WARRIORS: recap

WARRIORS POSTGAME RECAP

WARRIORS (23-43)
130

ORACLE ARENA
March 15, 2009

vs.

SUNS (36-31)
154

The Warriors were unable to extend their two-game winning streak, falling in a 154-130 shootout against the visiting Suns on Sunday night at ORACLE Arena. The 284 combined points marked the highest total in the NBA this season. Monta Ellis led the way for the Warriors by scoring 26 points on 12-19 shooting from the floor, while six more Warriors finished in double figures on the night. The Warriors will now have one day off before hosting the L.A. Clippers

on Tuesday.

BOX SCORE

RECAP

PHOTO GALLERY

WATCH HIGHLIGHTS

GAME LEADERS

Scoring
GSW: Monta Ellis - 26
PHX: Jason Richardson - 31

Rebounding
GSW: Turiaf/Randolph - 6
PHX: Grant Hill - 8

Assists
GSW: Stephen Jackson - 9
PHX: Matt Barnes - 11

Monta Ellis scored 26 points on 12-19 shooting on Sunday night. (photo: Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty) VIEW PHOTO GALLERY

NEXT GAME PREVIEW

VS.

March 17 - 7:30 p.m.
ORACLE Arena

TV: CSN (HD) Radio: KNBR 680

MATCH-UP INFO
Warriors: 23-43, 3rd Place - Pacific Division
Clippers: 15-50; 4th Place - Pacific Division

VS. L.A. Clippers
Current Streak: Lost 1

This Season: 2-1
11/15/08: W, 121-103
1/25/09: W, 107-92
2/23/09: L, 105-118

QUOTES

Keith Smart
On Taking Over For Nelson:
"I think you just try and do the best you can. You try and get the guys to understand that the game is somewhat out of reach right now and you want to try, as much as you can, to execute some of the things you’re doing. But we lost our spirit in the basketball game and now you allow your young players to try and play. Phoenix is playing with a serious purpose of trying to make a playoff push. We didn’t handle their transition game. We gave up a lot of points the last time we played them and we gave up 56 points (fast break points) this time. They’re playing faster then the last time we played, the way they’re playing now.”

On The Suns' Zone:
“For whatever reason, when our guys saw the zone they froze. They didn’t try and attack it, they got the ball and they held the ball over their head and they didn’t try and attack. We went through all of our zone activity, we just didn’t look comfortable tryng to attack. We just played against a team in Dallas a couple nights ago where we played very, very well against the zone. But for whatever reason tonight we didn’t understand it tonight.”

On Monta Ellis Being All the Way Back:
“He’s getting there. You can see the speed is there, his jump shot in his pocket areas…he’s starting to get those down. It’s just a matter of time. The guy is a gifted athlete, he loves to play, and you can see things are coming back for him.”

Kelenna Azubuike
On Playing With Brandan Wright:
"We have to learn from our mistakes and go to the drawing board and hopefully come out next game with better defense. There is no excuse for that. We have to put more effort and just concentrate more. We made a lot of mistakes and mental errors.”

Jamal Crawford
On Tonight's Game:
“We were right there. We were battling back in the second half if we gave ourselves some chance but things didn’t go our way.”