Golden State Warriors

Every Monday, with the assistance of the good people over at www.basketball-reference.com, I like to take a look deep into the statistics of teams and players from around the league in a little post I like to call “Fun with Box Scores”.

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In order to be successful in basketball, a team has to protect the ball, play solid defense and make free throws, among other things.  The Grizzlies did none of those on Wednesday as they fell to Golden State.  Specifically, the Grizzlies need to figure out how to play from ahead.  They know plenty about playing from behind, but they can't seem to hold on to their lead.  This season they are getting off to good starts but allowing their opponents to chip away at their lead, and it happened again against the Warriors.

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All I have to say is that the Golden State Warriors have a ton of guards: Kelenna Azubuike, Marco Belinelli, Speedy Claxton, Stephen Curry, Monta Ellis, Stephen Jackson, Acie Law, Anthony Morro

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phis Grizzlies had their best showing away from FedEx Forum so far this season as they held off the Golden State Warriors on Friday, 109-104, to even their season record at 3-3.

Everyone pitched in for the Grizzlies, from the veterans to the rookies.  Even Darko Milicic looked impressive in the first half before getting ejected with two quick technical fouls late in the second quarter. Warriors coach Don Nelson was far more animated and followed an official onto the court in the fourth with no consequences.  The officiating left much to be desired as far as fair and balanced goes, but you can't expect the game to be called fairly for the visiting team anyway.  The Grizzlies attempted 30 free throws to the Warriors' 43.  The game was very physical, and in basketball a foul occurs on every play whether it's called or not, so there really isn't much of an argument for the Grizz there.

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p;will try to build on that strong finish and pick up their second win of the week against the Golden State Warriors (2-3) tonight in Oakland, a place where they have lost four straight.

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posted their first-ever 2-0 start at home by dominating the fourth quarter for a 90-79 win over the Golden State Warriors on Monday at the FedEx Forum. Second-year player Rudy Gay and rookies Marc Gasol and O.J. Mayo combined for 48 of the team's points.  Gay's production was one of the keys to the game coming in for the Grizz, who expected to need around 30 points from him in order to win.  The UCONN product nailed a couple of 3's early in the game but struggled in the second half.  However, just when it seemed that it might not be his night, Gay hit a driving layup and a pair of consecutive jumpers late in the third quarter to give the Grizz the lead for good.  The team closed the quarter on a 10-2 run to lead 73-67 entering the final frame. Gay finished with 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

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