Valiant effort but imagine if Yao was there!

Ok well that sucked! Not only did it take hours to get to the damn stadium and find parking 2 miles away (thanks to whoever scheduled a Warriors game right next to an A's game which happened to be opening day!), but when the player introductions came on I learned that Yao WASN'T EVEN GOING TO PLAY! Maybe everyone else got the notice but me since I didn't see the sea of Yao jerseys we typically find when playing the Rockets.

In fact none of my favorite players showed up! Here' a list of those who didn't bother to grace us Friday night:

-          Yao Ming

-          Corey Maggette

-          Jamal Crawford

-          Monta Ellis

-          Marco Belinelli

-          Brandan Wright

The fact that we lost by only 3 points is not bad. We played our second line and to lose by only 3 point is not bad. Had Yao played I don't want to think what the score would have been but let's just be happy we can watch the Warriors tonight and move on.

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Will we see amazing tonight? Maybe Randolph will have one next year?

Warriors: 28-50
Rockets: 51-28
Tip-Off: 7:30 PM PST
TV: CSN +
Radio: KNBR 1050

Let me just spare everyone from wasting their time and post what ya'll are going to comment anyways ... enjoy:

GSoM Fan: Yao Ming Stinks!
YaoButtaMing: Really? Watch him rein terror on us tonight!
GSoM Fan: Wait, aren't you a Warriors fan? You Traitor!
YaoButtaMing: Of course I'm a Warriors fan ... but I can also respect my favorite player in the league.
GSoM Fan: No you can't. You stink and Yao stinks. Warriors win by 10! Biens and Randolph get 3 blocks on him and Turiaf can single handedly shut him down!
YaoButtaMing:  Excuse me a second ... that was funny.
GSoM Fan: Yao is too slow he ...
YaoButtaMing: No really ... I need a second here ... I'm dying here laughing.
GSoM Fan: That Yao video is garbage. Lebron's was better. Even Kobe's.
YaoButtaMing: Rockets need a win to secure home court advantage. They will be looking for the win. Warriors are too inexperienced to handle both Yao and Artest, but it's Friday night and in the Roaracle anything can happen.
GSoM Fan: Hell yea. Warriors will run the Rockets into the ground. Wait for Randolph to posterize him! They are coming off a game against the Kings so we'll be too quick for them.
YaoButtaMing: Don't make me write about Filipino food again!

WARNING: If you haven't heard the A's are playing tonight alongside the Warriors at home. This means traffic will be HORRENDOUS! If you are planning to go like I am please be aware that the A's start at 7pm and the Warriors start at 7:30 so good luck finding parking. You might want to plan ahead. Add Friday traffic to the mix and this will be as enjoyable as an enema.

GO WARRIORS!

YaoButta's predictions:

• Warriors lose by 7.
• Turiaf, Biens, and Randolph hold Yao to 11 points and 6 rebounds through 3 quarters.
• Yao scores 12 points and 5 rebounds in the 4^th quarter.
• Morrow shoots out of his slump and nails 27 points for the game.
• Artest scores 26 points, 7 assists and 1 technical.
• Randolph gets one posterizing dunk on a Rocket. But which one?

Monta's reaction when asked to play better D!

Right ... clearly we didn't win this one so instead of ya'll having to read the 47^th  losing recap of the year gripping about how we didn't play defense or shoot the ball well or shut down player X ... I've decided to make tonight's recap completely pointless and educational all at the same time.

Since I've noticed in recent threads that we have a nice size Filipino community on GSoM, and since I'm an avid food lover, I've decided to explore the realm of Filipino dining. Let me first start by saying that in NO WAY am I an educated Filipino food junkie nor did I grow up out there, but I occasionally get invited to friend's parties or houses where I get to have my only true taste of real Filipino food. And boy is it good! I can tell you the laughs I get when I ask them to take me to "fine Filipino establishments", but tonight let's focus on what little I do know and how it compares or doesn't compare to the Warriors tonight.

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Smiley where are you?

Warriors: 25-46
Mavs: 42-28
Tip-Off: 5:30 PM PST
TV: CSN
Radio: KNBR 1050

It's hard to smile when losing to the Spurs last night as it came down to the last few seconds. However, we put up a great fight and showed a lot of guts. Texas is never an easy trip especially with back to back games. Tonight we play the Mavs on my least favorite day of the week ... the dreaded Wednesday. Maybe one of you can tell me why I should be in a better mood. We still have 2 more days till the weekend and I'm stuck at work. I'm probably not even going to get a chance to watch tonight. Boo hoo.

