Can't beat the Heat....vs MIA

Well Warriors fans we lost another making it 7 in a row now. For the record I have yet to miss a home game, not even a preseason one. I only wish I could share my consistency with the team. Because they are not showing up in crunch time. I don't know if you caught any of the 5 road games but it was the same story. The only thing consistent about us is our ability to not close it out. Anyway this was an interesting night. Normally my wife and or one of my close friends uses the other season ticket I have. This night however my wife was not feeling good and none of the usual suspects could make it. So I put the call out on the GldnSt8Warrior Facebook group and within minutes had several responses. The first one to respond got the seat and turns out it was a a guy I used to shoot hoops with. By the way thanks again for that Beer!



The Game itself was exciting and I did enjoy seeing Wade play. It also further underlined my belief that Marion needs a Nash type to keep his value up. As for the Warriors Crawford went loc! It was his home debut and he showed and proved. Jackson had seen better nights and was noneffective. No sign of Morrow as Nelly opted to not play him. Maggette, Biedrens and Wright all had good nights though. Speaking of good nights I got a major upgrade on my seats. I did the old move down after the half maneuver but can you blame me? Sitting close makes the game so much more intense. At the end of the night it came down to one shot though. The ball was in the right persons hands for that shot to Jamal Crawford. But despite having an amazing night he couldn't sink the game winner at the buzzer in OT. Truth be told it shouldn't even of came to that though. We had a chance to close it out in the 4th and pissed it away. Also we had a 4 point lead we blew on a turned over in bound pass. Sloppy play again leads to another Warrior loss. Oh well kay sera sera, what can you do? GO WARRIORS RIGHT?

Morrow Blazing Trails.... vs Portland

Again I have failed you the faithful reader. When I started this blog I said I would post an article for every home game I attended. So what happened with the Detroit game right? It was a loss and obviously nothing I felt compelled to put to ink or pixels if you will. Anyway lets get on to the real story, last nights game against Portland. One big question people I talked with and myself had was. Would Morrow get the start? Unless you hate sports and don't see or hear any sports news you should be aware of "The Undrafted Rookie Anthony Morrow".

I had seen a little of him in the past at warm ups and very limited minutes. My first true introduction was via Fear The Beard and their recent venture into live blogging. I was in SF with my family during the Warriors vs Clippers game in LA on Sunday. So I ended up following it on FTB via my phone. Big up FTB folks great work. Anyway so Morrow was "Money" to quote Skeets in his power Rankings. He went off for a rookie and career high of 37. But again would Nelly give him the nod again? Logic would dictate yes but we are talking about Nelly here. Except for this year he has always dogged out Rookies and been known to switch things up even when it doesn't make sense.



Nelly got it right though Morrow got the nod and once again put his best foot forward. I think he is the real deal. Now looking at the line for Morrow went 8-12, 25 Pts 4 Rebs, with 1 Assist. Again just like Sunday great numbers especially from a scoring stand point. But what those numbers don't show is how he handled himself on the court. Especially the shots he didn't take. He looked like a cool calm collected veteran out there. He was very selective on his shots. Unlike some other Warrior who shall remain nameless. Look at the box score if you want to know lol.



Anyway Morrow looked great, he was confident and made great decisions on when to shoot and when to pass. I think Marco just got knocked down from Crowd pleasing side show to Trade sweetener. Don't be suprised if you see him moved with Harrington when that drama unfolds. Anyway it was another great night out. Went with friends to this game so I ended up having a few beers. The crowd as always was hyped especially for Morrow this time though. It got a little close at the end with some sloppy turn overs. I nearly lost it on that flubbed in bound pass from Jackson. That is twice now I have seen that happen this season already. But at the end of the night we got the Win and more importantly Morrow showed everyone in the Roarcle to not stop believing. GO WARRIOS!

Adventures in Babysitting...VS MEM and MIN

Just like the economy my spark to write is also dropping. Unfortunately unlike the the DOW my writing stock does not have far to fall before it reaches bottom. It's no more post per game as you can see. GldnSt8Warrior.com has declined to the "ahh screw it I will post when I feel like it" phase. Anyway enough explaining on with the blogging.

So Memphis on Friday night. Should be a win, plus I am out with my beautiful wife woo woo it's on right? Nope it's off! A horrible game that two words sum up perfectly. HOT GARBAGE! The saving grace is the wife and I hit the Mexicali Rose afterward for some food and drinks. I know that is the Win spot but I needed a Margarita to drown my sorrows in. Moving forward that is all I shall remember of that night. Fun times at Mexicali Rose.



