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Oh that ass...I forgot about him as he really didn't make much of an impact last nite.

Nice, good to have the 2+1 and Lip's game reports back! Just like old times!!

Yeah, I like the fact we're getting more physical. I think we've seen a couple of times now where Rubio tried to run through screens and got a foul as a result. I'm fine with those now and again because it shows he's working his ass off to get over/around/through screens. Knocking a guy on his ass - especially if he's a little dirty himself like Draymond - is a sign of toughness and fight. Love it!

Great to have the 2+1 back...a true staple of this board and generally leads to some interesting discussion.

As Lip said, truly a playoff atmosphere last night...so much fun to hear the noise coming from the upper deck (not to mention the crowd drowned out Thibs most of the night :)) I thought the Warriors cam out with much more energy than the Clippers did two nights prior, but we still outscored them by 10 in the first quarter. I was actually quite impressed with the Warriors last night...they showed some playoff defensive intensity down the stretch, but our guys just outplayed them.

I love the observation about the loose ball scramble that we won late in the game...such an indicator of the heart of this team. And you can't overstate the cold-bloodedness of Wig draining the winning free throws just after missing two...a real growth moment for him.

Lots of deserved credit for Ricky here, but nobody has pointed out what was different about him last night. He noted the size advantage we had at most positions when the Warriors went small, and took advantage of it with 4-5 high passes over the shorter defender...it was really fun to watch him carve up a very good team.

And LST wouldn't be LST if he didn't point out that Thibs didn't panic, but stayed with the winning formula: he played Tyus more than 10 minutes, and he actually played his bench more than Kerr played his...unbelievable. The Wolves still looked tired to me at the end of the game, but the Warriors were equally drained, and we were able to match their end of game intensity and make some good stops...quite uncharacteristic of this club in the first half of the season.

I don't know if Thibs was being cautious about Stephenson in not playing him last night, or if was still in the dog house after his poor second half in the prior game. If he was healthy last night, I would have liked to see him on the court for 10-15 last night...his defense and playmaking are game changers.

Great win...I left the arena elated and quite encouraged.

LST - Thibs really likes his 9-man rotation. So who's minutes would get bumped?

It's hard to say if the choice between Tyus or Lance depends on matchups, or whether Tyus is just plain ahead of Lance in the rotation. The Bucks are a pretty big team, so we might be able to draw a conclusion tonight...

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:One thing I thought was interesting is that Thibs went with Tyus over lance. I was pleasantly surprised by this. Tyus is finally in the rotation

I agree but wouldn't you have liked to see Lance go up against Barnes? That would have been fun, if even for just a couple minutes.

I thought it was interesting Thibs went without tyus over Lance but he probably thought he was a decent matchup against Clark. The first half that wasn't the case Clark got the Bette rofnhim for sure.

Barnes had a rare moment of sportsmanship in this game. He fouled Bazz and reached out to him right away and helped him up clearly trying to say he wasn't being dirty and it looked pretty genuine.

Draymond on the other hand...shut your pie hole. After this game I think I'll be cheering against GS and it has nothing to do with Durant joining up with them. These guys might have been more annoying than the Clippers. It's a tough call.

As others have said the Wolves have stoood up to these tough teams. One guy that wasn't mentioned was Belly. He isn't playing weak and kept his composure mostly when there were some things that didn't go his way.