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Warriors know Green is valuable, but at what cost?

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By Joe Hawkes-Beamon

OAKLAND — Draymond Green knows that he is a restricted free agent at the end of the season, and that he will have a few suitors, but the Golden State Warriors can match any offer sheet Green gets.

According to Yahoo! Sports/FOX Sports 1 NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski:

In a looming restricted free agency this summer, Golden State’s Draymond Green has a significant interest with pursuing an offer sheet with his hometown Detroit Pistons, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

Green has loved playing with the Warriors and winning, and naturally Golden State is determined to find a way to retain him. Still, the Warriors’ salary structure almost dictates that Green has to go onto the market and get an offer sheet for them to match in July.

If the offer is too rich to match, the chance for Green to return to his beloved home state – where he grew up in Saginaw and played at Michigan State in East Lansing – has long intrigued him, sources said. Green still spends most of his time away from the NBA in Michigan.

Golden State knows that Green has been vital in the team’s NBA-best 42-9 record, averaging career-highs in points (11.1 ppg), rebounds (8.3 rpg), assists (3.6 apg), minutes (32 mpg), field goal percentage (43 percent), and three-point percentage (33 percent). There’s no way that the Warriors are going to let Green and his “do whatever the team needs me to do” attitude just walk out the door.

Green is a candidate for the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year Award this year.

Many Warriors’ fans are pondering what will it cost to keep Green around but if you ask Green, he’ll tell you he’s not thinking about it.

“I know I am a free agent,” said Green via Sporting News. “Everyone knows it. But I can honestly say I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about it.”

And why should he really think about it with Golden State in the midst of arguably the greatest season in team history. There’s no question that Green will get a hefty pay raise after completing his rookie his first NBA contract—three years, $2.5 million.

So how much is Golden State willing to pony up to keep the beloved Green?

According to CSN Bay Area Warriors’ Insider Monte Poole, if the Warriors do lockup Green long term to a deal, “worth at least $12 million but as much as $14 million wouldn’t represent a dive into the luxury tax. It represents the luxury tax dancing on the head of Warriors CEO Joe Lacob.”

In today’s NBA, you need to have quality players to win, and you need to pay those quality players when they have become important to the franchise’s long term success.

But will Lacob pay for Green’s breakout season and potential superstar for years to come?

Or will the Warriors fold if the asking price deems too rich for their blood?

 

 

 

 

 

NBA All-Star game: West defeats East in 3-point fest

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By Robert Steward

NEW YORK CITY–

The NBA held its annual playground pick-up game, otherwise known as the All-Star game, tonight at Madison Square Garden, which has certainly seen its share of iconic moments. One can’t forget The New York Knicks’ Willis Reed hobbling onto the floor in the opening moments of game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals and hitting his first 2 shots in the early going to inspire his teammates to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers and crown the Knicks as NBA Champions. Other iconic moments have included the first Ali-Frazier fight in 1971, the so-called “Fight of the Century,” and when the New York Rangers won the NHL’s Stanley Cup in 1994. Tonight’s game will not be remembered as such.

In a game that featured a record total of 321 points between both teams, the West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars, 163-158. Both squads were intent on making sure that no injuries occurred, as there was absolutely no defense played and no hard fouls committed by either side. But, as those who follow the NBA know, it is only an exhibition for the fans. Tonight’s contest resembled a glorified highlight reel shootaround. A 3-point contest ensued as both teams threw up an insane number of 3-point attempts. The West connected on 25 of 65 from long range, while the East was 23 of 68 from beyond the arc.

The Warriors’ Klay Thompson appeared to still be in a 3-point funk carryover from last night’s 3-point shooting contest, where he was trounced by teammate Stephen Curry in the finals. Thompson, in 20 minutes of playing time, threw up 11 shots, 9 of which were from 3-point range. He connected on exactly one trey and finished with 7 points. Meanwhile, Curry was a little better, making 6 of 16 from the floor, 3 of 10 on 3-pointers, for 15 points in 27 minutes of play. Sacramento Kings’ Center DeMarcus Cousins made the most of his 18 minutes of playing time, making 6 of 7 from the floor and finished with 14 points.

