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Warriors vs Pistons GM-64

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Warriors vs Pistons GM-64

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It’s good we win games against athletic and aggressive teams like this with a lot of free throws. The playoffs will have lots of games like this especially if we run into teams like Memphis or Lakers.

Uday A.

In a playoff series it absolutely can come down to a role player hitting 3s. Or were you not here for Harrison Barnes, lol.

Neal X

You're right. Moody has tended to look better the more minutes they give him.

Lenny

All facts!

Jarell Greer

That’s the same thinking behind “black lives matter? How about all lives matter??” Pretty obvious why one side felt the need to intentionally celebrate a day for women or shout black lives matter

Kevin Neal

Not allowing Kuminga to find his way back into the lineup, whether as a starter or as a second lineup option is irresponsible on Kerr's part given Curry and Butler's ages. The chances that one of those two will be injured in the post-season is high. That risk can be mirigated if Kuminga is integrated. Wasting this precious time is putting egos over responsibility.

Michael Silberg

In the new Netflix show about the basketball team, they said that 1/3 of the basketball audience is women. I wonder if that’s a real life stat or if it was just for the show?

Irritated Inanimate

Them not doing play by play was annoying as hell

Irritated Inanimate

I was annoyed by it, but also, it was clearly necessary to keep the game from getting out of hand. It feels like Stewart was trying to get everything to boil over.

Irritated Inanimate

Haven’t seen the iq yet, only the hard work, quick learning and implementation, and the intense competitiveness.

Irritated Inanimate

Post can do more than shoot 3s, it’s fine

Irritated Inanimate

Trayce has gotten more formidable over the course of the year, but he’s still a little soft on the edges. Even when he dunked on Wemby last year, that was the most energized I’ve ever seen him

Irritated Inanimate

Rubin needs to be faster on the draw

Irritated Inanimate

Doesn’t Kerr usually run a deeper rotation than most teams in the playoffs, I think he said he usually goes 10-12 instead of the league average 8-9? I agree that there’s some depth that we can take advantage of any even agree that the older players will need the younger players to be the main motor during playoffs. They have needed that all year. I also anticipate that Draymond will be one of the first to get injured of the older players, so we will need as many healthy players on the bench as possible. Nobody wants to be in the same situation the Mavericks found themselves in recently.

Irritated Inanimate

Back tomorrow

Irritated Inanimate

Cyrus is a rage clown that got let go from Locked on Warriors, don’t know why anyone would listen to that guy. He gets obsessed with whatever he’s hating on and spends the entire time bitching about that. Regardless, anyone spending their time minding someone else’s business isn’t spending enough time on their own.

Irritated Inanimate

What’s Post’s 3 point percentage in the league?

Irritated Inanimate

Zena and Kerith would have been great for play by play, Kylen is probably capable too.

Irritated Inanimate

Better, Wiggs doesn’t put his body on the line

Irritated Inanimate

I had extra time to go the store and get some bread and milk.

Irritated Inanimate

The issue with Knox is he can’t do a two way, it’s either 10 day or full NBA contract or back to the G. Which is why I don’t like the fact that Kerr hasn’t been playing him. I thought he’d at least get a chance in this game with all the fouls and Looney getting tossed around.

Irritated Inanimate

Kuminga absolutely wants the smoke, the fan base keeps doubting him, so just like Steph or Klay or Podz, he has to keep reminding them

Irritated Inanimate

Glad you’re paying attention to how good the WNBA is

Irritated Inanimate

Whole league would beat his ass

Irritated Inanimate

Draymond needs to take more inside shots, facilitating is not enough, the defense needs to actually pay attention to him and not ignore him because he never shoots

Irritated Inanimate

That game was over three hours long and didn’t even have an extra long halftime due to not being nationally televised. Exhausting

Irritated Inanimate

I’m concerned that they brought Knox up, but haven’t played him during this second 10 day stretch. Should we be concerned that they are just trying to get him paid but aren’t actually planning to bring him in to verify fit?

