New York Knicks: 138 Golden State: 125

There are very few things really funny in New York Knicks land anymore. Faced with an increasingly vocal Starburry and a mini losing streak before last nights game fans were starting to wonder would they see D'antoni back to his winning ways. In last nights game they must have been laughing at the Warriors attempt at playing Defense. 82 points given up in the first half to the likes of David Lee and Al Harrington means even for once the Knicks aren't in the situation that we are.

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Really no point in suming this game up in bolding points. The First half the Warriors had little heart en route to conceding 82 points a Franchise record. That wasn't the only record broken tonight. No, David Lee had a career high 37 points and Chris Duhon had a franchise record 22 assists. 2 players I never thought could possibly do that in a game and they did that to us.

The second quarter you could just see thew Warriors couldn't deal with the Fastbreak hence the Knicks breakway game stealing the show. The likes of Randolph, Wright, Morrow and Marco didn't contribute a thing not helping the cause. Crawford had 21 and Maggette had 32 but both were false numbers such is the fact that Maggette adds little else to the picture. CJ Watson had 23 points 9/17 shooting but obviously when you're getting beat by the likes of chris Duhon thats another false number.

We should have beat the Knicks. We lost to a team with only 7 players, We lost to a guy who we traded away because he had little heart and then it turns out that as a Knick he played like it was game 7 of the NBA finals. Al Harrington battled for loose balls and pounded his chest and gave me another reason to hate the guy. But then it's safe to say fans aren't exactly enamoured with the Warriors at the moment...

New York V Golden State Preview

Thanksgiving is usally the time of the year where you sit down, have some Turkey and watch some Football. Unfortunately toni9ght Warrior fans have to skip watching the Seattle and dallas contest and watch two horrible teams face off in the Maddison Square Garden What's not to love? I mean you pay $80 for a ticket, $20 for a hot dog and a beer, and the best show on the floor is Spike Lee's wardrobe. Mind you when the Knicks are only looking ahead at the possibility of signing LeBron well the majority of their games will be junk.

Perdictions
David Lee is tonights Warrior killer
Harrington is terrible from downtown
Crawford and Jackson have big games
Warriors by 6

Cleveland:112 Golden State: 97

With 10 minutes left in the 2nd quarter the Warriors took a 7 point lead 38-31 over the Cavs with a lineup of Crawford / Morrow / Jackson / Azubuike / Turiaf on the floor. Just over 8 minutes later, they found themselves down by 6 points. The reason is simple really the Warriors couldn't shoot.

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Shooting Obviously it doesn't help if you don't shoot well as the Warriors didn't tonight. Lets look at the statlines

Corey Maggette - 3/11 on the field.

Stephen Jackson - 2/11.


Jamal Crawford - 6/14 from the field and 2/6 from the 3 point line.

Beans - 2/5 for 8 points and 7 boards

Jackson There are days in which Jackson is a black hole on Offense and that's exaclty what he was last night. From 9:04 to 6:00 only Jackson or Maggette (once) shot the ball for the Warriors. During that stretch, the Ws typically made one pass to Jackson, who ran clock and then either turned the ball over, missed, or got fouled. In one stretch when Jackson passed to Maggette he airballed it and Biedrins who couldn't believe he had a touch on Offense forced a horrible hookshot. Jackson then intentionally fouled James on the resulting fast break and was pulled. In 4 minutes, Jackson had led the Warriors from a 7 point lead to 1 point deficit.

Maggette Here's hoping that somehow the Warriors manage to ship away Maggette before the trade deadline. He's added nothing as a Warrior. When he doesn't shoot the ball well you might as well forget about any Defense little rebounding, and no court vision. His long misses as well gave the Cavs easy Fast Break points. In other words Nelson gave up a Biedrins and Turiaf combo just to watch Maggette. Oh dear...

Crawford Considering the state of the Point guards on this roster Crawford is a slight upgrade if not much else. He needs to learn when to stop pulling for the jumper as there were several cases when running a Fast Break either beat his man off the dribble for a lay-up or at least draw in the defenders in an effort to get his teammates better shots. Maybe he’ll learn after more time with the team, but I wouldn’t say I’m currently optimistic.

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The day to buy stuff t'is what Black Friday is called. Anyone ever wonder why today is called Black Friday. Here's your answer

The term "Black Friday" originated in Philadelphia in reference to the heavy traffic on that day. (see 'Origin of the name' below) More recently, merchants and the media have used it instead to refer to the beginning of the period in which retailers are in the black (i.e., turning a profit).

Anyway the Warriors shopping is in 2010 but it looks as if we won't have enough money to spend it on. Then again tonights opponents the Cavs are on fire 11 victories in 12 games? Shooting 60.8 percent. Lebron isn't even playing that much. The Warriors meanwhile are not. I commend the effort against the Celtics on Wednesday night, BUT letting a 14 point deficit go doesn't really make me too happy.

Perdictions

LeBron with a triple double
Morrow doesn't play
Cavs by 5

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Versus



Warriors (W-L): 5-9
Celtics (W-L): 0-15

So tonight after losing to the worst Eastern Conference team out there the Warriors have to turn around and face the Boston Celtics. Jamal Crawford might change his mind about being excited to be here.

Predictions

Warriors by -20
Crawford goes for 20
Jax turns the ball over 5 times but scores 20+
Celtics hold the Warriors to under 90.


