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WARRIORS POSTGAME RECAP
BOX SCORE
RECAP
PHOTOS
QUOTES
HIGHLIGHTS


WARRIORS
(19-48)

131

Oracle Arena
March 17, 2010

vs.

HORNETS
(33-36)

121

The comeback Warriors struck again. Down by as many as 21 points in the third quarter, the Warriors heated up at the right time and posted a 131-121 victory over the Hornets on Wednesday in front of a spirited St. Patrick’s Day crowd at Oracle Arena. Golden State connected on nine three-pointers in the fourth quarter, including four by Reggie Williams, who had 18 points in the final period. Anthony Tolliver had a career-high 30 points and Monta Ellis came through with 28 points and a career-high tying 13 assists in the team’s biggest comeback win of the season. Chris Hunter added 17 points for the Warriors, who out-scored New Orleans 65-35 over the final 17 minutes of the game. The Warriors will now hit the road for a two-day, two-game trip beginning on Friday in San Antonio.
Monta Ellis had 28 points and 13 assists in Golden State's comeback win over the Hornets. (Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty) VIEW PHOTO GALLERY

GAME HIGHLIGHTS


GAME LEADERS

Team
GSW
NOH

Points
Tolliver - 30
West - 36

Rebounds
Hunter - 8
West - 15

Assists
Ellis - 13
Collison - 14

Steals
Ellis/Tolliver - 4
Wright - 2

Blocks
Three Tied - 1
Okafor/Songaila - 1






NEXT GAME PREVIEW

AT

March 19 - 5:30 p.m.
AT&T Center
Oakland, CA

TV: CSN Bay Area (HD)
Radio: KNBR 680


MATCH-UP INFO
Warriors: 19-48; 5th Place - Pacific Division
Spurs: 40-26; 2nd Place - Southwest Division

VS. San Antonio
Current Streak: Lost 7

This Season: 0-2

11/25/09: L, 104-118
12/16/09: L, 91-103



QUOTES



Don Nelson
On tonight's game:
“I am so happy for the D-Leaguers. They had 69 points between them and 18 rebounds. It was pretty exciting. They got an opportunity. We kept saying as poorly as we played in the first half to keep playing and keep trying. Sometimes things just turn around and we got hot at the right time in the fourth quarter. It all ended up going our way. It was a lot of fun for those kids to play and do well. Reggie Williams is quite a player. (Anthony) Tolliver and (Chris) Hunter really did a good job for us. I thought (Devean) George turned the game around when I inserted him in the lineup when he made his first couple of shots that he had. He gave us life that we were lacking and everybody caught on and boomed it up 10 notches in the fourth quarter.”


Reggie Williams
On tonight's game:
“It was just everybody was just going a lot of energy got created form the team and we feed off everybody and kept it going. Coach Nelson wants us to push it and if it’s open shot just to go ahead and take it , and if not just get out of it and then play, and maybe run a set or maybe have an advantage or a mismatch to take your man and everybody has the green light and everybody has the same opportunity to do the same thing.”

“When you hit a shot and you see all the fans standing up and look at the bench and they are cheering, that’s a good feeling.”


Anthony Tolliver
On tonight's game:
“Anytime you can get a win, it’s a great thing. I’m just glad I could help the team the way I did. I wouldn’t really care if it was me rebounding or on defense or whatever I’m just about trying to get wins and tonight was my night to get some shots and help the team on the offensive end. I’m glad my teammates kept looking for me, and I just try and capitalize on that.”

On another comeback win:
“We’re just relentless. I try not to use that word as much, but that’s the only word I can think of that describes this team. When we’re down and out, it seems like we play our best basketball. We try and not get in that position. You don’t want to be down 18 or 20 and have to come back, but sometimes that is what it takes to wake us up. We came off of a really emotionally high against the Lakers and we came out with a rough start against New Orleans. We were kind of slow and sluggish as a team and everything, but once we got it going Devean George came in and brought some energy and some defense and some veteran presence and he hit a couple shots and got us going.”


Stephen Curry
On injuring his ankle:
“I was going through pre-game warm-ups, like I normally do, and my ankle locked up on me so… we’re going to get an MRI and figure out exactly what happened to it tomorrow and hopefully I’ll be ready for Friday. Shootaround today I was fine, even got a dunk, and then I went home and got back to the gym and just didn’t feel right so hopefully my MRI is fine and move on from there.”

“Hopefully by tomorrow, a nice rest, it should be that much more better and then the MRI hopefully turns out clean and we’ll be fine.”

On missing his first game:
“It’s a little disappointing, especially the way it happened, coming in a regular game day situation and feeling like you are ready to play and then not being able to go. Team pulled it out, played great, nice to cheer them on and see them get a win and now I can worry about getting healthy.”

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