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    Game 68, live: Warriors (24-43) at Lakers (53-14)

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    THIRD/FOURTH QUARTERS:

    ** Sorry I’ve been away for personal reasons (actual personal reasons, not anger at my boss :) ).

    ** Barring an unforseen comeback, this loss will give the Warriors the fifth-largest discrepancy between home and road winning percentages. Golden State’s delta will be .353 (.529 at home, .176 on the road). Those teams above the Warriors, if you’re interested: Utah (.435), Portland (.395), Atlanta (.394) and Chicago (.359).

    ** I don’t mean to sound like Bob, but if Kelenna had hit that floater to get to single digits, we might have a game.

    ** And then Azubuike gets a tap-in on the next trip downcourt … well, well, well.

    ** Now they’re back to trading buckets. This game feels like one of those Warrior specialities: Getting just close enough to make it seem like the game’s in doubt when it’s really not. I believe this is what Al Harrington once termed “fake hustle.”

    ** That’s the problem with leaving a comeback until so late — you jack up a 3-pointer, it bounces off the iron, and they dump it in to the low block on the other end of the floop for an easy deuce. What might have been a tie game is a five-point lead, instead. No margin for error at that point.

    SECOND QUARTER:

    ** Corey Maggette has not had a very good start to the second quarter, let’s just put it that way. His play right now reeks of “gettin’ mine” disease.

    ** Jerry: As I’m sure you heard in the TNT interview, Jackson’s turf toe is acting up. How well he moves when/if he does come back bears watching.

    ** Monta Ellis hitting that pullup jumper does a great job of masking the fact that it was yet another no-pass possession for the W’s. No-pass possessions is another one of those stats I wish the league would keep officially (along with unforced turnovers and an entire defensive box score).

    ** Once Jackson got stripped by Brown on the first drive, you just knew that was going to end in yet another single-minded missed shot/turnover.

    ** Eddie: I wonder if he aggravated the groin reaching back for that bad pass, or if it was already barking at him.

    ** I love DJ Mbenga as a human being, but he’s just not a very good basketball player.

    FIRST QUARTER:

    ** Here I was thinking that I was going to be late. . . .

    ** I don’t mind that TNT is sticking with the Cavs and Blazers — that’s the only logical thing to do. But to not make the W’s-Lakers game available on League Pass while this drags out is loopy.

    ** From reading the boxscore: Brandan Wright has three assists already, which is only one off his career high.

    ** Orange unis on yellow unis — we’re only a couple more shades of the rainbow from a 1978 Houston Astros reunion.

    – Geoff

22 Responses to “Game 68, live: Warriors (24-43) at Lakers (53-14)”

  1. CazzieRussell March 19th, 2009 at 8:10 pm

    BW 6 boards in 9 minutes…Nellie better get him out of there

  2. Jerry March 19th, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    Did you see Jax ask for a sub as soon as Kobe went out? That was his issue last game, we’ll see if it works…It also shows the influence he has on Nelson.

  3. eddie March 19th, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    Davidson with Wright. Yeah, that’s the combo we’ve been waiting for.

  4. Chris Cohan March 19th, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    When do we go all s–twings?

  5. eddie March 19th, 2009 at 8:32 pm

    Monta with the terrible pass. AR gets yanked for it. Sweet.

  6. eddie March 19th, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    The groin again. That explains it.

  7. Boner Stabone March 19th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    Im not a spiritual man, but Jesus, the turnover and defense is atrocious. Is there anyway Don Nelson can motivate Monta to play some sort of “D”?

  8. Jerry March 19th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    Ronny, CATCH THE DAMN BALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. Chris Cohan March 19th, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    These vets are solid.

  10. saltwatertaffy March 19th, 2009 at 9:32 pm

    wow…

    JUST WOW! :X

  11. saltwatertaffy March 19th, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    corey needs to SIT!

  12. Boner Stabone March 19th, 2009 at 9:38 pm

    The Warriors are playing great and are having a solid season!

    Signed,

    The 13 years prior to the 2007 season

  13. CazzieRussell March 19th, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    Nice comeback, Dubs showing some heart…w/o Jax

  14. saltwatertaffy March 19th, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    why is maggette still in the game?

  15. Luke March 19th, 2009 at 10:09 pm

    Jax flopping on Kobe lol looks like we still need someone to guard the shooting guard position .

  16. Luke March 19th, 2009 at 10:09 pm

    Maggette is playing point forward and leading the team in assists

  17. saltwatertaffy March 19th, 2009 at 10:12 pm

    he also has 5 turnovers.

  18. CazzieRussell March 19th, 2009 at 10:12 pm

    Pathetic..Kobe clears out with the lefthand & Turiaf is called for the foul! And the game is tightening up…those calls hurt

  19. Luke March 19th, 2009 at 10:20 pm

    I agree Geoff about the three but thats gonna be our problem for a long time when you consider that both jack and our pg Monta is on the floor and the best shot we can get is a Buke off balance 3 .No head out there at all and I think they like it that way.

  20. saltwatertaffy March 19th, 2009 at 10:31 pm

    i blame the ugly orange jerseys. :X

  21. silk March 20th, 2009 at 7:14 am

    What? No mention of the Luke Walton flush over Turiaf?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b_9C9LcUrs

  22. justafan March 20th, 2009 at 9:19 am

    Boycott the Warriors until Chris Cohan sells the team!!!!

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