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That’s Amaury to appear at Ricky’s Theatre and Grill this Saturday in San Leandro

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by Amaury Pi Gonzalez

Dear Fans and media your invited to attend Ricky’s Grill and Theatre Grill in San Leandro for the Lefty O’Doul Chapter and Sacramento Chapter joint meeting this Saturday January 24, 2015 at 11:00 AM. I’ll be your speaker that morning with Comcast TV analyst Shooty Babitt, the cost is $35 and the proceeds will benefit the retired members of the Cuban baseball Community. Join us for fun, humor, laughs, and of course my favorite Ricky’s famous Chicken Cesar salad can’t wait for that one especially as Ricky will be making up some great food. Here’s the full details below:

Lefty O’Doul Chapter and Sacramento Chapter joint meeting

WHEN: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2015.

WHERE: Ricky’s Sports Theatre and Grill, 15028 Hesperian Blvd, San Leandro, CA 94578
COST: $35 (includes lunch); choice of: 1) Ricky’s flame broiled cheeseburger and fries; 2) Flame broiled chicken breast sandwich and fries; 3) Buffalo wings; 4) Chicken Caesar salad; 5) Tri-tip sandwich and fries-BBQ or French Dip.
RSVP by January 19 with your lunch selection to mvogelsang@sbcglobal.net; make check payable to Pete McPhail and mail to PO Box 7653, Fremont, CA 94537.

CONTACT: Marlene Vogelsang, mvogelsang@sbcglobal.net

PROGRAM DETAILS: Our guest speakers include Ricky Ricardo, owner of the legendary Ricky’s; Amaury Pi-González, SABR member, Spanish language broadcaster and VP of the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum; and Shooty Babitt, ballplayer, scout and TV analyst. This will also be a members research reporting meeting, so please start thinking about your participation. We will hold our traditional book raffle as well as offer a very special “Cigar Fund” Silent Auction, featuring items of beisbol de Cuba, with proceeds to benefit “retired” members of the Cuban baseball community.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Spanish radio voice for Oakland A’s baseball and is the vice president of the MLB Hispanic Heritage Museum and does News and Commentary each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Warriors Bury Nuggets, Win 16th Conescutive Home Game

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By Matthew T.F. Harrington

James Michael McAdoo’s loyalty to the Golden State Warriors has paid off, possibly far sooner than the forward expected.

Just hours after singing a 10-day contract with the Warriors, McAdoo found himself on the court at Oracle Arena.
The former North Carolina Tar Heel started the season in training camp with the Warriors after going undrafted, but was ultimately waived as the Dubs trimmed their roster.

With multiple NBA offers on the table thanks to his impressive play with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the D-League, the talented 22-year-old opted to return to the team that first put faith in him. In return, the coach Steve Kerr inserted him into the rotation during today’s 122-79 blowout of the Denver Nuggets.

McAdoo saw just 12:37 of game-time, collecting 11 points in his NBA Debut, but wasn’t asked to do the heavy lifting. That responsibility fell to the Splash Brothers, and deliver they did.
Stephen Curry (20 points) and Klay Thompson (22) combined for 42 points. The duo each went 7-for-13 shooting.
Reserves Leandro Barbosa and Shaun Livingston chipped in 12 points apiece. As a team, the Warriors hit an impressive 54.3 percent shooting.

The Nuggets (18-23), losers of three-straight, scuffled in the face of the Warriors defensive presence, shooting just 34.5 percent from the field for the night. Golden State’s stout defending handed the home team a 55-28 lead at the half, allowing the Warriors to cruise through the final two quarters for the romp. The Nuggets cracked 20-plus points in only one quarter, scoring 32 in the third, while being held to 15, 13 and 19 points in the other three periods.

With the win, the Warriors (33-6) have now matched the franchise record in consecutive home wins with 16. The NBA-leadings Dubs get a chance to break the tie Wednesday night when they welcome the Houston Rockets to Oracle Arena.

