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I never saw us taking both games at Staples, but the way we lost was terrible.


Credit to the Clippers for containing Steph. Curry scored when the game was essentially over. We lost, lets move on.
 
Worst. First. Playoff. Game. Ever.

Saw Ekpe Udoh.

And Jarret Jack. Or was it Ne-Yo? Or maybe some guy that looks like them. Pretty sure it was Jack tho.




refs tho.
 
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back to Oracle we go. damn well knew Clippers weren't gonna fold that easily and it's in the NBA's best interest to keep this series alive as long as possible. was hoping we could somehow snatch 2 in a row but wasn't expecting it. we did what we had to do so it's Oracle time.
 
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I dont think the Clippers win a game in Oracle so the Warriors are in good shape, and they needed that bad L because the complacency after winning game one was apparent.
 
I didn't expect them to win yesterday but I didn't expect them to lose by that much. I was hoping for something similar to what we did in both series' against the Mavs and the Nuggets. We split the first two on the road but the games we lost we had the opportunity to win. I wanted the Clips to create even more doubt in themselves rather than just give them the thought that "Hey when Blake plays we dominate." Now that all can change in Game 3 if we send a message and dominate the game but it would have been nice if we sent that message that yeah we are an exceptional road team and we can go to your place and not get rattled after slow starts.
 
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Totally phoned home on this game.

Maybe this was an ultimate Pop move by Jackson. Tell his players to mentally bench themselves. Very sneaky.
 
Jackson during a radio interview before the game yesterday

Rivers noted how coaching staff was burning midnight oil gameplanning & the practice move cut into their sleep, but wins get rewarded

- @sam_amick

interesting juxtapostion
 
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For a preacher, he takes a really pragmatic approach.

I guess it does make sense, in a way. God will always pick up your slack, if you do the minimum amount of work (or at least are ok with not going above and beyond). And if God doesn't actually pick up your slack, it just wasn't meant to be.

Rubbish.
 
Looks like Festus is done for the season.

Thompson: Warriors' Festus Ezeli frustrated

By Marcus Thompson II Bay Area News Group

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 11:26 a.m.

Festus Ezeli is usually smiling on game days. He can be found joking with his teammates in the locker room. Or celebrating and encouraging on the bench. Or posing for pictures with friends and family after games.

It's his best attempt to keep his sanity while rehabbing his surgically repaired right knee. An honest effort to not be overcome by the helplessness he feels.

"He aspires to be something in this league," Warriors center Jermaine O'Neal said. "So having a knee injury and missing a whole year. If you have any competitive juice in you, that will bother you."

A year ago this month, Ezeli, then a rookie, injured his right knee in the regular-season finale at Portland. Refusing to miss the playoffs, he played through it in the postseason, sporting a bulky brace to protect his knee from himself.

Two months later, the Warriors announced Ezeli had "successful surgery . . . to reinforce both the medial collateral ligament and posterior cruciate ligament." The team said his recovery would take at least six to nine months. He's now into the 10th month and still isn't close to taking the court.

And it's eating at him.

"It's frustrating I can't play," Ezeli said. "But I've got to do something."

Ezeli has been tempted to return at a fraction of himself. But any serious thoughts about such are always talked out of his head.

So instead, he contributes by staying positive and engaged. He focuses closely from the end of the bench. Hoping he notices something, anything, he can share with a teammate.

"I haven't drawn up plays yet," Ezeli said with a smile, a reference to NBA Development League call-up Hilton Armstrong, who Andre Iguodala credited with provided a game plan idea. "That's not my specialty."

What really gets under Ezeli's skin is there is nothing he can do. He said it isn't a matter of putting in the work. He denied a setback has delayed his return.

The hold-up: his PCL. He couldn't do anything until it completely healed and the ligament has a mind of its own. It only recently was cleared, allowing Ezeli to fully bend his right knee.

It became such a cloud over Ezeli, his teammates noticed and intervened. Especially O'Neal, who has battled knee injuries in his 18-year career.

"He's been going through it all year," O'Neal said. "Nobody knows what you're going through from the outside looking in. Knees, ankles, backs are something you live with every moment of the day. It's hard to put on that smiling face every single day when you go through many different emotions. . . . He has had periods this year when you can tell it really affected him."

Despite his knee issues, the Warriors have already picked up Ezeli's contract option for next season. But after starting much of his rookie season, Ezeli was the shoo-in to be Andrew Bogut's backup. However, Golden State brought in O'Neal and Ogjnen Kuzmic, and will probably find more big help this coming offseason.

So it would make sense if Ezeli, drafted No. 30 overall in 2013, is feeling the pressure.

Throw in the fact Bogut is out, leaving the Warriors undersized against the Los Angeles Clippers' physical and athletic frontcourt tandem of DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin. Ezeli, a chiseled 6-foot-11, 255-pound Vanderbilt product who thrives on physicality, knows he could help in this series.

But just as soon as this week, O'Neal had a talk with the young pup in the weight room, reminding Ezeli an NBA career is a marathon.

"I just tell him to understand the big picture," O'Neal said. "He's only in his second year. Longevity means everything. . . . You've been out this long. Do you want to risk coming back unless you are physically and mentally ready? . . . You want to make sure you do the right things for your body, for your family, for your brand. Ultimately, that's all you're going to have when these teams make the decision to do what they're going to do."
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Bummer if Ezeli is out for the rest of the year. I wonder how Kuzmic would do if he played the final minute of 1st-3rd quarter....I know he's big, but maybe he can try to slow down either Jordan or Griffin? Keyword 'try'.
 
^ I think they will have to try either Kuzmic or Armstrong, at least to throw their bodies around
 
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Armstrong needs to be more aggressive and confident. Dude has been playing timid. smh
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lol wut? Dude barely got any burn during the regular season, and if he did they were garbage time minutes. And then to be suddenly thrown in the rotation in the playoffs, what do you expect? he's just another body to throw out to the bigs since Bogut is out.
 
Have a great time Red.  Super Jelly. 

Went to every playoff game in 2007 but couldn't go to any last year (wasted my damn mothers day tickets SMH).  Hoping to go on Sunday, but not looking likely. 
 
if w's counting on armstrong, then we midaswell have them boys get ready for vacation
stay out of foul trouble and w's gonna be good
 
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