Basketball Daily

On Friday, the visiting Golden State Warriors and the home town New Orleans Hornets played an exciting and quick up and down game where a lot of three pointers were shot.  The Warriors attempted 21 threes and the Hornets attempted 26 threes, and both teams shot an abysmal 23% from beyond the arc.  Golden State did come away with a victory though, as it was their first win on the road against a 500+ team this season.  The final score ended was 91-87.

The four top scorers for the Warriors were Corey Maggette with 19 points, Jamal Crawford with 17 points and Stephen Jackson and Monta Ellis both had 15 points.  The bright spot for Golden State was they shot it well at the free throw line at 86%, which in a game this close, it was the deciding factor.  The Warriors are at the bottom of the barrel in the West this season, but they improved their record slightly to 15 wins and 32 losses.

Just a few years ago the number one seeded team, the Dallas Mavericks got blown out by the number eight seeded team, the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the Playoffs, which was one of the biggest upsets in history.  Dallas got a little revenge on the Warriors in their recent meeting winning by 24 points with a final score ending at 117-93.

The high scorer for the Mavericks was Jason Terry with 22 points on 70% field goal shooting.  Right behind him was Dirk Nowitzki with 20 points, Josh Howard with 19 points and Brandon Bass with 16 points.  The team as a whole shot an impressive 57% from downtown and they improve their record to 26 wins and 19 losses.

In the first meeting with Baron Davis’s old team the Clippers fall prey to outstanding shooting of the Golden State Warriors team.  With this defeat, the LA Clippers fall to a disappointing record of 1 win and 8 losses this season.

Undrafted Anthony Morrow drops 37 points on 15 for 20 shooting to lead the way for Golden State.  All the Warriors starters were in double figures and so was CJ Watson off the bench with 10 points.  As a whole the team ended up shooting 51% with an incredible 14 offensive rebounds.  Andris Biedrins continued his double-double status with 17 points and 16 rebounds.  Late in the third and early on in the fourth, the Warriors took command of the game and finished with an easy victory with the score ending at 121-103.