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Warriors torched the Clippers tonight.
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Two franchises that have been horrible for a long time are now very good. A bitter rivalry is developing. The Warriors have multiple players who can light it up. They are in constant motion on offense, leading to open shots. They shot 15 for 25 free three points range tonight. 60 per cent. They also are playing hard nosed defense. Warrior fans should have fun this season.
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Would not it be amazing if the Pacific Division title this year becomes a three way dog fight between the Kings, Warriors and Clippers with the Lakers not winning 20 games? Who would have ever thought that?
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<< <i>The Kings are off to a great start. The Cow Bells must be pealing in Sacto.
Would not it be amazing if the Pacific Division title this year becomes a three way dog fight between the Kings, Warriors and Clippers with the Lakers not winning 20 games? Who would have ever thought that? >>
Lol. I am excited with our start but not anticipating it lasting. That would be the sports story of the year. I think the over/under in Vegas is 31.5 wins so they are already well ahead of schedule.
W's currently 10-2 while the LA Clippers are 7-5.
Who woulda thunk it?
It is most enjoyable to see the W's play a fast paced offensive game with players who can run, shoot, pass and score in droves from both the outside and the inside. Even better is the lock down defense the W's are playing.
Oracle will be rocking every home game this year. Joe Lacob and the other owners of the W's must be pleased seeing the value of the franchise skyrocket. When the W's move to a new arena in the waterfront area of S.F. the value of the franchise will rise even faster.
I checked the standings of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference and was amused to see:
1. Warriors
2. Sacramento Kings
3. LA Clippers
4. Phoenix Suns
5. LA Lakers.
Who would have ever predicted the above!!!!
<< <i>W's torched the Heat by 17 tonight to extend its winning streak to 6 games. Now at 11-2 for the season.
I checked the standings of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference and was amused to see:
1. Warriors
2. Sacramento Kings
3. LA Clippers
4. Phoenix Suns
5. LA Lakers.
Who would have ever predicted the above!!!! >>
I knew the Kings would have 9 wins... just thought it would be about February and not by the end of November.
Wonder if the team can maintain their current winning ways all year?
16-2. Go Warriors.
Go Warriors.
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Amazing run by the Warriors so far. They have a 14 game win streak going and are 19-2 on the year. They are deep, talented, great defensively and loaded with players who can shoot from anywhere on the court.
If the Warriors can win most of their next 5 or 6 games against many of the better teams in the league they will be considere d legit contenders instead of pretenders.
Go Warriors.
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make the World a better place.
The Western Conference is loaded again this year with good teams. There may be very little difference at the end of the season between the quality of the #1 seed and the #8 seed.
Between now and Christmas the Warriors play Dallas, New Orleans, Memphis, Sacramento, LA Lakers and LA Clippers. All of these teams except the Lakers are at or above .500 (with Dallas, Memphis and the Clippers being way above .500). If the Warriors play well in the next 6 games and break go 4-2 or better that would be fantastic.
If the Warriors and the Clippers do not lose between now and their Christmas Day game at the Staples Center that game will be electric.
The fun run continues.
Keep it up Warriors... at least until you play the Kings!
The best team in the Western Conference against the best team in the Eastern Conferrence.
The game was very good. both teams are really good. However the Warriors won going away at 126-105.
The Warriors are now 26-5 on the season and on a roll. They play an extended # of games at home in January and could end up winning most of their games this month.
My son went to the game tonight and was amazed at how good the Warriors are playing.
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make the World a better place.
Go Warriors.
Kings beat OKC which was a rare surprise up here.
It is likely the team will not keep up this pace, but 55-60 wins is doable.
The current starters are Curry, Thompson, Barnes, Green and Speights.
Andre Iguadala (a prior All Star), Andrew Bogut, David Lee (a prior All Star), Justin Holiday, Shaun Livingston and to an extent Leandro Barbosa are playing substantial minutes off of the bench. The only players not receiving significant playing time are Festus Ezili (because he is injured, otherwise he would be getting minutes at the #5 spot), Brandon Rush and Kuzmic. I understand that Ezili has made good progress in his game since last year. Brandon Rush suffered a severe injury at the start of the 2012-2013 season and missed the year. Last year he came back and played for other teams. This year he signed again with the Warriors and it would not surprise me to learn that he either has fully recovered or is still recovering and has the talent to play well. If this is so, he will likely see some playing time at some point this season and add more depth to the team. Even Kuzmic has shown improvement in his game during the limited action he gets.
Comments have been made that the Warriors bench could win 40-45 games itself as a starting 5 on a different team. No doubt this is true. There is little drop off in the quality of the bench players from the current starters.
The result of such a deep and talented roster is that during the grind of the regular season the playing time can be spread around most if not all of the players on the roster. They can all contribute and play effectively on both offense and defense no matter which 5 players are on the floor. Other teams without such roster depth can not keep up and their starting 5 needs to stay on the floor longer to try to keep the score close.
The Warriors are, both offensively and defensively, wearing other teams down while they stay fresh. Last night was a good example. Cleveland stayed close through the first 3 quarters and into the early part of the 4th quarter. The Warriors then turned on the afterburners. Partway through the 4th quarter Curry and Thompson came back into the game after bench players handled things. The Warriors then ran away from the Cavs through lock down defense and push the ball offense that can score from anywhere.
