Game 1 - Warriors V Pelicans: The Battle Commences

turk3d · Post #181 » by **turk3d** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 10:43 pm

This is just the first series in (hopefully) one of many. I expect a few rought edges (a little bit more even officiating and the better free throw shooting which we are accustomed to) and this is eaily a double-digit victory. Time to get some of the kinks out and get used to playoff intensity once more. I'm sure we''l be fine and Kerr will get us in the right frame of mind we need to be. This is a long haul guys to the end of the mountain so don't expect us to come out like gangbusters from the start (although we almost did).

zsmom2003 · Post #182 » by **zsmom2003** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 10:44 pm

I think this was a terrible game for us. We got the win but there is no way a historically great team should have this close of a game with an inexperienced 8th seeded team. We were up 25 pts and they let AD go off for 20pts! The Pels needed to walk off that floor with no confidence instead they walked off with hope. People are speculating we will lose Monday. I don't think so. Steph had a poor shooting night, that's not gonna happen too often. We also missed several free throws. The Warriors just need to stay aggressive for the full 48. In watching Steph and Klay's interviews you could tell they knew if was a poor performance. Hopefully, that will motivate them to annihilate the Pels in game 2. We know the Pels will check film and make adjustments. I am sure Kerr & Co will be doing the same. We are still the far better team.

zsmom2003 · Post #183 » by **zsmom2003** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 10:46 pm

NBAfan3024 wrote:Need to stay focused for full 48..we got overconfident

So true!! That's how AD and his squad beat us last time.

CCComboBreaker · Post #184 » by **CCComboBreaker** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 10:51 pm

turk3d wrote:I predicted that most if not all the games agains the Pels would be close. I still believe we'll win it in 4 or 5 games. I also predicted that this will be one of the toughest series for us. Pels are very good defensively and match up with as good as any team out except for maybe the Spurs.

As good as AD was, he got Bogutised imo. Bogut with 6-18, 12, 14 reb, 5, 2, 2 in just 30 minutes. Brwo with just 7 reb and 5 tos in 40 min. I think a some of those points in the 4th were without Bogut in there. Refs didn't help much (neither did our ft shooting which I'm sure will get better as the series wears on). We lest 13 point off the board with our missed ft shooting. Bogut is playing better than I've ever seem him play for us as late.

Thank goodness for Bogut. Without him we lose this game.

GQ Hot Dog · Post #185 » by **GQ Hot Dog** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 10:53 pm

bakesale wrote:
thinkingwarriors wrote:Let's hope to god Monty is as bad a coach as his reputation and he learns nothing from this 4th quarter.
Wtf are you talking about, I think he's a great coach

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GS Warriors 1 · Post #186 » by **GS Warriors 1** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 11:12 pm

Just took the foot off the gas whenever the lead got up over 20 on several occasions and missed more FT's than usual, highly doubt Curry and Thompson miss that many. Livingston needs to step up his play when Curry gets rest.

Mylie10 · Post #187 » by **Mylie10** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 11:20 pm

zsmom2003 wrote:
NBAfan3024 wrote:Need to stay focused for full 48..we got overconfident

So true!! That's how AD and his squad beat us last time.

That's why it's a good win you can build on....now the coaches have the ammunition to say you guys let up....you took your foot off the gas.

Barbosa missed four or five layups....we missed free throws...Steph didn't shoot well.....this could have been a thirty point win.

But it's a good learning moment and reminder that this is the playoffs and no one is giving up.

shazam_guy · Post #188 » by **shazam_guy** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 11:23 pm

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm ready for some good old-fashioned panic. Quick, get me somebody I can throw under a bus!

Coxy · Post #189 » by **Coxy** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 11:52 pm

shazam_guy wrote:I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm ready for some good old-fashioned panic. Quick, get me somebody I can throw under a bus!

Just go with Speights today. Let it out man.

Coxy · Post #190 » by **Coxy** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 11:53 pm

Mylie10 wrote:
zsmom2003 wrote:
NBAfan3024 wrote:Need to stay focused for full 48..we got overconfident

So true!! That's how AD and his squad beat us last time.

