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Preview & Game Thread #22: Oklahoma City Thunder at Golden State Warriors - Groundhog Day?

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Oklahoma City Thunder (19-5) at Golden State Warriors (8-13)

TV: CSN Bay Area & NBA TV | Radio: KNBR 680

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OK, I guess Groundhog Day was five days ago, but we could easily call this preview "Deja Vu All Over Again?" Let's hope not. Last time OKC came into town, just twelve days ago, they shellacked the Dubs, 120-109. Kevin Durant had 37-and-14, Russell Westbrook 28 pts 11 ast, Serge Ibaka 20-and-12, and the Warriors were outrebounded 61-40.

Andris Biedrins played for 9 minutes to start the game and then sat on the bench the rest of the way, with Mark Jackson citing that the Thunder didn't have a bonafide post player for AB to guard.

Star-divide

The Thunder currently have the best record in the NBA. It has been a reasonable prediction that they could end up with the NBA's best record for quite some time now. The basketball gods are on their sides, with last night's goaltending snafu by the refs on a Durant layup, directly contributing to another win.

Sure, they're coming into town on the 2nd night of a back-to-back, the night after an overtime game, but the Thunder have swept four of six back-to-backs (not counting 2nd-game-away back-to-backs, though), and one of those was a sweep of a three-game set. They're young, on a high, and hitting their stride.

Of course, their NBA media notes uses the phrase "Road Warriors" without any regard to whom they're playing tonight. I ought to put that up as a poll someday: Would the term "warriors" be used so loosely if the Golden State Warriors were known as perennial championship contenders? I wonder how long we'll have to wait to find out.

And how about James Harden? He's a lock for the Sixth Man Award. Here's the quote from the media notes...

Harden has come off the bench in 22 of 24 games this season for Oklahoma City and in all but two instances he has proceeded to score in double figures (including seven 20point efforts in which the team is 61). Harden’s 16.7 point per game average is currently tops in the NBA among reserves (min. 15 games).

The last OKC-GSW matchup seemed to dispel previous numbers showing that Westbrook has struggled against Stephen Curry (24.5 ppg, .561 fgp vs OKC). But also, how will Nate Robinson (strained groin, day-to-day) play against his former teammates? Will Dominic McGuire add some spark on the boards, assuming he gets some minutes? Btw, Monta Ellis is 14 for his last 47 field goal attempts.

This one's gonna be rough. And yet, most times when I say that, the Dubs bring something else to the table I didn't think of.

Poll
How far will the Thunder go in the playoffs?
NBA champion
114 votes
Lose in NBA Finals
154 votes
Lose in Conference Finals
87 votes
Lose in Conference Semi-Finals
13 votes

368 votes | Poll has closed

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Of course, their NBA media notes uses the phrase “Road Warriors” without any regard to whom they’re playing tonight.

1.Stealing our mascot.
2. Stealing our team name

What’s next, stealing our players?

…that might not be so bad…

I'm callin Klay havin a big night!

Crazy, i went to over 20 games last season…today will be my first. VERY stoked!

have fun! hopefully it will be a good game with a W for the warriors!
ya it will be a good game either way

OKC are my second favorite team…and I have a feeling steph and klay will light it up!

Soooo weird that today will be my first game this season…hope the starters pick up their game!

goodluck dude

I took a day off work to watch it on league pass LOL

true warriors fan right there!
It's a NBA tv game. It's blacked out on league pass.
nah not for australian viewers

its on 2:30pm here Wednesday 8th Feb

whoa, you are a time traveler!
Good to know.

I’ll have to use my VPN from Australia to see if it works for me.

is there any hope that i might be on, considering on ESPN its says CSNbayHD

i only have league pass so ima cry if i cant watch it. i know that it is on NBA TV as well, but im wondering if for some reason it will be on league pass

I guess it's back to the bench for Beans

watch us get outrebounded again

...and again...

and again… and again.

I predict

that this is gonna be a lot closer than the last game, but will still end in a comfortable Thunder victory.

X-factor: Thunder played a BIG game last night (high energy, overtime game against the Blazers

Strategy: As always, i think our only prayer in this one is to rain the threes

matchup to watch – Ibaka versus Lee, Udoh, etc. He killed us last time, and reliably seems to dominate us on the offensive glass

DUBS WILL WIN!!!!

(eventually, I don’t know about tonight).

We got a tough dozen or so games starting tonight
Seriously

Next week is going to be horrifying…5 games in 7 days (two b2b’s). I’m fearful for Curry’s ankle.

it is hard to find a team that play worst than us...

Nets? wait… we lost to Nets.

Bobcats?? Hum….

We suck. Go Warriors, still.

Hahahahahahahaha

Man, that made me laugh so hard.

Pretty much how I feel, but tanking will get us a superstar so don’t feel too bad.

Tanking might get us a superstar. Chances are, we’d only get a solid player, or worse, an outright bust.

I hope we benefit

That the Thunder play a very close alot of run and gun style from last night. And we need to watch out on Harden which kill us the last time we met. Then Durant on crunch time is unstopable. So we need to neutralized Durant on those final minutes.

watch for McGuire on Durant late
Ike Diogu is a free agent

maybe be should re-sign him

+1

I think he is the answer

Okay, Beans 10 pts.

Let’s make it happen this time!

Going to my first game of the season tonight

Any security I should know about? They always seem to change the rules…

Sweet Chance at Redemption! After tonight the NBA world will be buzzing!

Sacramento who? Curry/Monta will go off for 50+, 17 assists, and suffocate Westbrook on D. LeeUdoh/Biedrins and Wright will deliver 35; Lee/Udoh/Biedrins will pull down 30+Rs, get 5 blocks, and win the PF battle. Nate/Bush/Thompson will drop in another 35. Warriors will commit only 12 TOS. Final score: GSW 125 OKC 118.

stop playing NBA2K12, man.
lol, just my predictions (a bit optimistic, granted)...GOOOO WARRIORS!!!!
i llikeeeeee
Yeah, but, I am getting a sinking feeling. IQ just reported Nate is a NO GO!
Did anybody watch last game

People were calling our game against the Thunder last time a shellacking. Were we watching the same game. We were a close until late. Specifically, competing, but Thunder pulling ahead to win comfortably toward the very end. To be honest, we would be lucky to get another game like that.
BTW I want a close loss. Tank for the future.

I wonder how many weak fouls Durant draws.....
Eh, he works for most of them
Reggie had a bad shooting night against Boston. 6-15 (2-8,3pt), 21 pts.

That 3pt shot will take a while to come back after surgery. Can’t believe he came back in a bit over a month after surgery!

what about those commentators

They sound like dinosaurs and they were so biased towards the celtics..
I’m biased but I’m pretty sure our commentary team isn’t that bad..

Agree. Boston is Boston. They do not cut anyone any slack.
Still efficient with the free throws though.

And charlotte has no decent offensive player besides him. It’s really sad.

Yep, he was 6-7 from FT. Got fouled a lot on short jumpers, and converted. Had 4 assists, and an uncharacteristic 3 tos in 30-something minutes.
No Nate the Microwave tonight

Out with a strained left groin

Ouch, that hurts...I guess Jenkins will get the call for backup PG?
Let see what Jenkins

can do for our team

Yep, in some respects, a baptism of fire is best for rookies...
yeah, most likely

i hope the bench isn’t totally dependent on Nate’s energy and attitude. If they are, then we are totally screwed in this game.

Yep, I liked Nate's energy against his former team last time. He played with passion, and it carried over.
Then Monta looks like

gonna play 40+ minutes tonight

lol...if the Good Monta shows up, it could be great news...
We're gonna lose

badly.

