he was at more games we’d have our very own Spike Lee

He does?

He lives out in Ohio though, does he get to make it out to the Bay much?

He works a lot of the clubs around the bay.

Dave Chappelle > Spike Lee
yeah its not the first time i have heard of sightings of dave around the warriors.

would be sick to have him as our mascot haha

I've seen him on Bart twice

with a skateboard, chopping it up with a few folks. Nice dude

can he actually skate?
Added

Lee, Nate, Udoh in the locker room.

we may not have the pieces yet that we want to build around, but i think we have the mentality.

We may not make the playoffs this year. We may not ever make the playoffs with a “big three” of Lee, Monta and Steph. But we’re in the right direction.

Mama, there goes that coach!

I was surprised that Udoh scored so much, especially on post-ups
yeah, me too

In general, I think he does in fact have the post moves that it would take to reproduce last night’s scoring with some degree of regularity

but he was definitely feelin it last night.

Got his chance and ran with it.

We all discovered a lot about him. I wish we had done that with some other players last year.

yeah, I was talking to my wife about this earlier today

I think one of the big upshots of Linsanity is that teams and coaches may be more willing to give guys a look.

You have to be so ridiculously good to just make it to the NBA, a lot of times I think we don’t give kids ample opportunity (actual game time).

Udoh!!! I hope he's okay and will be able to go next game because we can't have Biedrins start ever again. LOL

I did hear Udoh was practicing his 15’ Js and game.

Looks Utah is falling back down into the bottom of the West

They were never as good as their record indicated. They are not a playoff team.

beans for jefferson
beans for jefferson
not that either would ever happen

but I’d much rather have Millsap

hey, beggars can't be choosers

at this point, I’d do Biedrens for an old Malone jersey

But for some reason

they have a deep bench. I wonder why?

If by "deep" you mean "full of rookies and young players"
Heh

I guess the Jazz wanted youth and athleticism in their bench. I won’t blame them for their decision, though.

Added

Dave Chappelle in the locker room. CSN highlights, recap.

hahaha nate robinson in the background!
so is dave chapelle a real warriors fan?

i think owen wilson is a warriors fan too, he is friends with don nelson lol

Boston is too old to keep up with this schedule

They probably will sneak in as the 8th seed though.

nice form
why is he closing his legs like that???

Good to see the team taking my advice and getting stars in Oracle. That means means alot to free agents.

Yeah.

If you notice on Twitter last night, it seemed like all the Warriors had a good time with him showing up. I know for a fact that Klay, Coach Jackson, and Nate posted pictures with him and I’d bet nearly all of our guys took pictures. It seemed like they had a lot of fun with Dave showing up.

missed the game playing bf3

hope porky has some highlights for us!

cmon…at least get his name right!

This is a nice way to come back from a vacation...

I hope Udoh can continue putting up numbers on offense, because with his defense, if he can be just a little productive (is 10-8 too much to ask?), he can be a quality starting center.

Added

Udoh, Curry tweets. nba.com highlights, recap. Mark Jackson at the podium.

Added

Rusty, MT2 recap.

Added

warriors.com audio, quotes.

I think gumby highlights are the only thing that's left

Assuming he does one tonight, that is.

What about Adam
Yeah, him too

He usually writes recaps, but sometimes they appear very late.

I think tonight's title would make a good "locker room motto" quote.

Anyone know anyone in the Warriors locker room???

I wish coach would break a smile once in awhile

I swear, one of the first things out of his mouth was that Udoh missed a jumper that he had wanted him to practice during the summer…. come on, man!

Too Short was there?

Was anyone at the game and saw that? Too bad the broadcast didn’t show that!

I wasn't there but I know at a TO in the 3rd he walked out onto the court and performed a snippet from Blow the Whistle

He’s done it before, he did it last vs Orlando in that OT win

Oh, OK!

I was trying to figure out when it was. Thank you. I hope someone puts it on YT. They should really take more advantage of Bay Area music talent, especially with our home crowd. I think that there are so many untapped resources all around. Maybe they will clue in.

I suppose this is who Klay is

A shooter who can come off screens. He can get hot and he can get cold. He’s not anywhere near Ray Allen or Reggie Miller though.

Added

Highlights by gumbywithpokey.

It's awesome to see how bad that front court of the Clippers is at defending.

Blake Griffin likes to stand around and reach as people run by him for easy layups. Jordan goes flying at every pump fake.

It's weird. They have defensive talent.

But they are not as good on defense as you would expect

It seems to me like Griffin is not interested in defending, and Jordan is always looking for a highlight reel block.

Both guys seem more interested in making Sportscenter’s top 10 plays of the night than anything else.

Vinny DelNegro

he’s not a good coach

they should seriously fire him and make CP3 the player/coach

Does anyone else

feel like Matt Steinmetz is extra negative? Every time I read or hear something from him, he has a real dislike for the Warriors is seems to me. At first I didn’t really care, but now it is just too much. I think it is out of pocket. He just gives no credit or is extra reluctant to do so.

He's been doing the same thing since the mid/late 90s...

although he used to rip on the Warriors much more then. Then again, he had lots of reason to.

as a columnist for the CC Times

Oh, OK. It is his MO. I never followed him before.
this
Then again, he had lots of reason to.

I’m glad the media is critical…even to the point of cynicism.
This franchise has not been well-run for a while. And the new ownership came in promising all sorts of madness (playoffs).

I never got why their promised playoffs

Warriors fans have heard that same spiel from Cohan. We’re trained to be suspicious of any “promises” from the front office.

OK, i'm done for the night

tired and exhausted, but in a good way.

Good to see that Udoh’s late injury isn’t anything to worry about. It’d suck to see him go down during a career game.

huh

i wonder what monta said to mo williams

I was trying to figure it out, too.

This doesn’t help, but at the end MW said, alright! LOL

"lets hit those swank-ass nightclubs the bay area has to offer"

I figure they were gonna go hang out somewhere afterwards. During the game, either Barnett or Fitz mentioned that they were from the same city/area so they are pretty close.

Yeah, they’re both born & raised in Jackson, Mississippi

Even if we knew

we wouldn’t be able to decipher it. I can’t imagine the accent Monta probably talks with around people actually from Mississippi

Thanks for all the great stuff, IQ. Well done, as usual.

just great to follow all those postgame interviews. So many tidbits that help you round out the picture of what is going one, and what the perspectives are by the main actors.

+1

your work is much-appreciated, IQ!!!

nate robinson is wearing a beavis and butthead shirt hahaha

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