Golden State Warriors commentary & podcast: A quick look back at the Warriors last season comparing to this season

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by David Zizmor

OAKLAND–The Warriors are sitting here in mid January at 31-5 they have the best record in the NBA, the Atlanta Hawks have as many wins but they have a few more loses than the Warriors. Golden State just keeps rolling and nothing seems to faze this team it doesn’t matter what adversity they face what injuries they have. They seemed to be able to play right through them. Except that little blip on the radar in Los Angeles against the Clippers and the Lakers around Christmas time.

The Warriors really don’t have any issues on the court, there have been a couple of close games but those are even hard to come by. The Warriors have won eight straight games won by double digits. This is a team that’s not only winning every night but their winning fairly easily, their not facing a lot of close end of game situations. That’s something they struggled with last season.

The Warriors largely came back this season with the same personnel they won 51 games which is a very good season and the made it to the playoffs. One of the problems they have was late in the game when they had a decent lead they let up and when they let up the other team would get another breath of fresh air. The opponents would get a second wind and they would start coming back and the Warriors would have to start fighting them off and hang onto that victory.

Sometimes last season they would get a win and sometimes they didn’t, the big problem was they were letting the other teams back into the game. That poses all sorts of problems, number one it risks the results of the game from getting that win. On several occasions games that seemed pretty well in hand in the third quarter last season ended up going the opposite way and the Warriors ended up losing.

If the Warriors win those games they would have to end up bringing in the starter to close out the game to seal the victory because the second stringers weren’t able to hold and finish. That just wore the team out last year of over the course of the season. When you think about Steph Curry’s ankle and every single body part on Andrew Bogut and just the general wear and tear that goes with the full season.

If you can rest a guy for the last five or six minutes of several games over the course of the season that really adds up and what happens was the Warriors in the playoffs Bogut went down late in the season and didn’t play against the Clippers. Everybody was just generally worn out, when your doing these double digit victories early in the season it bodes well for later in the season because you can cut down on the minutes of the starters and you can get them some rest.

David Zizmor does weekly commentary on the Golden State Warriors for http://www.sportradioservice.com

Warriors Tie Franchise Record with 15th Home Win In A Row, Beat Heat 104-89

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OAKLAND, CA - JANUARY 14: The Golden State Warriors huddle before the game against the Miami Heat on January 14, 2015 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2015 NBAE (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA – JANUARY 14: The Golden State Warriors huddle before the game against the Miami Heat on January 14, 2015 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2015 NBAE (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images)

By Kahlil Najar

OAKLAND – In a big news day around the Bay Area the Golden State Warriors (31-5) made sure their names were in the headlines as the tied a franchise record with their 15th straight home win with a victory over the Miami Heat (17-22) 104-89. Stephen Curry led all players with 32 points which included a seven of ten night from beyond the arch. Andre Iguodala lead the team with 7 assists and David Lee and Marreese Speights both had a team high six rebounds.

For Miami, Chris Bosh had 26 points and seven rebounds while Luol Deng added 19 points of his own. Dwayne Wade was held out of tonight’s contest with a strained left hamstring.

Curry and Klay Thompson got the Warriors off to a great start as the scored the teams first 14 points and led the Warriors to a 26-18 after the first quarter. In the early second quarter, head coach Steve Kerr sent in the second unit to face the Heat and they helped build the lead from 8 points to 17 to end the first half with a 55-38 lead.

“I thought that was the key point in the game. Our defense really kicked in and it was nice that the defense came from the group that maybe you didn’t expect it from,” said Kerr. “David (Lee) was terrific and I loved his energy. Andre was always in the right place and handled the ball for us. That group was really good for us.”

The Heat turned up the pressure in the second half when they outscored the Warriors 51 to 49 but the Warriors defense came up big and stopped the Heat before they were able to start a run. With a little over nine minutes left in the game the Heat’s Shawne Williams made a 27-foot three pointer to bring the Warriors lead down to nine points. However the always impressive Justin Holliday scored five points in under 40 seconds and brought the lead back up to 14.

