Really clean.Pass by my dynasty later if you have time... I will later post a new recap
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by kibaxx7 on Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:33 am
I love the boxscores too Really clean.
Pass by my dynasty later if you have time... I will later post a new recap
Really clean.Pass by my dynasty later if you have time... I will later post a new recap
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by Jing on Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:33 pm
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Where In The World Is Bruce Lee Bowen???
November 6, 2007
As happy as I am with the acquisition of Yi, I wish his debut could have gone a bit better. Well, it went spectacular for him, but not for most of the guys on the Warriors. Golden State had no answer whatsoever for LeBron James, Ilgauskas, Ben Wallace, and I’d never though I say this, Wally Szczerbiak. Szczerbiak’s name doesn’t ring a bell? Well you can best remember him being the recipient of Bruce “Lee” Bowen’s flying kick defense. Speaking of which, where the hell was he tonight, we could have used some of his brilliant defensive skills on the Cavs.
Onto the game, in which the Warriors never led in. For the first time this season the Warriors didn’t win the tip-off, and LeBron James started hot, and hit his four shots, letting the Cavs go up 8-4. For some reason, Al Harrington and Stephen Jackson were winded really quickly and Coach Nelson was forced to sub them out just halfway through the first quarter. Yi however came in and proved to be a good counter to LeBron, matching LeBron’s point total for the first quarter. Yi finished with 8 points but the Cavs had the 35-30 lead.
I’d recap the rest of the game but it basically follows this storyline. The Warriors had nothing to defend against Big Z and Wallace. Normally Biedrins, Harrington, and Wright enforced the middle, snagging defensive rebounds and blocking shots, but tonight the experience of Big Z and Ben Wallace overshadowed the young stars. On more than one occasion, the Cavs simply dropped the ball in the paint and one of the two mentioned above would back down a Warriors defender, and then simply put up a turnaround jumper which usually swished into the hoop. It was frustrating to see the Warriors helpless on the defensive end, but even worse when Ben Wallace, Big Z, and LeBron were swatting shots left and right, banging into the warriors without a foul call. Hell even Szczerbiak was hitting his jumpers left and right.
Delonte West was the main contributor who dumped the ball to Big Z and Wallace. After allowing 20 assists to Deron Williams in their game at Utah on Saturday, the Warriors allowed 15 to West tonight. Ben Wallace also dominated and was named POTG, he had an 18 and 18 game, leaving me shaking my head. All of his shots were either layups or dunks from under the basket, not once did the Warriors manage to force him out for a jump shot and Wallace got to the basket at will. Maybe the team is still reeling from the early season trade or something, or maybe they were just tired from a hard weeks of practice, but they really dropped the ball on this one (both figuratively and literally).
If you ignore the loss, Yi had a pretty damn good debut. He shot 7-18 and led the team with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Michael Pietrus seems to be getting close to taking over the starting SG spot from Monta Ellis, it’ll be interesting to see how Coach Nelson deals with this situation after Monta is completely healed. Baron Davis and Al Harrington struggled again, with Davis ice cold from downtown at 1-6 (35.7%). Let’s see, what else good can I draw out of this game? Our FT shooting has improved too, hitting 17-20 (85.0%). So one thing to focus on before the next game will be figuring out a way to defend the post up, and another improving their long range field goals.
Can’t win them all I guess, people would be asking questions if the Warriors went on a perfect winning streak, but Golden State better be ready to forget this game and own the next one.
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Where In The World Is Bruce Lee Bowen???
November 6, 2007
As happy as I am with the acquisition of Yi, I wish his debut could have gone a bit better. Well, it went spectacular for him, but not for most of the guys on the Warriors. Golden State had no answer whatsoever for LeBron James, Ilgauskas, Ben Wallace, and I’d never though I say this, Wally Szczerbiak. Szczerbiak’s name doesn’t ring a bell? Well you can best remember him being the recipient of Bruce “Lee” Bowen’s flying kick defense. Speaking of which, where the hell was he tonight, we could have used some of his brilliant defensive skills on the Cavs.