I think nowadays one word can express how we all feel when we are down ... the economy. Let's hope our Warriors can make it entertaining and competitive against a team trying to secure a playoff spot.

GO WARRIORS!

YaoButta's predictions:

• Warriors lose by 4.
• Randolph posts a double double but only scores 11 points.
• Ellis cools down from last night and notches under 22 points.
• Maggette is the key factor for us tonight. Maybe even a hero?
• Dirk scores 35.

Couldn't help but smile tonight!

Who the heck said we lose every time I predict a win? You crazy! I knew we'd win and I knew we'd have a great night doing it. Man was that fun or what? Best quote of the night "ball movement baby!". I can't help but replay the fantastic play in the 3^rd quarter when Turiaf grabbed a pass and swung it to Wright for the open dunk. That right there showed me the Warriors of the future. That right there showed me why we should all smile.

The Warriors did exactly what I thought they would do. They won by 7 points plus one. With the roar of the crowd the Warriors beat up the 76ers to win their last 4 out of 6 games in what I believe is the turning point of the season. True ball movement. Check it out!

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Which Smiley are you?

Warriors: 24-44
76ers: 34-32
Tip-Off: 7:30 PM PST
TV: CSN
Radio: KNBR

It's hard to smile with a loss to the Lakers last night but we put up a great fight and showed a lot of guts ... cough cough.

As Chris Tucker would say "It's Friday" so let's put on our happy face and get ready to pound the Philadelphia 76ers. I like playing against these guys. Iggy is fun to watch and I always feel as though we should pound them everytime, but we never do! But I have a great feeling about today. It's sunny outside, it's almost lunch time, and I'm ready for the weekend. Let's start it off well with a great win tonight shall we?

GO WARRIORS!

YaoButta's predictions:

-          Warriors win by 7 at the buzzer.

-          BW impresses me even more. Combined with AR and Turiaf they collect 5 blocks.

-          Ellis scores 26 points with 2 assists.

-          Maggette impresses Fantasy Junkie even more and collects 6 assists tonight.

We want more!

Warriors finally show a little heart and spunk and guess what ... we beat the Mavs 119 to 110 Friday night. The best part was watching our young guys do it all by themselves. With Brandan Wright starting against Dirk, Monta looking as good as ever, and the combo of Randolph and Buike coming off the bench, it was too much for the Texas playoff team to handle. Who knew?

This was the type of game I needed to see, the type of game that put my irritation and grumpiness away for a little while and reminds me why I love the Warriors so much. Let's just pray this develops into a more consistent thing. But for now let's give props to the guys who won the game in our own home tonight shall we?

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You telling me we can't beat this?

Warriors (W-L): 22-42

Mavs (W-L): 40-25

Tipoff: 7:30 PDT

TV: CSN, CSNHD

Radio: KNBR

Remember when Mavs vs. Warriors actually meant something? Remember when we would waive the yellow towels and sport our We Believe shirts and try to drown out Dirk and their crew at every timeout? Feels like that was 10 years ago.

Tonight we can somewhat reminisce with the Mavs in town but here is what is on the line for both teams:

Mavs - Need to push up the playoff ladder to have a chance so this is a must win for them.
Warriors - Nellie needs to groom his young guns so this an opportunity to see how we fair against a good team.

Outcome: On paper it looks as though the Warriors will lose by a lot. I'm talking about double digit "lot". But here's the thing. The Warriors always bring their A game when playing the Mavs. I don't know what it is but we always seem to have an edge against them. I think it's the Nellie factor and I'm happy for it! I think we have a fighting chance but for superstition reasons I'll contradict myself in the predictions section. I actually believe.

GO WARRIORS!

Predictions:

• Warriors keep the game close ... within 12.  
• Dirk starts slow but ends the night with 24 points.
• Monta is able to run past Kidd and create 20 points and 2 assists.
• AR disappoints me again. 
• 10% of the crowd wears their "We Believe" Shirts.