Irritated Inanimate

Agreed, but only because they were so fast and physical. I also could not believe Jimmy had scored so much

Irritated Inanimate

I loved Monique Billings, she was the one with great commentary. Not a fan of the other woman, mostly because they were never ready to confirm to us what had just happened in the play. We spent all night leaning forward and saying “what just happened? Was that offensive or defensive foul?” Better format would be to have the women players, but Fitz running commentary and interviewing them during the game. He’s much better prepared and more experienced and he’d actually have asked about Monique playing with Diana Taurasi much earlier in the game!! Or any question about Caitlin Clark or the incoming teammates for the Valkyries. Lost opportunity to hype the incoming women’s team more. Not great

Irritated Inanimate

Yes, but the team’s success is not dependent on Buddy hitting 3s so you can relax about that now

Irritated Inanimate

Not a surprise from Lindy

Irritated Inanimate

Not a fan of Kerr’s messaging, again, has he ever communicated through the press to another player the way he does with Kuminga? There’s something disrespectful about it. Regardless, the closer we got to Kuminga’s return, the more the message went from “no problem!” to “Welllll….” I don’t like it at all.

Irritated Inanimate

We’ve seen glimpses of this from Moody in the past, especially when he plays for extended time. But before it was him taking his opportunities, this version of Moody has been given permission to get his. And the difference is that he’s actually getting fed and not just at the perimeter. For both Podz and Moody, they both actually started playing like this right before Jimmy got here, that’s why the team record when Mo starts is longer than the team record with Jimmy playing. And both Podz and Moody got permission to take the shots at the same time. Can’t wait to see Jimmy’s effect on Kuminga

Irritated Inanimate

Definitely paying dividends.

Lenny

0% hands, 100% aura shot contest is hilarious.

Lenny

It's becoming a rich man's only world now. Sad to see.

Neal X

Someone said Jimmy is taking the time to seriously mentor the young guys and it looks like it's already paying off in a big way.

Neal X

I’m seeing Jimmyesque moves from everybody. The most impactful looks like the two feet down connecting pass that I’ve seen more of from everyone. My favorite is the no hands no jump contest on threes, where he just gets in the space and uses concentrated aura to punk the shot. Podz already trying it out.

James Royer

They had 8 guys who played more than 10 mins that series. If you wanna count putting a guy in for 2-5 mins as a "deep" 10 man rotation then go ahead. The whole point of load management in this era to have the stars ready for big minutes in playoffs.

Trice

You mean like the Dubs did when they won the first title of the dynasty? I'll take that "luck." :-)

Point Gawd

I know this isn't about this Piston's game, but this last game against the trailblazers is gonna have to be considered a signature game from Moody... I seriously don't know what happened to homeboy, but he flipped the switch recently. He literally is moving out there like a baby Kawhi. He's ultra agressive going downhill, shooting with a lot of confidence, actually defending pretty well. I've been saying we win games almost 100% of the time if Buddy scores at least like 15pts (b/c it means he's smoking less of our offense away). However, we need to start thinking about what this team looks like if they just lean into Moody at this point, b/c if he keeps hooping like this, you kind of have to play him for at least 30 minutes a game. It's curious too, b/c if Moody is going to be shooting this good, he may even have to eat into Kuminga's minutes... which is a crazy thing to admit at this point, b/c Moody started off this season pretty rough. Clearly Jimmy has helped coach him into playing to his strengths better. So it's interesting, b/c now it feels like Moody helps keep continuity when Jimmy is off the floor, b/c he makes sure we continue to have someone somewhat aggressive on the floor that can apply some downhill pressure. He's even using the same moves that Jimmy would. Triple threats, jab steps, pump fakes. It all has Jimmy's signature all over it. I guess only time will tell what this looks like.

Lenny

Q Post the best pick up in while, besides butler. He can play decent defense, needs to work on the post game, and can shoot LIGHTS OUT. STEAL

Ryan becker

That’s kind of messed up lol

Ryan becker

It was so good to hear the warriors crowd being more active. Still Miss the Oracle crowd.

Karle M

It is men's day everyday. Many women paying for tickets, and responsible for taking those young men to their ball games growing up, and buying merchandise. But, we are barely employed by NBA teams.

Karle M

Kuminga before he got hurt was getting into a rhythm with Kerr extending his minutes. He was playing hard.