The Warriors are now 13-0 over Eastern Conference teams and off to their best start in years. With the amazing start by the Warriors Steve Kerr had this to say on the rest of the season.

“I think this is the beginning of the dog days in the NBA. Now until the All Star break is when it gets hard. The newness of the season is over and we’re on this great run and we’re not even halfway through and guys are getting tired. We’re trying to get through that and if we’re able to pick up wins then that’s great.”

The Warriors head to Oklahoma City and try to extend their win streak to nine on Friday night to take on Kevin Durant and the Thunder.

Warriors win Seventh in a row

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by Jerry Feitelberg
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The Golden State Warriors travelled to Salt Lake City to face the Utah Jazz Tuesday night. The Jazz are in a rebuild mode but they have a good nucleus of young and talented players and they gave the Dubs a go at it for the first half of the game but the Warriors blew it open behind the stellar play of all-world guard Steph Curry as they won by double digits for the seventh straight game downing the Jazz by a final score of 116-105.

The Jazz came into the game with a record of 13-25 while the Dubs have the best record in the NBA.

They are 29-5 and have won six in a row before start of play. The Jazz played the Dubs tough and led by seven at one point in the second quarter. The Warriors fought back and tied the score at 53 to end the first half. The Warriors were led by Steph Curry’s twelve points and seven assists. Draymond Green came through with nine points while Klay Thompson and Mo Speights had five. The Warriors bench was credited with 8 assists in the half and the Dubs had nineteen total assists so far.

The Jazz were led by their big center Enes Kanter who had eleven points and another young power forward ,Derrick Favors, put in nine. Small forward Gordon Hayward also had nine for the Jazz in the half.

The game changed in the third period. The Warriors were able to get their rhythm going and they moved the ball well running the floor with great passing from Steph Curry and Andrew Bogut. They were lights out from three point range as they made eight three-point shots and scored forty-four points to break open the game. The Jazz did not quit. They played hard and kept trying to come back but the Warriors kept them at bay. Curry ad fifteen points and four assists and did not play in the fourth quarter.

The second unit played the entire fourth quarter and the Warriors won 116-105.

Notes-The Warriors won the seventh game in row by double digits. Andrew Bogut was back in the starting lineup and he played well. His passing game was outstanding and he rebounded and blocked shots. Not a bad night for Bogut. Steve Kerr became the first coach in NBA history to go 30-5 in his first year at the helm.

Curry led the Warriors with 27 points and 11 assists. Draymond Green had fifteen while Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes put in twelve each. The Jazz was led by Favors 22 points and 11 rebounds. Enes Kanter’s night ended with him putting in 13 points and getting 10 rebounds. His teammate, Rudy Gobert scored 12 and got 11 rebounds. These three young men will be the nucleus for the Jazz as they rebuild the team.

After the game, Steph Curry said “we’re pretty hard to stop.” Quite an understatement. Coach Kerr, talking about curry had this to say” he’s electric-just incredible.” and that (Curry)”took over the game in the third period.” Commenting on the team’s overall performance Kerr said this”that’s our game to move the ball and when we move the ball ball we move the defense.’ By having ball movement the Warriors are able to get the ball to the open man and their chances of scores increases. Kerr said that

the level of play in the third period “was a clinic.”

The Warriors return home Wednesday to meet the Miami Heat (16-21) at the Oracle Arena.

Golden State Warriors commentary & podcast: 40 years in the making there’s doubt this Dubs team is onto something

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by David Zizmor

OAKLAND–The Golden State Warriors are on a roll right now their sitting at 29-5 with the best record in the entire NBA they have the most wins and the fewest loses and their destroying teams. It’s not like their playing a lot of close games their winning by double digits most of the time which is amazing. You think about the history of the Warriors they won the championship in 1975 that was 40 years ago.

Which is kind of hard to fathom this team is as good a Warriors team since that championship team there were the two teams the championship team of 1974-75 and then there’s the team the year after the 1975-76 Warriors who were great but didn’t win it all in 1976. Right now this team is on a pace to be the best team in the history of the Warriors. This 2014-15 team is certainly on pace to be at least as good as any of those teams.

