It's earlier in the year, but I think this ESPN headline is in contention for Understatement of the Year: "Doc Rivers says Ben Simmons drama muting fun of opening day for Philadelphia 76ers"
That game was a joy to watch. Even when the Lakers were hitting everything and building a lead, the Warriors were making them work hard, and that showed in the final quarter.
Andre and Bjelica are so much better on the Warriors than on the heat, the Warriors are going to be considered one of the deepest teams in the league by the end of the year. Just by getting guys that fit. Who knew Bjelica could rebound and rotate that well on D?
Looney looks slower than last year but still has the vet anticipation. It’s kind of awesome that this team doesn’t have high fliers but they have such good positioning and movement that they won the paint battle against one of the biggest teams in the league.
Well, my prediction that the team would shoot a record number of threes was way off. We shot a pretty normal number of attempts (based on what Vogel said in the interview they were intentionally running us off the line).
Excellent team win. Bjelica looked awesome start to finish. Nobody on our team played all that badly. Moody had at least two highlight plays, which is more than I expected from the rook in his first game. Wiggins' effort on the boards in the 4th saved us. Dray re-entering the game immediately dried up AD's stream of points (JTA tried, but was a lot less successful). Steph wasn't amazing but he got things done; Poole too. Andre's hands are still magic. Kevon didn't look his greatest, but still played smart. OPJ looked fine in limited minutes. GP2 did the thing he was brought in to do in all of 7 seconds. This team is really deep and the chemistry is already impressive.
The best part is, LeBron looked like he was actually playing to win and he was putting in a real effort. He made a bunch of tough fadeaways, had some big defensive plays, and a lot of points... plus some crucial turnovers late. Meanwhile, a number of our guys including Steph shot below their usual standards on easy looks and we had one or two more really dumb bad pass turnovers than the usual. Yet our bench crushed it and the team really looked way more composed in crunch time than the "oops all vets" Leakers.
Oh yeah, and we still have one of the best shooters in the league plus two raw talents anxiously awaiting their chance to play.
We've got the unanimous MVP, a Euroleague MVP, and reigning Drew League MVP—oh, and some multiple-time champions & Olympic gold medals for good measure.
I have a proposal: when Klay is back, and provided NBA doesn’t issue a rule against the clearly unbalancing and unfair Steph-JP3-Klay lineup, we might address at them like the “Splash Trinity”. What do you think?
Wow that game was fun. I’m feeling some of that 2016 joy and magic again. Best part is I’m not holding my breath when someone not named Steph is scoring. Still have a lot to work on for defense, but man that offense, good passing PLUS 4+ shooters I feel ok about. When Lee and Wiggins are your 5th-6th options, times are good.
Just finished the game (thanks for the outage, XFINITY), and WOW Bjelica! What a monster out there, he totally salvaged the game. I have no idea how he was so badly misused by other teams.
The guy was everywhere and didn't set a foot wrong until a couple of booboos in the 4th.
That play where he elevates, looks back to DLee(?) in the left corner, looks at the basket then dishes to Wiggins for an open right wing 3? Say what?? Amazing stuff. David Lee just turned into Larry Bird.
Bjelica not looking so soft out there while leading the game in rebounds and offensive rebounds (tied on both with AD) and standing up to Lebron for that cheap shot on Poole. Had some nice defensive moments as well. Dude is tough.
I wasn't frustrated or disappointed in any Warrior player at any time. Sure, I wish every shot would go in, and I was surprised Steph missed a few more than usual. But I thought that every Warrior played smart, kept the ball moving, hustled on D., mostly made the right reads, set good picks, had really good energy on and off the floor. Coaching was about as good as it could have been, too. Of course Lakers did some things well. If someone out there knows how to shut down LeBron and AD, send us a note, we're interested. But generally, Warriors played an extremely encouraging brand of ball that bodes really well for the season.
When Steph shoots like Lebron and Lebron shoots like Steph but the Warriors still win in Staples by 7 it's a sign that the dumpster fire that was the preseason Lakers is still burning high, fueled by every Westbrook brick. Great to see the Warriors consistency in the fourth push the Lakers into total meltdown mode.
It's earlier in the year, but I think this ESPN headline is in contention for Understatement of the Year: "Doc Rivers says Ben Simmons drama muting fun of opening day for Philadelphia 76ers"
This was my favorite win of the young season.
That game was a joy to watch. Even when the Lakers were hitting everything and building a lead, the Warriors were making them work hard, and that showed in the final quarter.
Andre and Bjelica are so much better on the Warriors than on the heat, the Warriors are going to be considered one of the deepest teams in the league by the end of the year. Just by getting guys that fit. Who knew Bjelica could rebound and rotate that well on D?
