Warriors Talking Points; 1/5/11 Warriors @ Hornets

Warriors (14-21) @ Hornets 1/5/11, last game of the 5 game road trip.

gumbyorpokey is back with his highlights! Gotta love the Barnett gator eating and Udoh rewind


Talking Points (with gumbyorpokey back on the recap and these notes, you don't need to read anything unless I link to it)

• Warriors were down 11 at half looking like they were limping home on the last game of a 5 game road trip.
• Remember when the Hornets started off 11-1?  They're still 21-15 so this was a big road win.
• Biedrins was back after missing 9 games with an ankle. He played sparingly, 13 minutes total leading to a -14 plus/minus.
• This was the first game that all Warriors were healthy in the last 202 games. Amazing stat.....and time to fire the training staff.
• Warriors won the turnover battle commiting a season low 8 of them.
• Warriors were down by 10 starting the 4th quarter and tied the game in just 3 minutes.
• Warriors built a 10 point 4th quarter lead only to choke it away until Udoh's shake n' bake, Lee's cold blooded jumper, and free throw shooting got them the win.
• Warriors got to the line 32 times!  But they still lost the FT battle 32-33.
• Curry & Ellis scored a combined 50 points this game.
• They are saying this was Epke Udoh's coming out party.  He's a quick leaper and was +17.  He scored 6 points on a follow up tip in, his first dunk of the season after a great Monta dish, and the Scola-esq shake n' bake of David West.
• Amundson pulled down 12 boards but is shooting a pathetic 30.8% from Free Throw.
• Next game:  @ rOracle Friday 1/7 vs. Cavs.  Finally home where they play 14 of the next 16 in Oakland.

Warriors Talking Points; 12/31/10 Warriors @ Bobcats

12/31/10 Game: Warriors @ Bobcats (thanks to gumbyorpokey for the recap video)


Talkings Points (now there's no need to read Rusty Simmon on SFGate.com)

• Warriors hand the Bobcats their first loss....under new coach Paul Silas who is now 2-1.
• This game was noon PT.  They wanted to give the Warriors time to party on New Years Eve.
• They also wanted to Warriors to play hung-over scheduling a game on New Years Day vs. The Heat.
• The Warriors also played on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  This is only the 4th time in NBA History that a team has played on Christmas Eve/Christmas Day AND New Years Eve/New Years Day.
• The Warriors started off hot with a double digit lead in the 1st quarter.
• Stephen Jackson misses a shot at the buzzer which would have won the game. He no longer makes love to pressure.
• Stephen Curry is from Charlotte, NC and went to Davidson which is in Charlotte.  He had a lot to do in his short time home and many Davidson fans came out to the game to support Steph.
• Monta was clutch in the last few minutes making a tough leaner after a Warrior shooting drought and a sweet spin move. But then he fouled his defender off the ball with 8.5 seconds left giving Stack Jack a shot at the win.
• Curry's shot looked great tonight hitting 4 of 5 from three.
• Udoh got more burn with 17:32 played than Amundson with 14:10.  Curiously, Radmanovic played 32:16.  Possibly because he once played for Charlotte?
• Warriors got to the line 16 times making 10.  Bobcats got the the line 28 times making 20.  -12 on the Free Throw comparison.

Louis "Fabio" Amundson is Soft

Louis Amundson has positioned himself as a "hustle" guy for the Suns this season. He's tall, runs a lot and can put the ball in around the hoop for a team that is pretending like it's still got a bit of "7 Seconds or Less" in them. To call him aggressive is wrong. He's more like an ADHD kid on the playground after eating 4 ding dongs.

Take a look at the 1:30 mark of this game recap from a couple of nights ago. Keep an eye on Nene and Fabio:



Pretty obvious that he was totally flopping and acting like a puss (wait, Nene's Brazillian and should be the flopper, right?). Nene got tossed from the game for that one. But check out Fabio's comments about the situation:

"I’m playing hard and with a lot of energy, and Nene took exception to the fact that I was going to play physical back with him," Amundson said. “I play hard, but he was playing dirty the whole game. He was elbowing me. … He was hitting me in the head and the neck.”

“I was surprised that he did that,” Amundson said. “But then I was not too surprised because I know he’s kind of a dirty player.”

Should Amundson move to position A-1 on the Nextian Bitchy NBA Player List?