Oh, great... these fucking guys. Nothing much has changed since the Warriors last played the Thunder six days ago, other than a laugh-so-you-don't-cry roster blooper by the Dubs' front office that we'll examine tomorrow. The only real difference between the two games is that this one takes place in Oakland. The Warriors are a miserable 9-13 in Oracle, and on pace for their worst home record since Jason Richardson was a rookie. It'd be nice to see some backbone and homecourt pride here, but considering the team's utter inability to even slow down Kevin Durant, the Warriors have a chance tonight only in the strictest any-given-Sunday, Iron-Mike-Sharpe sense.
Warrior To Watch: Anthony Tolliver. With his contract guaranteed for the rest of the season, will he relax and finally shoot better?
Thunder To Watch: Kevin Durant... you'll have no chance, as he'll be straight-up clowning the Warriors for the eightieth straight time.
PostThoughts -- Thunder 104, Warriors 95
Give the Warriors this: at least they stank in a different way tonight. Thanks to bigger lineups and yeoman's work by Biedrins and Tolliver, the Dubs were only outrebounded by one, but they cannily made up for this accidental advantage by turning the ball over whenever possible. Every starter coughed it up at least three times -- now that is some team anti-basketball. Also, the Warriors defied expectations by letting Russell Westbrook do more of the slaughterin' than Durant. That must be some of that patented Don Nelson creativity I've been hearing so much about!!!
Biedrins and Tolliver gave strong performances, Maggette was just fine given his finger trouble, and it was real nice to see Morrow back out there. Everything else here stank. Monta had perhaps his worst and grossest game of the season, Coby Karl simply looked overmatched (though the boos were a bit much), and Stephen Curry's nice shooting night papered over a horrible performance in every other way: terrible D, terrible passing, invisibility on the boards. This kid is an undersized shooting guard, and every week that the Warriors tell themselves otherwise is a week wasted.
Who are we kidding, though -- in Golden State, every week is a week wasted. At this point, we're all just watching to see what fireworks erupt. And seeing as the Warriors have lost seven out of nine in Oracle, prompting more boobirds than they have all year, fireworks shouldn't be long in coming.
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