I know, I know. Game is in Boston and we don't have Baron. But still, this is a great highlight against Boston. We'll need some of that

Washington: 124 Golden State: 100

Another loss but hey Crawford can only get better right. Last night we saw the rapid disintegration of anything resembling organized basketball and the scary thing is on this lengthy road trip the Warriors lack of resillence is nowhere near what it should be. And to think we haven't even played the good teams yet.

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Smallball Or to put it bluntly the coaching of Smallball. Our small forward and power forward combined for 5 rebounds in 64 minutes whilst in contrast Randolph hauled down 4 4 in 19 minutes and Wright oulled down 5 in 16 minutes. It was quite horrible watching Jamison and Blatche grab every second chance available while Nelson didn't make any attempts to solve it.

Stephen Jackson I'm still a fan of Jackson but I wonder will he be able to cope with the losing that he went through enough in Indiana. When the game started slipping out of reach, however, he started seriously forcing the action — bad passes, bad shots, temper tantrums — and the Warriors composure soon crumbled. Jackson is the veteran pressence on this team and when he crumbles everyone does as well.

Maggette Maggette couldn't hit an outside shot. His poor rebounding was nearly unforgivable, particularly given all of the Wiz’s second chance points and the fact that he didn;t get to the line nearly as much as he should have means this was probably his worst game of the year. His stats are almost entirely empty

Morrow Morrow is a catch and shoot playey. So why on earth does he keep penetrating catching the ball, driving, and missing. Hopefully Crawford gets him some more looks.

Biedrins Tough night for Biedrins but This is where having another low post player in the game would make a difference. Andris is a good passer. If a guy like Wright or Randolph is in the post, when the help comes against Andris he can get them the ball. Right now, he’s having the struggle to get up shots against 2 or 3 players, often receiving the ball in less than ideal positions from Jackson

Crawford Hard to really judge about Crawford from this gam. His court vision is better then CJ Watson, his Defense is non existant but he had 7 assists in 29 minutes. He also pulls up quicker then expected from 3 point land. All in all we’ll need to wait a few games to see how he settles into the rotation.




So far the fustrating ability of the Warriors this year is not learning of making the mistakes. We may not have all the answers, but it’s increasingly clear with each passing game that the line-up on the court at the start of the first and third quarters isn’t capable of playing competitive basketball against most teams. For now, it looks like we’re staying the course. Facing more blowouts like this one, it’s time for fans to ask why.

Boston: 119: Golden State: 111

It was close. For those who expected a blowout they were left dissapointed as the Warriors strategy that had worked for three successive quarters was abandonded in the 4th quarter with the game on the line. Don Nelson played his natural players that were capable of grabbing rebounds and defending the basket out on the floor. It worked like a charm to cure the easy baskets and second chance points that plagued the Warriors the night before. If anything the fact that Don Nelson was suckered into playing small ball by Doc Rivers was the cause for this loss which then let the chance of winning slip away. In honour of thanksgiivng here are some things I'm thankful for and not.

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Rondo was tonights Warrior killer


Thankful

Biedrins Biedrins has been the most consistent Warriors threat on the offensive end for a long time. watch. He's learning something new every year and getting better on other aspects year to year. The free throws may never get to be good, but by the looks of it, he's going to challenge for an All-Star spot. Tonight wasn't a stellar night but over the course of this season, you know he's going to be good for a double double every night.

Jamal Crawford And so ends the days of CJ Watson and company. Yes he was carless with the ball with 4 turnovers and did shoot 5-17 but you can tell he's got the handles and passing skills to run the point on this Nelson team. He's going to be nice paired with Monta.

Stephen Jackson He's the streakiest player in the League but tonight when going against Ray Allen and Paul Pierce he provided little of the fear and fans love him for that. He does a ton of stupid things bad shots, even worse passes but he loves the game and fans even though I have a gut feeling he might implode soon He might have played his best game of the year tonight against the toughest opponent. 30 points on 11-18 shooting, 5 boards, 6 assists, and amazingly, just 2 turnovers.

Blocking It tells you about the state of shotblocker's on the Warriors when Adonal Foyle is your leading shotblocker. The addition of Ronny Turiaf has given the Warriors' interior a new presence. Combine him with Wright, Randolph, and Biedrins and any player coming into the lane has to be aware of where these guys are. It's fun to finally see shot blockers on the team.



Not Thankful

Effort: It's been a source of fustration watching the Warriors lose by 24 to the Wizards who were without Arenas and then lose to the best team in the East the Boston Celtics by 8. Yes this team is inexperienced asnd don't have any leader on the court but the wild swing of play is a source of fustration for fans.

Defense The Celtics needless to say are a terrific Defensive team to watch. From the 7:05 mark, the score was 102-100 Warriors. At the 2:23 mark, the Celtics were up 113-104. The held the Warriors to 2 free throws at such a critical juncture of the game. It's team defense that won the Celtics that championship, not the offense.

Salary cap space know that the Warriors aren't going to be in the running for any of the big names that become free agents in 2010 and not many of those guys are ever going to leave their own teams, but I'd rather have that cap space than wasting the money on players that aren't going to get us anywhere in the playoffs. At least give us fans some chance of getting a superstar even if it is a slim chance