The Mind of Mullin: POSTGAME: KINGS

Monday, November 10, 2008

POSTGAME: KINGS - 11/09/08

Biedrins gets his 14th straight double double and 4th MVW in 7 games

MVW: Andris Biedrins

The Good
Andris Biedrins: 31 min, 6-14 fg, 18 reb, 2 stl, 2 blk, 16 pts
Stephen Jackson: 33 min, 6 ast, 1 blk, 15 pts
Anthony Randolph: 14 min, 7 reb, 1 blk, 11 pts
Anthony Morrow: 12 min, 3-5 fg, 1-2 3pt, 7 pts
Kelenna Azubuike: 28 min, 6-12 fg, 5 reb, 2 stl, 12 pts
Marco Belinelli: 11 min, 3-5 fg, 1-2 3pt, 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 7 pts
Brandan Wright: 24 min, 5-11 fg, 4 reb, 2 stl, 3 blk, 10 pts

The Bad
Anthony Randolph: 14 min, 2-10 fg
Turiaf: 5 min, 0 reb, 0 ast, 1 pf, 0 pts

The Ugly
Rob Kurz: 23 min, 1-6 fg, 2 reb, 0 ast, 4 pf, 0 stl, 1 to, 6 pts

Best and Worst +/-
Marcus Williams: +7
Kelenna Azubuike: -15
Brandan Wright: -16

Team Statistics
Warriors : Kings
pts - 96 : 115
fg - 38-93 (.409) : 39-84 (.464)
ft - 17-26 (.654) : 26-32 (.813)
3p - 3-14 (.214) : 5-13 (.385)
reb - 45 : 48
oreb - 15 : 12
ast - 19 : 18
to - 15 : 16
stl - 12 : 7
bs - 8 : 6
fast break pts - 18 : 21
pts in paint - 52 : 46

Box Score
Highlights
Popcorn Machine's Game Flow

There will be growing pains, but the rewards will come sooner than later

Notes

Barnett's keys to the game: keep Martin on the perimeter, good shot selection; own the rebounding edge
starting lineup: Watson/Azubuike/Jackson/Wright/Biedrins; inactives: Ellis/Harrington/Maggette/Hendrix
not much defense after the first few minutes
Belinelli in at 8 min mark of the 1st quarter
Wright is LONG
Biedrins looking great running the break; Jackson and Biedrins have great chemistry
Wright with 2 fouls early; Randolph in for Wright
Spencer Hawes vs. Anthony Randolph
Andris with 3 assists early; offense running through postmen
Belinelli hits his first shot, a 3 pointer
Randolph needs to quit settling for the long jumpers; he can take it strong to the rim and draw fouls just like Summer League
very high scoring game
Belinelli feeling it; long 3 missed but on line
chemistry developing right before our eyes; Jackson/Wright give-n-go
Hawes (20 years old) is going to be one of the best bigs in the West; tremendous range, size, and offensive potential; very skilled big man and aggressive; Dirk-ish
lots of Warrior fans populating a sparse crowd
Turiaf not playing well; only 5 min; not sure what Nellie's reasoning is on that one; still hasn't found his shot this season
Azubuike on Jason Thompson
Rob Kurz in at middle of 2nd quarter
Kings ripping apart Warriors' defense with constant ball movement, cutting, and crisp passing
Martin cold from 3, hits from everywhere else
Jackson getting feisty with refs and his match-up challenges
Kurz needs to hit those open shots, so far, he's playing like garbage
Biedrins is owning the boards; gets 14th consecutive double-double with 2 min. left in the 1st half
Martin cries after twisting ankle - embarrassing
Anthony Randolph getting extensive minutes; trying to do too much; the more he played on during the game the better he looked
too bad we didn't end up signing Bobby Brown this summer - quick PG with good range
all summer league team playing most of the 2nd half; at least Jackson finally gets his rest
Morrow makes his 1st appearance and 1st NBA points at 8:36 left in 4th; best pure shooter on the Warriors
Marcus Williams with terrific passes; he needs to play alongside Jackson (or Azubuike)/Randolph/Wright/Biedrins
Spencer Hawes drains contested 3 pointer over Randolph
Kurz does not belong, never will
teammates need to look for the shooters while they are out there, first Belinelli gets ignored, now Morrow
young guys just got beat by a veteran team with a few young up-n-comers, Hawes, Thompson, and Brown
difficult game to watch, but the more the young guys play, the better
would like to have seen: more Williams, Belinelli, and Morrow, less Kurz more Hendrix, some more Turiaf, a 3-man frontline of Wright/Randolph/Biedrins, 30+ min from Wright and Randolph, committing minutes to the right youngsters