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Out of Rhythm: Jazz 115 Warriors 101

Posted on February 20, 2013 by feltbot| 133 Comments

To echo a refrain of my last post, the biggest difference between the Utah Jazz and the newly Bogutted Golden State Warriors, is that the Jazz know who they are as a basketball team.

Or as Mark Jackson put it post-game: “We’ve got to find ourselves.”

Yup.         Continue reading →

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A Season on the Brink: Rockets 116 Warriors 107

Posted on February 13, 2013 by feltbot| 71 Comments

I agree with Jim Barnett that the Houston Rockets are “a better basketball team” than the Golden State Warriors. I don’t know how you could come to a different conclusion if you watched their last two games, a 31 point blowout in the Rockets gym, and then this, a decisive 9 point margin on the Warriors home floor, with James Harden barely able to contribute in the second half after badly spraining his ankle.         Continue reading →

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Blowout Observations: Rockets 140 Warriors 109 + Thunder 119 Warriors 98

Posted on February 7, 2013 by feltbot| 99 Comments

I think I saw some new themes emerging as the Warriors faced their first stiff competition since the return of the prodigal big man. But it’s probably unfair to get into them too much at this time. Road blowouts happen in the NBA, particularly in February, and particularly heading into the all-star break. Let’s leave this on simmer for now, and wait for a few more ingredients to throw themselves into the pot.

I’ll restrict myself to a few observations. Continue reading →

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Andrew Bogut: Myth or Miracle?

Posted on February 3, 2013 by feltbot| 58 Comments

I’ve now been to two Warriors games this season, and in both games Andrew Bogut has played.

What are the odds?            Continue reading →

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The Miraculous Season: Warriors 104 Thunder 99

Posted on January 24, 2013 by feltbot| 245 Comments

A few short days after I watched the Lakers compete hard against the Miami Heat, took a look at the Warriors schedule, and pronounced that the Warriors still have a tough road  ahead to make the playoffs, I’m ready to take it all back. This Warriors team is going to the playoffs. Guaranteed.  Continue reading →

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One Leg Blues: Warriors 116 Hornets 112

Posted on January 20, 2013 by feltbot| 110 Comments

I got a woman with one leg yeah/I got a woman with two/I got a woman with a wooden leg/I’ll tell you what that’s gonna do.

  — Wild Willy Barrett

These sprained ankles to Stephen Curry and David Lee could not have come at a worse time in the Warriors schedule. But the gritty Warriors fought through their one leg blues to turn in two fine road performances in San Antonio and New Orleans, culminating in this nail-biting win against the surging Hornets. And boy did they need it, coming into New Orleans having lost 6 of their last 7, and looking at a brutally tough schedule through the end of January. Out of the next 7 games, which include a 4 games in 5 nights road trip, the Warriors figure to be favorites in only two.

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Warriors Myths Exposed: Nuggets 116 Warriors 105

Posted on January 14, 2013 by feltbot| 96 Comments

It’s never easy to go into Denver and get a win. Particularly against this Denver team, which just got Wilson Chandler back. Chandler is one of my favorite players in the NBA, a world-class defender of three positions, as well as a versatile scorer. A true Nellieball two-way wing.  Continue reading →

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The Barnes Identity: Warriors 115 Clippers 94

Posted on January 3, 2013 by feltbot| 225 Comments

There are plenty of reasons to discount this Warriors win over the Clippers. I sensed this would be a blowout before it happened, and missed an opportunity to make myself look good by predicting it in the last thread. I have noticed before that when teams come off a long winning streak, they often suffer a sustained letdown. This was also a road back-to-back. The Clippers were without Caron Butler, which threw off their normal rotation and further sapped their energy. And they are certainly looking ahead to the Lakers on Friday.        Continue reading →

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Small Again, Naturally: Warriors 96 Sixers 89

Posted on December 29, 2012 by feltbot| 123 Comments

My schedule has been a bit crazy this holiday season, and will be through New Years, so please forgive the abbreviated recaps.

The most notable thing about this Sixers game is that Mark Jackson corrected his error of the Lakers game, benched his conventional centers in the fourth quarter, and went back to the crunchtime Nellieball lineup that has been responsible for so many wins this season.             Continue reading →

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Systems Matter: Lakers 118 Warriors 115

Posted on December 23, 2012 by feltbot| 63 Comments

There was much to praise in Mark Jackson’s game plan last night, but he simply had the wrong lineup on the court in the fourth quarter and overtime. Landry proved that Howard couldn’t guard him in the first half, forcing Howard’s third foul. And yet when Howard has five fouls, this doesn’t cross Jackson’s mind?      Continue reading →

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