Tuesday's game against the Wolves was an improvement Basketball wise. But even with a win in OT it was a lot tougher then it should of been. Especially considering the then 1 and 5 record and lackluster lineup of the Timber Wolves. Don't get me wrong Al Jefferson is one of my favorite players right now. Also Randy Foye despite showing any value has been on my Fantasy team since he entered the league. Just to mention a few Wolves. Fact is there lineup is meh at best. As for the Warrior's I keep hearing from people that "They are doing good considering no Maggette". Yea perhaps but some of these losses could of been easily avoided by one simple thing FREE THROWS! It's just unacceptable for an entire team of NBA players to have such horrible free throw percentages. Do they not feel the pressure? I know damn well when I am at the park trying to get a spot on a team. I am gonna concentrate 100% and make sure that ball goes in the hoop. Anyway it was an exciting game and the crowd was into it. They did a nice ceremony for Veterans day. Bad news about the game was I listened to OT while driving home. No the title of this post was not pertaining to the heavy minutes our young trees saw. We had grandma and grandpa babysitting for us. Normally it's not a problem and it wasn't they didn't call us or anything. We just decided we should head home. Well my wife decided, I was reluctant. I love Basketball but My Love comes first.

FREE THROWS FTW!

Mac Nuggets dipped in Sour n Sweet sauce....VS DEN

This victory was sticky sweet like candy. A little sour at first perhaps, but with a little help from B-Wright we got it right. Anyway my Wife and I made our way to the game around 7pm. I had been busy at work so I didn't have a chance to check line ups etc. I assumed Billups was going to be playing but on arrival we found out he wasn't. Also come to find out Maggette was not playing due to that strained hammy in preseason acting up. So the game gets going and the first quarter was horrible. Warriors got taken to school. I think it was like 19 to 37 or something after the first just pure garbage. A little into the second quarter though Nelly benched Harrington and brought in Wright. We then made a nice comeback and got it within one by the half. At half time the Goof troop sorry I mean SWA or whatever they are called passed out Bam Bams to damn near the entire house. It was annoying but proved to be effective in getting the crowd hyped. Seriously the second half felt like a playoff game. The crowd was intense and the bam bams was a bamming.



We did fall behind for a minute in the third quarter and funny thing is Nelson then decides to bring in Marco. The crowd went Stewie Katooie for him as normal. I don't know what it is but it seems like everyone loves the cat. Being Italian myself I know what he has to deal with. It's hard on a brother to have so many crazy fans cheering for you. OK smarmy aside though I have to give it to the Dub's they played hard defense pulled themselves back from the depths of garbage town and finished strong. Lets just hope we can exact the revenge on Memphis this Friday. GO WARRIORS!

Opening night from Chicago to Oakland....vs NOR

The journey to this game started back on Sunday the 26th when I landed in Ohare Airport in Chicago. At the time I had put my tickets up for sale for an outrageous price on the Warriors Ticket Exchange. The reason was I found out a few weeks prior I would have to be away on Business in Chicago. My flight back would have me landing at SFO around 7pm. Initially I was scheduled to be in meetings up until Wednesday morning. But with some creative rescheduling and a hardcore pace I managed to have everything wrapped up by Tuesday night. I made it to the Airport early Wednesday morning and got on Standby for an earlier flight. Then jumped on the net and canceled my sale on the tickets. Lucky for me no one bit on my triple the face value offering. So I ended up getting a flight and after catching BART home I arrived at my house at 6:10pm. It only takes me about a half hour if that to be at the Oracle. So I made it with plenty of time before Tip Off. Traveled a long way to get there but as always it was a great night out.

So on my way back to the Bay Area I had read about the Nelson extension news and the Harrington trade request. I was happy for Nelson as I do like his no coaching coach style of coaching. It lends itself to some exciting ball but it does not equal wins all the time. Anyway so Nelly should now break the record for wins good for him. Smoke those cigars and drink those Mohitos and let the players play. I was however disappointed in the Harrington news. He requested a trade last year to so its nothing new but I have always had higher hopes for him and the Warriors. I think he has potential but he has never stepped it up past mediocre. Be it his or his coaches fault I don't know. Enough on the big news though how was the game right?

So being opening night we all got a crappy yellow shirt with just that on it "Opening Night". Also every seat had a "Go Warriors" poster with a schedule on the back. Note the heavy advertising on both items. I love free stuff though so I can't complain. What I do want to complain about though is that between the last preseason game and now they decided to buy some new laser lights. Thing is they mounted them directly in my field of vision from my nose bleed seats and the scoreboard. Speaking of scoreboards I kid you not it was not working for 3 full quarters. Yes CP3 took an early first quarter break but if you followed the score board he never came back in. Nothing was working except the actual game score on the main screens above center court. As for the game itself it was exciting and I have to say I was surprised it was as close as it was. I figured they would walk all over us given our current roster and dark cloud from upper management lingering over us. Not to say I wasn't disappointed in the sad defensive match ups that kept being exploited by West and others. Also Nelly needs to loosen up and let some of the rookies see some minutes. Wright deserves to play and Randolph looks very promising and could use the floor time if we want him to develop. It's not like the main squad is seasoned vets anyway. But like I said before I was pleasantly surprised with the teams performance. Just like the bad beats of yesteryear had the team made their free throws they would have won. To be that close on a top notch western team with our rag tag bunch was good showing. The only question is can we step it up and win more then 25 games this year? As a fan I sure hope so, but as Warriors fans already know the bad years are far more common then the good ones.