That's why it's a good win you can build on....now the coaches have the ammunition to say you guys let up....you took your foot off the gas.

Barbosa missed four or five layups....we missed free throws...Steph didn't shoot well.....this could have been a thirty point win.

But it's a good learning moment and reminder that this is the playoffs and no one is giving up.

Mylie, you got the Game 2 game thread. :nod:

Mylie10 · Post #191 » by **Mylie10** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:22 am

shazam_guy wrote:I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm ready for some good old-fashioned panic. Quick, get me somebody I can throw under a bus!

East Bay Sports · Post #192 » by **East Bay Sports** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:26 am

shazam_guy wrote:I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm ready for some good old-fashioned panic. Quick, get me somebody I can throw under a bus!

Clearly Livingston! He was horrible! Clearly we don't have a reliable backup PG, Steph will have to play all 48 from here on.

Xplatformer · Post #193 » by **Xplatformer** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:27 am

HiRez wrote:Did anyone see that interview with Mike Shumann and Klay Thompson? That was really awkward and bad.

Please explain. I didn't see.

Xplatformer · Post #194 » by **Xplatformer** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:31 am

turk3d wrote:This is just the first series in (hopefully) one of many. I expect a few rought edges (a little bit more even officiating and the better free throw shooting which we are accustomed to) and this is eaily a double-digit victory. Time to get some of the kinks out and get used to playoff intensity once more. I'm sure we''l be fine and Kerr will get us in the right frame of mind we need to be. This is a long haul guys to the end of the mountain so don't expect us to come out like gangbusters from the start (although we almost did).

If you say so.

Hack a Bogut and Hack a Igoudala should be in every opposing coach's gameplan. Free throw shooting outside of Steph and Klay has been poor.

HiRez · Post #195 » by **HiRez** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:06 am

I missed the pregame, what the heck happened to David Lee? He's not even listed on the box score with injury or DNP-CD.

HiRez · Post #196 » by **HiRez** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:09 am

Xplatformer wrote:
HiRez wrote:Did anyone see that interview with Mike Shumann and Klay Thompson? That was really awkward and bad.

Please explain. I didn't see.

It was just weird. Bad questions. Schumann kind of wandered around from question to question without any real focus or forethought and Klay seemed a little annoyed and not sure how to answer the questions (some of them the same question just rephrased).

and1GS · Post #197 » by **and1GS** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:25 am

HiRez wrote:
Xplatformer wrote:
HiRez wrote:Did anyone see that interview with Mike Shumann and Klay Thompson? That was really awkward and bad.

Please explain. I didn't see.

It was just weird. Bad questions. Schumann kind of wandered around from question to question without any real focus or forethought and Klay seemed a little annoyed and not sure how to answer the questions (some of them the same question just rephrased).

Honestly, it seemed like Schumann was drunk.

Great game, but we lost our focus in the 4th, stopped running guys off the 3pt line and flat-out could not hit free throws. The FTs are unacceptable and we need to improve there.

Plossum · Post #198 » by **Plossum** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:31 am

It was little closer than it should have been but we were pretty comfortable throughout.

We slacked off as we tend to do when the lead ballooned out to 25. We need to learn to keep the foot on the throat. To the Pellies' credit they got hot and never gave in. Davis is amazing.

azwfan · Post #199 » by **azwfan** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 3:43 am

Plossum wrote:It was little closer than it should have been but we were pretty comfortable throughout.

We slacked off as we tend to do when the lead ballooned out to 25. We need to learn to keep the foot on the throat. To the Pellies' credit they got hot and never gave in. Davis is amazing.

Yup. I wasn't too worried about this as i thought during the playoffs we wouldn't let that happen. Well it happened. We need to figure out how to keep up that focus and intensity throughout a full game.

azwfan · Post #200 » by **azwfan** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 3:54 am

At any rate. 1 down, 15 to go.