The West had more success in the early going, leading 47-36 after the first quarter. Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook set an All-Star record for most points in the first half when he reached 25 with 7:24 still left in the half. Officiating the game with actual referees should be considered optional in future All-Star games, as the players resembled wax figures from Madame Tussauds when they were on defense. One of the game’s rare defensive highlights occurred for the East with 4:07 left in the first half as Toronto’s Kyle Lowry actually made a steal and then gave up the ball for a nice alley-oop to Washington’s John Wall to make it 73-63, in favor of the West. The East made a late 10-2 run at the end of the half to cut the West’s lead to 1, 83-82, at halftime. The 165 total points for both teams set a new All-Star record. A grand total of 2 fouls were called in the first half.

Another highlight play occurred at 8:11 in the third quarter as Lowry threw an underhand lob from way beyond the 3-point line to Cleveland’s LeBron James for a resounding reverse dunk to put the East in front, 93-91, following an 11-0 run by the East. But the lead was short-lived as Thompson hit his one and only 3-point shot 8 seconds later to regain the lead for the West, 94-93. Westbrook finished the quarter with a total of 33 points and both squads were tied at 122 entering the 4th quarter.

As the 4th quarter played on, more iconic moments at the Garden came to mind. There were great concerts played there, such as Elvis in 1972, Michael Jackson in 1984, and, of course, who could forget the 2001 concert in the wake of 9/11, which featured Billy Joel, Elton John, Paul McCartney, and Jay-Z? While Ariana Grande put on quite the halftime show, the layup drills and 3-point bonanza continued as the game drew to a close. Following a 3-pointer by Houston’s James Harden, the West lead, 161-153, with 1:23 left. The East made one last valiant effort as the hometown Knicks’ representative, Carmelo Anthony, nailed a trey to cut the West’s lead to 161-156 with 42 seconds left. Following a miss by the Clippers’ Chris Paul, the East proceeded to miss three straight 3-point shots until Chicago’s Pau Gasol put back a miss to make it 161-158 with 2.8 seconds left. Inexplicably, the East then fouled twice to give Westbrook one more chance to go to the free throw line. He sank both free throws for the final 2 points of the game.

Westbrook finished with 41 points, one shy of Wilt Chamberlain’s record, to earn the MVP of the game. Harden added 29 for the West squad, while Portland’s LaMarcus chipped in with 18, including 4 of 4 from 3-point range. The East All-Stars were led by James, who scored 30 on a game-high 32 minutes. Atlanta’s Kyle Korver came off the bench to score 21 on 7 of 13 from the floor, all but one shot coming from beyond the arc. Wall finished with 19 for the East. As far as being an entertaining game, well, let’s just say I’ve never heard the Garden that quiet for such an extravaganza.

 

Curry takes Three-Point Shootout Crown, Thompson finishes third

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By Joe Hawkes-Beamon

BROOKLYN — I guess the fourth time is the charm, just ask Stephen Curry.

Curry nailed 13 consecutive shots to finish with 27 points, outlasting Cleveland guard Kyrie Irving and fellow Warriors’ teammate Klay Thompson in the championship round to take home the Footlocker Three-Point Shootout title during NBA All-Star Saturday night.

The Splash Bros. were definitely on a mission tonight, with Thompson leading all shooters with 24 points in the opening round to advance to the championship round, while Curry and Irving each had 23 points.

Irving, who won the event in 2013, finished the championship round with 17 points. Klay Thompson mustered 14.

Portland’s guard Wesley Matthews scored 22 points.

But the night belonged to Curry, whose 27 points in the championship round is the most in any round in the event’s history, which began in 1986. Jason Kapono (2008) and Craig Hodges (1986), co-held the previous record with 25 points.

Curry’s 13 consecutive shots is second all time, behind 19 in a row by Hodges in 1991.

Atlanta’s All-Star Kyle Korver  (the NBA’s leader in 3-point shooting this season) and San Antonio’s guard Marco Belinelli (2014 champion) each finished with 18 points.

Houston’s All-Star James Harden finished with 15 points.

Neither players finished the first round.