Onto the game, in which the Warriors never led in. For the first time this season the Warriors didn’t win the tip-off, and LeBron James started hot, and hit his four shots, letting the Cavs go up 8-4. For some reason, Al Harrington and Stephen Jackson were winded really quickly and Coach Nelson was forced to sub them out just halfway through the first quarter. Yi however came in and proved to be a good counter to LeBron, matching LeBron’s point total for the first quarter. Yi finished with 8 points but the Cavs had the 35-30 lead.
I’d recap the rest of the game but it basically follows this storyline. The Warriors had nothing to defend against Big Z and Wallace. Normally Biedrins, Harrington, and Wright enforced the middle, snagging defensive rebounds and blocking shots, but tonight the experience of Big Z and Ben Wallace overshadowed the young stars. On more than one occasion, the Cavs simply dropped the ball in the paint and one of the two mentioned above would back down a Warriors defender, and then simply put up a turnaround jumper which usually swished into the hoop. It was frustrating to see the Warriors helpless on the defensive end, but even worse when Ben Wallace, Big Z, and LeBron were swatting shots left and right, banging into the warriors without a foul call. Hell even Szczerbiak was hitting his jumpers left and right.
Delonte West was the main contributor who dumped the ball to Big Z and Wallace. After allowing 20 assists to Deron Williams in their game at Utah on Saturday, the Warriors allowed 15 to West tonight. Ben Wallace also dominated and was named POTG, he had an 18 and 18 game, leaving me shaking my head. All of his shots were either layups or dunks from under the basket, not once did the Warriors manage to force him out for a jump shot and Wallace got to the basket at will. Maybe the team is still reeling from the early season trade or something, or maybe they were just tired from a hard weeks of practice, but they really dropped the ball on this one (both figuratively and literally).
If you ignore the loss, Yi had a pretty damn good debut. He shot 7-18 and led the team with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Michael Pietrus seems to be getting close to taking over the starting SG spot from Monta Ellis, it’ll be interesting to see how Coach Nelson deals with this situation after Monta is completely healed. Baron Davis and Al Harrington struggled again, with Davis ice cold from downtown at 1-6 (35.7%). Let’s see, what else good can I draw out of this game? Our FT shooting has improved too, hitting 17-20 (85.0%). So one thing to focus on before the next game will be figuring out a way to defend the post up, and another improving their long range field goals.
Can’t win them all I guess, people would be asking questions if the Warriors went on a perfect winning streak, but Golden State better be ready to forget this game and own the next one.
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by Lamrock on Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:55 pm
Wow. This puts like every dynasty on this site to shame. You can't seem to score with Monta though, but the loss keeps it interesting.
Do you just use a normal spreadsheet for your boxscores? Whenever I make boxscores they end up a lot uglier than that.
Do you just use a normal spreadsheet for your boxscores? Whenever I make boxscores they end up a lot uglier than that.
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by Jing on Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:07 am
lamrock. wrote:Wow. This puts like every dynasty on this site to shame. You can't seem to score with Monta though, but the loss keeps it interesting.
Do you just use a normal spreadsheet for your boxscores? Whenever I make boxscores they end up a lot uglier than that.
The pros of being a business major, you become an expert in excel
Drex wrote:Heh, this is great. Keep it up, azn.
will do chili dog.
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by Jing on Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:45 am
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Lack of Defense = Good Offense
November 8, 2007
Ok so you knew coming to this game the score was going to off the charts, both teams are run-and-gun squads with little defense, and the scouting reports truly proved to be right. Before the game Monta Ellis was cleared by team doctors, though looking at the starting 5 right now, Michael Pietrus is still at the starting SG position, so we can only assume Ellis will come off the bench as a 6th man.
I thought the game was going to be like the last one against the Cavs, because right from the tipoff the Warriors turned it over and Jason Kidd laid it in. The Warriors had their own counters though, with Davis responding to Kidd with a bomb from downtown, and Andres Biedrins crashing the offensive boards. As expected, the score was ridiculous, with the Warriors up 40 – 31 at the break.
