The Warriors will try to win in San Antonio tonight, and Houston tomorrow, without their starting shooting guard. Jason Richardson remained in the Bay Area to rest his ailing left knee.
Richardson will get a week to rest as a result, as the Warriors won’t play again until Saturday. He needed to do something, because he’s look rather unimpressive the last few games. I wouldn’t expect him to be back to full speed until after the All-Star break.
This probably means Monta Ellis is back in the starting lineup tonight.

What has really confused me the last couple of games is Nelson kind of switched up the style. Because the Pacers and Bucks were both bigger inside, Nelson tried to match up with their size. He used Foyle in the Pacers game. He started Pietrus, Murphy and Biedrins in the Bucks game.
Why is he switching the style based on the opponent?
They’re clearly better when they play faster, but you need your fastest and most-skilled players on the court. I say play the same against every team. Make big teams run and outrun the small teams. This flopping back and forth doesn’t work. Plus, it takes the players away from their strength. Andris was nearly negated because his strength is not in the halfcourt. Likewise for Pietrus.
If you’re going to play smallball, play smallball.

Any Warriors fan who watched Monta Ellis on Rome is Burning had to panic when they saw Ellis’ vision being impaired by a shaving cream pie to the face, courtesy of Baron Davis. It’s all in good fun, punkin’ the youngster on a rare national tv appearance. But what if Monta really had eye problems as a result? He says he’s fine, but we’ll see tonight. If he’s way off on his pull-up jumper, you know he’s lying to cover for Baron.
So, here’s my plea, before someone has to miss a game from the pink eye. Use Whipped Cream!

Here’s the link if you haven’t seen it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRe2ljbGWt4