Sunday, February 11, 2007

Weekend Recap...

You win some you lose some. But with the Warriors, seems like they lose more than win. Had I written the recap about the Bulls game earlier in the weekend, I was going to say comment about what a great win it was for the Dubs, a game to build on, and mostly, how things at the Arena feel a bit different this year, even though their record pretty much sums up the last 12 years.
It probably has to do with the fact that I've been in attendance for the Rockets, Nets, and Bulls games, all won by the Warriors in the last possession.
But tonight's game against the Hawks is another reason why the Warriors will be counting ping pong balls in May. A playoff bound team would somehow find a way to win tonight's game. Granted the Dubs did a miraculous job to even have a shot at the end, to win it. But missed free throws, combined with some uber athletic play from the Hawks swingmen prevented any such miracle.
Josh Smith and Joe Johnson were unbelievable for the Hawks tonight. Smith probably had 6 or 7 dunks, and its quite easy to see why he is an NBA Slam Dunk Champion. Dude probably gets up as high as anyone in the league. The opening tip was a ominous sign for the tonights game, as the Hawks won the tip, then threw an alley oop to Smith for the first of his various monster jams.


Smith also was awesome at the defensive side of the floor, making a more than a few layup/dunk saving blocks. Once his jumper from the outside starts to fall, he is going to be a really tough match-up.
For a team who's recent past has been almost as bad as the Warriors, it is actually good to see them preform so well on their recent west coast trip (5 road wins in a row). The Hawks are the youngest team in the NBA. And with Joe Johnson, Smith, Marvin Williams, Josh Childress and Sheldan Williams, they have a good young solid core. If only they had taken Chris Paul or Deron Williams last year with the second pick in the 2005 draft, they would probably be a playoff team in the eastern conference. That being said, I certainly wish tonight's outcome had been different.
But the Warriors don't have too much time to dwell on it, as they are probably already in route to Denver for tomorrow night's game. Stephen Jackson meanwhile is not on the team flight, as he is taking a 5am flight to Indianapolis to attend the hearing of the man accused of running him over in the infamous strip club incident from this past off season. He is then going to immediately fly to Denver and if he makes it, will be in the starting line up according to Coach Nelson. It will be interesting watching his play tomorrow, because you have to believe that he will be some what fatigued.
Marcus Camby and Allen Iverson are said to be game time decisions.

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