Cali Beat Down
Spurs Crush Warriors 116-92
I’m 100% certain, if I was an NBA player, and I couldn’t play for the Spurs, I’d definitely play for the Warriors. If you’re getting run under Don Nelson, you have one job: SHOOT! It doesn’t matter how often, where from, or what the situation is. Shoot. And if you’re not making the shots, don’t worry, just keep shooting.
The one thing you’ve got to love about playing the Warriors–just as soon as they’ll shoot themselves into the lead, they’ll just as quickly shoot themselves out of a game. No doubt about it, that happened last night. The Warriors shot slightly over 37 percent from the field for the game, and if you haven’t seen the boys from Golden State yet this year, last night’s shooting display likely won’t get you in front of the tube to see them again any time soon.
Time after time (and this is nothing new for them), Warrior guards named Davis, Ellis, or Jackson fired up poor shots from all over the floor, usually with very little time taken off the shot clock. Teams that don’t play defense (many times, Sean Elliot referred to the Warriors D as a shot buffet for the Spurs) and take bad, long jumpers way too often do not win in the NBA. Maybe you can surprise a team here or there if you get hot, but you can only beat a team with smoke and mirrors for so long. Not only that, but the Warriors have no one on the inside. Biedrins plays center, but can’t stay with guards driving to the basket, nor can he guard post players like Tim Duncan. Further, he doesn’t, nor does Al Harrington or any other “big” on the team, come over to help once an opponent has gotten by his man. Help defense, as a concept and an action, doesn’t exist in the Bay Area.
*I’ve never seen Tony Parker get so many easy layups. I honestly don’t know the last time I’ve seen it come so easy for TP. Jumpers were available. Pull-ups, floaters, chip-ins. No one, and I mean no one, got in his way. Good to see Tony’s ankle looking so strong, but let’s not get nuts over a good game against a bad defensive team.
*Kurt Thomas didn’t play much (under 7 minutes) because of matchup problems. Expect to see him more against Utah.
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