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Golden State Warriors podcast with David Zizmor: Bogut’s return adds to the confidence of the team

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by David Zizmor

photo credit: pixgood.com–Golden State Warriors Andrew Bogut returned Wednesday and had a great night

OAKLAND–The Golden State Warriors Andrew Bogut who came back from his injury and missed two games returned on Wednesday night and it gave something the Warriors to be proud about as Bogut contributed greatly against the Los Angeles Clippers and everything helps especially when your in a game playing against a player like DeAndre Jordan of the Clippers. You need a big body like Bogut in there to be a little speed bump for Jordan.

The Warriors are great at home, they love playing in front of the home crowd and they have both of their remaining games at home and their looking to clinch home court advantage in the playoffs because let’s face it San Antonio is still breathing down the Warrior’s neck. The Warriors have about a three game lead right now which is sufficient given the way both teams are playing right now.

David Zizmor does the Golden State Warriors podcast each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com and catch David on the Bob Benson show on fccfreeradio.com next Wednesday March 30th.

 

Golden State Warriors Wednesday game wrap: Warriors Cut Down Clippers

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By Ben Leonard

Photo credit: Noah Graham NBAE–Golden State’s Stephen Curry goes up against the LA Clippers on Wednesday night

Over the years, the newly-formed Warriors-Clippers rivalry has been extremely intense. Tempers have flared, barbs have been exchanged, and tension has risen.

But Wednesday, even though that traditional hype was strangely missing, the Warriors still found motivation to win on Wednesday, cutting down Los Angeles 114-98 at Oracle Arena. Stephen Curry had 33 points, Klay Thompson had 32, and Draymond Green tallied yet another double-double in the victory.

“It was kind of a dead atmosphere in there and it didn’t seem to have the same energy of the rivalry,” Warriors head coach Kerr said. “For whatever reason tonight didn’t have the same juice.”

But that didn’t stop the Warriors from taking care of business behind the Splash Brothers. Motivation seemed to stem from staying alive in the race to beat the Chicago Bulls’ record of 72 wins. With just eleven games remaining, all Golden State has to do is go 9-2 to beat Jordan’s record. They won’t back down and rest players — they’re going to gun for it.

Green exemplified this effort on Wednesday, dropping twelve points while pulling down twelve boards, hustling on the boards and playing hard defense to keep the Warriors ahead. More classic Warriors basketball: the Splash Brothers combined to shoot 11 of 20 from beyond the arc, and 24 of 44 from the field.

All in all, it was enough to give the Warriors their 33rd win at home this season — no team has ever finished a home slate with a perfect record. But if anyone is up to the task, it’s the Warriors.

 

Golden State Warriors Monday game wrap up: The Warriors struggle with the T-Wolves, find a way to win.

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By Jerry Feitelberg

UPI photo: Golden State’s Draymond Green goes for a bucket as the Warriors just get by the Minnesota Wild on Monday night

The Warriors had their hands full with the young and tall Minnesota TimberWolves Monday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Steph Curry and Klay Thompson did not shoot well for the second game in  a row, but Draymond Green and the bench picked up the slack as the Warriors won a thriller 109-104. The Warriors were looking to rebound from the loss in San Antonio Saturday night. The Spurs had crept to trail the Dubs by just three games in the race for home-court advantage in the Western Conference. Minnesota entered the game with a record of 22-47. The Dubs have on the T-Wolves the last couple of seasons and most people would think that this game would be a breeze for Golden State. Those people would be wrong as the Wolves played the Dubs tough. The T-Wolves big four, Ricky Rubio, Karl-Anthony Towns. Andrew Wiggins and Zach LaVine accounted for eighty-eight points. The Warriors bench, on the other hand, outscored the Minnesota bench 36-8. Andrew Bogut missed his third straight game with an injured toe. Andre Iguodala did not play as he is recovering from an ankle sprain. Festus Ezeli is still not ready to return from knee surgery, but reports indicate that he will be returning to practice next week.

The Warriors had their hands full with the young and tall Minnesota TimberWolves Monday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Steph Curry and Klay Thompson did not shoot well for the second game in a row, but Draymond Green and the bench picked up the slack as the Warriors won a thriller 109-104. The Warriors were looking to rebound from the loss in San Antonio Saturday night. The Spurs had crept to trail the Dubs by just three games in the race for home-court advantage in the Western Conference. Minnesota entered the game with a record of 22-47. The Dubs have on the T-Wolves the last couple of seasons and most people would think that this game would be a breeze for Golden State. Those people would be wrong as the Wolves played the Dubs tough. The T-Wolves big four, Ricky Rubio, Karl-Anthony Towns. Andrew Wiggins and Zach LaVine accounted for eighty-eight points. The Warriors bench, on the other hand, outscored the Minnesota bench 36-8. Andrew Bogut missed his third straight game with an injured toe. Andre Iguodala did not play as he is recovering from an ankle sprain. Festus Ezeli is still not ready to return from knee surgery, but reports indicate that he will be returning to practice next week.