Originally posted on Mar 7, 2009 9:15 AM PST

The Piston's didn't have the answer (AI) ... and neither did we! Losing by 17 points last night was irritating and predictable. I thought we'd lose by half of that but when you have the starting lineup of Kurz, Turiaf and Randolph, you've got to expect a negative +/-. I just wonder how many of you actually watched the whole game? Coming off a cranky preview, I'm in NO better mood for writing this recap so I decided not to dwell on the game but make this a little more enjoyable by debating the following:

Thomas the Train is more entertaining to watch then the Warriors.

By YaoButtaMing

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Yep! We're a train wreck alright!

Warriors: 21-40
Pistons: 30-29
Tip-Off: 5:00 PM PST
TV: CSN
Radio: KNBR

Up down, left right, play or don't play. This season is a complete train wreck. Lucky for you I'm a little nicer then my friend Fantasy Junkie. If you didn't think it could get any worse then check out Fantasy Junkie's recap from Wednesday night, showcasing the butt kicking we endured against the Bulls. In fact it was more depressing then a typical butt kicking, that one looked like it hurt.

However, as nice as I am I'm a little cranky today. Did anyone hear Nellie on the radio yesterday? Am I the only one who's completely irritated with this season now?

Call me a late bloomer but hit the jump for the reality of the situation:

YaoButta's Predictions

• Warriors lose by 9.
• Randolph has 1 nice play, then sits the rest of the game.
• Ellis doesn't even attend the trip to Detroit.
• Hamilton and Wallace combine for 55+ points.
• I change the channel by the 3rd quarter to watch Family Feud.

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NEW FLASH: This just reported by the Associated Press of a memo distributed to the Oklahoma Thunder right before tip off last night against the Warriors:

Dear Oklahoma Thunder Players and Coaching Staff:

            I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Oakland and the Oracle this Saturday night. As you are probably aware, I am on my way to hopefully win my 1300^th victory of my coaching career. I would like to wish you luck on tonight's game and I also wanted to give you the heads up that I have asked my team to play absolutely NO defense. That's right. They will not guard a single player all game. Please feel free to jack up any shot you prefer, for we will not contest it. In fact please feel free to also pass off the backboard and create a nasty dunk on my friend Belinelli (who we could not trade a couple days ago) sometime in the second quarter.

            If this is my 1300^th win of my career I want to make sure we all play "Nellie" ball so I hope you acknowledge this and help us play an entertaining game of defense free NBA JAM. Enjoy and see you at the taco truck next to I-80 after the game.

Yours Truly,

Nellie Bellie

Luckily for us the Thunder got the memo before the game and if you had a chance to witness it last night, this is exactly what played out.  It was basically an NBA all-star game without the stars. Sure we got to see Durant scorch the Warriors but so did some other no names so it really doesn't count. The Warriors won a 133 to 120 and showed us when you save all your energy by not playing defense, you can score quite a bit.

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He's bigger in real life!

Warriors: 19-36
Thunder: 13-42
Tip-Off: 7:30 PM PST
TV: CSN
Radio: KNBR

It's not often a "superstar" comes to play in our house and we say to ourselves, "this should be an easy win for us!" Well tonight is one of those nights. Am I optimistic? Yes! Is it because we're playing the best basketball of the year and our players are all back healthy? No! It's because we're about to play the Thunder. Probably the ONLY team in the league I don't worry about. I mean honestly, I'd worry about the Kings before I'd worry about the Thunder.

The problem is that I'm possibly setting myself up to have to eat my own words. And those words would be KEVIN DURANT. Superstar. I know some of you might disagree with the superstar crowning at this very moment but check out the most recent stat's he's putting up for the past 5 games:

Averaging 35 points, 7 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 2 steals a game.

The problem for Durant is that he's surrounded by guys I've never heard of. Guys who wouldn't even make the Warriors bench. Which is ok for us because we'll take any win at this point. Here's looking at Randolph having a huge game and allowing our young guys to get extra pt.

GO WARRIORS!

YaoButta's predictions:

-          Warriors win by 11 at the buzzer.

-          Randolph makes 4 crazy dunks. 1 of which gets on ESPN.

-          Ellis still has a slow night.

-          Durant is guarded by Jackson but still puts up 30+.

-          TV announcers don't even recognize Durant's teammates.

Stroll in the park for Yao tonight.