Monta Ellis showed us all in the second quarter that he is totally healed from his MCL injury when he threw down a monstrous jam on the fast break. The Warriors even got creative when Al Harrington threw the ball off of Dirk’s back, then picked up the ball and dunked it. The score at halftime, 73 – 60 Warriors with a comfortable lead, though in a game between teams with no defense, you never know.
Dirk was pretty much half the Mavs’ offensive, putting up 26 points to lead everyone. Jason Terry hit two three-pointers for 14 points and Jason Kidd had 7 assists already. As usual for the Warriors their bench was big and scoring balanced between most of the players that played. Wright had 10 points and 8 rebounds already, and Ellis was doing well with his comeback at 7 points and 8 assists. Al Harrington must be really worried these days, Wright is in position to steal his position.
I was curious so I dug up some information on NBA records. The most points ever scored in a half was 107 by the Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets on November 10, 1990. And combined the teams also set the record set by both teams in one half, with 176 (107 for the Suns, and 67 by the Nuggets). I thought were had a record or something, but we weren’t even close, though still pretty damn amazing to have 73, we’re on pace for 146 and allowing 120.
So onto the 3rd quarter, which I think yielded one of the Defensive Plays of the Year. Stephen Jackson went up to block a shot by Terry, but he missed with his right hand, and has he is coming down and Terry is releasing his shot, in midair Jackson raised his left hand, and somehow swatted the shot still. I had to watch the replay on the jumbotron several times to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. Later in the quarter Monta Ellis put down a strong dunk over the Mavs’ Maglorie, bringing everyone to their feet. I spilt my beer… You owe me 8 dollars Monta.
The start of the last quarter had the Warriors up 99 – 86, and Donny Nelson must have wanted to have some fun, as he put Yi on Kidd and set everyone to a full-court press. Not only did Kidd not score at all in the last quarter, he didn’t even have a single assist. Yi even threw a 360 windmill over Lue to justify his trade to Golden State, and show off his athleticism. The bench played the rest of the game and the Warriors cruised to the 131 – 110 win. Interestingly, neither team made a three-pointer in the 2nd half and the Warriors seem cured of their earlier free throw woes.
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Lack of Defense = Good Offense
November 8, 2007
Ok so you knew coming to this game the score was going to off the charts, both teams are run-and-gun squads with little defense, and the scouting reports truly proved to be right. Before the game Monta Ellis was cleared by team doctors, though looking at the starting 5 right now, Michael Pietrus is still at the starting SG position, so we can only assume Ellis will come off the bench as a 6th man.
I thought the game was going to be like the last one against the Cavs, because right from the tipoff the Warriors turned it over and Jason Kidd laid it in. The Warriors had their own counters though, with Davis responding to Kidd with a bomb from downtown, and Andres Biedrins crashing the offensive boards. As expected, the score was ridiculous, with the Warriors up 40 – 31 at the break.
Monta Ellis showed us all in the second quarter that he is totally healed from his MCL injury when he threw down a monstrous jam on the fast break. The Warriors even got creative when Al Harrington threw the ball off of Dirk’s back, then picked up the ball and dunked it. The score at halftime, 73 – 60 Warriors with a comfortable lead, though in a game between teams with no defense, you never know.
Dirk was pretty much half the Mavs’ offensive, putting up 26 points to lead everyone. Jason Terry hit two three-pointers for 14 points and Jason Kidd had 7 assists already. As usual for the Warriors their bench was big and scoring balanced between most of the players that played. Wright had 10 points and 8 rebounds already, and Ellis was doing well with his comeback at 7 points and 8 assists. Al Harrington must be really worried these days, Wright is in position to steal his position.
I was curious so I dug up some information on NBA records. The most points ever scored in a half was 107 by the Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets on November 10, 1990. And combined the teams also set the record set by both teams in one half, with 176 (107 for the Suns, and 67 by the Nuggets). I thought were had a record or something, but we weren’t even close, though still pretty damn amazing to have 73, we’re on pace for 146 and allowing 120.