The Warriors and the Wolves played a very tight first period. Neither team could get a big lead and the Warriors trailed by two 29-27 after the first twelve minutes of play. It was the sam story in the second period. Neither team could get much going but the Dubs were able to lead by three 61-58 at the half. Golden State had seventeen assists and just three turnovers in the half. They were able to score fourteen points due to several Minnesota turnovers. Steph and Draymond led the Dubs in scoring with ten apiece. Mo Speights had eight of the bench and James Michael McAdoo, who started the game, contributed seven. LaVine, Towns, Rubio and Wiggins did most of the scoring for Minnesota.

In the third period, Minnesota was able to take an 89-83 lead but the Dubs came back and tied it at 89 at the finish of the third period. In the fourth period, the dubs defense put the clamps on the Minnesota offense and limited them to just fifteen points. The Warriors offense wasn’t much better as they scored twenty points but it was enough to secure the win. Draymond Green made two clutch layups in the final stanza. Klay and Steph also made four key free throws to help the Dubs win. Final score 109-104.

Game Notes- Steph finished the game with a double-double. He had nineteen points, eleven assists, and seven rebounds. Draymond had twenty-four points, nine rebounds and six assists. Klay Thompson scored seventeen. He made five three-point shots and two free throws. However, he was 0-for-9 from the floor.

Minnesota’s Big Four had Rubio with twenty, Towns with twenty-four, Wiggins twenty-five and LaVine nineteen. The Dubs bench received contributions from Mo Speights, Shaun Livingstone, Leandro Barbosa, Brandon Rush and Anderson Varejao. The bench contributions were the difference in the game.

The Warriors improve their season record to 63-7 with twelve games left to play. They play nine games at Oracle and just three on the road. The Dubs won for the thirty-first time on the road. They became the eleventh team in NBA history to achieve the feat. The Charlotte Hornets beat the San Antonio Spurs 91-88 to help the Dubs increase their lead to four games in the race for home-court advantage.

Next up for Golden State will be the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday night at Oracle Arena.

 

 

 

Spurs down Warriors to move to 35-0 at home

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By Joe Hawkes-Beamon

SAN ANTONIO — In what many believed to be the biggest game on the NBA calendar this year, the San Antonio Spurs held court, dispatching the NBA World Champions Golden State Warriors 87-79 Saturday night to improve to an NBA-best 35-0 at home in front another sellout crowd at the AT&T Center.

The Spurs were fueled by power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, who appeared unstoppable finishing with 26 points and 13 rebounds against a Warriors team that were held to a season-low in total points and beaten their California rivals 33-straight games in the Alamo City dating back to 1997.

“They’re a great team, they’re the bar in the NBA and it felt good to get a win tonight,” Aldridge said after the Spurs (59-10), moved within three games of Golden State (62-7) for the best record in the NBA with two more meetings in April.

Kawhi Leonard added 18 points and 14 rebounds, and Boris Diaw added 14 points and eight rebounds to help San Antonio win their 44th-straight home game in the regular season, tying the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls for second all-time in NBA history.

San Antonio handcuffed and harassed league MVP Stephen Curry the entire night, limiting the Warriors’ most lethal weapon to just 14 points on 4-of-18 shooting (1-of-12 from 3-point range) and six assists. Spurs’ shooting guard Danny Green made life difficult for Curry, blocking two of Curry’s shots.

“Tonight we executed well on the defensive end, but offensively I didn’t allow us to get comfortable offensively,” the reining league MVP said after the game.

Klay Thompson scored 15 points, and Draymond Green finished with 11 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists.

San Antonio decided to started Boris Diaw at center, opting to bring Tim Duncan off the bench and proved to be one of the difference makers as Golden State were forced to start Brandon Rush in the frontcourt with Green and Harrison Barnes.

Green started at center in place for the injured Andrew Bogut, who injured his toe in Golden State’s 130-112 victory over the Mavericks in Dallas Friday night.

Golden State travels to Minnesota to take on the Timberwolves Monday at the Target Center before returning home to face to Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday back at Oracle Arena.

 

 

Splash Brothers Lead Warriors to Win Over Dallas

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By Ben Leonard

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With a huge matchup against the San Antonio Spurs looming on Saturday, the Warriors (62-6) could have easily looked past the Mavericks. But that would have been all too easy for the Warriors — with revenge against the Mavericks (34-35), who beat them on January 27th, on the line, there was no way they’d let up. The Splash Brothers put on a show in Dallas Friday night, combining for 70 points in a hard-fought 130-112 Golden State victory.

