RECAP: Warriors 118, Nuggets 123 (OT) – Never a Dull Moment
There's really not a whole lot I think the Warriors did wrong tonight. They played about as well as anyone could expect. The Nuggets just made more plays in the end than they did.
| Final - 1.20.2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT 1 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Nuggets | 30 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 123 |
| Golden State Warriors | 25 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 118 |
There's really not a whole lot I think the Warriors did wrong tonight. They played about as well as anyone could expect. The Nuggets just made more plays in the end than they did.
Warriors Game Day Links: The Warriors with just 8 players and a bench of 3 D-Leaguers (2 on 10-day contracts) took the Denver Nuggets to overtime and just came up short at the end. Links, videos.
Breaking down the first half of the season...
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 30 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 123 |
| Golden State | 25 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 118 |
| Denver | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelo Anthony | 46 | 7-22 | 0-0 | 9-11 | 4-2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3-0 | 23 |
| Kenyon Martin | 41 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 14-8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 11 |
| Nene Hilario | 39 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 7-12 | 12-3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5-0 | 19 |
| Arron Afflalo | 24 | 5-7 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 12 |
| Chauncey Billups | 38 | 11-19 | 6-9 | 9-11 | 8-0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5-0 | 37 |
| Chris Andersen | 19 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 2 |
| J.R. Smith | 33 | 6-15 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 14 |
| Ty Lawson | 16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Malik Allen | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Johan Petro | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Joey Graham | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Anthony Carter | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Renaldo Balkman | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 42-88 | 9-19 | 30-43 | 55-17 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 28-0 | 123 | |
| .477 | .474 | .698 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 1 (11 pts) | |||||||
| Golden State | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Maggette | 40 | 10-18 | 1-3 | 12-12 | 9-3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4-0 | 33 |
| Devean George | 39 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 9 |
| Andris Biedrins | 31 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6-0 | 4 |
| Monta Ellis | 53 | 12-28 | 3-7 | 12-16 | 6-2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5-0 | 39 |
| Stephen Curry | 48 | 6-17 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Chris Hunter | 21 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 9 |
| Cartier Martin | 15 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 5 |
| Anthony Tolliver | 15 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Speedy Claxton | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Vladimir Radmanovic | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Kelenna Azubuike | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Raja Bell | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Ronny Turiaf | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| C.J. Watson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Anthony Randolph | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brandan Wright | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Anthony Morrow | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 41-95 | 9-29 | 27-32 | 44-14 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 27-1 | 118 | |
| .432 | .310 | .844 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 0 (27 pts) | |||||||