 

Golden State Warriors commentary & podcast: W’s have their All-Stars on (three of them) going into the Big Apple

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by David Zizmor

OAKLAND–The Warriors who are coming off a three game win steak after beating New York, Philadelphia and Minnesota they let those three teams stay in a lot more than they would have liked especially considering how bad those teams are. New York and Philadelphia are considered the two worst teams in the NBA. Minnesota is a little better they have potential rookie of the year Andrew Wiggins whose playing really, really well.

Minnesota is a little more frisky but their not a good team either. The Warriors would have hoped in all three of those games they would have just blown them out. The Warriors are going into the break tired things are a little bit heavy right now and at this point of the season things are a little bit of a drag because your not playing for anything yet.

The playoffs are not quite in their sites so your not getting super excited about positioning and the W’s are a little bit tired they’ve been playing a lot of games they’re on the road. The Warriors look a little slow, a little sluggish and as a result they played these three teams that were all bad teams and they were all inexplicably close games.

That last game against Minnesota was a close one right at the end a 94-91 Warrior win. New York and Philadelphia teams but they both stayed pretty close to the Warriors. The mark of a good team even on nights when your not looking your best especially on the road you still pull off the victory and that’s what the Warriors did.

They went out and took care of business it wasn’t the prettiest but they went out and got the victories. That’s why the Warriors are sitting at the All-Star break with a 42-9 record. It’s kind of amazing record if your a Warriors fan to think that in the last 40 seasons how they could have 42 wins at the All-Star break at this stage of the season. They’ve never accomplished that.

2015 All-Star game: The Warriors have sent three representatives head coach Steve Kerr and players Stephen Curry and Klayton Thompson. Curry got the most votes of anybody in the All-Star game the starting point guard. Thompson made it on as a reserve and he ended up as a starter because the Lakers Kobe Bryant got injured and they needed to replace him in the back court.

Kerr as the head coach he and his staff are the ones in charge in the Western Conference All-Stars, It’s a trifecta who can remember the last time that a Warriors coach coached the NBA All-Star game? Kerr has been fantastic and not bad for his first year coaching the team. Curry is a bonafide all star.

David discusses the NBA All-Star game in New York on his podcast below http://www.sportsradioservice.com

The Warriors hang on to defeat the Timberwolves.

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by Jerry Feitelberg

The Golden State Warriors finished the five-game road trip Wednesday night by beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 94-91. The Warriors have won five of the last six games but they look like a tired team as the motion game has slowed down and the passing is not as crisp as it has been earlier in the season. The Warriors, however, will be getting a chance to rest as they are off until February 20th because of the NBA All-Star break.

The Warriors have not played up to their standards especially in the last three games against the New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers and now the Minnesota Timberwolves, All three teams are having a woeful season and the Warriors should be blowing them out but that did not happen and they were lucky Wednesday night as they blew a 14 point lead with just 7:30 left to play in the game.

The Dubs were led by Steph Curry. Curry had 25 points on 9-for-23 shooting and had 8 assists.
Draymond Green, who was questionable due to an ankle sprain, had 8 rebounds in the win. Andre Iguodala and Leandro Barbosa came off the bench to put some spark in the game and were big factors helping The Dubs to the victory. Iguodala was 4-for-4 from the floor and Barbosa added 10 points but those two sparked the second unit that made up for the sluggishness of the starters. With the win, the Warriors now have a 42-9 record, which is the best record in the NBA as the Atlanta Hawks were beaten by the Boston Celtics.

The Warrior bench outscored Minnesota’s bench 32-14. The T-Wolves were led by Marco Rubio and Nikola Pekovic. Pekovic had 17 points and 13 rebounds but missed a layup with 7.9 seconds left in the game that would have put Minnesota in the lead.

After the game, coach Steve Kerr had this to say " Amazing, amazing recordReally proud of the guys, and I’ve never seen a group of guys that needed the All-Star break more than this team.We’re so out of whack now.We’re tired, We’re not making our cuts. We’re not getting good shots for each other. The ball has stopped moving and we need a rest, and fortunately we’ll get one. "
The Warriors next game will be in Oakland at the Oracle Arena on February 20th against the San Antonio Spurs.