So onto the 3rd quarter, which I think yielded one of the Defensive Plays of the Year. Stephen Jackson went up to block a shot by Terry, but he missed with his right hand, and has he is coming down and Terry is releasing his shot, in midair Jackson raised his left hand, and somehow swatted the shot still. I had to watch the replay on the jumbotron several times to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. Later in the quarter Monta Ellis put down a strong dunk over the Mavs’ Maglorie, bringing everyone to their feet. I spilt my beer… You owe me 8 dollars Monta.
The start of the last quarter had the Warriors up 99 – 86, and Donny Nelson must have wanted to have some fun, as he put Yi on Kidd and set everyone to a full-court press. Not only did Kidd not score at all in the last quarter, he didn’t even have a single assist. Yi even threw a 360 windmill over Lue to justify his trade to Golden State, and show off his athleticism. The bench played the rest of the game and the Warriors cruised to the 131 – 110 win. Interestingly, neither team made a three-pointer in the 2nd half and the Warriors seem cured of their earlier free throw woes.
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by kibaxx7 on Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:50 am
lamrock. wrote:Its too bad that PG's can never get rebounds. Its weird seeing Kidd get two.
Hey, Monta got 7... good. Props to you Jing
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by Jing on Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:21 am
Yeah for some reason Monta gets quite a few boards. It's cause the PG always tend to stay up near the top of the paint whereas the SG's actually cut and run around and therefore have more of a chance to get boards. I think Monta might be top 5 on my team in boards
I've been working on trying to dominate or score primarily with Baron and Stephen, seeing as how they are the leaders and expected scorers on the team.
Really wish I could find a way to capture some images. Or if any of you remember, back in like Live 03 and 04, we had "designated" screenshot taking users. I had a dynasty back then and Mark took some images; was a pretty sweet deal.
I've been working on trying to dominate or score primarily with Baron and Stephen, seeing as how they are the leaders and expected scorers on the team.
Really wish I could find a way to capture some images. Or if any of you remember, back in like Live 03 and 04, we had "designated" screenshot taking users. I had a dynasty back then and Mark took some images; was a pretty sweet deal.
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by Lamrock on Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:42 am
I remember your Jazz dynasty had like 20 pics per game. Not totally necessary in my opinion, but it would be cool to add. Guys like Chaser7 and Matthew have successfully gotten pics off console NBA games. I am trying to do that too.
Always something to consider.
Always something to consider.
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by Mark. on Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:19 pm
Good win over the Mavs dude, good to see that your gonna try get Baron and Jackson involved in the offense a bit more, it hurts to see B-Diddy not dominating 
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by Jing on Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:09 am
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Comeback Thwarted
November 14, 2007
I admit, it’s been a while and I don’t remember quite a lot from this game. All I know is that the Warriors were up big headed into the fourth quarter, but the Pistons, being the insane team that they are, mounted a comeback and gave everybody in the arena a shock. However the Warriors sank their free throws calmly, gone are the free throw woes in the first several games, and sealed the game with their clutch-ness.
Within the last minute, Matt Barnes missed two free throws with the Pistons down just one possession, but the Warriors came up big in other things. Barnes grabbed his second miss and laid it back in, while Baron played tight defensive on Billups, eventually poking the ball away from him right into the hands of Stephen Jackson. Jackson got fouled but sank his freebies and sealed the game.
Jackson and Davis finally had big (well bigger than so far this year) games, with Jackson putting in 22 points and grabbing 7 boards and Davis scoring 19. Davis is averaging career lows in points, rebounds, and assists, but that’s due to the emergence of bench players like Yi (18 points, 10 rebounds), Brandan Wright (18 points, 6 assists, 4 blocks), and Michael Pietrus (12 pounds, 7 assists).
Rasheed Wallace single handedly led Detroit back into the game, scoring 18 of his 21 points in the 4th quarter, also grabbing 12 boards along the way, 6 offensive. Prince and Billups both had double-doubles, but free throws were the big difference in this game. The Warriors got to the line 35 times compared to just 17 by the Pistons. The ending wasn’t pretty, but we pulled out another win.