Sigh. If we play at our best, we are capable of doing it. Nate was an important piece.

Monta 37 pts 12-25 shooting 5 turnovers. book it.

go warriors!

I am hoping for that kind of a Monta break out. He is due, and, certainly, very capable of it.

So is Curry.

well duh he's capapble of it

monta is the best player in the NBA… soo…..

Good game

Sac vs Min,

Suns vs Mil

Timberwolves look like a ordinary team without Love

Yep, and we will see what the Clips will look like without Billups...
jeremey lin had another good shooting night?
Between Lin at the Garden, and the Giants parade, NY has been insanely happy!
I want to see

Wall vs Lin rematch tomorrow

That could be a litmus test for Lin! Three in a row would be Tebowesque!
is anyone watchin this pregame

St jean is a moron… he has no idea what he’s talking about lol

dubstitutes?? i don't like it...
Does this thread have a Warriors win?
jim sounds like he shook his cold
Klay Thompson, Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry should be the only guards we play this game.

Klay Thompson’s national coming out party tonight!

30 points

You heard it here first.

devil dogs: go hard

thunder eat boots

kathy gehring is the best!
Let's do it!

Let’s lose it!

ready for this loss

one loss closer to a 25% chance at Anthony Davis

Yay, we have a lead
Good defense Monta and helping Biedrins
Point Lee finding a cutting Monta
Thunder showing lag from huge Portland game last night
so yr saying they deserve to lose.
no saying it may take them a little to wake up
i guess you didn't see aldridge's last second block
oh yeah i watched that game

i didnt catch the joke the first time, refs are trash anyway

called by the official near midcourt too. absolute joke of a call

highlight reel
Monta right through the defense like knife through butter
Monta to the rim

is sweet

Lee swishing, pitching a shutout!
can you watch nba tv online??
it depends

legally or illegaly?

legally
No such thing

that’s why they are selling League Pass

yea i dont want to pay for it.

is it true that they black out LP if its on NBA tv

yeah

not sure if you’re in the home market though

nah im in virginia

so who knows, nba tv sucks

prediction

if we don’t miss, we win

run and gun on the tired Thunder
Biedrins #2 just like that
They won't take him out

Beans isn’t playing the 4th anyways

blow the whistle time
that weak call doomed us
david lee the three point specialist
Warriors looked like they didn't know what play to run there

LOL was that dlee trying to shoot a 3?

yeah, he's hit one before last season
Lee nice high post
Warriors don't want to push it in transition

why not???

That's not "East Coast ball"
Biedrens two fouls, Monta with the Ole special

and just like that the Thunder are back in it

Westbrook 8 pts already
it is

Monta and Westbrook show

Nice to see the Warriors get up for the good teams

if only they got up for the bad teams

not much thunder interior defense
another touch foul and 1 for the Thunder, ugh
Rebounding already killing the warriors
not much interior defense for us either
Durant's missing pretty badly
I think the starters want redemption
Monta has to spoil a good thing
Monta Ellis is in the zone

it would be awesome to see him go for 50

Didn't like that Monta shot

someone’s got to get open and give Monta a chance to pass

bad shot monta
This team only works on offense if they get out and run coach
Yeah Monta do yourself version!
ugh

Monta Westbrook back and forth

have a feeling westbrook will win that course of action
Nice draw a foul on Ibaka

then we got a chance

don't let Durant get hot...
How did Durant get that deep!
Ugh, Durant already under the rim
He look like

a power forward or a Center on that play

Steph Curry looking sharp

8 of 11 from the field overall W’s

Curry finally hitting a shot to end that possession

lots of passing around

Ball movement

Pump fake works

Westbrook falling for the patented Dorell pump drive & kick
I was thinking

If we beat OKC, then we will have beat OKC, the Bulls and the Heat. Who says the Warriors can’t contend???

because they suck against the Kings, Nets, Suns, and Bobcats
Golden State can contend

in the West, there is no clear cut favorite because the Lakers are mediocre and I don’t believe in San Antonio

u know I'm joking rite?
deep down I do

the Warriors are not consistent enough although they do have some quality wins

Thunder getting inside position way too easily
I don't like the pace of this game. The Thunder have a greater advantage on both ends in the half court.

I know they are good at the run, but they played an OT game last night.

We’re bailing them out playing slow.

haha, Jim's nickname is "Crazy Horse"
my favorite place lol!!
Does anyone else see that commercial with Jose Bautista and the booster juice thing?

I find it hilarious that his endorsement slogan is “Jose Bautista – powered by the juice”

Hahahaha

I need to see that.

The first big hitter out after the steroid era.

Brilliant

kendrick perkins looks scary
So mean lookin
Everyone knows he's soft
Blake Griffin already castrated him
Monta doesn't believe in hitting the rim
Monta wow, I was actually wanting for him to pass it
come on, RUN

don’t jog, RUN

Good defense on Durant
fail fastbreak
DUMB decision by Curry again
home run play, right?
Yes, exactly

I expect Mark Jackson to work on his decision making in the offseason. Curry cannot keep doing this. It’s incredibly frustrating because he CAN make the right pass. But it’s the mentality of a PG that he does not have.

Curry often goes for the fancy pass – but the fancy pass is not the one that wins you the game.

Sorry that pass hit your hands Dorell
after fastbreak turnover

DONT RUN SLOW IT DOWN

Curry should stop and pop instead
did he just scream?!
yup, the girliest I may have ever heard
bailing them out everytime we get a stop
that failed fastbreak reminds me of 2k12 when i'm playing as the warriors
Nice DWright reverse finish
quite the adroit play!
Monta is on fire this qtr
difficult shot
if aint difficult it aint Monta
69 percent shooting, not bad

sustainable

if it were sustainable

that would be fantastic!

uh oh... monta is feelin it
Monta crossover work
Good Monta is heaaaaa
Monta someday will pass Wilt Chamberlin on scoring

if he stay hot like this

Monta is unconscious
how many points is monta gonna get tonight? predictions?
Can the other 8 players sit and we just watch Monta and Westbrook?
Curry nice to Udoh
That was a good pass
Pepe Udoh mid range is good
That was ugly, Udoh
Rush, unfortunately, cannot come off a screen and shoot

He has to set his feet

Udoh always looses the ball going up
Nazr too smart for that Epke
I had Monta and Curry for over 50...not in a quarter, though..
Monta nice swipe deflection
that corner 3 for Rush is automatic
westbrook got jacked lol
to end it come on
a bucket here would be nice
Monta, superstar call?
and he misses a ft..
All star game is around the corner...
monta just woke up
Durantula is sick
never understand how scorers cant hit free throws

then i look at their 3 point percentage then i understand

WHAAAAAAAA?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? A Monta-iso at the end of the quarter and scores

Is this real life?

of course he makes it
No, in real time, it looked like the buzzer went off first, unless the sound is not in sync
That's how it looked on my stream, but the sound does seem delayed...
dam you durant
-________-

COVER KD

that didn't look in time
Piss off Durant

Of course he wrecks our best 1st qtr all season lol

And so it begins..................
jenkins there you are
I want to see Jenkins

getting aggressive

No no no no no

that’s a flop

Ugh, Klay hasn't been called for one of those in awhile
dam klay always gets that charge call
are we kickin ass?
if you call trading buckets while playing near perfect ball kicking ass
yes i do ..
well the warriors are bound to come down to earth

and they’ll be receiving the thunders foot

lol..... ya we cant maitain that
Hate offensive foul

Someday NBA players will stop driving to the hoop, and everyone just shoot a jumper it ain’t fun to watch

i’d love for the nba to get rid of the charge

you mean like in the 60s?
We can't be missing Nate this much, can we?
And Kwame Brown
yep its gonna happen
where has the momentum gone?
all of a sudden were down 5 playing this bench
monta freakin ellis was kickin som ass
what the hell just happen lol
Charles Jenkins needs to pass more accurately
sounds like curry
No, Curry's problem is his decision making
Jenkins doest not penetrate

that is why we can’t find a open man

Sad...we needed Lin and Reggie real bad about now...lol
we need lin, lol jk
With Nate out