Karle M

I thought Knox was going to be able to contribute more. In my humble opinion, Dunleavy needs to bring someone else up.

Karle M

You lucky boy.. you were at the game.

Karle M

Yeah, lindy reacted like stop that stupid sh#t. I am thinking Lindy keeping his options open.

Karle M

It's white history month everyday.

Karle M

Here's what makes sense to me about Jonathan Kuminga. Steve Kerr is implying that JK isn't "mentally ready" to return. What that clearly means to me is Steve Kerr is telling JK, "When we bring you back, you have to be willing to take a back seat role in the minutes we play you." JK obviously would not be cool with that. No matter how few minutes Kerr give him, he has to be thinking, "When I'm on the floor I'm going to score like I know how to."

Michael Silberg

Ok. Good luck reinventing the wheel

Trice

That's the problem. It is called GROUPTHINK. It is just like the teams that had great backcourts but pounded down low--because "a jumpshooting team can't win the title." Its sad. How many teams blew their chance at winning by following the crowd. Same issue here. I mean, in the usual case the 10th man is much worse than the 8th man, so shortening the rotation is necessary. But that's not the case for the Dubs. Because of that, they will reduce their title chances if they forfeit that advantage by shortening the rotation because "every playoff team ever" does this.

Point Gawd

Nobody ever rotates that many in playoffs even the warriors during the "We Believe" era. You might think its a good idea but keeping your stars off the floor for some mins for your 10th man is an easy recipe to lose a series. This isn't my opinion this is every playoff team ever that does this.

Trice

But maybe no teams go that deep into the bench because no other teams have talent that far down the bench. The Dubs do. Look at that list! Almost everyone would be a rotation player on two-thirds of the teams in the league. That's not the usual case. So, just cause other teams decide to tire out their top 8 doesn't mean the Dubs, who have 12 of that talent level, have to follow suit. Maybe the smart move would be for the Dubs to keep their top 8 fresh by playing 2-4 more players, so come game 6 your top players can easily outhustle the other team's players and, if needed, COULD play more minutes in games 6 and 7 and STILL be fresher than the opponent..

Point Gawd

Nothing, except . . . how would white history month differ from January, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December (i.e., not counting Black History MONTH)? :-)

Point Gawd

Whats wrong with that

Lucas

Sure for the present playing 10-12 works when your superstars are all 35+ years old but come playoffs no teams go that deep into the bench.

Trice

I see. When I read "solid 8 man rotation going forward" I interpret that as a rotation of 8. But since JB arrived they've been playing Dray, Steph, Podz, Moody, Loon, QP, GPII, Gui, JB, Buddy--that's 10. And they are 10-1 or something like that. To fit in JK that'll be 11. And that's not counting Pat Spencer. With that distribution of minutes everyone is able to play with energy because everyone is pretty rested. Why cut three (or four if you count Pat Spencer) players out of the rotation and thus run your core players into the ground JUST when the games are going to intensify?

Point Gawd

I think that was the play where the foul was holding on to GP2's jersey so much the defender got pulled along by GP2. A commentator said something to the effect of "But the block was good." That was the only moment they sounded clueless. I mean, it is pretty easy to make a highlight reel chase down block if you're allowed to grab a fistful of jersey to keep the shooter from getting separation or jumping very high.

Point Gawd

Celebrating Men's Day would be like celebrating White History Month.

Nyeooooowmmmm

Yeah, that was like asking why there isn't a White History Month 😂

Nyeooooowmmmm

LOL

Neal X

Did you notice Lindy water pull down Isaiah Stewart’s hand when he was doing the 🤏 symbol?

Patrick Mulroy

i didn’t realize it watching live but after stewart put hands on steph then seeing j jack, luke, waters and dennis all pop up to get in between is the funniest shit i’ve ever seen in pro sports lmao

nikko san pedro

I went to the game last night sat behind the pistons bench. My takeaways: Asar has no confidence Stewart is a head case. Luke Walton and the ref had to tell him to be quiet. Moses played so was especially in defense. Cade is real you can see the growth. Draymond and Jimmy communicate very well with each other on defense. They were constantly talking especially in the second half. Buddy needs to sit down for the foreseeable future. Also I was asked to sit down multiple times... The crowd ain't it

Keith Reynolds Jr.