Let's forget about this game shall we? Like failing last semester's math test right before winter break, most people won't remember this game when the Super Bowl starts tomorrow afternoon. And for good reason. The Warriors lost by 17 points tonight because they couldn't contain Yao Ming and Ron Artest. They also couldn't buy a bucket nor play solid defense so it was a disappointing loss coming off a fantastic win against the Hornets.

To be 100% honest with ya'll, my mind is already on tomorrow's party. I don't want to think about this game and most of you were correct in saying that the Warriors would have a hard time playing a back to back game on the road. I guess this was a wake up call for me.

For now let's look forward to tomorrow and not dwell on the game so much but focus on what really happened:

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A couple of my favorite 2008 ads during the game:

I got Super Bowl Fever!

Warriors: 15-32
Rockets: 28-19
Tip-Off: 5:30 PM PST
TV: CSN
Radio: KNBR

It's always Christmas or Thanksgiving or Super Bowl time for me when the Warriors play the Houston Rockets. As you can see I'm a fan of the big Yao, so tonight I'm excited to see him and the Warriors in action. I don't want to regurgitate how nice it would have been should we have drafted Yao (impossible) back in the day but instead let's focus on our team coming back to full strength, our impressive win last night, and how we can control the big three in Texas tonight.

But first another super bowl ad favorite:

If you didn't get a chance to see the game last night please read Fantasy Junkie's recap. It was a great opportunity for us to win on national television and to show the rest of the league that when at full strength and with a little luck ... we can hang! It was a great game and truly a team effort to beat the Hornets. Not a bad start to our 7 game horrific schedule. Let's see if we can pull another one off after a game last night.

The Rockets are also struggling coming off a two game losing streak WITH their top three players active so obviously they are having issues. We'll see if they still do or if the Warriors are their answer to regroup. I doubt it. It's strange to see TMac, Artest, and Yao play at the same time but have no rhythm. I'm thinking with Maggette's points per minutes, Biens and Ronny guarding Yao, and Crawford and Ellis' shooting, we have a great chance to win! Do you agree?

YaoButta's predictions:

-          Warriors win by 2 at the buzzer.

-          The commercials stink.

-          Ellis and Maggette combine for 45 points.

-          Yao has a monster Double Double. But starts slow because of Biens and Turiaf.

-          Artest shows us why we should have traded for him.

I can't tell if it was our defense ... or just the Clippers?

HERE WE GO WARRIORS HERE WE GO!

BANG BANG!

The drum beats, the screams, the heartbeat of our fans so desperate for a victory to smile about echoed around the Oracle tonight. The thunderous atmosphere emanated confidence and enthusiasm as the Warriors crushed the LA Clippers 107 to 92.

It wasn't even that close. By halftime we were up by 11 points and with five minutes remaining we almost broke a 30 point lead. Maybe it was Ellis' return or maybe it was GSoM Night 6 reining terror on the Clippers with their thunderous roar from the bleachers. Who knows but it wasn't long ago when many believed our season was a complete bust (maybe some still do). Debates and arguments rang whether or not we should tank or trade our players away, but now we have some who believe. Now we know we have a chance to shoot for something better.

No offense to my friends over at Clips Nation, but tonight it was like playing a JV team. It's funny but now Clipper fans know what it feels like to be a Warriors fan. Complete despair. But that's not entirely fair for me to judge because they were missing 4 of their starters. Had they played with Baron and Randolph it would have been a different story.

But I do not want to dwell on the Clipper's problems. Instead I want to focus on the new era for our Warriors and hope to find others out there as excited as I am for the new look.

Let's see how well they played tonight shall we?

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Some things are hard to let go ... but our future is better for it!

Warriors: 13-31
Clippers: 10-32
Tip-Off: 6:00 PM PST
TV: CSN
Radio: KNBR

The Warriors we have today could possibly be a better team than the Warriors we had back when we had Baron Davis. It's hard to comprehend because we made it to the playoffs that year with JRich and Barnes and created the "We Believe" phenomenon. However, after watching Friday night's game against the top team in the league, I do believe we are destined to become the next Cinderella team ... again!

This is probably the best time to have GSoM Night 6! Are you all excited? Tickets are pretty much all sold out and the GSoM crew will be there screaming our lungs out with the rejuvenated crowd.