The championship for this season is a wait and see proposition but in terms of the regular season records and performance this team is as good as any the Warriors have ever had. Their a fantastic team their deep, they are competitive and they are really, really good. Their 29-5 and the record speaks for itself which is hard to believe a Warriors team who couldn’t even win 20 games all season in seasons past.

The Warriors are on the verge of winning 30 games before the end of January this team night in and night out come to play and they’ve already faced a little adversity for the first couple of months with Andrew Bogut out for a month with his ankle, center Fetus Ezeli is out again, so the W’s found their way despite some hic ups and even with those guys out they’ve adjusted that’s been the best part of this.

This team was good under former head coach Mark Jackson the last couple years and you can’t discount his contribution with this team he gave Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson the confidence to become the players they are. Head coach Steve Kerr has helped them to get to the next level in terms of giving them more confidence and more responsibility. He has also given them better plays and better offense to work with to take more advantage of their skill sets.

Right now your seeing those results on the floor as these guys are all stars, Curry is going to be an All-Star starter, Thompson may or may not make the all star team. It’s tough at the guard position because it’s so deep in the Western Conference as he may or may not make it. He’s certainly deserving of making it. Then you have forward Draymond Green who is fast of becoming one of the most dangerous defensive players and is just kind of a jack of all trades.

David Zizmor covers the NBA for http://www.sportsradioservice.com, listen to David’s Warriors podcast below

Warriors drop Cavs, Extend home winning streak to 14 games

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By Joe Hawkes-Beamon

OAKLAND — Klay Thompson scored 24 points and Stephen Curry finished with 23 points, helping the Golden State Warriors win their 14th straight game at Oracle Arena with a 112-94 victory Friday night in front of the team’s 99th consectutive sellout.

The Warriors finished their six-game homestand 6-0, and have won sixth straight game overall. The last time Golden State went 6-0 on a homestand you got to go back to February of 1992.

“We got some big stops down the stretch when we needed them,” said Curry, who finished with 10 of the Warriors’ 35 assists with just one turnover. “We wanted to protect the basket and play solid defense.”

Marreese Speights scored 12 points, Harrison Barnes had 11, and Draymond Green nearly had a triple double, finishing with 10 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists.

Rookie Justin Holiday provided another spark off the bench, scoring 14 points in 18 minutes. Holiday scored 12 points off the bench in 28 minutes of action in Golden State’s 117-91 victory over Oklahoma City Monday night.

Golden State had trouble containing Cleveland in the first quarter, allowing the Cavs to shoot 52.2 percent from the floor on (12-for-23). Cleveland dominated the Warriors on the glass early, holding a 16-8 rebounding edge early before finishing with a 45-44 rebounding advantage.

The Cavaliers outscored the Warriors 18-0 on second chance points.

But Golden State turned to the run game, outscoring the Cavaliers 36-3 on fast break points, and holding the edge in points in the paint, 40-28.

Trailing 66-64 with 6:39 left in the third quarter, Golden State went on an 11-0 run to push their lead to 75-66, keyed by a Barnes’ dunk courtesy of a Green lob. From that point, Golden State never looked back.

Cleveland (19-18) played without forward LeBron James (sore left knee, lower back soreness)

J.R. Smith scored 12 of his game-high 27 points in the first quarter, Kyrie Irving finished with 23 points and six assists, and Kevin Love added 17 points and 14 rebounds for Cleveland.

Cleveland dropped to 1-6 without James this season.

“It wasn’t what I expected (6-0 at home), but it felt great to get back to who we are,” said Warriors head coach Steve Kerr. “We play in front of great fans and the atmosphere is electric.”

Golden State have owned the Eastern Conference this season, improving to 12-0, the team’s best start against the Eastern Conference.

With the NBA’s best record at 29-5 and home record at 16-1, Golden State have played unselfish team basketball this season and those records show that this could be a very promising season in the Bay Area for the Warriors.