We have no one on the bench who can create their own shot

Lin would cut right through that defense...
i never would have cut Lin without frist seeeing what he can do in a game
dubstitutes not doin well
dumbstitutes right now
Reggie would be creating and scoring..
linning streak lol
IQ said it....no Nate, no bench..
Monta's going to carry us tonight
He is doing it...
Monta with 21

he needs some modicum of assistance though

that was stupid, Monta.
Argh, nobody came to help Monta
Our offense still needs work
He gonna be burned in the 4th..
Thunder have turned up their defensive quickness
Curry wide open swish is much needed
Curry! We need that all game..
Curry should draw a charge there
Dont touch Durant!
This is actually a fun game to watch

nobody is missing shots

What have the thunder done to earn these whistles?

Last night v Portland was also horrendous

BLAZERS GOT ROBBED LAST NIGHT!!!!!!
They are the NBA Stern media whores.
Foul?

Get out of here… Piss off Durant

who picked up the foul?
Someone else help Ellis for f$%k sake
Nice vision and passing from Curry
Yep nice outlet pass
DWright, you need to make that!
BRush>>>>>DWright
That was a great pass by Lee and cut by Monta

But Monta couldn’t finish due to the defender in the middle

Monta the Magnificent...
Curry great move!
nice job by Steph Curry
nifty move there curry!
does monta take "easy" shots

seems like everything that isnt a spot up is some leaner or reverse lay-in

wow MOnta should be top 1 on

NBA play of the night

It'll be some BS Lebron or Griffin Dunk
Harden was forcing Curry to the baseline

he thought he had help

Haha, Curry's rainbow floater still went in anyway
Look at curry just throw the ball
REFS YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so said Blazers fans last night, smh
refs been smoking?
ref is riding on the thunder

a lot of money at stake

looked cleaner on replay than it did live

still definite contact... should have been called
wow monta with 25??
Take it easy, Fitz, you're on NBATV
thats gonna cost him
i have no idea what to say about that non-call
LOL Fitz trashing the refs
should have been a foul on Ibaka

but the refs like to laugh a little in case Fitz didnt tell you already

Haha how in the world is there no foul?

fitz is going to loose it one day

haha i love fitz

Our fans need to give it to the refs and the thunder more! Portland did it last night, it was great

What kind of weak ass Warrior fan get’s excited or cheers for a flashy fastbreak dunk for a thunder?

I hate that the refs make me kind of dislike the Thunder
me too

last couple years i cheered for this team now i hate them

finally old aggressive monta is back
Lee nice drive, no finish
now THAT's a foul
David Lee should have about 6 more free throw attempts
Dorell looks like he hit a wall

when he bump into PErkins.

In DWrights eye ball
Ugh, all that defensive work, Harden still hits it
ugh, a bailout whistle on Durant
bailout

ref you suck

good call, but frustratingly late

these refs are better than bail bonds
lol I was ready to Fitz out if they gave thay to Westbrook
finally

thank you for the offensive foul

OHHH SHIIIIIIT! MONTA AND 1
Monta Ellis Monta Ellis

swagger Ellis

looks like fouls are going to be fast and furious

good monta stayed home, great monta showed up tonight

westbrook fail

MONTA

Monta CANNOT BE STOPPED
anyone have a good link
So long as he keeps taking it to em im happy
monta in the billin
HOLY SHIT. MONTA FUCKIN ELLIS. TRADE THAT MAN.
FUCK AROUND AND DROP 30 MANG
this is why i hate the NBA

Ellis took 17 steps to the basket and 3 guys looking directly at him can’t blow the whistle. Geez

Blah blah blah

Refs rarely call travel, especially on drives.

yes

and that really hurts the viewing experience in my mind. It’s a sucky part of the game. Guys change pivot foots when receiving a pass every 15 seconds and it NEVER is called. It’s ridiculous

that blatant walk

is inexcusable to miss BTW. They don’t come more obvious than that.

Wow wow wow

So many things and TRAVELING is the thing that pisses you off?

the consistency of bad calls, generally, bother me greatly

But traveling is a black and white rule. There is a travel on almost every play when people catch, establish a pivot foot, then change before passing the ball or putting it on the floor. It’s a huge part and impact on the game. I’m not saying the other things aren’t matter or don’t infuriate me, but traveling is the most occruing offense and gets called the least % of time

Traveling is not the problem with the NBA
NBA has a boatload of problems

but few of them hurt the integrity and viewing experience of the game. It’s fine to say that enforcing the rule will lead to less spectucular plays and that’s why you think it hurts the game and therefore you don’t care, I just think such important rules should be enforced…and those reasons seem fairly obvious to me.

how about new refs

as mark cuban said it, these refs suck

It's sort of funny how he is so pissed off about traveling
Yeah, THAT'S what's wrong with the NBA

the inconsistent travel calls

You bet

That traveling thing is why I hate basketball. THREE steps to do a windmill 360 dunk? GTFO!!!

+1000!

I hear people cry about flops and superstar treatment, meanwhile, guys take one step more than they’re allowed!

it's as if you are saying

letting people walk is a good thing for the game. It’s not a subjective rule. It’s on objective rule; they’re not hard to determine like charges and contact in the air near the basket.

bad calls in general

is, indeed, one of the worst things about the NBA. The traveling is the most egregious and annoying because it’s a huge part of the game and it occurs every 10 seconds but is never called.

Yes I could probably come up with thousands of travels that were not called

But in the grand scheme of things, as long as the ballhandler stays in the same general position it really doesn’t affect the game.

And honestly, I will tell you right now that calling travels will make the game MUCH choppier and much less entertaining.

ballhandler stays in the same general position it really doesn’t affect the game.

Traveling violations turn the ball over. They are huge. So as long as a player is in the same general position, it doesn’t matter that they violate the most basic staple of basketball: maintaining one pivot foot and getting 2 steps? Why not let a player pick up his dribble over and over again…so long as he stands in the same general position? It is absurd.

Here's the sad truth

Nobody cares about the travel call. I know, shocking, right?

It's hard to believe anybody whos played organized bball

at an amateur level — where rules to maintain fair competition and integrity actually matter — could not care at all, unless they didn’t realize that players change pivot foots almost everytime they catch – and -face the basket…but then again how could viewers who know anything about the game miss it?

I will tell you right now that calling travels will make the game MUCH choppier and much less entertaining.

Another insufficient argument. Enforcing a rule will do what other rules attempt to do: force players to play with in the rules or get penalized.

this is why i hate the NBA

2 guys leap towards Udoh and mug him and 3 other guys can’t blow the whistle. Geez

bad calls

the consistency of them really hurts the game and why watching is never as rewarding as it should be.

30 points for Monta already!
He p-off people don't think he is an all star!
x1000000000000
He's not. One great game every 10 games means nothing!

Iverson scored over 40 five games in a row. They lost all five!

Monta for 60 against the thunder on NBATV

and just when I though everyone forgot it was my birthday

happy birthday
I'm just playin

My bday’s not til july.

