You see a bunch of Warrior fans on Twitter freaking out at Kerr about how Wiseman hasn't shot many threes lately like it's a sign of horrible coaching (along with apparently everything else being Kerr's fault too). But imo the physicality that Wiseman showed last night is probably related to Kerr trying to get him closer to the rim and more used to the physical demands of the center position. It's probably easier to be physical when playing someone who is as soft as LMA looked last night, but all of those dunks wouldn't have happened if he weren't being intentionally positioned away from the three point line and around the rim.
One thing I haven’t seen mentioned after all the fretting; Wiseman showed much better hands last night. Not only did he catch all his lobs cleanly, but he was bringing in the rebounds cleanly as well, especially on that putback off the Draymond miss. On his first feed from Curry, the pass was a little behind him and he had to reach back with one hand while his momentum was going toward the basket and it was no problem. It looks like the game slowed down quite a bit for him last night.
The Warriors won the rebounding battle and they won the starting lineup battle. They still lost the FT battle, but if they win 2 of those 3 battles in any individual game, I like their chances.
And don't look now, but the Dubs' DRtg is now 13th. That's looking mighty close to top 10, just saying.
If the Oubre from the last couple games is the Oubre we see for the rest of the season....WOW. This team can be really good. That takes the starting unit from a minus to a plus, and the bench has been great.
It's a deep, competitive team that brings it every night.
I have to say, I really like Wanamaker on this team. I like his “perturbed dad” expression he always seems to have. It reminds me of when Kerr would put SDot in a game to essentially say “Don’t make me pull this car over!”
I called for Wiseman to have a bounce-back game, but he really lived up to some wild expectations! The only thing that could've been better is if he'd hit a 3. Still, I'm going to go ahead and say best game yet of his career. I give this performance an A, and EXPECTATIONS RAISED.
Green and Curry came out hot, and some helpful early whistles got everyone on our side feeling good. Oubre also had a great game; I'm liking this look with him joining the bench mob after a short break. A's for all of them. I should probably dock Steph points for lazy-ass turnovers, but his defensive effort including like 9 boards made up for it.
This was the first game in a while where the starters were good and the bench were meh. They almost let the Spurs all the way back in early in the 2nd, but some timely adjustments fixed that. Oubre was one part of it, but also Paschall adjusted his attack when he wasn't getting past Poeltl and managed to shoot over him instead. That's some maturity. B.
I also like the "Starters, but with Wanamaker instead of Oubre" unit we saw for part of the 3rd. It worked well against San Antonio's lineups at least. Wanamaker specifically didn't have a whole lot of highlight-worthy play, but he held up fine. B-.
Poole had some easy 3's in garbage time but he looked pretty bad. Some ugly turnovers and looked out of control, like he was rushing things, maybe from not playing enough lately. D.
Stealth Ender didn't make himself seen much this game but he snuck his way into a pretty nice box score. It kinda looked like he got beat a little less on drives but maybe the Spurs were just missing those shots tonight. B.
Looney has to score that one open dunk next time instead of passing it out for nothing. He did make some real good plays later though. B-.
Lee deserved the flagrant 2 for whacking a dude in the head that badly. I believe that he honestly was going for the ball and just got faked out really hard, but that was dangerous and irresponsible regardless. His play looked otherwise nice. C.
Bazemore had a head-scratching play or two, but he also had some slick connections with Curry in transition and brought energy. B.
Overall, we played pretty well on both sides of the floor and did well to hold on to the momentum. The Spurs had a rough night, certainly in part just their own doing, but I'm glad we brought our game and hard enough that the starters got a little extra rest before tomorrow's Knicks game.
Perhaps our prettiest game to watch thus far. Steph's 62 was nice but this was everyone getting involved and the ball was zipping around. Peak Kerr offense
Amazing how much better Wiseman looked when not playing AD and Gasol.
Strange that Poetl was the toughest matchup for Paschall so far.
Have to love the flow and the fast start tonight!
Loved the progress! Box and 1 got toasted tonight. How much did Kerr have to slip to the Spurs to let the Warriors get some good practice against the box and 1 and get some dunks for Wiseman?
You see a bunch of Warrior fans on Twitter freaking out at Kerr about how Wiseman hasn't shot many threes lately like it's a sign of horrible coaching (along with apparently everything else being Kerr's fault too). But imo the physicality that Wiseman showed last night is probably related to Kerr trying to get him closer to the rim and more used to the physical demands of the center position. It's probably easier to be physical when playing someone who is as soft as LMA looked last night, but all of those dunks wouldn't have happened if he weren't being intentionally positioned away from the three point line and around the rim.