The Dubs don’t hit the court again until Tuesday, when they head to Utah, before returning to Oracle Arena Wednesday against Miami with a chance to make it 15 in a row which would tie the 1989-90 Warriors’ franchise mark.

Game Notes:

  • Former Warriors head coach Mark Jackson called the game for ESPN. Jackson, who was fired at the end of last season, was greeted by several members of the Warriors and received a standing ovation from the home crowd. Jackson went 121-109, with two playoff appearances (1 postseason series win) in three seasons manning the bench for Golden State.
  • Stephen Curry’s “Curry 1’s” basketball shoe from Under Armour made their debut.
  • Klay Thompson left midway through the third quarter with a gash to his forehead. Thompson would return to the game in the fourth.

Thompson Outpaces Pacers, Scores 40 in Warriors 13th-Straight Home Win

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By Matthew T.F. Harrington

The Golden State Warriors beat the Indiana Pacers 117-102 at Oracle Arena Wednesday night, extending their home winning streak to 13 games. Klay Thompson came a point shy of matching his career-high of 41 points to lead the team atop the NBA standings to the second-longest lossless stretch at home since the Warriors (28-5) won 15-straight at home in 1989-90.

Thompson went 14 of 25 from the field, including six three-pointers, over his 40 minutes of the play. The NBA All-Star hopeful also went six-for-six from the free throw line and pitched in two assists and four rebounds.

Splash Brother Stephen Curry played the perfect sidekick, collecting a double-double on 21 points and 15 assists. Center Andrew Bogut returned after missing 12 games, playing 14 minutes off the bench, but his replacement in the starting five Marreese Speights proved adequate, chipping in 18 points. Draymond Green matched Indiana’s Lavoy Allen for the game-high in rebounds with 9 each.

Despite being a game and half out of playoff position in the Eastern Conference, the Pacers (14-23) gave the Warriors the early test. They had the home team down by as much as 11 points in the first half, but the Warriors found a way to tie the game at 50-all at the half. A 34-26 Warriors run in the third Quarter gave the Dubs a cozy 8-point lead, while a 33-26 fourth quarter helped ice the win for Golden State.

The Warriors could be primed for home win no. 14 when they next take the court. Golden State welcomes the LeBron-less Cleveland Cavaliers to Oracle Arena Friday night, with newly acquired Timofey Mozgov expected to make his Cavs debut after coming over from the Denver Nuggets for a pair of first-round picks Wednesday.

Notes: Klay Thompson’s 40-point game was his second of his career. He also scored 41 points against the Lakers on November 1st of this season …Stephen Curry hit his 1,000 career three-pointer. His 369 games are the fewest played to reach that milestone…Indiana center Roy Hibbert left Wednesday’s game with an injury after only five minutes of play….Wednesday Night was Asian Heritage night at Oracle Arena. Fans with special event tickets received an Asian Hertiage night t-shirt while everyone in attendance was entertained by an on-court performance presented by the Thai Cultural Council of Berkeley and Fremont.

Golden State blow by OKC

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By Joe Hawkes-Beamon

OAKLAND — It’s no secret, the Golden State Warriors have the Oklahoma City Thunder’s number this season.

Harrison Barnes finished with a season-high 23 points and seven rebounds, helping Golden State pick up their third straight win over Oklahoma City this season, 117-91 in front of a sellout crowd of 19,596 at Oracle Arena.

“My teammates got me into the flow of the game,” said Barnes, who shot 5-for-5 from 3-point range. “It was a relief to shoot better tonight.”

Overall, the Warriors shot 15-for-28 (53 percent) on 3s.

Golden State (27-5), blazed out to a 17-6 lead in the first quarter over the Thunder, ignited by the Splash Brothers. Klay Thompson scored 13 of his 19 points in the first quarter, and Stephen Curry also finished with 19 points.

With both Curry and Thompson battling foul trouble, Golden State turned to reserve guard Justin Holiday in the second quarter. Holiday had his best game of the season, scoring 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting while playing a season-high 28 minutes off the bench.