The return of Monta Ellis is everything we needed. To see our superstar on the court (while trying to get his legs back) elevated us beyond belief. His attacks to the basket, acrobatic circus shots, and energized fast breaks have completely opened up the floor for our Warriors and given them an uplifting confidence that they not only can hang with the best in the NBA, but now they have something to prove.

Say what you will about Ellis' season injury but look at where we are now heading. We have EVERYTHING to look forward to. We have the opportunity to become a playoff team. Maybe it's too late for this season but we're only 12 games out of 8^th place with half a season to play. Weirder things have happened, but I'm not going to hold my breath. Instead I'd like to see us improve our team as much as possible and prepare for next year. That doesn't mean tanking it to get a better draft pick. That means tinker with the starting lineups, play our young guys, and gel as a team and maybe, just maybe we can make a run for the playoffs this year.

We just took the Cavs to the bitter end of a game. Sure we lost, but in reality we won. We took arguably the top team in the league, and lost to a lucky shot at the buzzer. We didn't have 2 of our previous starters and we almost won. Why? Because it took having our star player back (which we all forgot how important he is) to realize maybe we have something here. Look at our roster:

PG: Monta Ellis - CJ Watson
SG: Jamal Crawford - Anthony Morrow
SF: Stephen Jackson - Corey Maggette - Belinelli
PF: Kelenna Azubuike - Anthony Randolph - B. Wright
C: Andris Biedrins - Ronny Turiaf

I believe this is a roster that can make the playoffs. I believe Morrow and Randolph are going to be very good very soon. Ellis is becoming a true superstar, Jackson's game control, Crawford's shooting and Biedrins' improvements give us a strong starting unit. Tack on Maggette's incredible scoring punch off the bench and we have depth. I mean he's practically averaging a point a minute keeping the other teams on their heels.

With all that said we have to come together as a team and prove it. Tonight should be a fun test. It's been marked on all our calendars as the return of Baron Davis for some time, but now it's a non issue as he is injured and not even projected to show up. I'd like to see him whether that's on the sideline or on the court. It would have been nice but in the meantime with Monta back and the Clippers' poor season, this should be a good game to start our new era. The Clippers are hammered with injuries to Baron, Camby, Randolph, and Kaman so we better see a win tonight.

All I know is that the Warriors have my support. They always have, but for the first time this season (and maybe prematurely) I see that our future can be very bright and I'm incredibly excited for it! There's no better time than now for GSoM Night 6!!!
GO WARRIORS!

YaoButta's Predictions

• Warriors win by 12
• GSoM Night 6 is an overwhelming success.
• Ellis and Maggette combine for 50 points.
• Baron doesn't even show up.
• Jackson dishes out 9 assists.
• Al Thorton goes for 27 points.

Finally ... a reason the fans can celebrate!

So if you took my advice and watched Slumdog Millionaire last night instead of the Warriors, then I apologize, but I did say we were going to win didn't I? Warrior fans had a reason to celebrate last night as they beat the struggling Hawks 119 to 114.

I think my positive attitude is rubbing off and it clearly had an effect on our Warriors last night! Can I possibly withstand this all season? Friday night's game had all the ingredients I needed to make it one for the season. We had captain Jackson back from injury (reminding us how important he is), we saw what it was like to have Jackson, Crawford, and Maggette all play at the same time, and we saw something I harp on all the time ... hustle from our starters!

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If you can't see the Warriors tonight, then I recommend this movie.

Warriors: 11-29
Hawks: 23-15
Tip-Off: 7:30 PM PST
TV: CSN
Radio: KNBR

Since I'm not seeing Blart the Mall Cop in the theatre this year, I've decided to check out Slumdog Millionaire. If you haven't seen it I recommend it. Is it worth the hype? Maybe not, but I'll let you be the judge. In the meantime it's Friday and that means I'm in a great mood. Nothing can bring me down. Sure I have 12 more hours of work, but hey come 7:30pm tonight, I'm relaxing with my orange Fanta and enjoying the Warriors beating the Hawks.

That's right, the Warriors are going to win tonight. Want to know why? Because of positive reinforcement. It's what my boss is teaching me at work. If you just believe you shall achieve. I say by 9 points. Crawford is due for a big game and with Maggette dropping the long range jumper that will free up Biens to be a monster in the paint. The Hawks are losers of 5 of their last 6 games. They don't have to tell us how that feels, but the Warriors are 1 and 2 in the past 2 games (granted that's 1 win in the past 7 but who's really counting).

