NBA This Week: Warriors, Clippers, Jazz, Frank Isola, Eric Hasseltine, Tim Bontemps

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Steinmetz

On latest “NBA This Week” on 95.7 FM-The Game (flagship of the Golden State Warriors), John and I discussed the Warriors’ recent victories over the LA Clippers and Utah Jazz.

The Warriors completely handled the Clippers on Wednesday night, then followed that up with a victory over the injury-ravaged Jazz, who were missing George Hill, Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors, Rodney Hood and Alex Burks.

In addition to plenty of NBA talk, Dickinson and I interviewed Frank Isola of the New York Daily News, Eric Hasseltine of the Memphis Grizzlies and Tim Bontemps of the Washington Post.

Below are the links to all the segments:

“NBA This Week” part I

“NBA This Week” part II

“NBA This Week” part III

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Warriors WrapUp: Grizzlies hammer Golden State 110-89

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Steinmetz

Going to try to start posting things like this more frequently. Below is a link to “Warriors WrapUp” on 95.7-FM The Game from Saturday night’s game. The Memphis Grizzlies pounded the Warriors 110-89 in Memphis, which snapped Golden State’s eight-game road winning streak.

Here are just a few of the topics:

–How the Memphis Grizzlies are the same but different. They really looked like an interesting team. The still have their “core 4” of Mike Conley, Tony Allen, Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol but they’ve added some youth and athleticism which gives them another dimension.

–Steph Curry is in the middle of a shooting slump. He’s connecting on “only” 39.4 percent from beyond the arc, which would be a career-low by far. Is this something to worry about or are we talking blip on the radar.

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Warriors ho-hum their way to comfy victory over Wizards

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Steinmetz

The Warriors weren’t great and they weren’t terrible on Tuesday night, so whatever they were against the Washington Wizards at Oracle Arena was good enough for a 102-94 win. Golden State is now 67-7, which remains surreal to anyone who followed the team in the early 1990s.

Here are some notes and things from the Warriors’ victory, their 54th straight in the regular season at home:

–If there’s one area that continues to confound opponents it’s the Warriors’ ability to turn second shots into three points. Time and time again this season the Warriors have missed initially, only to then come up with an offensive rebound and kick out to one of their shooters. These are demoralizing scores for the other team.

The Warriors are the most efficient team in the NBA, so when you do force a miss, it’s imperative you get the rebound. Failing to secure the rebound often results in a scramble situation defensively, and no team spins around a defense faster than the Warriors.

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