The Splash Brothers put on a show in Dallas Friday night, combining for 70 points in a hard-fought 130-112 Golden State victory. On a historic night, Harrison Barnes re-emerged offensively for the Warriors, who have likely set a record for most records set in one season.

Klay Thompson had 39 points on 10 of 15 shooting from behind the arc, while becoming the second-fastest player (372 games) to reach 1,000 career three-pointers, behind only his teammate Stephen Curry, who accomplished the feat in just 369. Curry had 31 points of his own while making 6 of 12 attempts to support Thompson, who was quick to credit Curry for his success. “[Having Curry] makes my life so much easier, as well as for everyone else on the roster,” Thompson said in an interview on CSN Bay Area. “He’s one of the best players in the world, if not the best.”

Behind the dynamic duo, the rest of the team also held its own, making 50.5% from the field and nearly 58% from beyond the arc. They also tied an NBA record for the most three-pointers in one half, dropping fifteen in the first. After averaging just eight points per game in March, Barnes tacked on 20 points for Golden State, a welcome improvement for head coach Steve Kerr.

But it wasn’t all offense for Golden State — they gave up just one field goal in the final 7:43 of the third quarter, helping them take a 94-85 lead heading into the fourth quarter of a tight game. They also tightened up defensively in the fourth, going on a 17-4 run to end the game after being up just five with three minutes left to go.

 

Golden State Warriors podcast with David Zizmor: The Warriors played solid hoop against the Knicks different from last meeting

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by David Zizmor

OAKLAND–The Warriors in their game against the New York Knicks on Wednesday night they started out pretty slow for the first five minutes of the game. The Warriors Stephen Curry as soon as he dropped his first of eight three pointers everybody just followed with their shots and the Warriors became unstoppable. They were just hitting everything, the Warriors defense was really, really, strong,

The W’s were playing a mediocre  bad New York Kincks team Wednesday night.  One of the things about the Warriors there in a lot of these games and that’s something you can do with a great team because it’s tough to be up for every single game. The Warriors in a game they played at Madison Square Garden about a month ago they didn’t play a very good game. It was not a good game for Curry, the Warriors were kind of discombobulated.

This was not a good game they won but they didn’t look good in it they let the Knicks think they had a chance long before the Warriors pulled out the win. The Warriors remember that game and there was a chance that the two teams were talking trash and they would remember that.

Listen to the podcast below with David on Warriors basketball and every week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

Warriors handle Knicks easily for 50th straight home win

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By: Eric He

The Golden State Warriors can make the extraordinary look mundane as they routed the Knicks 121-85 at Oracle Arena on Wednesday for their 50th consecutive home win and their 61st victory of the season.

Stephen Curry nailed eight 3-pointers and led the way with 34 points. He drained a couple of difficult 3s at the end of the third quarter that gave the Warriors a commanding 97-64 advantage heading into the fourth, allowing Curry to rest the entire fourth quarter.

The Knicks never threatened in the game as the Warriors recovered from a slow offensive start to take a 31-19 lead after one quarter and a 16-point lead into halftime.

The Warriors nearly doubled up on the Knicks in the third, outscoring them 35-18 to take command of the game.

Golden State shot 50.5 percent from the field and a blistering 48.6 percent from 3-point range while holding New York to sub-40 percent shooting. Curry outscored the entire Knicks starting five by himself.

Every Warrior played and scored in the lopsided contest as the team looks ahead to a tough back-to-back in Dallas and San Antonio on Friday and Saturday.

The Dubs Celebrate Steph’s Birthday with a win.

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by Jerry Feitelberg

The Golden State Warriors won their sixtieth game of the season downing the New Orleans Pelicans 125-107 Monday night at Oracle Arena. The Warriors won their forty-ninth consecutive home game in a row and now have a record of 60-6, something that had never been done before in NBA history.

The Pelicans came to play. The played the Dubs even for the first eighteen minutes of the game. They took a 42-40 lead with 6:38 left in the first half. The Dubs took control of the contest at that point.They went on a 19-8 run to end the first half with a nine-point lead, 59-50. Steph Curry scored twelve points and had four rebounds and four assists to lead the Warriors in scoring. James Michael McAdoo played well coming off the bench. McAdoo, who missed a lot of games due to an injury, looked like he was back in game shape as he played well on both ends of the court.

The third period was all Warriors. Golden State’s defense completely shut down the Pelicans and stopped their big man, Anthony Davis. The Dubs led 65-50 with *:36 left in the third period. They increased the lead to 80-55 as Andrew Bogut got the crowd buzzing with a three-point shot. Klay Thompson followed with a three. Curry made a two-pointer. Draymond Greem made a three-pointer much to the delight of the sold-out stadium. Steph made a three-pointer just before the end of the third period as the Dubs led 94-69 and the game was well in hand.