Santos or Knox and JK should be taking most of Buddy's minutes. He needs to be an off-the-bench microwave scorer who hits butt-naked threes for us, and that's it.

Neal X

That’s still 8 free throws compared to him only getting 4 at the end of the game

Kahlil Baker

You know, it says a lot about Draymond that he took that shot, forget making it. It also says a lot about him that I'm not even mad he took that shot, and I'd rather he took it than Buddy Hield. Because at the end of the day, sometimes it comes down to that intangible thing called "Championship DNA". Going back to a thing you said last breakdown on Quentin Post, I agree that he's looking great, and actually probably is one of the best centers in the NBA right now. Problem is, if you look at the centers who are better, guess what teams they are on: Chet with the Thunder, KP with the Celtics, KAT with the Knicks, Mobley with Cleveland... in other words, all the contenders who we'd have to meet in the Playoffs, and who, unfortunately, all still look like they are better than us in a 7 game series. Maybe you think differently, but that's my assessment. The Celtics have role players hitting 40 balls, we've got Buddy Hield laying goose eggs.

Neal X

like 4 of them were intentional fouls at the end of the game

james v

I didn’t mind the broadcast except for that terrible interview in the middle. I think the highlight came at the end when one of the ladies was hype about the win and was like, “man, makes me wanna get my shoes and go hoop!” That made me laugh out loud as one of the most likable / relatable things I’ve ever heard a commentator say 😂

Ejikeme Uzoigwe

Funny to freeze frame the beef stew/steph incident because you got Walton, Jarrett Jack, Dennis, and Lindy holding him back knowing that he’s poking the bear lol

Christian Oblena

Are you really asking that? Are we talking about the same person?

Jarell Greer

We get it, dude.

John Pettus

I can't stand that guy. He's super emotional and not credible to me.

John Pettus

Somebody made the call to have the new Valkyries player as the color commentator, but... she just got here? She doesn't know the team and the players very well, and she hasn't done the job. Kerith would have been much, much better.

John Pettus

Do we know that about JK?

John Pettus

We did NOT play well. I was shocked that we won. I did not realize Jimmy had 26. Somehow - I just don't FEEL his scoring like Wiggs. 26 from Wiggs would have been THE story. I'm so glad I was wrong about Jimmy. His fit is incredible.

John Pettus

I want Santos to take a lot of Buddy's minutes. It makes us much better on D, hustle and on the boards. Hell I'm not sure if Santos might not be better from 3. But that just has to be close, make the defender stay out with Santos, then Butler, Steph and someday JK will have room to drive.

Russ

I was also at the game last night and it was a choppy game. Way too many fouls called and although there were probably legit fouls, it felt like there were no more than a couple of possessions in a row and there was another whistle.

David Y

We need more people telling Dray "no".

Captain Rossco

the warriors settled for a lot of crappy shots when their outside shot wasnt falling. and on the other side They had no problem allowing detroit to get straight drives right to the rim every time. I think the warriors have the personal now to be looking for reasonable shots. There was an time in the 3rd quarter where they got 2 or 3 straight offensive rebounds and they kept settling for contested 28 footers with over 10 seconds on the clock.

Adrian

Wouldn’t have made it out the building in oracle🤣

Jevon

Dubs will have a decision to make, but it seems pretty cut and dry to me. We need to have 14 players anyway, so which fringe guy would replace him? A guy with length, athleticism, and some ability to create his own shot is exactly what we could use on the bench

Karim Q

@Nathan Yeah, the boys were out lol.

deb m.

I was at the game there was a fire alarm had went off in the stadium, the music and sound effects were out for like an hour probably why they was fuckin up replays

Jevon

Believe he’s on his second 10-day. When that’s up, Dubs will have to make a decision.

deb m.

Every time you hear about Isaiah Stewart it’s never something that has to do with what’s on the basketball court. Dude is a clown 😂😂 imagine if he actually tried to come at Steph? Whole Bay Area woulda beat his ass lmao

Alaase Shambe

Cole world Cade 🤣

Chrishaun Rudolph

I often switch to a different broadcast because Fitz is cringy as hell and Kelenna is annoying

Dr. Sanjin

Rubin

deb m.