Sh...don't tell Monta!
He is going to score 2 pts for every year...happy b-day
monta been aight
Did you guys see Monta get crushed by a Perkins screen at the final possession?
No I didn't.

But it’s cause I was standing on the sideline with a whistle in my mouth

Monta Elllis doin work, golden state on his shirt
and on his shoulder, literally.
30 at halftime?

lets make this an every night thing, k monta?

Now the Thunder are going to swarm Monta and try to shut him down

Everyone needs to help!

Hopefully Curry can get going
that would be awesome
he hasn't missed a shot has he?

he’s just let monta go off

Why would we want to WATCH this interview
Curry nice steal and then the shot at the other end
11 for Curry now, sweet shot
Good team defense again
Perkins is terrible
once david lee makes up his mind

hes going to bull rush in

Mark Jackson just runs an iso for everyone and says

“Get Me Points”

Travel! Yes! I love when they call those so much!
travel!

salary_cap will be happy

I'll admit it

this made me laugh out loud.

nice

for the record i totally understand your position, but if i was gonna list the problems with the nba the lack of traveling calls wouldn’t be towards the top

what's more important in terms of actual game

play that you think is more rampant or more egregious in your mind?

don't get me wrong

i would not mind at all if they tightened up the traveling calls. there are just quite a few other things in the game i would prefer they tightened up/changed before they did that

like what?

off the top of my head i’d say offensive fouls. i said earlier in this thread i’d love for the nba to just eliminate them completely

that is up there with me in

annoyability for sure. For me, though, traveling happens all over the court all the time literally just about every possession, more than once sometimes. Thsese guys aren’t really playing real basketball because of it. If they just enforced it, guys would change and play cleaner ball. blocking fouls and charges for me are awful too, don’t get me wrong.

OH YEAH A TRAVEL

I CAN WATCH THE NBA AGAIN NOW THAT THEY ARE CALLING TRAVELS

excellent shot Monta!
David Lee NICE bounce pass through traffic to a back door Monta!
Great cut, pass by Lee
nice pnr with Ibaka almost throwing it down

Beans said GTFO

clean block

nah clipped him on the wrist just a tad bit

only if Beans jumped a little higher

Perkins is terrible on offense

I mean, he sucks so much

Oh my god, Biedrins #5 was a crap call
Beans out? :(

5th foul

well beans is done for the night
when did Andris become this much of a foul magnet
his entire career

he’s always gotten a crap whistle

but 5 in 14 minutes? thats ridiculous

and its been the norm this season for him

it's been the norm for him

most of them come from over aggresiveness and just flat out bad calls

lots of bad calls probably :)
he needs to go to "defend without fouling school" by ambulance
Monta and Curry are on pace to 50+...now, where is everyone else?
Monta is a monster
MONTA IS IN A ZONE
Monta could make them blindfolded!
dont touch him dont look at him dont talk to him
what the hell monta makin everything
Nice steal and fast break!
Monta likes to have big games agaisnt good players..
this isn't a big game

this is a HUUUUUGE game

DORELL WRIGHT!

great defense and great fastbreak

WARRIORS ON FIYAH
DONT LET ME GET IN MY ZONE. DONT LET ME GET IN MY ZONE

IM ALREADY IN MY ZOOOOOOOOOONE.

Dorell layups always make me nervous
WILL MONTA FINALLY SCORE 47 TONIGHT?
Monta is doing it against what is arguably going to be the NBA finals team...

lol…they have a long way to go..

well they dont have Thabo out there

he definitely would be making Monta’s life more difficult out there

lol @ OKC making it to the finals when Westbrook's ego takes over
They're what

5-3 against teams over .500 and would be 4-4 if the refs called the game last night correctly…? Thunder aren’t nearly as good as anyone thinks

Guys

The refs should have called a travel on that fastbreak

Girls

It’s the NBA… of course the SHOULD have :P

NO

I don’t know if I can keep watching these fastbreak dunks, layups and alley oops knowing that the players take THREE steps to the rim…

You can count four a lot of times lol

I hear you

FOUR???

/smashes a wall

lol yea his feet moves so fast
Looks like the Warriors are gambling more for steals on defense
out of control westbrook

to

i cant tell(i dont have HD)

but it looks like Monta is wearing the VIII’s

westbrook is out of control
Clearly, our defense is keeping us in this game....

If you spell defense MONTA

Wow so many turnovers by the Thunder

NICE

Lee should have shot it without the fake
what the hell david lee

just shoot the damn ball when your that open

worst acquisition ever
Are warriors getting foul calls

to their advantage? When does that happen

The league

just handed a free win to OKC last night, so they’re making up for it tonight lol

we are playing with more energy and tempo too
Lee at center?
the lead will be gone shortly
MONTA STEALS WESTBROOK

pick pocket

the Thunder aren't playing smart
OH YES OH YES OH YES OH YES OH YES OH YES OH YES OH YES OH YES
39 AND1

MONTA ELLIS BOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

AAAAAAH MONTA RIDICULOUS
Haha Thunder are collapsing
Wow Monta Owning Westbrook
3 point play

way to ball monta 40

MONTA ELLIS 40

ELLIS SWAG LIKE ELLIS

wish i had a link to watch this madness
LINK............
http://www.firstrowsports.eu/watch/106393/1/watch-golden-state-warriors-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder.html
scavange frontrowsports or international sites
firstrow
monta just jacked the all star westbrook
This is the Curry and Monta that I like
+ Waiting a long time for it...
Curry NICE play to Lee
ME AND STEPHEN CURRY SIXTY POINTS IN DA BACKCOURT
JUMPSHOT ELLLISSSS!
nice dime

buckets

yeah that guy cant play point

Curry is playing well tonight

Making better decisions

Although that bullet pass may not have been a good decision
Curry-Lee connection really starting to shine these last few games
LASERPASS
Steph Curry one hand swing pass

DLee

A pass for the ages there. great
lee GREAT, but dangerous, whip pass to Lee
DAT PASS
curry the quaterback
triple double coming for Curry?

game on

they paid too much attention to monta leading to dw 3
DWright making Thunder pay for leaving him in the corner
wow Cook rainbow 3
The Warriors are on fire
this is games where KD is not a full leader

he should be getting touches trying to create for himself or his teammates, not watch his buddy get ripped every other possession

Warriors are hitting everything
does anyone miss???
Curry and Lee pick and roll!
They cannot stop our P&R
Plenty of room to work with with a spread out offense
durantula strikes

3

omg, is there is magnet on the rim
RUSH HOUR 3

333333333333333

i thought DLee had a clear dunk though
Wow this is a fast game
Wow Monta is beasting tonight!
Guess Monta isn't breaking career high tonight
okay thats like 8 shots made in a row
This is fun

but not if you want to see defense

best basketball we’ve seen all year. offensively at least. from both teams

i love it

OFFENSE > DEFENSE entertainment wise

The block remains my favorite play in the game

UDOHH

is that hoop regulation size?
Ugh, mistake pass
wtf was that?
Lee, you are so effing stupid. Just an absolute idiot
DLEE GET OUT OF HERE
Lee stupid stupid..
AMNESTY DAVID LEE
Harden keeping the thunder at bay
quick question about the nba replay

why is it that they can go back to check on just about everything, but not goaltending?

kind of retarded, dont you think?

even foul they

cant go back and reverse the call

i agree

why the hell don’t they?

bcuz goaltending is considered a judgment call
Smh David Lee
sit monta till the rest of the quarter

hes looking tired

WOW that was a rip by durant for 3 left the net up on the rim .. then Rush does same thing right back!
This is like the old Warriors

all offense, no defense

good for the game, not good for the defensive team we're supposed to be building
Did you see our defensive efficiency?