So put a smile on your face. It's Friday and the weekends abound. The Warriors are destined to win ... and if this preview doesn't work, there's always Monday to bring me back to my sarcastic ways.

YaoButta's predictions:

-          Warriors win by 9 (I'm not kidding).

-          Crawford and Maggette combine for 50 points.

-          Ellis still doesn't play.

-          Biens collects 17 rebounds.

-          Joe Johnson and Josh Smith are held to a combined 47 points.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Well not as bad as this ... but a loss is a loss.

My predictions were wrong. My Math was wrong. And yes, Brandon Roy did play and school us. The Warriors lost to the Portland Trail Blazers last night in Portland on a Saturday evening, eroding our non-negative Saturday night win percentage. This is a GSoM preview I'd like to soon forget. I think the Warriors got a C- for the game. Luckily we have another game tonight with a preview coming up so I'll make this short and sweet.

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If the Warriors win tonight, I'll go see this movie in the theatre!

Warriors: 10-27
Blazers: 21-14
Tip-Off: 7:00 PM PST
TV: CSN
Radio: KNBR

The Warriors are 4 and 19 on the road this season and the Trail Blazers are clearly the most improved team in the league with a home record of 13 and 4. All signs point to a disappointing result for the Warriors tonight however, I'm thinking we have a chance here for reasons most people can't comprehend.

Why? Well because I'm delusional for one, but most importantly because the Trailblazers are without their star player Brandon Roy. With a four game losing streak we have to take advantage of this and hope or depleted roster can come alive. But that alone won't help us. No, we are going to need something more powerful than that. We need the power of "Idiotic Statistics". Check this out: We are 3 and 3 this year when playing on Saturday nights. That's a 50% coin flip. But if you break it down even more, you'll see that we are 3 and 3 when playing Saturday night road games. That means every single Saturday night game on the road we've played this year, we've won half of them. Now I don't want to jinx us or anything and I hope this trend continues, but if I were a betting man (which I'm not) I might put a lot of money on the warriors tonight. In fact I think I might put a nickel on it! Or record shows that we win 2 consecutive Saturday night games on the road followed by 3 Saturday night losses. So obviously we are going to win since we lost to Denver on 12/13 and then won against the Bobcats on 12/20. We are due for another Saturday night victory.

Get it?

Yea neither do I but on another interesting note we only play 1 Saturday night game at home this year. That stinks.

Idiotic predictions:

-          Warriors lose by 7 (superstitious prediction).

-          Aldridge and Oden combine for 37 points.

-          Ellis still doesn't play.

-          Wright and Belinelli have big nights.

-          Yao Ming scores 33 against the Knicks.

Thank you Santa for bringing Jackson back!

Wow, did I just miss the greatest game of the year? Did every single one of my predictions fall flat on my face? Is this an early April fool's joke?

Apparently not and from now on I'm going to predict Warrior losses so we can come away with a win. Last night had to mark the best game of the year. Playing a day after Christmas and against the world champions, no one gave us a shot in hell, but our beloved Warriors prevailed at the very end.

But how did we do it? Does Santa really exist? Did my letter reach him in time? Maybe I HAVE been a good boy this year. Thanks to Santa we got Jackson back, a determined Belinelli and a championship team who couldn't keep it together in the end. Let's find out why and how...

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Originally posted: Dec 26, 2008 9:00 AM PST

Warriors: 8-22
Celtics: 27-3
Tip-Off: 7:30 PM PST
TV: CSN
Radio: KNBR

Dear Santa,

I write you a day after your visit to thank you for your time and generosity around the world. I know I haven't been the "Mother Teresa" of all people this year but I'd like to ask you why I received the following gifts:

-          Fuzzy slippers

-          "This Little Piggy" 2009 Wall Calendar (this was a joke right?)

