#Warriors-Magic: Wiggins+Iguodala return! Klay! JP! Live chat/commentary/analysis, 2nd screen, PVO!!
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(To be filled in as we go. Note that timestamps are not functional on livestreams until the livestream is overwith.)
9:30 three new-ish referees, who in general "refuse to accept the culture of fiery, competitive basketball" a la Draymond Green
12:45 Steve Kerr lied in the pregame! Said Donte DiVincenzo wasn't starting, but he is! KLAY THOMPSON OFF THE BENCH? Steve has bent to the will of the casuals of December 2022, and we don't even see Klay on the bench. Not even Anthony Slater knows where Klay is.
20:45 Slater reports that Jonathan Kuminga is out of his walking boot.
26:30 Mac McClung brought up again (once per week) even though Ty Jerome is playing great (and he's a pass-first guard unlike McClung)
32:30 HOT TAKE: good thing Paolo Banchero is not a "junior" otherwise he would've monopolized the PBJ moniker
33:45 per Slater, Klay out due to left knee soreness (the ACL knee)
36:15 Anthony Lamb kick-out results in a non-shot, non-foul (per rule, I suppose)
47:00 PBJ fell asleep, should've switched with Looney's man (Mo Wagner and Suggs)
49:15 Loon would have 30 rebounds per game if they counted deflection rebounds
52:15 7min32 Q2 Suggs pokes the Draymond bear, let's see what happens
57:00 Warriors sometimes plays down to competition like tonight, it's called the opposite of deer-in-the-headlight (the mack truck that stopped for the deer)
58:30 for the people worried about Klay, don't worry, we have DOCTOR Rick Celebrini, best in the business
1:02:15 2min19 Q2 Lamb and-one: Lamb and Wiggs did a Freaky Friday!
1:16:00 we just debunked any trade talk for Vanderbilt and/or Olynyk, a casual fan wanted to trade Moody and a pick (we don't need a glut at PF when we already have JaMychal and Kuminga)
1:18:00 analysis on when we have to make a decision on the two-ways, I don't want to predict yet, when there's so much time left between now and Sunday, April 9th. @jabsnana8465 says: "How many times did we hear trade Otto or Beli last year?"
1:21:15 how many All-Stars might we have? We analyze: There's about a month left of play before ASW. In that month, Wiggins MUST return to All-Star Wiggs level, Klay must continue to play like he has during this winning stretch, Draymond will get more coaches votes if the team ends up in the top 4-6, and Looney will NOT get voted in. neither will Poole. Coaches tend to subconsciously think about W-L record.
1:27:30 we should Krazy George for the starts of Q3 because there's zero energy from the lower bowl fans who are enjoying the open bar at the various Chase Center clubs, WHENEVER WE PLAY INFERIOR TEAMS -- the Achilles heel of a dynasty franchise
1:34:00 7min10 Q3 JP seems like he's learning all the bad habits from Steph Curry as well
1:35:00 6min15 Q3 Looney bad body language, Wiggs had it before on his turnover
1:41:00 3min33 Q3 Draymond yells at No. 4 ref Sean Wright, I think I like him (no tech)
1:45:00 I wonder how the Spurs Dynasty handled the "easy wins", but maybe it's just a generational gap
1:53:15 if you jump ship on JP now, you can't come back later
1:57:30 I think Steph is as guilty as any of Hall-of-Famers on taking a night off esp when you look back to the game at Orlando
2:00:00 I don't see any hard cuts: Steph and Klay are injured, Wiggs is definitely not 100%, JK is injured, and PBJ doesn't know how to do that yet (he's got the other half of it down pat, the three, though)
2:05:45 7min34 Q4 we are trying to play AAU-level keep-away (JP to Lamb to Donte)
2:08:45 instead of a "slug-fest" we have an "ugh-fest"
2:16:00 can we turn the season around or will this be a light-switch situation? It's up to the leadership of Steph, Klay, Dray, Wiggs, Loon and JP (the "foundational six"). And Kerr since he named the "foundational six". Maybe tonight, Dray was counting on the natural energy (which didn't happen) of the return of Wiggs and Andre. That is to say, the slow start, I blame the leadership. It does involve championship hangover, Ring Ceremony hangover and extension-signing hangover, but this is never-before-charted territory. This is a by-product of having a dynasty franchise in this era. The good news is that anything can happen in this era, e.g., Phoenix Suns dominate 2021-22 regular season, then get blown out at home in the WCS. In the pregame for NBC Sports Bay Area, Chris Mullin and Monte Poole talked about how all the Warriors need to do is get into the playoffs, although as a play-in team, that would be super-risky because anything can happen in one game. Also we're very depleted right now, so don't forget that (which is also along the lines of "anything can happen").
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