Yeah it was the same as always.. 24th in the league

yeah, someone mentioned that before

but if we win games by offense, we’re not building the mindset of winning by defense

Yeah but the problem is talent

No matter what the defense, we don’t have the talent to consistently play defense. If both your guards consistently allow penetration no defense can make up for it.

Yeah, i know

but i think they want to get the player “culture” and “momentum” into thinking defense first.

Well, it is a shortened offseason

Let’s see what they can do next year.
Turns out that Mike Malone is not a magician

love it

may be my second favorite game all year long win or lose

This team is built to be better on offense
I like how all five guys are back to rebound the ball

after OKC destroyed us on the boards last game

Curry misses a FT? :(
How did Curry start missing free throws this season
but all that offense, and the Thunder are still in the game
all that offense

means no defense… we’re definitely playing better

yeah will dubs continue to shoot at 60% in the 4th

Thunder are winning the rebound battle and getting to the free throw line

scary part, Monta has to rest one more time
Monta finding a cutting Lee!
those rebounding again
Monta-Lee connection
USE DLEE MORE IN PNR
Is that Curry's new move? A fake left hand pass, then the real right hand pass
SMH

Fitz called Lee a “mobile forward”

Lee impressive receiving tonight.
This is why you go up for the dunk with TWO hands in traffic
stop that man durant
he glided like 10 feet on that dunk
Cmon rebound

the reason we lose the Kings is because of the rebound

no size in the frontcourt compared to the thunder
durant is so long!
yikes not a smooth pass from curry
Nice Curry pass Dwrignt did not finish
The problem with that behind the back pass to Wright

is that it’s not in Wright’s shooting pocket, takes him out of rhythm

Lee can't out rebound nick collison
This quarter should be played on ESPN Classics on repeat
monta cooled down

he hasnt touched it in awhile. bench him til 8 min 4th

David Lee Smack-a-Hoe competition
man I thought this is 4th quarter

with our scoring

monta is tired
Monta should be resting right now
what man just what
Wow Lee has 4 fouls?
2 stupid foul

and 1 imaginary foul this quarter

ugh, and the thunder can now take the lead with this and 1
I hate your Durantula
yeah Barnett its called superstar call all ball or not
Durant factor. He can literally dictate whenever he wants a call.
lol we need KG/PP to call him out and the refs

Teams should have a player on the roster they hire ONLY to talk ish about the refs to the media.

and

the individual in question should be unable to speak his mind without being fined

Of course with that being his only reason to be on the team, the owner would pay all fines.

Well, if you reach in the refs usually call that

especially for superstars

So don't strip the ball away if it's a superstar
and the league goes back to doing what it's done best this season

calling games in favor of the popular small market to keep them selling tickets and memorabilia

STEPHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH CCCCCCCURRY
perfect shooting for Curry, that's encouraging
except for a missed FT
that is true

perfect shooting from the field*

we have 93 pts at the end of the 3rd

is this the most we’ve scored in 3 qtrs this season?

Yep, we are going for 120 and a win!
This is a crazy game
i don't really like our chances in the 4th

we’ve played literally as well as can be expected and are only up 1

yup and how we did

blow a 14 point lead so easily

The old Warriors did that all the time :)
meet the new warriors

same as the old warriors

yeah it was fun though

a typical nellie warrior team would be up 90-75 in the third and then lose 110-115

turnovers, no rebounding

Warriors regressing to the mean and the Thunder getting to the line

Fuck rest

Drop 50 then rest Monta

dunno if he can get 50 anymore

hes cooled

must not understand how tired legs affect a player
Perfect Keith Smart strategy

That’s sure to win us games….nvm

Monta resting to start 4th
Giving them extra points?!!
whats that dubstep song sound like playing at oracle
DJ Phlipz Bmore Edit

kreayshawn gucci gucci dub step

westbrook has been turning it over

a lot this year. He’s already got 8 I think tonight

think he is second in the league in turnovers

his A:TO is horrendous as well

I know full well

hes on my fantasy team. He often has more turnovers than assists in games

hes a wild player
yet he is still so often near dominant at both ends of the floor

when and if he cleans up that ratio he will be a superstar

OMG the thunder have 191 points
Curry and Dlee for triple doubles?
Even the score board

is betting against the Warriors

lol their doing it slowly by 1s
Scorekeeper making sure Monta can get some rest

lol they get to 91 and it glitches out again

score board wants us to lose

so much for that home cooking

maybe that is the point spread
Lee has 8 assists? wow

Didn’t see that coming

its the old warriors

everyone stats the stuff sheet and plays no defense

he is the other

player on our roster with a chinese last name

wait they gave the thunders +1?
they should point the camera at the arena scoreboard so we can see exactly what they're trying to fix
RU$$$$$$$$H!!!!!!!!
Klay fail, Rush 3!
looked like foot was on the line
how the hell do they always get fts

someone teach the warriors how to draw fouls like thunders

The refs help them

but the problem is our guards don’t like contact

Bigger and faster team. Basketball is not physical in it's nature.

They’re able to put the ref in a tough spot

Warriors dont have penetrators

not going to draw fouls shooting jumpers

Steph wanted a charge but he was wearing the wrong uni
That, and he wasn't set.
lee and Curry are still in the game
Nice Curry alley lay up
holy fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuu

deep 3 westbrook

Curry just let him shoot that
Wow Collison pushed Lee all the way to the 3pt line
Wow, you can't stop that Durant move
2nd chance points

fuuuuuuuuuuuu

our rebounding suck
We have one solid rebounder in now, and he's dog tired

i’d like to see McGuire and Udoh in for Lee and Wright for like 2 mins

warriors once again getting pounded on the glass
Curry Lee pick and roll so deadly
i thought it looked like klay

i am blind as hell

another PNR

good foul by collison by stopping lee

we need to run the offense through d. lee in the high post
I notice a pick and roll that is working very well

We basically have three players on one side and run a pick and roll on the other side. Thunder can’t rotate quickly.

GREAT FREAKING BOX OUT DORELL
Curry, what was that?
That three was Monta-esque.
It was his first miss of the game :(
no do not steal Lawlers Law
its the Law

so does it means Clippers is still curse?

yeah, Billups out for the season
cmon Lee triple double
Klay finishing the possession with a 3!
KLAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

333333333

Klay will take the shot Durell
Everyone is on fire
nice decision by wright to get that to klay

he wanted to take that so bad too, you can tell.

meh

made me nervous watching him

Dwright pump fake works
actually has worked a ton tonight

dorell was scary there. could see the gears turning but he made the right decision

klay joins the points party
wohoo

maybe that 191 score aint impossible haha keep shooting 3’s!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNYYTHINGGGGGGGGG IS POSSSIBLURRRRRRRR
back to the run and gun warriors

The game is enjoyable again

definitely one of my favorites this year
Klay Stojakvic
i butchered that spelling lol
lol what happen to peja
Peja retired a few weeks ago
i thought he retired after last season, he had no intentions of playing another season after last year?
Can we take advantage of the Thunder fatigue?
What a pass from Lee!
MONTA 42!!!!!