Warriors Stop Sixers Streak at 4

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By Matthew T.F. Harrington

It wasn’t quite the romp one would expect, but the Golden State Warriors did prevail 89-84 against the 76ers in Philadelphia Monday night. Despite an off night from the Splash Brothers (if 33 combined points can be considered “off”), the Dubs ended the Sixers four-game win streak while handing the surefire lottery pick candidates a 41st loss on the season.
Former Sixers Andre Igoudala (13 points) and Marreese Speights (10) provided critical depth off the bench on a night when Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson hit a combined 11 of 34 shots.

The Splash Brothers finished with only 4 three-pointers on 18 attempts, but Curry still managed a team-best 20 points. Thompson finished with 13. Leandro Barbosa provided the lift for the Warriors, with the reserve guard collecting 16 points in just under 20 minutes of work. The Sixers Robert Covington scored a game-best 21.

Philadelphia (12-41) led 24-20 after 12 minutes, but trailed by two 46-44 at the half. The Warriors opened up the final 24 minutes on an 8-2 run to build a lead they would all the way down to finish, leading by as much as ten points at one point.

The Warriors earned at least a .500 record during their four-game road trip with victories over the Sixers and Knicks. The capper would be a triumph over a struggling Minnesota Timberwolves squad Wednesday night to run the Warriors (41-9) record to 3-1 on the away set. The trip began with a 124-116 loss to the Atlanta Hawks.

Kerr Picks Up Win in MSG Debut

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By: Ben Leonard

Warriors’ head coach Steve Kerr nearly signed with the New York Knicks during the offseason. The decision to spurn the Knicks certainly has proven to be a shrewd one, as Kerr’s Warriors took a 106-92 win in his coaching debut at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.

A day after falling in a tightly contested battle to the NBA-best Hawks, the level of competition dropped significantly for Kerr’s squad. The lowly Knicks fell to an atrocious 10-41, while the Warriors moved to 40-9. Nearing the All-Star Break, the two squads already have a thirty win differential, with both heading in completely different trajectories. Draymond Green lead the way for Golden State, dropping 20 points for the squad with title aspirations against the team with its sights set on the #1 pick.

Green trailed only Stephen Curry’s game-high 22 point effort in the game, and pulled down 13 rebounds. His physical presence helped the Warriors in their effort against a ‘Melo-less Knicks team, and even blocked two shots. Without Anthony, the Knicks were even more listless than usual, making just 40.2% of their field goal attempts.

Kerr’s Warriors set the tone early, jumping out to a 32-19 lead at the end of the first quarter. Golden State went on to romp New York, holding a sizeable 89-63 advantage with just over three minutes left in the game. However, the Warriors seemingly became complacent after taking a nearly insurmountable lead, up just 95-90 with just over four minutes left to play. An ensuing 6-0 run sealed the victory for Golden State, capped by Curry’s trey with just under three minutes remaining.

Curry dropped 54 points in the Garden just two years ago, but had a relatively modest game by his standards. Although he did have a game-high total for points, he turned the ball over three times and made just 1 of 3 free throw attempts. Clearly, this is not reason for concern, but it is still worth noting.

Point guard Langston Galloway lead the way for New York with 15 points in a losing effort, grabbing four boards and dishing out three assists. Former superstar Amar’e Stoudemire also chipped in off the bench with 13 points of his own.

Golden State will continue its East Coast road trip, traveling to Philadelphia to play the ’76ers at the Wells Fargo Center on Monday night.

Stats and info courtesy of ESPN

Golden State Warriors commentary & podcast: Could last Fri’s Warriors-Hawks match be a prelude to the NBA Championship?

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by David Zizmor

OAKLAND–The Golden State Warriors who have had not very many problems handling opponents thus far this season was playing a team that played them evenly the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night and this was no second rate team. The Hawks might be the only NBA team that is in the same stratosphere as the Warriors in terms of their record. Were talking about the two best teams in the NBA and the Hawks had the home court advantage on Friday in addition to having the Warriors just flown cross country with very little sleep to Atlanta for the Hawks 124-116 win.

The Hawks just had a slight advantage in that respect this wasn’t exactly a blow out it was a game that was fairly close for most of the way. The Hawks pulled away a little bit I in the fourth quarter and the Hawks were ridiculously hot from outside they were hitting everything and hitting every three pointer it didn’t seem they could miss at all.

