What a depressing display. This Warriors team is getting tougher and tougher to watch. Every time they show us a glimmer of hope in one form or another, they offset it by 2 debilitating actions. There is no two ways about it; we are moving backwards. Our players can't stay healthy, what's left of them can't string plays together; we are giving ourselves no chance to form any sort of team cohesiveness.

With the way the Thunder played tonight, they shouldn't have beaten us. They came out with a pretty poor game by most standards, yet they beat us by 16 points? Things are upside down in the world of the Warriors. Up. Side. Down.

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Warriors Web: Collapsed after Maggette's ejection

Polling GSoM: Will the Golden State Warriors lead the league in turnovers this season?

Freakin' wingspan of a pterodactyl on this guy...

Let's make this short and sweet. Hit the jump and let's take a look at some of the factors that led to another disappointing loss.

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by Sue Ogrocki - AP

Contain him and we can do this.

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They ain't all that good - but they're better than us! Welcome to Oklahoma.

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Originally posted Dec 1, 2009 9:53 PM PST

First and foremost, a huge thanks to IQofaWarrior for stepping up at the last minute to create an Open Thread. Without it, many of you may not have had a place to vent your pain and would no doubt be sitting atop clock towers right now. And speaking as someone currently up there, let me just say you don't want to be anywhere near here. It's cold, drafty and I have no idea what time it is. I guess I could lean over the side to see the clock but I might fall. Plus it would be upside down and I'd have to do that whole upside down clock re-arrangement in my head.

Frankly, after watching four quarters of this debacle, I just don't have it in me.

And this was when we were trying to play defense...

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Warriors Web: What did you expect, a win?

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Save the efforts of the first quarter, there wasn't really a whole lot that went right during this game. Hit the jump and let's talk a little bit about the bad, the bad, and the ugly.

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That about sums it up right there...

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Despite the obvious loss tonight, I pretty sure I'd be hard pressed to find anyone who has been watching the Warriors this year who wouldn't be pleasantly surprised at the display we put forth. Usually, losses are pretty tough to write on. This is especially the case with the Warriors because losses are usually coupled with an excess of embarrassing preventable mistakes.

We knew we were outmatched in this game from the moment that we saw it on our schedule. Add to the mix the fact that the Warriors had to approach this game with only 7 healthy players (one of them suiting up in a Dubs uniform for the first time ever) and we had a recipe for a smack down.

But tonight, we saw something different. We saw one of the NBA elite teams look at each other in amazement, wondering why they couldn't extend a lead. We saw Ellis and Curry dishing the ball with flare. We saw Maggette hitting up the floor, fighting for boards and fighting through gauntlets for points. We saw Morrow draining tres in the face of the bewildered Cavs...

...we saw our boys play like Warriors.

Warriors vs Cavaliers Boxscore

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JUMP!

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Originally posted 4:30 AM PST

Uh oh. These guys are the real deal aren't they?

Maybe we can get another crack at Sacramento? Eh? Eh? No? Okay, what about the Clippers? I mean, c'mon - that was a fluke! We can take those guys! No? Can't do it? Okay fine. I see you're going to be like that. No problem. We'll take Indy on again. There you go, you win! You win and we lose. We'll just hop on this flight to Indiana and -

What?! No?! No Indy? I daresay you're being unreasonable sir. But fear not, we are flexible. Alright fellas you heard them! No Indy! Everyone head over to Gate C31 I think there's a flight to Milwaukee boarding. Grab your bags everyone, Gate C31. Yo rookie! CURRY! Take those headphones off and grab my bag. Maybe they can book us back at that Doubletree. They had pretty good mints, right Andr-

What?

Seriously?

...we HAVE to play these guys? Contract? I see. Well, what if I-  Lawsuit you say?

Hey isn't the Rock and Roll Hall of fame out there? Cleveland it is.

Their numbers are many.

Warriors: 3-6

Cavaliers: 7-3

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Minnesota or not, Monday's game was a great way to close off our West Coast stand and head off for battles on the East Coast.  Every now and then it really comes in handy to have a  sacrificial lamb to beat up on.

Kind of the rest of the league is looking forward to doing to us...

But hey, the season is young and we're only two games out of .500. So let's pack our bags and head to Indiana to visit a few of our old friends, shall we?

LET THE ROAD TRIP BEGIN!

Remember this guy?

Warriors: 2-4

Pacers: 2-3

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Here's a decent test in consistency. One peek at the posts at our friends over at Indy Cornrows, and you would think they were talking about the Warriors. Injured players. Slow start. Lots of panic. Sound familiar?

Despite the fun we always get seeing our friend Dunleavy and Murphy again, we may not be treated to their presence on the court. Dun is out with a knee injury, Murphy is listed as day to day. Add to that the fact that Danny Granger is out with a bruised heel and we're going to be up against a limping opponen.

Not that that has stopped them before...

JUMP!

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Originally posted Oct 9, 2009 1:05 PM PDT

Did I say Warriors by 3?!  Nah. Couldn't be. You must have misread the prediction.

No need to scroll down. Trust me. It was you.

"HMMMMMM. No sir. I don't like it."

(Bonus points if you get that reference.)

Warriors (Preseason W-L) - 1-1

Lakers (Preseason W-L) - 1-0

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Lakers v. Warriors. Take 2! JUMP.

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It's going to be big trouble in little L.A. tonight! The big bad Warriors are coming to town in a showdown that carries about as much weight as I do at the gym.

The answer you were looking for is: Not much.

It's okay. I know I'm weak. I'll impress the girls with my Mario Kart skills.

Crap. This guy is going to be there, isn't he? We're toast.

Warriors (Preseason W-L) - 1-0

Lakers (Preseason W-L) - 0-0

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Make the jump to see what we may be in store for in tonight's meaningless battle down south!

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Sure he's a little overpaid... maybe a lot overpaid. But the real question is, what is in store for Corey Maggette this year?!

Hopefully 70+ games. Please please please 70+ games...

*clunk* "Ahhhh! My head!" Out 10 games.

Okay, all joking aside. If we can manage to have Maggette on the floor for the better part of the season, we're going to have a powerful scoring backup forward that knows how to get to the line. And I have no problem with that.

Check out some Maggette after the jump!

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And now we come to the new kid on the block. One thing we have to give this Warriors organization is their ability to pick up raw talent and allow it to blossom (before trading it away). Unfortunately, our current batch of raw talent hasn't yet learned to play cohesively enough together to form any kind of consistency, but it's tough to argue that players like Ellis, Biedrins, and Randolph haven't had the room to discover themselves.

As I was talking with Atma the other day, I shared a concern I've had with Nellie in recent years. What if Nellie sees a potential successful season in front of him without letting Curry stretch his wings? Atma brought up some solid points in this realm. Historically, if Nellie hasn't let a rookie or new addition to the roster breathe (POB, Diogu), they haven't really moved on elsewhere in the league to excel. If the talent is there, Nellie has and will let them cultivate their skill on the Arena floor.

That being said, we're going to be seeing a lot of Curry at the Arena this year.

Wrong Curry. But equally as exciting!

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