DAVID LEE TRIPLE DOUBLE

lee at the high post has worked wonders tonight

Lee triple double
This is the offense the Nellie envisioned
Monta is insane

and David Lee gets a triple-double, it’s all good

DLee triple double!
He has been amazing passing and catching tonight
oh my god, you can't stop durant
fffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuu durant
can't stop him
-_________- smh
what do you do about Durant? smh
Wow Durant is just tossing it up and it goes in
Monta reverse layup is nice on

the replay

uh oh

someone lose a tooth again

FUCK AROUND AND DROP A TRIPLE DUB LEE
Dubz better make some Top play lists on ESPn
Curry needs 4 boards

for his trip-dub

Offense spreads out the defense, Monta sneaks in for the rebound

fuck winning, we need curry to get 4 more rebounds! lol

monta looks so damn good tonight

hustle+defense

LOL WHAT THE FFFFFFFFFFFF

DLEE MAN KILL THAT REF

Jim B still trying to defend the refs, so annoying
Show us a replay where we can see what happened.
westbrook mugged monta thats what happened

AND DAVID LEE WAS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. HE DIDNT EVEN TOUCH ANYONE

Glad you're being objective.

Lee was right there. I didn’t see the foul, but so say Lee wasn’t in the play makes no sense.

GET THE F OUT OF HERE REFS
And another foul on Durant
Ok, I confess

I paid off the refs so they would help the Warriors tank

eff these refs
this is where the

organization need to change the rule about the replay

These refs dont want to get home safely do they?

lacob should run on the court and get on the refs lol

Tackle them

it would seriously be the greatest thing i’d ever seen in the history of anything

Stern got a tweet Thunder getting wooped, checked in, made a call to Oracle

refs now go to work

what happened on d lee play?
REF U SUC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol refs u suck chant
Nah, traveling is the biggest problem in the league
LOL

YEAH REF WHY DON’T YOU CALL TRAVEL

What kind of officiating is this?
they wont show it cause this game is on nba tv

they going to look hella bad on that dumb call

Soccer chants are good in times like these

“A Rope A Tree Let’s Hang the Referee”

i wish there were more euros in NBA

to help get european soccer fans into NBA and bring some soccer chants with NBA twists

the realgm general board is all hating on OKC too, it's getting old refs
So what's it say about us

When we have 1 guy with a triple double, one guy close to a triple double, and one guy close to 50, and we have a 3 point lead?

mark jackson basketball
these refs need to be demoted to the d league
No

The f league

Yeah right! They can't get demoted after obeying the big boss stern!
here's the replay
I can't hear

Ernie Johnson’s commentary, the Vancouver Grizzlies’ jerseys were TOO LOUD

that’s one weak ass call

i don't think lee actually made any significant contact on Westbrook there
wow

that replay showed d lee didnt even touch him!

this is Fan night

they don’t expect the Thunder to lose on a fan night. Because most the fans who voted to this game is a Thunder bandwagon fans

I'm not one of them
not many bandwagon Mav fans

that’s OK, because I’m a true one!

eminem

KNEES WEAK ARMS ARE SWEATING!

Hmmm

David Lee has already played 38 minutes

Beans foul trouble (as always)

So he’s the only bigman we have

Epke?
Well

Still doesn’t leave anyone to really spell DLee…lol

So Lee is playing the entire game
beasting on offense
I think if we keep shooting .600

we can win a lot of games

a lot of those were layups
especially if team is on back to back road games after playing OT against heated rival night before
ooof, Thunder calm and cool in crunch time
MOOOOOOOONNNNTTTAAAAA
please stick with what was working

aka lee at the high post and not monta isos

although that one worked out
Even the Monta isos are working tonight

But I still agree for the most part

most of his points have come off fast breaks and ball movement/actual plays

Monta with the aaaaaaaand-1!

BUT MONTA IS STILL CRAZY

even cook can shoot a bucket
MONTA AND 1
45

career high almost

love his 4th Q play
Someone guard cook wth
ugh, Thunder hitting clutch 3s
Who th F@*K is cook

why is he hitting those

That's all he does
I know who he is

but suddenly he become a clutch player

an Iron Chef

master of whipping up 25 foot recipes

oh my god, take care of the ball!

OMG OMG WHAT IN THE WORLD

So uh.....

Let’s at least get a shot attempt pls

this is definitely nellie ball

other team duped into playing reckless turnover prone ball full of ruched reckless shots

Well, Curry has been better with the ball tonight
the sarcasim make it stop
I was serious on that one

He hasn’t been as bad with the passes. But then of course he makes a dangerous pass and travels.

last 4 minute the Warriors always seem to remember they aren't supposed to win

they go away from what got them the lead and fall back into bad, losing habits

really dont want to lose this game
you think zone would be effective here?

to stop their penetration

and give them the 3 point looks?

i’d rather force them to drive and kick or take tough shots at the rim

they've been getting 3s regardless

because of the penetration

I think we should try to run that pick and roll again

Where we have three guys on one side and a Curry/Lee P&R on the other side. Thunder can’t stop it.

Very intense game
wish that dorell 3 would have went in
If we lose, I'd like a 5 minute grace period of crying about the refs without being called a homer.
where is the defense in this game tho? its like nelle ball all over again things never change...
what the hell steph

dumb apass

Wow that was so dangerous

dumb pass Curry

basketball god hate us
oh my gooood, DWright in and out 3

should have been down

That was 90% in 10% out
in and out, Thunder luck continues
Typical Warriors

Can’t get a board to save their life

Our offense looks clumsy all of a sudden.

Where’s that P&R that was effective earlier?

iso’s are the only thing possible to run at the end of quarters/games. haven’t you gotten the memo?

game is destined for the Thunder to win
ok no rebound we lose
oh my god, Curry shifted feet, travel
i hope your happy salary_cap

travel.

THERE'S THE TRAVEL
that was a sucky sequence...
Curry you must lean into the defender on that to get the call
Ooh baby, call those travels
Well we cannot stop the KD/Westbrook pick and roll
they know D Lee wont play

defense

oh yeah, refs calling all the travels, especially in crunch time when it matters most
now i remember who salary_cap is

hes the guy who got the Niner Nation writer banned from NN

Rebound cost us

Curry TO cost us

Lee foul trouble cost us

rocky music

clutch music.

So I know of two wins that the league gave to okc so far this year
I'd hate to see this one get away from you guys...
Yeah, why don't the Warriors spread the floor again and run pick and roll with Lee once again?

all those sexy sexy isos

It's makes too much sense to run plays late in the game when you need to execute in half court

So we gotta catch em off guard!!!!

Cmon d wright hit those

clutch FT

wow when did Dorell become Kevin Martin

because the Thunder have done a terrible job guarding him

i forgot about Dom

wtf why didnt they put him on durant

westbrook the new lebron

no clutch

he gets fouled a lot and doesn't get a call; that last call was an all-hand reach in

i guess its called the “non-superstar” treatment?….

What is wrong Steph
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONTA!!!!
Monta drawing the foul, aaaaand-1!

He WANTED the foul!

MONTA ISO WORKS
Unsettled situation. Monta recognized it and attacked.
MONTA AND 1
please no durant game winner
48

48 48 48 48 48 48

That Monta iso also worked because the Thunder defense wasn't quite set yet
yes

that was actually a good iso

it's gonna go to durant
mamma there goes that man
You all KNOW we're getting buzzer beated. You all know this
Durant to Dorell's face

i can feel it..

We gave up Lebron's only career buzzer beater right?

Oh Warriors

He did it in the playoffs that one time..

Where the Cavs lost to the Magic 4-1 in the series.

we need dat defense!
put dom on durant

please.

Monta just tied Kobe for the highest scoring game this year

Watch Kobe jack up 50 shots next game

Monta 48 pts on Fan night
48 points....

Wow!

JUST 22 SECONDS

OF GOOD DEFENSE PLEASE GOD

All star baby
Where is Ronald Mcdonaldo at?
Me?
no not you :)

next one down..

Westbrook will steal the ball from KD
Holy crap.