-          2 sweaters

-          Gift certificate to Ross

I write this because I feel as though I've done good and charitable deeds this year. For example, have I not ALWAYS complimented my mom on her cooking? Have I not ALWAYS graciously said "no sorry" to the hobo's in San Francisco instead of just ignoring them? Sure my DUI didn't help and sure I was put on probation from work due to "racially insensitive comments" but honestly they had it coming. In any event I'd like to ask for one small thing to make up for the past years of disappointing presents:

Please make the Warriors win tonight? The Celtics are coming off their first loss in 100 games and they'll want to get back on track with a win in our house tonight. Seeing as though we've lost 20 games in a row can't you just help us out on this one? I've left you cookies and milk by my fake fireplace this morning. The milk is 100% fat free and lactose free because I care about your health and the cookies are store bought because the last batch I made by myself gave someone diarrhea. More signs that I care!

Santa without your help here are my realistic predictions:

-          Warriors lose by 14.

-          Garnett and Pierce will combine for over 50 points.

-          Crawford, Jackson, Ellis, and Maggette won't even bother coming tonight.

-          Boston sits all their starters by the start of the fourth.

-          Randolph and Wright get extended minutes to show nothing.

Happy Holiday's Everyone

Thanks to these three … we’re not the worst!

Without Corey Maggette and Stephen Jackson the Golden State Warriors snapped a 5 game losing streak by beating the Charlotte Bobcats last night in Charlotte. The drama and despair has been looming ever so strongly over the Warriors for the past few weeks, it was nice to see that they pulled one off to give us a little breathing room until Monday.

This game was more than just our Warriors beating a weak NBA team. No this game had its own twists and turns.

-          Nellie giving up his defensive reins.

-          Crawford goes for 50 points.

-          Azubuike finally has a good game.

Let's find out how the drama unfolded shall we?

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Forget the recession, I'm a fan on strike!!

Warriors: 7-20
Bobcats: 9-18
Tip-Off: 4:00 PM PST
TV: CSN
Radio: KNBR

If you would have told me a year ago during the offseason that we'd be in a horrible recession this time of year I'd say "get out of here". If you would have also told me that many people would have lost their homes right before Christmas because of the whole mortgage debacle, I'd say "geez I hope not". But if you would have told me that the Charlotte Bobcats would have a better record than us halfway through the season I would have probably slapped you in the face!

Well folks, it's true. Life seems a little grim these days don't it? With the holidays around the corner and not much to be cheerful about its sad to think we can't rely on our beloved Warriors to cheer us up even when playing a bad team.

What is disheartening is Nellie's comments after the game last night reported on ESPN:

"I'm not tough enough anymore," said Nelson, whose team is 7-20 and allowing a league-worst 112.2 points per game. "I'm getting soft as I get older and I feel like I haven't done a very good job defensively this year."

ESPN also now ranks us 27^th in the league and with 4 of our next 6 games being away against pretty good teams, where will we be ranked by new years?

But maybe we can end our 5 game losing streak against the Bobcats today. And maybe we can play Wright, Randolph and Morrow a little more? Please Nellie?

Predictions:

-          Warriors by 7. Yes 7.

-          Belinelli continues his hot streak and scores 28.

-          Biens and Wright go for a double double each.

-          Crawford shoots his way out of a slump.

-          Wallace and Diaw each score over 20.

At the buzzer to win the game!!

Oh My God ... did you see that game? Did you see Saturday night's game against the Denver Nuggets. Simply AMAZING. I'm speechless. I'm without speech. To see the Warriors come back from a huge deficit and win the game at the buzzer was CRAZY!! Jackson pouring in a career high 47 points while Randolph exploded for 23 points and 20 rebounds what else could you possibly ask for?

Naw I'm just playing. That was me on Nyquil (which sad to say is a hell of a lot more fun than watching the Warriors these days). We got spanked big time tonight! Jackson and Randolph combined for 11 points. Ya 11! It seems as though the side effects of Nyquil offset the good effects. Let's investigate further shall we:

Doctor's prognosis:

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7 times 15 plus 6 divided by 1 = the amount of points we score tonight!!

Warriors: 7-16
Nuggets: 15-7
Tip-Off: 6:00 PM PST
TV: CSN
Radio: KNBR

So last night Hash drank many beers and today I'm drunk on Nyquil. I don't know which is better but the fact that I can't breathe out of my nose is annoying. The cold bug caught me and looks like it caught the Warriors as well. With a decent display against the Rockets we were no match without all our starters. But today we might have a chance to take on the Denver Nuggets in Denver. What's funny is that ESPN has Denver favorites by 82% haha! You know I have a great feeling about today's game. I really think we can win and here is why:

1. My magic Nyquil bottle says we will win.
2. Nyquil has made me forget who even plays on the Nuggets.
3. As our game is being played the movie "Benchwarmers" is on FX. Coincidence? I think not!
4. Hhhhmmm these soft baked Pepperidge Farm chocolate chunk cookies are good.
5. Anthony Randolph is itching to explode on a weak defense.