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Comeback Thwarted
November 14, 2007
I admit, it’s been a while and I don’t remember quite a lot from this game. All I know is that the Warriors were up big headed into the fourth quarter, but the Pistons, being the insane team that they are, mounted a comeback and gave everybody in the arena a shock. However the Warriors sank their free throws calmly, gone are the free throw woes in the first several games, and sealed the game with their clutch-ness.
Within the last minute, Matt Barnes missed two free throws with the Pistons down just one possession, but the Warriors came up big in other things. Barnes grabbed his second miss and laid it back in, while Baron played tight defensive on Billups, eventually poking the ball away from him right into the hands of Stephen Jackson. Jackson got fouled but sank his freebies and sealed the game.
Jackson and Davis finally had big (well bigger than so far this year) games, with Jackson putting in 22 points and grabbing 7 boards and Davis scoring 19. Davis is averaging career lows in points, rebounds, and assists, but that’s due to the emergence of bench players like Yi (18 points, 10 rebounds), Brandan Wright (18 points, 6 assists, 4 blocks), and Michael Pietrus (12 pounds, 7 assists).
Rasheed Wallace single handedly led Detroit back into the game, scoring 18 of his 21 points in the 4th quarter, also grabbing 12 boards along the way, 6 offensive. Prince and Billups both had double-doubles, but free throws were the big difference in this game. The Warriors got to the line 35 times compared to just 17 by the Pistons. The ending wasn’t pretty, but we pulled out another win.
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by Jing on Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:03 pm
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November Recap
December 1, 2007
Damn it’s been a while. First semester’s headed into its final stretch, and the Warriors have just finished their first month of the 2007-08 season. I have to say, it’s the best start in the team’s history at 12-3, finishing the month with the highly anticipated game against Yao’s Rockets. Yao-Yi Volume 1 ended with Yi on top as the Warriors trounced the Rockets. Granted Yao didn’t play as much and Tracy McGrady hogged the ball as though if he let it go the world would end. Anyways here is a run-down of what went down in for the Warriors, and the rest of the NBA up to today:
The Warriors sit atop the Western Conference at 12-3. The west is already showing their superiority to the East, with 3 teams having 12 wins (the Mavericks at 12-4 and Spurs 12-5). In the East, the Celtics and Cavs are tied for the top spot, but the Warriors still have the best winning percentage in the league at .800. The bottom-feeders are the Timberwolves and Trailblazers in the west, each only with 3 wins, and the East isn’t much better, fielding the Nets at 3-12.
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Being the best in the league, the Warriors are also the leaders in points scored, as well as allowed. In fact this season is filled with teams running and gunning. 7 out of the 30 teams are averaging over 100 points, with Golden State leading at an absurd 122.0 points per game. But practically anyone who plays against us is guaranteed to scoring a ridiculous amount as well, we’re allowing 114.0!!! I’ve heard rumors that Stephen Jackson is unhappy with his diminished role on the team (he is averaging career lows in points, rebounds, and assists), and we’ll probably ship him out for a defender or something that’ll keep the opponent score’s down.
Other teams’ stats… Remember the beginning couple games, where the Warriors were shooting like 2-15 from the line, well they’ve turned that around and are now leading the league in free-throw percentage at .807, and as we found out last game against the Rockets, they are the worst free throw team. The Warriors are also last in the league in turnovers, 18.5 per game.
Onto the individual stats of the Warriors, and first the big men. Yi, since coming over from the Bucks at the special request of the Asian population and pressure from the Chinese government, has flourished. Yi has come off the bench most of the games so far, only jumping into the starting lineup after Andres Biedrins severely sprained his right ankle (out for 3 weeks). Yi’s putting up 17.8 points a game and is 2nd amongst rookies. Biedrins, before his injury, was a valuable asset down in the paint; he is currently leading the team with 2.1 blocks a game to go along with 15.0 points and 8.3 boards. Surprisingly, fellow rookie Brandan Wright is also performing well, his speed and lankiness really helps him down low, and he’s been scoring 13.6 a game and grabbing 6.6 boards.