Coach Steve Kerr rested most of his regulars in the fourth period, and the bench players were able to get some playing time. Mo Speights, James Michael McAdoo, Ian Clark, Shaun Livingston all were active in the fourth period. The Dubs win by a score of 125-107.

Warrior Notes- Steph Curry led the Dubs with twenty-seven points. He made three three-point shots and had five rebounds and five assists. Klay Thompson had eighteen. Draymond Green had a double-double with fourteen points and twelve rebounds. McAdoo pitched in with eleven and Mo “Buckets” Speights added fourteen. The bench contributed over fifty points in the win.Steph and Klay set a new record for three-point shots made by two teammates. They set the old mark of 525 last year and the new mark is now 531.

Pelican Briefs- The Pelicans were led by Anthony Davis and Tony Douglas. They each scored twenty-two. Other Pelicans in double figures were Jrue Holiday with thirteen, Alonzo Gee with ten while Ryan Anderson and Luke Babbitt scored nineteen and twelve, respectively, off the bench.

The Warriors square off against the New York Knicks Wednesday night March 16th at the Oracle Arena. Game time will be at 7:30 pm PT.

 

Golden State Warriors Saturday post game wrap: Curry, Speights spark Warriors’ thrilling comeback

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By Jeremy Harness

It’s often said that when you’re defending a championship, every team is going to take its best shot at you. The Phoenix Suns did just that to the Warriors Saturday night.

Once again, the Warriors responded like champions, overcoming a late lead and coming away with their 59th win of this amazing season, a 123-116 victory over the Suns at Oracle Arena that showed exactly the kind of mettle a team needs in order to be championship-caliber.

Stephen Curry led all scorers with 35 points, and after being saddled by early foul trouble, got his game going in the second half, particularly in the final five minutes that the Warriors used to erase the deficit and then run away from Phoenix.

Marreese Speights, known around here as Mo’ Buckets, showed how he got that nickname in a short period of time Saturday. He scored 25 points in only 17 minutes on the court, making 10 of his 14 shots from the floor and also pulled down nine rebounds.

The Warriors led by four at halftime, but the Suns refused to go away quietly in the second half. In fact, Phoenix took a nine-point lead in the fourth quarter, thanks to the hot shooting of Brandon Knight, who made 7 of his 12 shots from 3-point territory en route to a 30-point outing.

However, the Warriors clamped down on defense and got their offensive game going in the final quarter to put the young Suns away.

Saturday marked the busiest week of the season for the Warriors, playing five games in the past seven days, and it doesn’t get much easier next week.

The Warriors have New Orleans and New York in the next two home games, but then they go to the state of Texas to take on the Mavericks on Friday in Dallas, where they have one of their six losses this year, before heading to San Antonio the next day to face the Spurs, who won a thriller Saturday night over Oklahoma City to remain only 3 ½ games behind the Warriors in the Western Conference.

 

Splash Brothers’ 71 points douses Blazers

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By Joe Hawkes-Beamon

photo credit: bleacherreport.com–Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson

OAKLAND, Calif — Note to the NBA: the Golden State Warriors are good.

Damn, good.

Klay Thompson scored 37 points and Stephen Curry finished with 34 points helping the reigning NBA Champions win their 47th consecutive at Oracle Arena with a 122-112 victory over the visiting Portland Trailblazers Friday night and avenge the 32-point drubbing the Warriors experienced in Portland three weeks ago.

The game was really decided in the first half by the Splash Brothers, as Thompson and Curry combined for 46 of Golden State’s 81 points in the first half. From the moment the referee blew his whistle, the Warriors were going to be in another gear all night as they would never trail in the game.

Thompson and Curry were deadly from behind the three-point line, combining to shoot 15 for 25 on 3s, and 26 for 55 overall from the floor.

Thompson went over the 200-mark for 3s for the fourth straight season. Earlier in the week, Curry became just the first person in NBA history to nail 300 3s in a season.

Draymond Green added 17 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists, as Golden State (58-6) committed a season-low eight turnovers after committing 39 in the first two games of their current six-game home stand.

C.J. McCollum led Portland (34-32) with 18 points on 6 for 15 shooting

Damian Lilliard, who torched Golden State for 51 points in the previous meeting, scored just 17 points on 5 for 19 shooting. Golden State made Lillard’s night tough, forcing the Blazers’ point guard into missing 15 of his first 17 shots to open up the game as the Warriors played great defense virtually the entire night.

The Oakland native and Oakland High School product had his string of 20+ points against the Warriors snapped at four.

With 19 made 3s by Portland and 18 made 3s by Golden State, the two teams combined to shoot 37 for 76 on 3s, breaking the record for 3s made in an NBA game.

Both teams are in action Saturday with Golden State hosting the Phoenix Suns, and Portland heading home to host the Orlando Magic.