Atlanta’s offensive design can get those open three pointers and even by the Hawks standards they were just hitting everything and it didn’t seem like the Hawks missed anything when they had a shot. When you have a offense to give you open looks your going to get a better than average three point percentage but the Hawks were well over 50 percent which is not what teams normally have.

Part of it was the W’s were a little tired from the cross country flight maybe they were a step slower on Friday. Whatever the case maybe it was a very good game definitely worthy of the hype. You had two of the best teams in the NBA, this game looked like it could have went the Warriors way they were playing very well getting the lead but the Hawks fought back in the second half.

It was a great game you tip your hat to the Hawks, the Warriors are going to face them again in Oracle in March and we’ll see what happens in that match up. Although the Hawks (42-9 .824) had a slightly better percentage than the Warriors (39-9 .813) the record doesn’t make a difference and you could look at the records and split them up anyway you want.

You could say the Warriors have the better winning percentage and the Hawks have the better record in terms of overall wins. The differences are really teeny tiny the difference are minot, there aren’t many differences between these two teams, they play very similar style of basketball and their both coached by guys Warriors Steve Kerr and the Hawks Mike Budenholzer who have roots in San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich’s offense. The Warriors and Hawks meet again on March 16th in Oakland.

David does Warriors commentary and podcast each week on http://www.sportsradioservice.com Dave talks more Warriors and Hawks below in his podcast

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: The Warriors get no respect, victims of west coast bias

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by Amaury Pi Gonzalez

OAKLAND–Anybody that has lived in Northern California for a while understand that for any of our pro-teams here to get the respect they deserve nationwide, even the Golden State Warriors this season, which lose a game every two weeks, it not easy. During baseball season, even with the San Francisco Giants success of winning three World Series the last five years, we are subjected to the regular Yankee vs Red Sox game on television nationwide. A friend of mine that arrived from Latin America told me “are those the only two teams that play?”.

I have lived in the Bay Area since 1969, and this attitude by the media towards our west coast teams have changed little, even though today California is like a country, in 2013 California’s population was over 38 million people. It is the most populous U.S. state, home to one out of eight people who live in the U.S. and it is the third largest state by area.

If California was an independent bilingual country, our economy would surpass those of many countries in the world, including some in western Europe, especially compared today with Greece, Italy and some of those countries going basically bankrupt.

Efrain Osorio was a Cuban-American professor, editor in Havana of the old and very prestigious Christian Monitor Newspaper, who taught me a lot, and he (who lived in New York City) used to tell me “everything starts here, this is the center of the universe, remember we are born three hours earlier than you guys in the west coast, and we also die three hours earlier”, and yes, he was a character, but not far from the truth. I covered the Golden State Warriors last time they won an NBA title,(their only title in their Northern California history 1974-75), that was a very unexpected win, as they swept the Washington Bullets in four games, with the great Rick Barry winning the MVP.

After they won it all, there was a celebration at Union Square in San Francisco(even though the team played in Oakland)and I was there, as owner Franklin Mieuli, coach Al Attles, announcer Bill King(in my opinion the best ever basketball play by play man) I share great memories of Bill while doing the Warriors and the A’S. They all spoke to thousands crowding that famous San Francisco square.

The Warriors last title was 39 years ago, and they should have their best chance this season to win it again. There are really no dominating teams in the NBA anymore, the Lakers, the Clippers, the Celtics they are not what they were not long ago. First game of any professional team in the Bay Area that I ever covered, were the Warriors, when they played at the Cow Palace, in Daly City, as a writer for El Mundo bilingual news of Oakland, Hal Childs was their Public Relations man.

Childs as I remembered in 1971,the last year the San Francisco Warriors would play at that facility. It hosted the San Francisco Warriors of the NBA from 1962 to 1964 and again from 1966 to 1971. The Warriors temporarily returned to the Cow Palace to host the 1975 NBA Finals due to the fact that the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena was booked for an Ice Follies performance. History will repeat itself, and in a few years the team will move back to San Francisco, and they will probably be named again the San Francisco Warriors. The “Golden State” name never stuck with many people, including me, it made it sound like a college team, not a pro-team.

