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Doesn’t Look Like Maggette’s the Go-To Guy

Down the stretch Friday in Toronto, the Warriors did all they could to make a go-to guy out of Corey Maggette. The result was three points in the final three minutes.

2:55 Maggette missed a dunk after a beautiful back-door spin. He was called for goal-tending when he tried to grab it while hanging on the rim.
2:02 He started his string of jumpers by bricking a rushed shot
126 With a much smaller Jose Calderon on him, he takes a turnaround, fade-away jumper. He missed.
25.0 Maggette goes one on three to the basket and has his shot blocked by O’Neal
0.07 Maggette runs the clock down and slips and falls, not getting a shot off

After scoring 27 points on 8-for-11 shooting in the season-opener Wednesday, Maggette was 3-for-14 for 12 points through regulation Friday. He was 2-for-9 with 8 points in the fourth quarter.
“I couldn’t throw the ball into the ocean,” Maggette said.
Certainly, he had an off night. But it was partly because of how he was trying to score. They were clearing him out and standing around waiting for him to make a play. Clearly that isn’t his strong suit. He made some poor decisions: taking ill-advised shots, driving wrecklessly in traffic, taking jumpers over a smaller defender.
It just goes to show how tough it is to finish games. Even for a proven scorer like Maggette, it doesn’t come easy. It takes instinct, creativity and a certain “it”.
In a way, the Warriors One of the three isn’t enough.

Posted on Friday, October 31st, 2008
Under: Roster moves, Uncategorized | 24 Comments »

Warriors Not Picking Up Williams’ Option

Posted on Friday, October 31st, 2008
Under: Uncategorized | 20 Comments »

Observations from Opener

Posted on Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Under: Uncategorized | 15 Comments »

Harrington confirms he wants out

Posted on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Under: Uncategorized | 31 Comments »

More Drama - Harrington Wants Out

Posted on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Under: Uncategorized | 13 Comments »

Monta’s Onto Something

Posted on Monday, October 27th, 2008
Under: Uncategorized | 43 Comments »

Live From Open Practice

Posted on Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Under: Uncategorized | 6 Comments »

Nellie Unplugged

Posted on Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Under: Uncategorized | 5 Comments »

Nellie for Three

Posted on Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Cut Day is Monday

Posted on Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Under: Uncategorized | 6 Comments »