Great game, them young MF’s on detroit are tough as nails. Cade is proving more and more how legit he is. Asar’s speed and bounce is so wild, he had chase down on GP2 that blew my mind. I think it got a whistle but his recovery ability is nuts. He is never out of the play.

Kenny Bobby

Burke would be great. I would be fine with Fitz and Kelenna being replaced, Fitz's announcer voice is hard to listen to.

Dr. Sanjin

Really?

Jonavie Garcia

He also momentarily puts up a 🤏 before coming to his senses and pulling Stewart's hand down haha I think he was trying to stand with his teammates but realized aw shit we just poked the bear

Dr. Sanjin

Luke Walton fell all the way to Detroit?

Nathan Glanzer

Had to depend on the video editor to know which warrior committed the foul. Couple times couldn't even tell what the call was

Daniel Fries

Yo peep Lindy Waters' grin as he put himself between Steph and BS

Daniel Fries

I never said shorten rotations to only 8 men. Most teams give the bulk of mins to their 8 then the others are situational. Then come playoffs those 8 play almost all the mins. Nobody plays more than 9 in playoffs. Thats what I meant when I said our future.

Trice

There is actually a National Man Day in Feb lol

Nathan Glanzer

That one girl was like "give us a whole month!" lol

Nathan Glanzer

Watching the replays was funny because the lady said the same thing a bunch of times so hearing it back to back was comical.

Nathan Glanzer

And the commentators lol

Nathan Glanzer

Except every other thing we hear about is how good the W is gonna be lol

Nathan Glanzer

Link?

Hg80

It's men's day 364 days a year I think the ladies deserve at least 1 day if not more. #ijs

Strong Foru

It wasn’t great for sure. That’s just coming from a neutral perspective. I know it’s now normalized to hate on women doing anything these days. On the flip side Burke, Keita and Mills were excellent post game and I kinda wished they were on the broadcast

Hg80

Athletic physical teams use to Bully us. But now we have a team with a lot of "match" energy type dudes around Steph. Oh you wanna play hard and physical, GP2, Moody, Jimmy, Dray, Podz will all get down and dirty with you. Pause. And we know Kuminga is here for all the smoke too.

Jarell Greer

I do not think Beef Stew has the mental/emotional stability to not be a liability in a 7 game series. I would pick Detroit for a potential first round upset as long as they are not up against Cleveland or Boston. Does anyone know the Kevin Knox contact situation? I would like to have him on the roster headed into the playoffs.

Windfury

I usually start the games 20 mins late so I have a buffer to zip thru challenges and some free throws….had to use it all on that Rakuten lady segment, so distracting.

Allison Hendrix

That guy's a clown. He made locked on warriors terrible. I can't even find the podcast to look. Must be doing well lol. Nevermind. Found it. He wasn't too crazy but to say Alch is intimidated by him or whatever is crazy when Alch blows his views outta the water. He's definitely projecting.

Nathan Glanzer

I was kinda waiting for Jku crash out livestream alc hahah

Mason Joe

Crafty Angles. The refs gotta make the call for the body blocks that happen.

Nathan Glanzer

Oh wow that guy is such an asshat!! Where does he get off thinking he is in the same universe as Alch?

Allison Hendrix

They had all color commentators and no play by play girl lol.

Nathan Glanzer

Another win. Moody has filled the Wigs role pretty well post JB trade.

Nick Elliston

A lot of women would say "Sure. Actually, there's 364 of them every year." :-)

Point Gawd

What annoyed me most about the play by play... they didn't do it. There were situations where they didn't tell us what happened! Once they went to commercial and said they'd tell us when they got back and ... nothing. Just blabbing about some random shit when they got back. You had ONE job to do and you didn't do it.

e40

With an aging team, not sure why they should shorten the rotation. Plus, who knows how JK or (especially with a back issue) Podz will be when they return, maybe they won't be able to go as long as before.

Point Gawd

"His own bench was about to jump him" lmao Stewart is one guy id hate on my team. Detroit is one of those teams that throughout their history can only win playing a certain style, they just have to be a blue collar, physical, bully team.