Predictions

• Warriors by 3.
• YaoButtaMing falls asleep by the fourth quarter.
• Biens and Randolph go for another double double.
• Jackson scores 28 and pulls 8 rebounds.
• Carmelo scores 33 but misses the 3 at the end to tie the game.

Nellie’s triple team strategy worked … until they started fouling out!

As Jim Barnett said tonight:
"The game was closer than what the score shows"

And he's exactly correct. If you missed Friday night's action against the Houston Rockets, you missed a great game. Sure we lost and are now in an 8 game losing streak, but I got to say, I came away with a lot more positives then I did negatives.

Bottom Line: we lost to a pretty damn good team, but we showed improvements. We had large stretches of playing as a cohesive team and some "coming of age" plays from my new favorite Warrior ... Anthony Randolph. Yes, I am now a believer.

Let's find out why ...

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Something funny to spread holiday cheer!

Warriors: 5-13
Rockets: 12-7
Tip-Off: 5:30 PM PST
TV: CSN
Radio: KNBR 1050

Ooooo it's Christmas already for YaoButtaMing!! I've circled all 4 games against the Rockets on my calendar to watch my favorite team play my favorite player. I can remember like it was yesterday. It's 2001 and the Warriors were COMPLETELY robbed of the lottery ball dropping and ended up drafting (what sparked most of GSoM's popularity) none other than Mike Dunleavy.

Let's just imagine for a second what life would be like if we actually drafted Yao Ming instead of Dunleavy in 2001 shall we?

1)      We'd have won 4 championships by now.

2)      We'd still have Baron Davis and JRich on the team.

3)      Life would be great.

4)      We would not be in a recession.

5)      Lastly, Jessica Alba and I would have been celebrating our 3 year anniversary.

But alas life is not as perfect. Sure within that time frame we've had our ups and major downs. We've drafted horrible players and gave them horrible contracts but we've also made some sweet runs and did you know we made the playoffs one year? Pretty crazy.

But tonight's about our young squad taking on the Houston Rockets. A team we actually do very well against with our speed and quickness, plus the fact that the Rockets are without TMac for the next three weeks. Without Baron Davis or JRich to hit ridiculous 3 point shots to win the game it's going to be tough but with the emergence of Crawford and Morrow there's a chance? With a 7 game losing streak and not much else to be proud about let's hope we can pull it together and win just one more game before Christmas.

Beans would have blocked this!

Predictions:

- Warriors by 4.
- Yao edges Beans for a more impressive double double.
- Jackson blows up for 27 points.
- Nellie tries Hack-a-Yao only because it sounds funny.
- Morrow pulls a double double.

Glad to see Al's back is feeling better.

Thanks for staying folks. I appreciate this greatly. Hey for my conclusion want to hear something funny? The Warriors Defense.

Want to hear something else funny? The Knicks scoring 82 points against us in the FIRST HALF.

Lastly, the most hilarious line of the night ... we lost to the New York Knicks. Beat by David Lee and Al Harrington! Freaking hilarious if you ask me.

Let's find out what's funny and what isn't from tonight's game shall we?

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It's time to try my act ... since the Warriors are unbearable at times!

Warriors (W-L): 5 game losing streak.
Knicks (W-L): 2 game losing streak.
Time: 4:30 PM PST
TV: CSNBA
Radio: KNBR 680

Thanksgiving is a time for sharing and a time for remembering what we all have to be thankful for. It's a time to realize that no matter how hard life can be you'll always have GSoM. That's right. And since we're all experiencing the holiday Turkey hangover and you're mostly with family and friends, I've decided to try my comedic act and see what ya'll think.

Since I'm deciding whether or not to quite my day job and become a comedian, I need to know first if I'm truly funny ... and seeing how the Warriors are on a 5 game losing streak, there's no better time than to introduce Yao's comedic corner. Are you ready?

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