If this dynamic keeps up through the rest of the regular season (it should barring injuries) and the injured players (Ezili, Bogut, Lee, etc.) make a full recovery, then the wear and tear of a regular season on the starting unit will be much less for the Warriors than for other teams. In addition having most, if not all. of the roster play significant and important minutes with each other will allow the Warriors to enter the playoffs with the ability to send wave after wave after wave of fresh players into each playoff game and series without much drop off in the quality of play. If the Warrior interior players who play the 4 and 5 spots can make it to the playoffs at full strength (unlike last year when Bogut was out with broken ribs) then the team should be able to compete against teams like the Clippers, Memphis, Portland, San Antonio, etc. who have more muscle on their rosters.
I am going to see the Warriors play the Celtics later this month. I am looking forward to seeing them in person.
I suspect that Warriors fans, at this time, are very happy that the team did not trade for Kevin Love. Giving up Thompson and/or Green and/or other players and/or draft picks to acquire Love from Minnesota would not have been worth it (especially since doing so would have given the Warriors Love for only this season since he is an unrestricted free agent next summer). Very glad that the team signed Thompson to a multi year contract.
I wonder what the chances are the this year's roster will be the same next year? It would be nice if it was, but with the success some players are having it would make sense for some players to go elsewhere and get major dollars that the Warriors would not have the cap space to give them.
Go Warriors.
<< <i>To answer the question of will the Warriors bench players leave next season for more money with another team, only time will tell. But that question leads to another question, and that is how did San Antonio manage to hang on to its core players for so many years, when it is not a big market team? >>
the Spurs managed to retain a wonderful assemblage of "teammates" always committed to the same concept where no one player is allowed to be the focal point. it seems rare that any of their players would want to go elsewhere, when the team is consistently competitive.
the names of Duncan, Parker & Ginobili will always be remembered as the best of the current Spurs, however, so many other good players have elevated their value simply by being on the same court with them.
find another organization which matches their long term consistency anywhere in professional sports.
What was interesting was how the Warriors played at Houston last night. No drop off. The Warriors smoked the Rockets by 25 points 131-106. Thompson guarded Hardin and limited him to 12 points. The Warriors led by 5 at the half. They ran away with the game in the 3rd quarter to lead by 22 heading into the 4th. Ended up.leading by 30 or more and won by 25 against a very good Rockets team.
32-6 and counting. 55-60 wins should be a lock for the Warriors this year. Maybe more.
Dubs are now 33-6. In there next 9 games they play 5 above .500 teams (Rockets at home, Chicago at home, Dallas at home, Phoenix at home and Atlanta on the road) and 4 below .500 teams (Sacramento twice at home and on the road, Utah on the road and Boston at home). It would not surprise me to see the Dubs go 7-2 over this stretch.
The season is just about at the half way point and there are many regular season games left to play. It should be interesting to see the Dubs play more games against the better teams in the Western Conference.
The 6 losses suffered by the Dubs so far have been to Phoenix, San Antonio, Memphis, the Lakers, the Clippers and OKC.
So far the Dubs are 3-1 against OKC, 1-1 against the Clippers, 0-1 against the Grizzlies, Suns and Spurs, 3-0 against the Rockets, 2-0 against the Pelicans, 1-0 against the Trail Blazers and 1-0 against the Mavericks. That is a record of 11-5 against the Western Conference teams that are currently in spots #2-10 of the Western Conference playoff race (the Warriors are currently #1, followed by #2 Portland, #3 Memphis, #4 Houston, #5 Dallas, #6 the Clippers, #7 San Antonio, #8 Phoenix, #9 New Orleans and #10 Oklahoma City). Only New Orleans and OKC are at .500 with records of 20-20. All of the other 7 teams holding down spots #2-#7 are above .500.
What will tell whether the Warriors are contenders or pretenders this year will be the remaining games that they play against the Spurs, Mavericks, Suns, Trail Blazers, Grizzlies in the Western Conference plus the games against Hawks, Bulls, Raptors and Wizards in the Eastern Conference.
I'll give my inexpert analysis tomorrow.
In the past 50 years only 9 teams have started 34-6. Of these 9 teams 6 went on to win the title. The Warriors are the 10th team to start 34-6.
Definitely a fun team to watch. After the Superbowl is over more attention will be paid to hoops and the Warriors will, if they keep up their current pace, get noticed much more than they have so far.
Go Warriors.
The Warriors are solid. A dynamic backcourt, to be sure, but that squad is so much more than Curry & Thompson. It's clear that the entire team is buying what Steve Kerr is selling, and it creates a synergistic effect. Their execution last night was pretty scary. A cumulative 50% from the field, 45% from downtown, and those figures include almost an entire quarter's worth of garbage time. Barring injuries, 60 wins is a foregone conclusion.
I will say this, however. As is generally the case, the Western Conference is brutally tough. When the regular season ends and #1-#8 is locked and loaded, there will be no certainties. Can't get here fast enough.