The Mind of Mullin: POSTGAME: GRIZZLIES

Saturday, November 8, 2008

POSTGAME: GRIZZLIES - 11/07/08

Biedrins gets his 13th straight double double and 3rd MVW in 6 games

MVW: Andris Biedrins

The Good
Andris Biedrins: 35 min, 7-13 fg, 9-10 ft, 12 reb, 1 stl, 3 blk, 23 pts
Stephen Jackson: 44 min, 4 ast, 1 blk, 27 pts
Kelenna Azubuike: 9 min, 8-16 fg, 2-5 3pt, 6 reb, 1 blk, 21 pts
C.J. Watson: 42 min, 8 reb, 8 ast, 1 stl
Anthony Randolph: 17 min, 4-8 fg, 7 reb, 1 blk, 8 pts, +9
Marcus Williams: 10 min, 4 ast

The Bad
C.J. Watson: 42 min, 1-7 fg
Marcus Williams: 10 min, 0-3 fg
Stephen Jackson: 9-21 fg, 3 reb

The Ugly
Brandan Wright: 20 min, 2-5 fg, 2 reb, 0 ast, 3 to, 6 pts

Best and Worst +/-
Anthony Randolph: +9
C.J. Watson
Brandan Wright: -9

Team Statistics
Warriors : Grizzlies
pts - 104 : 109
fg - 36-84 (.429) : 41-89 (.461)
ft - 30-43 (.698) : 22-30 (.733)
3p - 2-12 (.133) : 5-17 (.294)
reb - 41 : 55
oreb - 13 : 17
ast - 18 : 20
to - 12 : 13
stl - 7 : 3
bs - 10 : 4
fast break pts - 18 : 21
pts in paint - 52 : 46

Box Score
Highlights
Popcorn Machine's Game Flow

Stephen Jackson tries to lead the young guys to victory

Notes

Barnett's Keys to the Game: put body on gasol, pick and roll defense, more basketball movement
starting lineup: Watson, Azubuike, Jackson, Wright, Biedrins - inactives: Maggette, Harrington, Hendrix, and Ellis
Wright's length bothering shots early
love the length of Beans and Wright - can't wait for Randolph to get regular run
Anthony Randolph inserted at 4:22 in the 1st! Thank you Nellie for making the games exciting again
Memphis shooting well from the perimeter; Gay and Mayo improve shooting percentages in the 2nd half
Marcus Williams in the game! Someone put something in Nellie's drink; nice lead pass in the fastbreak; I hope we continue to see more of him; missed all 3 of his jumpers and didn't penetrate deep into the paint tonight
Randolph super confident; amazing leaping ability; shot changer; only Warriors with a positive +/- stat (+9)
new look for Warriors - never had so much shot blocking before; Grizzlies working extra hard and thinking too much in the paint
Belinelli in! I love the new rotation! 10 different players get on the court; way to work in the young guys Nellie!
Gasol and Arthur in foul trouble early 3 fouls each
Darko Milicic ejected after rightfully arguing call the wrong way; Arthur in again
Grizzlies out-rebounding Warriors bigtime; not blocking off the boards, but relying on team defense and trying to block every shot; let's see if they adjust
Biedrins having a tough time in the paint; shots not falling (maybe I'm expecting too much to have every shot fall down); Andris is awesome!
Gasol has 4 fouls at 10:55 in the 3rd
DeMarcus Nelson needs to guard Mayo - hot early in the 2nd half
Gay taking it strong to the rim to draw contact in the 2nd half
3rd quarter sloppy - 17 to 6 run from Grizzlies
Watson/Nelson/Belinelli/Jackson/Biedrins - real small ball
Jackson and C.J. bringing them back; Watson is one tough SOB
DeMarcus posting up Memphis PG's
no one is getting Belinelli the ball
poor transition defense; Grizzlies score with ease each time down
Mayo with 11 points in 3rd quarter
Randolph 4 of 5 from field; I would try to play Jackson, Buke, Randolph, Wright, and Biedrins
wow. 9-10 ft for Biedrins; lone miss was an air ball, but followed it with a swish; 13th straight double-double; leads NBA in rebounds
great battle down the stretch; Kelenna, Jackson, Wright, Biedrins, Watson Big
Grizzlies getting some gift calls - taking crowd out of game and shifting momentum
Gasol fouls out with 8 points; non-factor; Darrell Arthur steps up big - fantastic looking rookie with range and tenacity on the boards; draft steal
Gay is a Warrior killer; icing game with corner 3
Mayo is going to be the next Arenas; deadly from outside, creative in the paint
Randolph settles for 20 foot jumper and misses when he had a clear path to the basket; he'll learn; kudos to Nellie for playing Randolph - this is good for player morale (Randolph and Belinelli - need to get Turiaf more run as well)
don't like how DeMarcus drove in when he could have kicked it out to Belinelli for a 3 when they were down by 6 with not much time left in game; if he's in, use him
Jackson and Watson missing 2 freethrows each down the stretch was a big blow
Wright couldn't follow up his outstanding game with a good one - sure signs of youth, but it's important to keep playing him regardless; it will pay dividends in a matter of months, if not weeks
even though the Warriors lost, it was a valuable experience for the youngsters and a pretty entertaining game; only 12 turnovers - pretty good considering many of the lineup combinations out there had little time to develop chemistry - it'll come
key stat of the night: Warriors out-rebounded 55 to 41
would like to have seen more Nelson on Mayo, more rest for Jackson, more Randloph and Wright, dribble penetration from Williams, PG's feeding Belinelli, more Turiaf, less chucking from Jackson if shot is not 'on'