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2008-09 HIGHLIGHTS WITH GOLDEN STATE:
...Appeared in 62 games (58 starts) and averaged a career-high 11.9 points, career-high 11.2 rebounds, career-high 2.0 assists and career-high 1.55 blocks in 30.0 minutes...Among NBA leaders, ranked 3rd in field-goal percentage (57.8% FG) and 18th in blocked shots...Finished in NBA’s top-5 in field goal percentage for second-straight season...Shot 50.0%-or-better in 44 of 62 games...Recorded 28 double-doubles (20th in NBA), including 10 consecutive to start the season, which extended his overall streak to 17-straight dating back to the 2007-08 season...Streak of 17-straight double-doubles was the longest by a Warriors player since Nate Thurmond had 18-straight in 1972...10-plus rebounds 34 times...15-plus rebounds 13 times...20-plus rebounds twice...Scored 20-plus points four times...Missed 20 games overall (17 due to injury, two due to personal reasons and one DNP-CD).

2007-08 HIGHLIGHTS WITH GOLDEN STATE:
Appeared in 76 games (59 starts), averaging career-high 10.5 points, career-high 9.8 rebounds (11th in NBA) and 1.24 blocks (26th in NBA) in 27.3 minutes...Led NBA in field-goal percentage (62.6%), becoming first Warrior since Chris Gatling in 1994-95 (63.3%) to do so...His .626 FG% was second-best single-season performace by a Warrior since the team moved to West Coast, trailing only’s Chris Gatling’s .633 in 1994-95...Grabbed a career and NBA season-high 26 rebounds vs. New York (1/27), marking the most rebounds by a Warrior since Larry Smith grabbed 31 vs. Denver on 3/28/81...Became the first NBA player to record 26-or-more rebounds since Ben Wallace had 27 on 12/15/06 vs. Milwaukee...Shot 50.0%-or-better in 67 of 76 games...In 30 games when playing 30-plus minutes, averaged 13.8 points and 13.4 rebounds...10-plus rebounds 37 times...15-plus rebounds 12 times...Recorded 27 double-doubles, including a career-high seven consecutive to end the season (averaged 16.0 points and 15.7 rebounds over the last seven games)...Scored 20-plus points five times...Blocked three-or-more shots 12 times...Five-or-more blocks twice...Missed six games due to emergency appendectomy (2/22-3/5)...Posted 21 points and 13 rebounds in 40 minutes vs. Boston (2/20) while suffering from the effects of appendicitis.

2006-07 HIGHLIGHTS WITH GOLDEN STATE:
Established career highs in almost every statistical category, including scoring (9.5 ppg), rebounding (9.3 rpg), assists (1.1 apg), blocks (1.66 bpg), minutes (29.0 mpg), games played (82) and starts (63)...Among NBA leaders, ranked 3rd in field goal percentage (.599), 11th in rebounding and 15th in blocks...Finished fifth in voting for NBA’s Most Improved Player Award...As a starter, averaged 10.2 points, 10.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.84 blocks and 31.2 minutes...Grabbed 10-or-more rebounds 34 times with 15-or-more rebounds 17 times and three career-high efforts of 18 rebounds...Prior to 2006-07, had just eight double-figure rebounding games in first two NBA seasons combined...Recorded 24 double-doubles (25th in NBA)...Three-or-more blocks 17 times with five-or-more blocks five times and a career-high seven blocked shots vs. Denver (11/22)...Netted 20 points vs. Sacramento on 12/12 without missing a shot (7-7 FG, 6-6 FT), becoming the first Warrior to score 20 points without a miss since Chris Mullin did so on 1/18/96 vs. Milwaukee (8-8 FG, 2-2 FT, 2-2 3FG)...Career-high 31 points to go along with 10 rebounds in 31 minutes at Denver (11/24)...Prior to game had never had a 20-point effort in NBA...Was the only Warriors player to appear in all 82 regular-season games.

2007 NBA PLAYOFFS:
Appeared in all 11 playoff games (eight starts), averaging 6.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.55 blocks in 24.3 minutes per game, while shooting 73.0% (27-37 FG) from the field...Had three double-doubles during the playoffs, including 13 points and 13 rebounds in Game 3 Conference Semifinals victory vs. Utah (5/11).

2005-06 HIGHLIGHTS WITH GOLDEN STATE:
Shot 63.8% (118-185 FG) from the field, which was tops among all NBA players with 150-or-more shot attempts...His season-ending field goal percentage was the sixth-best in NBA history among all players who attempted a minimum of 150 shot attempts in a season...Was once again the youngest player on the Warriors roster, turning 20 in the last month of season...In 18 games when playing 20-or-more minutes, averaged 8.2 points and 6.6 rebounds...Missed 12 games due to injury...Was on the inactive list for six games...DNP-CD twice.

2004-05 HIGHLIGHTS WITH GOLDEN STATE:
After appearing in just five of the team’s first 57 games during rookie campaign, played in each of the final 25 games of the season -- averaging 4.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.88 blocks while shooting 59.7% (43-72 FG) from the field in 14.4 minutes over those 25 contests...Made first career start at Sacramento (3/20) and posted first career double-double with a then-career-high 12 points and 10 rebounds in a then-career-high 27 minutes...Made NBA debut vs. Utah (11/5), registering one point and one rebound in seven minutes...Missed 35 games due to injury overall...DNP-CD 17 times.

EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL/NATIONAL TEAM CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Prior to joining the NBA, played professionally for Skonto Riga in the Latvian Basketball League for the previous two seasons, averaging 9.1 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.54 blocks in 69 contests, while shooting 61.1% from the field...This past summer, played for Latvia at the European Championship in Poland....Played for Latvia at EuroBasket 2007 in Spain, averaging 15.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in three games...Competed in the 2004 Under-18 European Championship, averaging 21.8 points, 14.4 rebounds, 4.4 blocks and 3.8 steals...Was named Latvian League Newcomer of the Year in 2002-03...In 2002, participated in the Euro Junior Championship, where he averaged 6.6 points and 7.3 rebounds...In 2001, was a member of the Latvian National Team at the Euro Cadet Championship, where he finished 4th in scoring (16.3 ppg) and 3rd in rebounding (8.5 rpg).