OT: Warriors get destroyed by the Trail Blazers

I guess Lillard was pissed about not making the all-star game

Was begging for someone to change his diaper all night...

Beilein to the Warriors? He'll make damn sure that they shoot even more 3's. He'll probably cut Draymond and sign 31 year old Kevin Pittsnoggle to solidify the frontcourt and maximize the long 2 pointer possibilities. It might be tough to acquire him from his current spot on the Miller’s Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership team in Martinsburg, WV. He's been a starting sales associate for several years now. Pulling him away from his dream will be tough -- “I always wanted to sell cars since I was a kid,” Pittsnogle told Lost Lettermen last March. “I enjoy doing it. It’s something I could do for a long time.” http://lostlettermen.com/pittsnogle-selling-cars-back-in-west-virginia/

I don't know, but statistically they're in good shape. They've played 53 of 82 games (29 to go) and there 24-0 at home and 24-5 on the road. The Warriors win streak at home is something crazy (I think 42 straight). I'm assuming an equal number of home and away games in the season (17 home and 12 road remaining) and I'd assume they lose no more than 2 at home this year. That means the Warriors have 7 losses and they'd need to get 4 more in 12 games to get to 11. I don't see them going 8-4 or even 9-3 (tie) down the stretch. That said, they have 2 games at San Antonio and games at the clippers (next) and okc (end of current road trip), so there are 4 potential losses there, but the rest of the teams are substantially worse and the Warriors would have to go 0-4 in big road games down the stretch.

I don't care about the record.  I just care about the time machine they're apparently building over at ESPN that will allow them to face Jordan's Bulls.

I mean, that's happening, right?  Otherwise it seems kind of silly to not shut up about it for the past several months now.

Fire [insert name of Warriors coach here]!!

But the really bad news is they're also out of coffee.

 

"Lost their focus over the All Star break" is the sort of boilerplate Skip Bayless hot take that I specifically come to MGoBlog to NOT see. Be better than that.

Considering that the Warriors won't get massive referee and league favoritism like the dainty other team from another era then the odds are low.

Well apparently Lillard was pissed over his all-star snub.

73 wins will be tough, but they had a bad night. it happens. They'll still have a good chance of they can bounce back quickly.

I don't think so. They certainly have the health, talent and remaining schedule to do so, but if I had to guess, I'd say they finish 70-12.

i will confess to not being much of an NBA fan but i at least check the record of the pistons and they are sinking like, pee-stones.   folks said the trade they did the other day was a winner, but once again they got beaten.   are they going to straighten up and fly right, or are the pistons going to tank, as per usual?

They are entering a challenging stretch of 7 games:

@ LAC (36-18)
@ Atlanta (31-25)
@ Miami (30-24)
@ Orlando (24-29)
@ OKC (40-15)
vs. Atlanta (31-25)
vs. OKC (40-15)

The game against LA is tonight. Their record during this strech will probably determine whether they can surpass 72-10. They would have to go 6-1 to remain on pace of the Bulls who were 54-6 after 60 games. If they lose more than 1 game in this stretch, the path to 73 wins would get difficult considering they still have 2 road games against San Antonio (46-9), who is just 3 games behind them. Both games against SA are the 2nd of back to backs. They also have a road game against Memphis (32-22). The remaining home schedule includes games against LAC, Memphis, Boston (32-24), and SA. For what its worth, they also have another 2 games against Portland (28-27) at home.

538 did a simulation on the Warriors' chances of going 73-9, prior to last night's defeat to Portland. They determined they had about a 54% chance of doing it:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-golden-state-warriors-odds-of-g…

I'm guessing that percentage has dropped after the Portland loss. 



 

Go Blazers! Lillard played out of his mind. What a game!

The Blazers definitely have that potential. They dominated the Cavs earlier in the year by 30+ too. Lillard And McCollum get going and it's rough on any defense.

Their current winning percentage says yes

This Portland girl says the Warriors should pack it in and look to next year.  Trade Stephen Curry (to Portland, please) and reach for the stars.

Was there last night. Dame was unconscious and was clearly pissed off about the whole all-star thing. Curry "only" had 34 and sat the whole 4th. Warriors bench actually let them down.

I sure hope not. Green and Curry are pretty much the worst thing to me in all of sports. Thompson is almost as bad too. I could see them fizzling down the stretch and getting eliminated in the second round. When you act like the world owes you everything because you won one championship you seem to lose sight of reality. The Bulls were fun to watch and Jordan never acted as douche as Curry. I hope the Warriors don't break their record but I don't think I have to worry.