Game of the season. Montazing!

LOVE THIS STUFF
Westbrook misses a long 2 here
Golden State ball #fingerscrossed
comeo on, give us one
looks like off Monta on final ricochet
Looks like it's off Monta
dammit off Monta
that looks like off monta

how was that not warriors ball?

16 more seconds

of AMAZING defense please

thunder ball

we have a foul to give please lets use it

Game of the season

Clearly

Look

You can go early if you trust the defense

Barnett misses the fact that the defense was broken.

Hard not to attack when you have a lane to the hoop.

Here comes the Monta iso to end the game
WTF DLEE NO DEFENCE
Uh he hasn't defended all year (or almost all year)
OK, here we go

now we get the last shot. Monta iso, or run a play? Which do you trust more?

terrible out of bounds defense

why is lee rotating to chase KD off a screen?

DOES LEE KNOW HOW TO CONTEST A SHOT?
Please not the Monta dribble dribble iso.
we all know it's coming
top left elbow fadewaway

you know it with 2 seconds left

we better not go for the buzzer beater

All you gotta do

is block Durant.

Uh….

Lee gotta jump and contest that
Durant is clutch
Well it will be Monta ISO

win or lose

Warriors play the best music now!
run a play please
here comes the iso
Has Monta hit a buzzer beater this year?
No more hero ball
why shoot a 3?
Wow. They ran a play!
well it was a play

sorta

And that's the play they ran?

They don’t need a 3 for the lead, they needed a 2!

Interesting play

Unfortunately Ellis is not a three point shooter

Yeah, if you're going to run that play makes more sense to use Curry.
WOW LEE JUST TAKE IT IN
this

dont know why he freaking threw it back lol

There were three guys between him and the basket.
draw a foul

it’s still a higher % shot

he had Serge on skates if he kept driving, could've drawn a foul if he was savvy enough
A 3????????????
why didnt lee try and drive on Serge?
Isn't it Warriors ball?
Grab me a beer while you're in there?
Lee got tentative there. Need better spacing on the help for Lee so he has somewhere to go with the ball
lol typical warriors fashion i knew this was gonna happen. goodnight
Durant does that to lots of teams
durant had nothin to do with it. it was team effort

as the saying goes even if monta drops 48 we still lose

My heart hurts. And so does my head because, wth was that
didn't westbrook foul Monta on that shot?
If Mark Jackson called that play

we’ll have a high percentage of winning the #1 pick

It was an interesting play

But I don’t think it was drawn up that way

miss the free throw, game over
coz we cant rebound
dumbass David lee
1.1 seconds, doable

KLAY THOMPSON FTW

dont understand why not let Curry initiate a full set, there was enough time
Well

I doubt taking a 3 was part of the play.

probably cause

Ellis has been doing it a lot to the tune of 50 pts.

i’d have westbrook miss the 2nd free throw. you know the warriors aren’t gonna get the rebound

overtime or nothing

Not nothing.. First round pick!

Klay, Monta, Curry, Rush, and DWright
Now, before all of you start trashing the playcall

That was the same pick and roll that worked all game. I would have preferred a catch and shoot, but it was defensible.

Yeah. Not crazy about lee's execution there.

But at the end of the day, Monta had his feet set and had an open three. So it’s hard to blame the play class.

I only have a couple issues with that

1.) The Thunder saw it the entire game, so they may have been ready for it
2.) Someone should have been told to cut to the basket if their defender rotated over. We had three guys standing there, not in the play.

I agree with you that not having anybody moving, so Lee’s only option was to turn around and pass backwards, was poor.

Yeah that's where Mark Jackson has to learn

You don’t run the same play at the end of games. You have to add a couple wrinkles to it.

The referee's gave that game away so blatantly
We need a clutch player
Put in

Steph
Monta
Dorell
Klay
Rush

catch and shoot?
monta inbounding bothers me
Oh well

good game you guys.

that's it, sorry guys

thanks for having me

the thunder are better than we are. end of story

I don't believe you!
Bad call

Not enough space for that play on the sideline

+1 for the tank
fire mark jackson
fire charles jenkins
trade everyone
trade kwame for dwight
We did the impossible

still cant beat the Thunder

some warrior fans are happy tonight...

come on guys, it’s cozy on the tank train

fuck

refs were still bs…

i called 47 for monta
NBA players are soft do like they do in hockey and soccer

The Warriors know that the refs stole that game, why go say shit to the thunder afterward. They didn’t earn that game. They were given it, just like the Blazers were robbed last night

Refs love Thunder

hates everyone else.

Meh

Close game. If Beans doesn’t suck ass as usual we’d have won too. 0 rebounds and 5 PFs in 13 minutes. LOL

we have the offense but no defense. mark jaskson plz tell me where u played def in a shootaround game?

Starters get benched if they don’t play good offense. Can’t afford to waste effort on defense if they want to play.

"Hand Down Man Down"

That’s his only defensive teaching

He needs to teach them to stop reaching

and giving up so many stupid 3 point plays.

"You reach I teach"
that was dumb

Westbrook hit Monta’s hand after that 3 attempt. The refs were busy looking at the ball. Should have been a foul.

Also, Curry made some horrible mistakes that lead to us losing the game. He left Cooke WIDE open. He even looked him open but decided to stay on Ibaka. Then the travel.

yeah, those 119 points Curry gave up killed them.

that 3 was a game changer.

Brought them within 1 with 3:40 left

Then followed it up with back to back turnovers

I love me some Curry. He played amazingly for 3 quarters.

Led*

looked at him*

I'm not completely sure how that last play was drawn up

but Rush would never have gotten space to make the shot. He was too close to the sideline after he set his screen, his man easily got back to challenge it.

highest percentage wise shooter

poorly drawn play but right idea

Well

We don’t know exactly how the play was drawn up. Could be poor execution as well.

I like the concept

Rush should set the screen because he’s a set shooter. He’s not good at coming off screens.

It's been done before

Raja Bell in 2006 Playoffs to send the game to OT

i loved that suns team
Rush had Durant on him

Raja Bell had an inexperienced guard on him

Good game. The tank is on.
i prefer getting blown out to this
Well, refs suck, the NBA sucks, but a great tank game.

Huge stats for the tradeables Monta and Lee.

dom should have gotten more playing time
Tank to get another lottery pick

Then pick the worst player out of all lottery prospects like always?

Trade Monta

I love Monta, but he’s in his prime let him go win somewhere.

Let us build around a new young core

Would like to see him get a chance with a good team.

trade him for a first round pick and a avg big man
Off-topic, but

seeing the refs make random bad calls is making me think of that awfully officiated game last Friday night at Denver.

It reminds me of something called any basketball game involving a team with a player most fans know of.
Refs always make bad calls

It’s hard to ref at full speed. I do think we need younger refs and a 4th official, but that’s just me.

True, but

didn’t Mark Cuban said something weird about officiating this season? He said that he along with Carlisle saw something very fishy when he saw the Mavericks getting hacked on no-calls or something like that.

Cuban always complains
Monta for Joakim

NOW!! Then he wins a championship and we all say how stupid this front office is.

Great game!

How can Warriors fans ask for more? We get a nice performance from our future in Curry. Ellis and Lee, the two guys we should move, have amazing games and increase their value. We lose and get closer to keeping our pick.

A win would have been nice
you can call me shortsighted

but i really really hate this kind of thinking. How can you not want your team to win?

Ok a win would have been way better, but just losing isn’t too bad when you consider the long term.

I really do want the Warriors to keep their pick, I really do

But I think I speak for the rest of us here in that when they lose, I just get a horrible feeling in my stomach that cannot go away without another win!