In the 1970’s the NBA’s biggest and most dominating star was Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,(previously known in UCLA as Lew Alcindor) just like in the 80’s Michael Jordan dominated the league, Abdul-Jabbar’s sky hook was unstoppable, if you saw it, and you covered basketball, and are of the age to have been a fan back then, it was a thing of beauty.

Today there are great players in the NBA, but there are definitely no Abdul-Jabbar’s or Michael Jordan’s, these types of players do not grow on trees. The biggest star is LeBron James who leads the league in scoring with and average of 26 points per game, the Clippers Andrew Jordan leads in rebounds with 13 per game, and Warriors Stephen Curry has the fastest hands with 2.1 steals per game leading the pack. The Warriors are a very exciting team, leading their division, second only to Atlanta in total wins, and a team that deserves much more respect than the media across this country is given them. At home, as of today, they are 23-2. No they are not in the Rodney Dangerfield category of “no respect”, but they could get much more…don’t you think so? If the Golden State Warriors go all the way, and there is a parade, someplace in the Bay Area,(Oakland needs a parade much more than San Francisco) will they then get that respect…I am not too sure.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the former Spanish radio voice for Golden State Warriors basketball and does News and Commentary on http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Hawks get by Warriors in matchup of NBA heavyweights

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By Joe Hawkes-Beamon

ATLANTA — If critics still had their doubts about the Atlanta Hawks being the best team in the NBA.

Doubt no more.

Atlanta finished with seven players score in double figures, led by Jeff Teague’s 23 points on 5-of-15 shooting from the field, but shot 11-of-11 from the charity stripe as the Hawks shot a blistering 70.6 percent in the third quarter to take a 124-116 home victory over the Golden State Warriors Friday night in the battle of the top two teams from each conference.

Paul Milsap scored 21 points, Kyle Korver had 17 points (5-of-9 from 3-point range), and Al Horford finished with 12 points and 14 rebounds for the Hawks, who improved to an NBA-best 42-9 and 14-3 versus the Western Conference with the victory.

The lion share of the credit must got to the Hawks’ bench, that really determine the outcome of the game.

Mike Scott scored 17 points, Kent Bazemore had 11 points, and Dennis Schroder finished with nine points but combined to sink 7-of-8 on 3s. The second-best 3-pointing shooting shot 15-of-27 from 3-point range and outscored the Warrior’s bench, 39-32.

“They were good,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr. “They were better than us. We broke down defensively. They had a lot to do with that because of the way they stretch you out.”

The Hawks have won 21 of their last 22 games following a franchise record 19-game winning streak.

After leading 25-21 at the end of the first quarter, Golden State (39-9) just slowed down against Hawks team that improved to 25-3 at home this season, second to Golden State’s 23-2 record at Oracle Arena.

Klay Thompson had a game-high 29 points and Stephen Curry scored 26 points, to go along with nine assist and one turnover.

Harrison Barnes and Draymond Green had 12 points apiece, but Green had a gigantic night on the glass, finishing with a career-high 20 rebounds.

Golden State did have their way with the Hawks in the paint, outscoring Atlanta 58-36 down low. The Warriors even held the edge in rebounding, outrebouding the Hawks 51-38.

But Golden State committed too many turnovers (14), and never overcame the 14-4 run by Atlanta in the final minute of the second quarter after leading 50-47.

Golden State will have another chance at Atlanta when the Hawks visit Oakland on Mar. 18.

The Warriors continue their road trip Saturday night at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks, their fourth game in five nights.

Extra Buckets:

  • The game showcase three of the eight contenders in the Three-Point Contest before NBA All-Star Weekend in New York Feb. 14 in Warriors’ duo of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, and Atlanta’s Kyle Korver.
  • The entire starting five of the Hawks (Horford, Teague, Korver, Milsap, and Carroll) were named Eastern Conference Players of the Month for January, the first time in NBA history that an entire starting five were given the honor. Atlanta finished 17-0 in January, tops in the NBA.
  • Apparently, Curry does not like Teague defending him at all. According to ESPN Stats and Information, Curry shot 3-of-8 on jump shots with Teague as his primary defender. In the first quarter, Curry shot 1-of-6 from the field, his worst of the season. He was 0-of-4 against Teague.