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WARRIORS POSTGAME RECAP
BOX SCORE
RECAP
PHOTOS
QUOTES
HIGHLIGHTS


WARRIORS
(1-2)

113

Oracle Arena
November 4, 2009

vs.

GRIZZLIES
(1-4)

105

The Warriors earned their first victory of the season by taking down the visiting Grizzlies in a 113-105 contest on Wednesday night. Monta Ellis led the way for Golden State, finishing with 24 points, 12 assists, seven rebounds and five steals. Anthony Morrow came alive in the second half and helped the Warriors secure a comfortable lead, scoring 19 of his 24 points over the final two quarters. Golden State shot 54.0% from the floor as a team and also received 20 points each from Stephen Jackson and Corey Maggette. The Warriors will return to the floor when they host the Clippers in a Friends & Family contest on Friday night.
Anthony Morrow scored 19 of his 24 points in the second half. (photo: Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty) VIEW PHOTO GALLERY

WATCH HIGHLIGHTS


GAME LEADERS

Team
GSW
MEM

Scoring
Ellis/Morrow - 24
Gay - 29

Rebounding
Biedrins - 8
Gasol - 14

Assists
Ellis - 12
Iverson - 7

Steals
Ellis - 5
Gasol - 3

Blocks
Four Tied - 1
Gasol - 2





NEXT GAME PREVIEW

VS.

November 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Oracle Arena
Oakland, CA

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

Promotions: Friends & Family Offer


MATCH-UP INFO
Warriors: 1-2, 4th Place - Pacific Division
Clippers: 1-4; 5th Place - Pacific Division

VS. CLIPPERS
Current Streak: Won 1

Last Season: 0-3
11/15/08: W, 121-103
1/25/09: W, 107-92
2/23/09: L, 105-118
3/17/09: W, 127-120



QUOTES



Don Nelson
On Tonight's Game:
“Well it feels good to get our first win. It wasn’t that easy, down the stretch, when we had the lead. I thought the turnovers gave them a chance to get back in it. But we survived it, and I guess young teams are going to do that. If you’re going to be small you're going to have to shoot a good percentage. Anthony Morrow helped that, that’s for sure. 10-12 will help your shooting percentage. I thought both of our point guards passed the ball and moved the ball well. Monta (Ellis) was sensational tonight. His shot wasn’t even falling and he still had monster game I thought. But we prevailed and now we got our first win so that’s good.”


Monta Ellis
On His Performance:
“Well I played decent, started the game off a little slow, but stuck with it. I came back out in the 2nd half, had a decent half, closed the game and we won the ball game.”

On Needing A Win:
“That’s exactly what we needed to have. We had a lot of fun out there tonight and got back to playing Warriors basketball. We started running, getting everybody open shots, making shots, making plays, playing defense, getting rebounds...and that’s what we needed to get back to doing.”



Anthony Morrow
On Tonight's Game:
“It was a good win, my teammates really found me -- Monta, Jackson, Stephen, even the big men set some good screens -- so we wanted to come out and give it a team effort and get the tempo up.”

On His Performance:
"It’s really just all about doing what I have to do to stay on the court. Defensively Rudy (Gay) and me were kind of going at it. He is a tough player and he scored some buckets, so I wanted to make sure I did the best job I could and went back at him offensively. I was just trying to do whatever I could to get some steals, some deflections and just talk defensively.”


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