Al Harrington, my banner boy, almost lost his starting role to Yi halfway through November but earned it back with hustle and risking his neck. Therefore Coach Donny has rewarded him by keeping him in the starting 5 and Harrington is averaging a respectable 11.4 points and 7.6 boards a game.
Baron Davis started the season slowly but with every game showing why he is the veteran leader of the Warriors. He is averaging a modest and improving 17.5 points a game, grabbing 4.7 boards, and 7.2 assists. Monta Ellis, last year’s Most Improved Player of the Year, has had a tough time shooting the ball this season. He is only averaging .347 from the field, including .368 from downtown. At the beginning of the season he was ice cold from anyone on the court, and only recently has he been making his shots, otherwise he’d be shooting in the .200’s.
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Kevin Durant, as expected, tops the rookie leagues at 19.1 points a game, but this is because the Sonics have nobody else worthy of taking shots, and Durant is pretty much their only option. The first week of the season Durant was averaging over 25 points a game, but he’s slowed down quite a bit. Yi is making a strong case of his own for the Rookie of the Year award. He is currently ahead of Durant in just about every category except for points and minutes. Grizzlies guard Mike Conley is leading all rookies with 7.5 assists a game and Portland’s number 1 pick Greg Oden (who seems more like he’s 40 years old), is leading rookies with 9.3 boards a game.
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For league leaders, I looked at it and was so surprised to see T-Mac leading the league… not really. Just evident from that game we had them at the end of the month, he wasn’t willing to give up the shots to anyone, and obviously lead the league at 29.2 points a game. Actually can’t believe Yao somehow managed to sneak into the top 10 in scoring (10th, at 23.3 points a game). As expected in the rebounding and blocks category Dwight Howard is the leader. As for the Assists list? Just look at who are the top guys: Nash, Deron Williams, Kidd, Billups, Marbury, all these guys played against the Warriors and had double-digit assists.
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So anyways, this season has been wild. The Warriors are off to the best start ever and hopefully it continues. The West with all these great teams is going to be a tight race, and hopefully Yi and Wright don’t hit he rookie wall and can continue their great support performance.
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November Recap
December 1, 2007
Damn it’s been a while. First semester’s headed into its final stretch, and the Warriors have just finished their first month of the 2007-08 season. I have to say, it’s the best start in the team’s history at 12-3, finishing the month with the highly anticipated game against Yao’s Rockets. Yao-Yi Volume 1 ended with Yi on top as the Warriors trounced the Rockets. Granted Yao didn’t play as much and Tracy McGrady hogged the ball as though if he let it go the world would end. Anyways here is a run-down of what went down in for the Warriors, and the rest of the NBA up to today:
The Warriors sit atop the Western Conference at 12-3. The west is already showing their superiority to the East, with 3 teams having 12 wins (the Mavericks at 12-4 and Spurs 12-5). In the East, the Celtics and Cavs are tied for the top spot, but the Warriors still have the best winning percentage in the league at .800. The bottom-feeders are the Timberwolves and Trailblazers in the west, each only with 3 wins, and the East isn’t much better, fielding the Nets at 3-12.
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Being the best in the league, the Warriors are also the leaders in points scored, as well as allowed. In fact this season is filled with teams running and gunning. 7 out of the 30 teams are averaging over 100 points, with Golden State leading at an absurd 122.0 points per game. But practically anyone who plays against us is guaranteed to scoring a ridiculous amount as well, we’re allowing 114.0!!! I’ve heard rumors that Stephen Jackson is unhappy with his diminished role on the team (he is averaging career lows in points, rebounds, and assists), and we’ll probably ship him out for a defender or something that’ll keep the opponent score’s down.
Other teams’ stats… Remember the beginning couple games, where the Warriors were shooting like 2-15 from the line, well they’ve turned that around and are now leading the league in free-throw percentage at .807, and as we found out last game against the Rockets, they are the worst free throw team. The Warriors are also last in the league in turnovers, 18.5 per game.
