Recap: Warriors 95, Cavs 85 (Or, Uncle Boom Dizzle, who can recall his past disappointing stints with teams)
2011-03-08Overview: Monta Ellis and Baron Davis combined to score 47 points in a 95-85 defeat of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Baron Davis was the high scorer for the Cavaliers with 19 points off the bench.
And now there’s point guard controversy bullets:
So, Razor Ramon is completely unraveling before our eyes. In the three games Baron’s played in, Sessions has shot 13-42 from the field and hasn’t been passing the ball terribly well either. He seems to have completely regressed to the Ramon we saw at the beginning of the year. He’s forcing drives, he’s not looking to pass, and he’s killing the spacing. Having Samardo in the starting lineup instead of Jamison makes it easier for teams to collapse on Ramon, so that isn’t helping. Or maybe having Baron outplaying him and looming over his shoulder is throwing him off. Either way, I want this to end. I love Razor Ramon.
That said, Baron has looked pretty darn good. He’s making RYAN HOLLINS look like a legit big. And he’s making his shots. Watching Baron drain threes is like watching The Godfather again and seeing Sonny get through the toll booth safely, but I’ll take it. Baron’s swagger is at maximum velocity right now. Cavs were -15 in the 17 minutes Baron sat on the bench.
Samardo: chill out, dude. I think some of Scott’s comments may have gotten to his head. I like Samardo, but he should be thinking Jason Maxiell, not Paul Millsap. He was horrendous tonight — bricked jumpers, holding it way too long down low, turnovers, nightmare.
I am sure there are reasons for playing Alonzo Gee over Manny Harris. I am not sure what they are. Gee can rebound, but he’s not much of a defender and he can’t shoot. Manny should be getting those minutes.
Hickson: rough game. He’s not catching the ball, he’s not moving well without it. I wonder if the lack of spacing is having an effect on him.
AP: Too many one-dribble pull-ups. Eyenga: waaaaaaaay too many jumpers. I still have Eyenga as a part of the young “core,” but let’s just say his name is written in pencil instead of pen right now. He’s still very, very raw both in his skills and his approach to the game.
RYAN HOLLINS. GOSH DARN. If this was your first time seeing Ryan Hollins, you’d think he was a top-10 center in this league. He’s big, he can jump, he’s alive, and he can move. That’s often enough. The alley-oops you expect to happen when the right guy is throwing them. Some of the strong moves inside were a pleasant surprise. But the hard shows on pick-and-rolls? Where did that come from? If he can keep doing that, he’s more valuable than Eyenga is to this team.
Speaking of pick-and-roll defense, neither Samuels or Hickson were particularly good at it tonight.
As for the Warriors, they took the game when Monta started raining in threes in the third. With Ramon in the Twilight Zone, there wasn’t much the Cavs could do when the Dubs made their run.
Steph Curry is just flat-out good at basketball. He absolutely looks like a guy who had a ball in his crib and never really let it out of his sight. The ball-handling, the shooting, the way he understands angles, the confidence. What a special, special offensive talent. Although I LOVED seeing Baron post him up for a layup. How many guards do that anymore?
That’s all for tonight. Until later.
Never saw that video, but got a kick out of it because it was filmed in my neighborhood. Wish I went for a jamba juice that day.
We need Irving so badly. It has never been clearer than now that Ramon Sessions is almost certainly not the point guard of the future.
His court vision, which is not something that one can really learn, is terrible, and he has no outside shot.
While Baron is far better, at the age of almost-32, he definitely isnt our future either.
This 2011 draft, as bad as it is, hopefully can net us a good wing played and a point.
The effect of Jamison not being on the floor is being felt. As much of a defensive liability he is/was, what he provided on offense by either scoring diretly himself or just stretching the floor to help Ramon and JJ etc be more effective. I guess I’m still pleased that Samardo and Gee are getting more burn time, I wish we had Harris in there more too though. Once Andy comes back next year, we could have a PF controversey between Samardo and JJ. Samardo makes some mistakes – but the expected kind for a kid with his experience. But… Read more »
Not much talk on boobie’s incredible D last night. He made steph curry look like a fool at times and the only time curry scored on him was off screens where he is so quick that honestly boobie didnt have a chance. He forced him to 2 travels, had some nice pokes and visably frustrated him. That is excellent Defense…too bad when Ramon was in things were different….
The problem with Baron is he’s too out of shape to finish games. You could see it at the end when the layups weren’t getting to the rim. 24 minutes a night has to be the limit. Secondly, and no one is talking about this, the Cavs have to start hitting some jump shots because everyone is just packing it in on them and daring them to shoot, or covering the one guy they have on the floor who can hit threes. I think that is Ramon’s biggest problem. I have to agree with the take on Gee. He just… Read more »
“Monta Ellis and Baron Davis combined to score 47 points”
No, Monta Ellis and Steph Curry.
No one on this team rebounds…its unreal….and how many missed layups were there? Sessions is just a complete mess he has no outside shot and just drives to the hoop constantly, I mean thats what we see at junior high level or lower…maybe high school but its so ridiculous….this was a game we couldve easily won….also Gee can’t make any shot whatsoever…that starting lineup we had is absolutely brutal…we need to start Baron, Eyenga, Parker, Samuels, and maybe Hollins or Hickson, cant decide among last two…Hickson is mentally retarded…has to be…how many passes did he fumble away and they werent… Read more »
The first quarter was fun, and when Baron tried to take over the game from Monta in the second half, it was interesting. Other than that, flush this turd down the toilet.
Ramon, as usual, has shown himself to be king of garbage time. Whether it is garbabe time in a specific game, or garbage time in a season, he has shown throughout his entire career to be a guy who thrives when things are generally meaningless. Early in the season, when we thought that maybe we could compete, he was horrible. We start losing every game and the pressure relaxes and he plays better. We put some wins together and add a clearly superior player and he just becomes beyond awful. The turnovers he had in this game were astounding, even… Read more »
Also of note, Gibson is playing terrible. With that + no Jamison, Mo, or Moon this team has all of 1 reliable jump-shooter. Anthony Parker. There is no one else who can space the floor. Forget Harangody. He has to seriously prove himself to the entire NBA that he can shoot the ball before he actually causes them to guard and therefore space the floor. The lack of Ramon and Hickson even having a half-way decent 18 foot jumper is really, really easy to see.
You “think” the lack of spacing is hurting Hickson and Ramon? Let me help you out, it definately is. All of the reasons people like me were not singing the praises of Ramon and Hickson are being shown. The guy who everyone wanted gone (including me) is the guy who was the biggest reason both of these players were looking so good.
Yeah… Hollins played 24 minutes and had 2 boards. Sad to say that as a 7′ center, that just isn’t going to cut it. His rebounding alone makes him pretty darn close to useless most nights.
Ramon can’t handle the pressure of competing for minutes. He’s been that way his whole career.
As for Hollins… it was nice to see him actually not suck for once, but it should be pointed out that he only had 2 rebounds tonight. That’s a disgrace.