KuraiT

I mean when it comes to things like pro sports, isn't every day Men's Day? Lmao Great breakdown as usual, this was as tough a win as we've had all year. This is a gutsy vet team with a rejuvenated spirit and a cadre of youngsters starting to click in their roles

Karim Q

Hell yeah moody!!!

yan't get right

We got the Jimmy offense that we’ve been waiting for. I honestly don’t know how he gets that many calls - head snaps like Shai. But you love to see it. I know alc is talkin bout we got the gumbo. But we don’t have a big we can trust in the playoffs. I wish QP was more reliable. That airball could be the difference deeper in the playoffs

Gary

ESPN had a return date for JK in the injury report for the first time since he’s been out, Mar. 10.

BruceWayne

Hope your situation is reconcilable with patience…

Roberto Sabastiani

Hey Alc, sorry that your dealing with some family stuff but I wish you and your family the best. I don't rant to be starting anything but you my guy and where I come from you tell your guy when someone talking sh!t about them. Cyrus Saatsaz got your name in his mouth. He say that he thinks your threatened by him and some more stuff. I know we not kids but you should know who your friends are I this youtube world. If you want to see/ hear got yourself, it was on last night's golden dawn podcast starting at the 1:37:40 mark. He spends about 10 mins on you and then Jim park.

Carla Davis

Where the hell is Kuminga?

Paul Byun

12 free throws for Steph!!! Himmy has changed this team. Can’t wait to see JK back

Kahlil Baker

Hey Alch, just wanted to say you're doing some amazing work. I appreciate you.

Ben

I think we have found a solid 8 man rotation going forward. Steph, Dray, Jimmy, Podz Moody, QP, Gui, and JK when he returns. Then we have specialists for certain matchups with GP2, TJD & Looney. I cant wait for JK to comeback and eat all of Buddy's mins too. The future is bright for The Dubs.

Trice

oh shit! I forgot!

Athletic Alchemy

Honestly, post was due for a bad shooting night, can’t be mad. He’s been lights out for so long.

Swole Mole

That guy telling no to Dramond’s challenge is the same guy from last season. Man got pulled into the office during the off season 🤣🤣

Philip Heston

We usually lose those games where the opposing team wont go away. Good to see us hang in there and fight for a win.

Trice

Gui “fresh off the boat” is crazy😂

Meko

Jimmy finally getting his legs back he can jump again

BASEDTEXAS18

Your breakdown really made this game intense and crazy watchable. The actual game was so hard to watch with all the FTs and stoppages.

Thomas Ogas

TJD would have been good this game

king Charles

Not hating on TJD but Post looks SO much better than Trace on the floor with the rest of the guys

Yungdoms

“Tobias Harris over ME?” Played in my head when he had Harris on him, knew that one was going in immediately 🤣

Sarcasm 360

The hillarious thing about the beef stew steph thing is that if u look at whos all there it's Lindy Waters Schroder Luke Walton and I think sombody else but most of everybody around really was on Stephs side. I was hoping steph would explode after that

John

Post provided early offense inside. Despite the fouls and missed 3s, it was a good game.

BruceWayne

Imagine Quentin Post becomes the best player in the league. That's basically the Jokic Story. Just Insane

Qiushi Hu

Unc! Thoughts on a VIP ep topic This season kinda reminds me of 2018 season but in the east I kinda see the Cavs as default season juggernauts similar to the rockets, the Celtics as the on better vet team looking to repeat (warriors) and the best player in the other conference like Jokic (lebron) Just very similar scenarios… lmk your thoughts if interested

Ben D

The foul fest was ridiculous, they started calling the ticky tack fouls, so many dudes were sitting at 4-5 fouls by the last 5 mins it was ass. Also fuck Isaiah Stewart lmao

Yungdoms

I didn’t mind the broadcast personally “Guy Santos” and “Kevin Looney” made me chuckle tho 😅

Mitch Coob

Fire alarm killed the atmosphere for half of the 2nd Q.

BruceWayne

Had to watch the pistons broadcast felt weird with them not knowing any of the player info/lore

Charles Kinne

“Is there a men’s day” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

JW


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