Simply Solid

The word to describe last night's game was solid. The Warriors played well offensively, and didn't force the threes, like they can do. They played smart, crafty defense, and were able to make Yao Ming an afterthought. The Warriors were able to dominate an NBA playoff caliber team, without playing out of their mind. They played their game, pushing the ball at every opportunity, kicking it out for threes, playing scrappy defensive which caused turnovers, and were able to slowly wear out the Rockets. But this wasn't the Suns game, when the Warriors just went to another level. They played a consistent game, and just took apart the Rockets. A few exciting developments from last night:

Al Harrington was a revelation. Not only was his shot going down, but his defense and intensity were apparent the entire night. It's not an easy thing to do to ask your 6-9 power forward who can't rebound that well and would rather be setting up at the top of the three point line for a catch and shoot to front and bang all night with the biggest man from China in the NBA. And yet, Al not only did it, but he excelled at it, causing Yao to seem clumsy and out of sync the entire night.

With five minutes to go at the end of the second quarter, with the Warriors only up by three, Baron had to go to the bench with three fouls. Monte Ellis was handed the ball, with the hope that the Warriors wouldn't be down to much at the end of the half. Surprise! Monta ran the team effectively, and they ended up ahead by 9 when the buzzer sounded. While five minutes isn't thirty, it does show that Monta as a floor general isn't just a dream, but one day, a potential reality.

Where would these crazy fuckers be with Stephen Jackson. One day after banging with Ron Artest for an entire game, he goes up against T-Mac, and holds him to eleven points. In my opinion, not only should Jack be in the conversation for an All-Star nod, but he should be on the short list for NBA defensive player of the year.

Don Nelson-----Play Brandon Wright!