One thing I haven’t seen mentioned after all the fretting; Wiseman showed much better hands last night. Not only did he catch all his lobs cleanly, but he was bringing in the rebounds cleanly as well, especially on that putback off the Draymond miss. On his first feed from Curry, the pass was a little behind him and he had to reach back with one hand while his momentum was going toward the basket and it was no problem. It looks like the game slowed down quite a bit for him last night.
Quietly, Looney has been playing much much better of late, in all facets
Looked like Pop focused the Spurs on shutting down Paschall on the second and it worked... Until Paschall adjusted.
The Warriors won the rebounding battle and they won the starting lineup battle. They still lost the FT battle, but if they win 2 of those 3 battles in any individual game, I like their chances.
And don't look now, but the Dubs' DRtg is now 13th. That's looking mighty close to top 10, just saying.
If the Oubre from the last couple games is the Oubre we see for the rest of the season....WOW. This team can be really good. That takes the starting unit from a minus to a plus, and the bench has been great.
It's a deep, competitive team that brings it every night.
I have to say, I really like Wanamaker on this team. I like his “perturbed dad” expression he always seems to have. It reminds me of when Kerr would put SDot in a game to essentially say “Don’t make me pull this car over!”
I called for Wiseman to have a bounce-back game, but he really lived up to some wild expectations! The only thing that could've been better is if he'd hit a 3. Still, I'm going to go ahead and say best game yet of his career. I give this performance an A, and EXPECTATIONS RAISED.
Green and Curry came out hot, and some helpful early whistles got everyone on our side feeling good. Oubre also had a great game; I'm liking this look with him joining the bench mob after a short break. A's for all of them. I should probably dock Steph points for lazy-ass turnovers, but his defensive effort including like 9 boards made up for it.
This was the first game in a while where the starters were good and the bench were meh. They almost let the Spurs all the way back in early in the 2nd, but some timely adjustments fixed that. Oubre was one part of it, but also Paschall adjusted his attack when he wasn't getting past Poeltl and managed to shoot over him instead. That's some maturity. B.
I also like the "Starters, but with Wanamaker instead of Oubre" unit we saw for part of the 3rd. It worked well against San Antonio's lineups at least. Wanamaker specifically didn't have a whole lot of highlight-worthy play, but he held up fine. B-.
Poole had some easy 3's in garbage time but he looked pretty bad. Some ugly turnovers and looked out of control, like he was rushing things, maybe from not playing enough lately. D.
Stealth Ender didn't make himself seen much this game but he snuck his way into a pretty nice box score. It kinda looked like he got beat a little less on drives but maybe the Spurs were just missing those shots tonight. B.
Looney has to score that one open dunk next time instead of passing it out for nothing. He did make some real good plays later though. B-.
Lee deserved the flagrant 2 for whacking a dude in the head that badly. I believe that he honestly was going for the ball and just got faked out really hard, but that was dangerous and irresponsible regardless. His play looked otherwise nice. C.
Bazemore had a head-scratching play or two, but he also had some slick connections with Curry in transition and brought energy. B.
Overall, we played pretty well on both sides of the floor and did well to hold on to the momentum. The Spurs had a rough night, certainly in part just their own doing, but I'm glad we brought our game and hard enough that the starters got a little extra rest before tomorrow's Knicks game.
Perhaps our prettiest game to watch thus far. Steph's 62 was nice but this was everyone getting involved and the ball was zipping around. Peak Kerr offense
Really loving the Oubre (and Wiggins) pickups.
If you're going to gamble, it's good to gamble on length.
This team shows flashes of championship caliber. The D can be really suffocating, and when the offense clicks like tonight, it's a joy to watch.
Amazing how much better Wiseman looked when not playing AD and Gasol.
Strange that Poetl was the toughest matchup for Paschall so far.
Have to love the flow and the fast start tonight!
Loved the progress! Box and 1 got toasted tonight. How much did Kerr have to slip to the Spurs to let the Warriors get some good practice against the box and 1 and get some dunks for Wiseman?
We are more than halfway to last season's win total and we still got 58 (reg season) games to go!
How much better do you think this team could get by the end of the season? It looks like they are improving as a team as games go on.
Repost:
Warriors now 141-24 in their last 2+ seasons without Trump. :-)
Now back to worrying about us keeping our pick, lol.
On the flipside, the Wolves blew a 10-point lead with 2:45 left and lost on a last second 3 by Cole Anthony.
I’m actually starting to feel a little bad for the Wolves giving us Wiggins and a pick for DLo. Wiggins was quietly fantastic tonight.
Me an intellectual: I should study film on how GSW is attacking the box-and-one
Me in reality: Maybe I can just live comment a highlight package of all of Wiseman's alley oops