“Coach [Steve Kerr], told me to be confident and take my shot,” Holiday said.

Draymond Green finished with 11 points and 13 rebounds as Golden State held Oklahoma City to 30 percent shooting (30-for-98) from the floor, while the Dubs shot 46 percent (41-for-88) from the floor.

Oklahoma City (17-18) couldn’t get their superstar duo of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook or the entire team into gear tonight.

Westbrook led all Thunder players with 22 points, but shot 5-for-21 from the field. Durant finished with just 14 points on 3-for-16 shooting after scoring 30 points in 20 minutes against Golden State back on Dec. 18 at Oracle Arena before leaving the game with a sprained ankle.

“Great job defensively tonight, I thought our defense was really good,” said Kerr. “Obviously when Durant and Westbrook won’t have bad shooting nights, but we played great defense, but we we’re lucky.”

With the win, Golden State have now won 12 straight games at home for the first since the 1989-90 season, and hold the best home record in the league at 14-1.

The Warriors and Thunder hook up for the final time this season on Jan. 16 in Oklahoma City. The Thunder should have newly acquired shooting guard Dion Waiters available for that game.

Oklahoma City was part of a three-team trade, sending a protected 2015 first-round pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Waiters. The New York Knicks received reserve Lance Thomas from Oklahoma City, and sending J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert to Cleveland.

Golden State has won the first four games of their six-game home stand, which continues Wednesday night with the visiting Indiana Pacers coming to town.

 

Golden State Warriors Commentary and podcast: OKC Thunder slated to be another big test for W’s this Monday night

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by David Zizmor

OAKLAND–The game that the Warriors played against the Toronto Raptors on Friday night was a fun game and it was against the number one team in the east versus the Warriors the number one team in the west. The Warriors came away the winner at the Oracle arena and this one was expected to be a little bit close 126-105 for the W’s win. We’ve seen a lot of interesting games between the Warriors and Raptors in the last few years. Especially last season almost a year ago, a little over a year ago where Toronto came into Oakland and promptly opened up a 27 point lead.

The Warriors stormed back and the Warriors won that one by double digits in a 30-40 points swing in that game which was really crazy. This game was a little bit different as Toronto jumped out to a lead somewhere in the second quarter but they were never able to maintain and they were trailing by a few points going into the half. The Warriors just had an amazing third quarter they shot the lights out all game long the Raptors just couldn’t figure out the W’s on defense.

No matter what Toronto tried to do they couldn’t hang with Golden State they just couldn’t stop the Warriors shooting. The Warriors went big, they small, they went middle no matter what they tried they weren’t able to defend the Warriors. When your the number one team in the east conference and your playing really great on the road like the Raptors have been you don’t figure your going to come into another team’s house and kind of lay a big egg like they did.

Toronto didn’t play a bad game but the fact of the matter is the Warriors played a great game and Toronto had no counter for it. That’s what the Warriors are doing these days team’s come in and give their best against the Warriors and end up losing that’s a sign of a great team. The Warriors after that big win streak (16) you would think “are they going to have a little bump in the road here are they going to slow down?” yes they lost a couple games and they came against some really good teams.

Games coming up vs. OKC and Indiana: The Warriors host the OKC Thunder on Monday night which is an exciting game as they have Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook to deal with and other guys like Serge Ibaka but the W’s feel like they can hang with anybody because they can. They’ve proven it. The Warriors are 26-5 on the season, that’s absurd there are recent seasons where the Warriors haven’t come close to 26 wins all season. Here we are this just past New Years and they have 26 games in the win column.

The Warriors have earned it, they’ve beaten all these teams already, they’re just playing confident basketball and it’s just not on the offensive side and they have the offensive fire power. Last season they were a very good defensive team let’s not sell them short the dubs are playing fantastic defense and that’s one thing they haven’t done in the past that you really notice when your watching this team. Their fantastic switching up their assignments.

The Warriors have OKC on Monday night and the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night.

David Zizmor does commentary on Warriors basketball each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com Dave talks Warriors basketball on the podcast scroll down below to listen