Onto the individual stats of the Warriors, and first the big men. Yi, since coming over from the Bucks at the special request of the Asian population and pressure from the Chinese government, has flourished. Yi has come off the bench most of the games so far, only jumping into the starting lineup after Andres Biedrins severely sprained his right ankle (out for 3 weeks). Yi’s putting up 17.8 points a game and is 2nd amongst rookies. Biedrins, before his injury, was a valuable asset down in the paint; he is currently leading the team with 2.1 blocks a game to go along with 15.0 points and 8.3 boards. Surprisingly, fellow rookie Brandan Wright is also performing well, his speed and lankiness really helps him down low, and he’s been scoring 13.6 a game and grabbing 6.6 boards.
Al Harrington, my banner boy, almost lost his starting role to Yi halfway through November but earned it back with hustle and risking his neck. Therefore Coach Donny has rewarded him by keeping him in the starting 5 and Harrington is averaging a respectable 11.4 points and 7.6 boards a game.
Baron Davis started the season slowly but with every game showing why he is the veteran leader of the Warriors. He is averaging a modest and improving 17.5 points a game, grabbing 4.7 boards, and 7.2 assists. Monta Ellis, last year’s Most Improved Player of the Year, has had a tough time shooting the ball this season. He is only averaging .347 from the field, including .368 from downtown. At the beginning of the season he was ice cold from anyone on the court, and only recently has he been making his shots, otherwise he’d be shooting in the .200’s.
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Kevin Durant, as expected, tops the rookie leagues at 19.1 points a game, but this is because the Sonics have nobody else worthy of taking shots, and Durant is pretty much their only option. The first week of the season Durant was averaging over 25 points a game, but he’s slowed down quite a bit. Yi is making a strong case of his own for the Rookie of the Year award. He is currently ahead of Durant in just about every category except for points and minutes. Grizzlies guard Mike Conley is leading all rookies with 7.5 assists a game and Portland’s number 1 pick Greg Oden (who seems more like he’s 40 years old), is leading rookies with 9.3 boards a game.
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For league leaders, I looked at it and was so surprised to see T-Mac leading the league… not really. Just evident from that game we had them at the end of the month, he wasn’t willing to give up the shots to anyone, and obviously lead the league at 29.2 points a game. Actually can’t believe Yao somehow managed to sneak into the top 10 in scoring (10th, at 23.3 points a game). As expected in the rebounding and blocks category Dwight Howard is the leader. As for the Assists list? Just look at who are the top guys: Nash, Deron Williams, Kidd, Billups, Marbury, all these guys played against the Warriors and had double-digit assists.
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So anyways, this season has been wild. The Warriors are off to the best start ever and hopefully it continues. The West with all these great teams is going to be a tight race, and hopefully Yi and Wright don’t hit he rookie wall and can continue their great support performance.
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by rdelizo35 on Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:36 am
Jing,
You're doing a fantastic job with this dynasty. I especially like the box scores and recaps. Nice touch bringing in a little bias from a fan's perspective. Makes people want to root for the team. 12-3 in a tough Western Conference is real damn good. If Yi keeps up his stellar play, he might be able to win ROY over Durant. Great dynasty.
You're doing a fantastic job with this dynasty. I especially like the box scores and recaps. Nice touch bringing in a little bias from a fan's perspective. Makes people want to root for the team. 12-3 in a tough Western Conference is real damn good. If Yi keeps up his stellar play, he might be able to win ROY over Durant. Great dynasty.
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by Jing on Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:47 pm
rdelizo34 wrote:Jing,
You're doing a fantastic job with this dynasty. I especially like the box scores and recaps. Nice touch bringing in a little bias from a fan's perspective. Makes people want to root for the team. 12-3 in a tough Western Conference is real damn good. If Yi keeps up his stellar play, he might be able to win ROY over Durant. Great dynasty.
Thanks man, good to see the time put into this appreciated. I haven't posted it yet, but I've had a game with Durant and he is such a ballhog. He jacked up almost half of his team's shots and misses like the majority of them. Which explains his high scoring average, but it's falling down.
lamrock. wrote:Those are some sexy graphs. Nice monthly recap.
that's cause an asian is behind the controller. I'll adjust the sliders a bit more for better results as the season progresses. I still wish I could find a way to get some pictures, the standard tv and having to capture card really kills it.