I agree. I would have loved to win this one, but now that it’s over and we lost it’s not so bad.

Nate was the difference. If he was OK, we win. We beat them in every category! Bench fell short, that's all!
Curry and Monta were both execellent in the backcourt tonight.

With Kwame out we got no one to cover Center when Biedrins inevitably sucks ass. Then DLee wouldn’t have to play 40+ minutes a night.

Does anyone else notice that Curry's 4th quarter turnovers lose us every game?

If I was Mark, unless he’s really hot (which he wasn’t) wouldn’t play him in last 5-7 minutes.

He played well for the game

A couple silly turnovers in the 4th (plus a dangerous pass), but he was more of a distributor tonight.

a couple really bad passes, the travel

and a really early stupid jumper with about a minute left

This was what we hated Smart for
maybe he knew something
Curry didn't miss a shot for 3 quarters and you say that's not hot.

This is why the rest of us don’t take you guys seriously with your constant Curry bashing.

it was a bad shot that early one

he wasnt dominating like monta where he can just take that, it was too random and uncalled for

Yeah.

That was a bad shot. It was reminiscient of bad Monta.

Honestly, I think you guys are missing the real problem:

The offense basically stopped during the last couple of minutes. Earlier in the game we had guys moving without the ball, lots of passing from everyone, etc.

In crunch time, everybody tightened up. We’d pass once off to a guy coming off a screen coming from the wing, but there was very little motion, just relying on isos again.

Very frustrating. Of course, that wasn’t the only bad shot taken in the 4th (Monta had a dumb iso, too – but I guess if you score over 40 you get a free pass or something).

48 pts on 29 fga?

Yeah, that gets a free pass for sure.

Lee and Curry get free passes too. They were both awesome tonight.

Biedrins … Dear Lord.

One or two of those fouls were questionable

Thankfully Perkins couldn’t score on that chair Yi Jianlian posted up

When your as on it as Monta you can stand those shots
"No excuse basketball team"-complains about the refs.

But I agree so, continue Jack

hahahaha

but it’s true though, at least on that Lee #5 call

Mark Jackson's gunna get fined

Wow, what a terrible play at the end , a contested corner 3?? Forreal ?And with monta inboundibg after having 48?? With Obama on him? With lee out there? All lee could’ve done was set a pic And lee didn’t even set a pick , useless on that last play and he was passing well, he should be inbounding

The problem with that play

Is that it was basically a misdirection play, except that the spot where Rush shot the ball was too close to where he set the screen. You need more space if you want to run that play. Also, Klay was out of the picture after running off the screen. That’s another problem – Klay was running off a screen AWAY from the passer, so it would have been a tough pass even if Klay was open.

id let monta shoot it and go for the 50's
Wow Jackson talkin smack about the refs!

Can’t say “my bad” about missed calls.

I love it!

I hate the refs. NBA is so rigged. It’s ridiculous how much power they have.

+1

they didnt lose us this game, but towards the end it was bad

Westbrook

clearly hit Monta’s hands after the 3 pointer.

Plus that stupid 5th foul on Lee.

Also that kickball against the Pacers haha

mark jackson is goin in on the refs lol
their lousy calls more than likely made the difference between the game being a win or a loss

so good for him.

Monta best player in the game!
is he?!

anybody have a link to the presser!?

you'll have to wait until CSN puts it online
I thought Jackson's was a no excuse basketball team? He's blaming the refs here

But seriously,

The Thunder play 8 on 5…. They are HOTT for a reason. Last night the refs pulled them through as well

So sad we lost…

he's keeping it real

there’s NO EXCUSE for those lousy assed calls by the refs

Who else is gonna call out the refs for what they are - terrible?

I love how the league with the most questions about game-fixing and bias towards big markets/players has a gag order on this. Seriously, even if there is no conspiracy going on, Stern does everything he can to make sure no one can even talk about it.

how much do coaches get fined for talkin smack to the refs?
I dunno, that's up to Stern
cuban got a 75K fine a few days ago I think

for criticizing the refs when the Mavs played the Thunder

GOOD

at least letting them know we’re not gonna lay down and take shit like a possible lee hip check over a CLEAR westbrook elbow is fine by me

if anything... the refs should get fined
Man....

…I wish Lee would have just driven hard to hoop on that last play… even Monta had time to penetrate and not bomb a 3. We have no one with BBall IQ to finish games.

Agreed

Try to draw a foul at least. He had a lane

The major problem

was that we had THREE PLAYERS not moving on the play. It’s not hard to defend a pick and roll when there is no movement

True...

.. just would rather Lee go hard and try to draw a foul than have Monta shoot a 3 when only down 1. Lee is not smooth at all, but he is a crafty finisher.

I'd be angrier at the calls

If this weren’t another losing season and the Warriors were contending

tears

this was such a great game and i thought the warriors did outstanding. what a loss, man! the refs had it in from the beginning. if you read tim donehey’s (spelling?) book, it makes this loss a little easier. the warriors are just not the little darlings. this was clearly a case of favoritism.

Where can we read that book?

It’s in the “Tinfoil Hat” section of your local library.

Oh, I got it from my local public library

but I am sure it is on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. It is called Personal Foul: A First Person Account of the Scandal that rocked the NBA. Tim Donaghy. Thought it was a great read and explains the referees and what goes on with them in terms of bias, like tonight.

Hows that saying go?

Do not attribute to malice when you can attribute to incompetence?

Look

Donaghy was trying to create controversy. We don’t know whether what he said was true or not.

true, it is up to you

but i thought it was a good read and it made sense. you can’t tell me the refs don’t have an agenda. they do. but yeah, it is up to each person to decide.

How come they dont run play for Curry or Klay in these situations?
In order for that play to work

You need three shooters on one side of the court so they don’t cheat and help on the pick and roll.

Harden ended up coming over anyway to help

so some movement would have been nice

Dorell Wright was 3-8 from the field, 1-6 from 3pt

On a night when everyone was hot, Dorell somehow found a way.

We need better European scouts.

A guy like Pekovic would be usefull right now. He took Cousins to school tonight.

first the blazers get robbed

and now the warriors are getting stuffed by the refs…..

I am really confused by the end of this game

First, why did KD take that initial shot so early?

Second, wtf was Lee thinking?! Dude you had the lane, you were right at the restricted area, take the shot. And then why the hell did monta shoot that three so fast? When we only needed a two?!?

What am I missing?!

James Harden was there..

Was going to flop if Lee drove and no doubt the refs would have called it

Probably for a chance of offensive rebounding

and he trusted his defense enough, trusted that if he scored he could stop the Warriors.

Look, Lee saw Harden rotating over. He didn’t want a foul called so he threw it back to Monta. The main problem with that play was that it was only Monta and Lee moving.

And why did rush take the last shot instead of Ellis or steph?
He was the guy they were able to get the ball to.
yeah, but Monta was inbounding!!!

and there was only enough time for one shot…just questioning the play design more than anything

First, why did KD take that initial shot so early?

Our defense was a mess, and I think KD saw he had a lane to the basket. If the defense is giving you the bucket, you take the points right away and go back and play defense. Then our D collapsed, and he didn’t get the shot. But I think he thought he had an easy two.

Second, wtf was Lee thinking?

Agreed. I’d like to see the replay, but it looked like he got really tentative with the ball all of a sudden when he had options going forward. Going backwards wasn’t a horrible decision, since Monta got a good look at the basket, but you’ve got to think there’s a shorter shot to be had there.

I think Lee was worried about not getting a foul call (or getting a charge called)…but I still think you gotta take that shot

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