Comments on: Revisiting Game 28: Warriors’ Miss a Chance to Make Big Statement in Crushing Home Loss to Lakers

By: thewarriorsrule

thewarriorsrule — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:02:49 +0000

Thanks marcus. Totally agree with all of your points, especially how Mark Jackson couldn’t call a timeout, and doesn’t know how to use that weapon to his advantage.

Yea when the game was over I couldn’t believe they lost when leading most of the game and with a 14 pt lead in the 4th qtr. Hopefully they learn a lot from this game.

Finally a game where ezeli closes out the 4th qtr or overtime! I just hope that jackson doesnt yank him after his offensive mistakes. Yea we probably needed landry’s interior scoring in the 4th again. My last lineup woulda been jack curry barnes landry and ezeli. I think the warriors are psychologically “afraid” of the lakers, thunder, etc. For example the 1st lakers game when they “didn’t even try”, or the thunder game, and after their 6-1 road trip they felt like “they belong” and finally put that effort this game.

I think klay makes too many defensive mistakes. I don’t believe he guarded Kobe in team select and this is the result.. Green and Barnes are better defenders and should get the nod in the crunch time. Clearly I favor defense over offense, unlike Jackson. I would have given curry and our key players more rest towards the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4th in order to close out the game strong, esp with a 14 pt lead.

The reason I pick that lineup to close out this particular game. Jack was hot, curry is our franchise player and 3pt shooter, Barnes did a good job guarding Kobe and I think his offense can be just as good or better than klays we just haven’t seen it yet. Barnes has a sweet stroke and he can attack the rim unlike klay. No lee bc of his matador defense and need Landry bc he would look to score inside. Plus jack and Landry have chemistry and have been our “quiet underrated veterans”. Ezeli bc we needed his defensive presence to protect the rim and guard d Howard.

Totally agree that the warriors settled for jumpers. Howard had 5 fouls to start the 4th. Kobe had 5 fouls and we really needed to take advantage. Bad coaching by Jackson on this game

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:39:29 +0000

At the end of the day,Stan is always right. A must win–WON!!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 02:25:41 +0000

At the end of the day, the Knicks with the best record, also lost to the Lakers with Nash.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 02:24:41 +0000

At the end of the day, they didn’t get the ball to Lee in the 4th.

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:50:29 +0000

The Warriors don’t want to risk pissing away the Heat game. Don’t let it become a fluke.

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:49:10 +0000

Tonight’s a must win game. Not play close..but win. That would take so much fan worry away. Big game.

By: slamdunk

slamdunk — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:12:23 +0000

The Warriors are definitely playing better, but they have to beat teams like the Lakers to show that they are ready come playoff time. Bogut would help if he ever gets ready to play, as the good coaches are figuring out that the Warriors are too small to keep up with scoring centers, with Lee and Landry on the floor together. The Ellis for Bogut trade looked pretty good when it was made, but the longer Bogut stays out the worse it looks, and it could cost the team a decent playoff spot. They have shown that they can beat up the weaker east coast teams, but they are struggling to match up with Western Conference big guys, and they are basically still a donut team with a hole in the middle.

By: Ultimate Warrior

Ultimate Warrior — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 05:30:06 +0000

When you have Kobe and Howard with 5 fouls each going into OT , why didn’t they attack them? Instead they settled for jump shots, posted against Gasol and totally avoided the elephant in the room. COME ON! Similar to the Denver loss. With 7 seconds on the clock, to end regulation, we just stopped them and could push and attack to win the game. What happens? Calls a timeout, kills the momentum and we lose the possession and go to OT and lose. Coaching is definitely suspect.

By: GIZZM

GIZZM — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 23:40:08 +0000

we are a young team 65% of our 8 man rotation is rookies or 2nd year players. Dubs next stretch is very important because the teams behind them have easier schedules.

By: ddog

ddog — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 04:33:23 +0000

I was at that game, and it was pretty intense for a regular season game.

It looked to me that a timeout would have been useful just to refocus and redouble the Warriors defense. When the Lakers made a run in the 4th, it seemed like the Warriors let their offensive problems effect their defense, which led to a lack of stops and a lack of pushing the pace.

Meanwhile the Lakers seemed to get more and more confident that they had figured the Warriors out and could stop them in the 1/2 court.

No doubt that Coach Jackson decision not to call timeouts is tactically unsound. We’ll have to see how it works out strategically, and whether the end result (wins) justifies the means (loses).