The Mind of Mullin: POSTGAME: JAZZ

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

POSTGAME: JAZZ - 01/05/09

'4-pt play' Crawford leads the Warriors in scoring with 28

MVW: Jamaal Crawford

The Good
Jamaal Crawford: 48 min, 10-20 fg, 6 ast, 28 pts
Corey Maggette: 31 min, 5-9 fg, 13-16 ft, 5 reb, 3 ast, 23 pts
Andris Biedrins: 36 min, 7-10 fg, 17 reb, 3 ast, 1 bs, 14 pts
Stephen Jackson: 24 min, 6-12 fg, 4 reb, 4 ast, 2 stl, 15 pts
Anthony Morrow: 15 min, 5-6 fg, 3-3 3pt, 14 pts

The Bad
Marco Belinelli: 16 min, 0 reb, 1 ast, 0 stl, 2 to, 7 pts
Jamaal Crawford 48 min, 5 to

The Ugly
Brandan Wright: 18 min, 3-7 fg, 2 reb, 0 bs, 8 pts

Best +/- Statistics
Corey Maggette: +4
Brandan Wright: +3
C.J. Watson: -9
Rob Kurz: -9

Team Statistics
Warriors : Jazz
pts - 114 : 119
fg - 40-80 (.500) : 43-88 (.489)
ft - 25-33 (.758) : 30-39 (.769)
3pt - 9-20 (.450) : 3-13 (.231)
reb - 38 : 49
oreb - 17 : 9
ast - 20 : 26
to - 15 : 10
stl - 7 : 6
bs - 2 : 6
fast break points - 28 : 13
points in the paint - 50 : 56

Boxscore
Highlights
Popcorn Machine's GameFlow

Biedrins logs in his 21st double-double of the season

Notes

starting lineups: Crawford / Belinelli / Jackson / Wright / Biedrins vs. Williams / Brewer / Miles / Millsap / Okur
keys to the game - 1) field goal % 2) inside defense 3) start strongly
Boozer and Azubuike out
Biedrins opens Warriors scoring with an effortless flip in the post
Belinelli hits 3 pt shot
Biedrins with nice block on Okur
Belinelli with a 4 pt play, same spot as 1st made 3
Jackson with nice drive and dish to Biedrins for slam
13-4 Warriors lead and force Sloan to call 1st timeout
Wright's floaters aren't going down - too far from hoop
Kurz in for Wright; 5:50 1Q; 19-14 Warriors
Warriors are doing well to resist temptation to shoot long jumpers vs. this team that is not a shot blocking team
Derron Williams gives Jazz lead w/ 3 pt shot
Maggette makes first appearance since Dec. 6
Jackson nails long 3, swish
Okur abuses Kurz with post spin move
Maggette passing on drive, leads break but can't finish, hits 1 of 2 ft
29-28 Warriors end of 1Q
Maggette with 2nd steal and breakaway dunk, injures leg and exits to locker room
Watson enters game for Belinelli (7 pts, 1 ast)
Wright misses easy layup; not rebounding on both ends - could get him the hook
Wright can't handle pass from Jackson on break; wouldn't be surprised if Wright sits for a while, if not entire game
Biedrins and Kurz in for Turiaf and Wright
Maggette in for Kurz seconds later
Jackson feeling it from outside
Kufous looking good; nice dump off, then block
Jackson getting abused by Milsap
Warriors look lazy on the defensive glass
Milsap w/ 17 straight double-doubles; 2 away from breaking Malone's record for Jazz
Maggette playing well for 1st game back; looks quick, making more passes than usual
51-53 Jazz; 2:30 2Q
Warriors shooting exceptionally well tonight; 51.2%
Jazz fan blows whistle, Warriors stop playing and Jazz get free dunk as a result - par for the course for Jazz fans; guy with refs jersey may have been culprit
Crawford with yet another foul on his 3 pt shot
Jackson pulls hamstring....looks bad
59-65 Jazz lead at halftime
leaders: Crawford 18 pts, Jackson and Biedrins 4 reb, Jackson 4 ast, Jackson 2 stl, Turiaf and Biedrins 1 blk, Belinelli 2 3pt shots
Jackson out
lack of rebounding hurting the Warriors again; no one seems to care as much as Randolph or Biedrins
Belinelli misses 2 ft, Biedrins gets offensive rebound, assist to Crawford for 3
Maggette getting to the line at will
Morrow playing good defense and hits 3
another 3 by Morrow
and another......he's baaaaaack
91-94 Jazz; end of 3Q
Watson for 3
Morrow for 3; 4-4 fg, 3-3 3pt; GET HIM THE BALL!!!!!
argh!! Watson screws up another fast break, tries to do too much
Kurz allowed to work through mistakes...not Wright or Randolph
106-99 Jazz; 6:52 4Q
Maggette plays Millsap well in the post, causes turnover
Morrow still perfect w/ 14 pts
Nellie pulls Morrow out for a while; Jazz go on a mini run
I like the unselfish version of Maggette - but still not his contract
And-1 by Brewer pushes Jazz lead to 7
great effort by Warriors, especially with losing Jackson for the 2nd half
Warriors lose 114 to 119

Maggette came back with a more team oriented attitude
and his trademark ability to get to the free throwline

Postgame Quotes
Corey Maggette

On Tonight's Game:
“I think our team really played extremely hard tonight. I think a big factor in this game was Jack leaving the game with a pulled hamstring and I definitely know about that. That’s what I’ve been going through for the past month right now so hopefully we can get him back healthy.”

On playing after injury
“It was a great opportunity to get out. I’m glad with what we did with resting as much as possible and getting an opportunity to play. I didn’t expect to play 30 minutes, but at the end of the day I just wanted to go out there and give the effort for the team and whatever I could do.”

Jamal Crawford

On Tonight's Game:
“I’m looking at the bigger picture. It’s just weird for us, because when somebody comes back somebody else goes out. We got Corey back and then Stephen went out. That’s tough against a great team like that (Utah Jazz); they are really well coached. It’s hard to play in this building. We had a valiant effort we just made some mistakes toward the end.”

Warriors-Jazz 114-119 I Crawford 28pts,6ast vs Williams 25pts,15ast
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