Looney looks slower than last year but still has the vet anticipation. It’s kind of awesome that this team doesn’t have high fliers but they have such good positioning and movement that they won the paint battle against one of the biggest teams in the league.
This year’s going to be fun!!!
"Patiently" waiting for E1P article with long version of video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m22oFyZUcHI.....
Hey, Warriors marketing team:
I don’t think you’re ready for this Bjeli™
You’re welcome!
Missed this amidst all the white headbands, but moody taking Davis off the dribble from the corner was pretty impressive
Lost in all the commotion, we got to witness two extraordinary occurrences in the game:
1. A player interfered with the basket on his own shot
2. A player pump faked a free throw
Well, my prediction that the team would shoot a record number of threes was way off. We shot a pretty normal number of attempts (based on what Vogel said in the interview they were intentionally running us off the line).
Excellent team win. Bjelica looked awesome start to finish. Nobody on our team played all that badly. Moody had at least two highlight plays, which is more than I expected from the rook in his first game. Wiggins' effort on the boards in the 4th saved us. Dray re-entering the game immediately dried up AD's stream of points (JTA tried, but was a lot less successful). Steph wasn't amazing but he got things done; Poole too. Andre's hands are still magic. Kevon didn't look his greatest, but still played smart. OPJ looked fine in limited minutes. GP2 did the thing he was brought in to do in all of 7 seconds. This team is really deep and the chemistry is already impressive.
The best part is, LeBron looked like he was actually playing to win and he was putting in a real effort. He made a bunch of tough fadeaways, had some big defensive plays, and a lot of points... plus some crucial turnovers late. Meanwhile, a number of our guys including Steph shot below their usual standards on easy looks and we had one or two more really dumb bad pass turnovers than the usual. Yet our bench crushed it and the team really looked way more composed in crunch time than the "oops all vets" Leakers.
Oh yeah, and we still have one of the best shooters in the league plus two raw talents anxiously awaiting their chance to play.
We've got the unanimous MVP, a Euroleague MVP, and reigning Drew League MVP—oh, and some multiple-time champions & Olympic gold medals for good measure.
It's shaping up to be one awesome season.
Davis's FT percentage in the past several seasons:
2016-17- 80.2% (75 games)
2017-18- 82.8% (75 games)
2018-19- 79.4% (56 games)
2019-20- 84.6% (62 games, 1st season as a Laker)
2020-21- 73.8% (36 games)
Davis went 2/7 FTs tonight. I think tonight's game was an anomaly; he usually doesn't shoot FTs this badly like he did tonight.
I have a proposal: when Klay is back, and provided NBA doesn’t issue a rule against the clearly unbalancing and unfair Steph-JP3-Klay lineup, we might address at them like the “Splash Trinity”. What do you think?
Wow that game was fun. I’m feeling some of that 2016 joy and magic again. Best part is I’m not holding my breath when someone not named Steph is scoring. Still have a lot to work on for defense, but man that offense, good passing PLUS 4+ shooters I feel ok about. When Lee and Wiggins are your 5th-6th options, times are good.
Just finished the game (thanks for the outage, XFINITY), and WOW Bjelica! What a monster out there, he totally salvaged the game. I have no idea how he was so badly misused by other teams.
The guy was everywhere and didn't set a foot wrong until a couple of booboos in the 4th.
That play where he elevates, looks back to DLee(?) in the left corner, looks at the basket then dishes to Wiggins for an open right wing 3? Say what?? Amazing stuff. David Lee just turned into Larry Bird.
Bjelica not looking so soft out there while leading the game in rebounds and offensive rebounds (tied on both with AD) and standing up to Lebron for that cheap shot on Poole. Had some nice defensive moments as well. Dude is tough.
When Klay is back we will absolutely have the best second team in the NBA. I mean, we must be in the conversation now.
I wasn't frustrated or disappointed in any Warrior player at any time. Sure, I wish every shot would go in, and I was surprised Steph missed a few more than usual. But I thought that every Warrior played smart, kept the ball moving, hustled on D., mostly made the right reads, set good picks, had really good energy on and off the floor. Coaching was about as good as it could have been, too. Of course Lakers did some things well. If someone out there knows how to shut down LeBron and AD, send us a note, we're interested. But generally, Warriors played an extremely encouraging brand of ball that bodes really well for the season.
When Steph shoots like Lebron and Lebron shoots like Steph but the Warriors still win in Staples by 7 it's a sign that the dumpster fire that was the preseason Lakers is still burning high, fueled by every Westbrook brick. Great to see the Warriors consistency in the fourth push the Lakers into total meltdown mode.