Chaser7 wrote:Nice presentation Jing, although its bit "odd" by how well Yi is doing, guess we can't tell at all how big of a YI fan you are huh?
Even though I admit that I favor him, you can tell he isn't my first option and doesn't necessarily play superstar minutes. Yi, along with Brandan Wright and Biedrins, always seem to be opened down low. Like the Warriors are a fast break team, so whenever I am bringing the ball up with Baron or Monta, one of the big men will be running and somehow they are always opened.
As you can see from the stats, Yi plays an average of like 27 minutes a game, which is like 6th or 7th man minutes, and that's his position on the bench behind Pietrus. It's not like he takes many shots either, it's just that he gets in the paint pretty fast and makes his dunks. But I do admit, when guys are opened, why not feed the ball to them? and in my game, the big men usually get easier shots because they are already near the basket and don't have to worry about getting down in the paint and stuff. He also has a lot of points because he gets fouled A LOT. He has a pretty good free throw shooting percentage, and so like more than half of his 17 points or so come from the line.
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by Jing on Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:41 pm
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Four Player Swap
December 1, 2007
So a bit after I posted the monthly recap ESPN announced a trade between the Warriors and the Rockets, who were just played like 2 days ago. Apparently Stephen Jackson is beginning to have attitude problems with Donny Nelson, and is complaining about playing time. Yeah so maybe his 30.8 minutes a game isn’t as high as it was last season, and his 14.9 points a game is lower than last season too, but look at the team! The team is atop the damn NBA! You guys are averaging over 120 points a game everyone’s happy, why all of a sudden start shaking stuff up and demand the ball more?
Anyways, the trade involves Jackson and the useless tall stiff Patrick O’Bryant, while the Rockets end involves NBA superstar defender and all around nice guy Shane Battier and 41-Year old Dikembe Mutombo. As you can see here, the Warriors are trading so speed and offensive talent for defense. My guess is in addition to getting rid of the cancer in the locker room and a tall player who can’t do jack shit, we now have two guys who are known especially for their shutdown ability.
According to ESPN, Battier and Mutombo will fly separately up to Seattle right away to meet the Warriors for the December 2nd match against the Sonics. It will be a great game, pitting the top two rookies so far this season against each other; it’ll be Durant-Yi Volume 1. As for the game itself I don’t think there will be much problem for the Warriors, considering how Durant is pretty much their only option, and now with Chris Wilcox injured with a torn ACL (He tore it during practice on Dec. 1), they have nobody else to turn to.
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Four Player Swap
December 1, 2007
So a bit after I posted the monthly recap ESPN announced a trade between the Warriors and the Rockets, who were just played like 2 days ago. Apparently Stephen Jackson is beginning to have attitude problems with Donny Nelson, and is complaining about playing time. Yeah so maybe his 30.8 minutes a game isn’t as high as it was last season, and his 14.9 points a game is lower than last season too, but look at the team! The team is atop the damn NBA! You guys are averaging over 120 points a game everyone’s happy, why all of a sudden start shaking stuff up and demand the ball more?
Anyways, the trade involves Jackson and the useless tall stiff Patrick O’Bryant, while the Rockets end involves NBA superstar defender and all around nice guy Shane Battier and 41-Year old Dikembe Mutombo. As you can see here, the Warriors are trading so speed and offensive talent for defense. My guess is in addition to getting rid of the cancer in the locker room and a tall player who can’t do jack shit, we now have two guys who are known especially for their shutdown ability.
According to ESPN, Battier and Mutombo will fly separately up to Seattle right away to meet the Warriors for the December 2nd match against the Sonics. It will be a great game, pitting the top two rookies so far this season against each other; it’ll be Durant-Yi Volume 1. As for the game itself I don’t think there will be much problem for the Warriors, considering how Durant is pretty much their only option, and now with Chris Wilcox injured with a torn ACL (He tore it during practice on Dec. 1), they have nobody else to turn to.
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