Today's most popular page on GSoM (!). I was at this game with PMC, FJ, and Fuzzy. I would have never predicted Jeremy Lin would have the kind of success he's having right now in New York. Man has he improved since then. Major props!
The Warriors should hire my man @poormanscommish as a lead scout!
Kevin Durant does his best Adonal Foyle impersonation.
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This is what NBA basketball is all about. The Thunder have the best record in the league and the Warriors brought their very best game tonight. THe Warriors didn't walk away victorious, but sometimes a L feels like a W.
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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.
OK, let's get this in the numerical form. With the snap of the fingers, you can have any ex-Warrior you want back on the team, right now, on a bargain-basement contract (let's say 3/$9M). Who are you taking?
Update: Lin scores 23 points on 9/14 shooting with 10 assists in a Knicks win against Washington 107-93.
Marcus Thomspon: By now, you must have heard about Jeremy Lin's 2 breakout games in a row for the Knicks. Joe Lacob said he tried twice to get him back.
So, do you feel any "seller's remorse" for letting him go? Remember, the Rockets also let him go. Do you think it's just because of Mike D'antoni's spread out offense? Do you think he'll struggle once defenses starts targeting him, like Anthony Morrow after his 37 and 25 pt games? Do you want him back? Or do you think he's replaceable?'
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Lin receiving the Royal Jelly in New York?
"What Jeremy is doing is incredible," Chandler said, "because he’s moving everybody to their natural positions. Nobody’s having to do anything that they’re not accustomed to doing."
"I’m riding him like freaking Secretariat," Coach Mike D’Antoni said, laughing. "I was going to take him out, and he looked at me and said, ‘I don’t want to come out.’ "
"He left me in, through all the mistakes," Lin said. "And I think that’s huge, when you’re a player and you have eight turnovers in a game and he lets you play through it. That’s unbelievable."
For the second time this week the Warriors faced off with their Nor-Cal rivals(?) the Sacramento Kings, and for the second time this week the fate of the team was in the hands of the second unit, while the starters looked on from the bench in the fourth quarter. The subs came through again making up for a poor third quarter from the starters with a fourth quarter push to force overtime. Unfortunately, by riding the second unit hard in the fourth and leaving the starters to get cold and stiff on the bench Coach Jackson had painted himself into somewhat of a corner when faced with an overtime period. The team fell apart in OT and the Kings walked away with the crown in the intense battle of the irrelevant NBA franchises in northern California. Hit the jump for a big picture breakdown of this game, and a look at Mark Jackson's handling of the rotations.
