its 3 hours since the game in, and I'm still in disbelief! We shocked the world! One Dub!

logical and rational after Game 1, if Warriors win Game 2.... f--- it, I'm gonna start talking about sweeps, Warriors sweeping Dallas that is.

have won their first playoff game in 15 years... however, i am also happy to invite brodyv to our discussion here at gsom. he said he would be back sunday, but i do not see him posting around here at all. time for some humble pie(at least until wednesday). :0

I just got back from the game not too long ago and I'm still hyped about the win. I saw Zorgon before the game, but apparently you saw him more than I did.

I'm not going to repeat what's already been said, but a couple personal notes:

1. It was awesome sitting in a luxury box. It was my first time, but I could definitely do that again. Didn't get to go down on the court (don't know if the owner would have allowed a Warrior fan close enough to get in players' heads), but I would've been satisfied with nosebleeds if it meant I could've been there to watch the first Warrior playoff win in 15 years.
   
2. The crowd really wasn't that into it. They got loud a couple times, but the Warriors shut them up pretty quickly. For a team that usually has a pretty good crowd they were surprisingly subdued. I suppose the play of the Warriors had something to do with that.
   
3. The guy next to me in the box claimed foul on the J-Rich block, but after watching the replay even he said that it was clean. I'm just glad the guy didn't beat me up after the game like he said he would if the Warriors won. He was pretty big and is into mixed martial arts.

All in all a great game and a great time out (remember that slogan?). I'm not getting my hopes up to be able to go again, but hey, crazier things have happened.

Go Warriors!

I believe. One dub!

but did anyone else see Mark Cuban shoulder-bumping several Warriors, the last one being Jrich, after the game?? Classic.

that Mark Cuban cracks me up.

the extra rebounding and shot blocking they add does not come close to making up for their inablity to guard  al harrington or stephen jackson. The only bigs that can play against us are good offensive bigs, basically stars like Yao or Duncan

proved that nellie is on dallas' head.  One game note that others had failed to mention...

DALLAS HAD NO TIMEOUTS 2 AND SOMETHING MINUTES INTO THE 4TH QTR.

even if the dallas went into some kind of run, they wouldnt win because they were out of timeouts.  AVERY was outnellied by Nellie.

FROM HERE ON OUT....WHATEVER HAPPENS....EVEN IF WE DONT WIN ANOTHER GAME TILL NOVEMBER...

WARRIORS IM PROUD OF YOU.

He has really come on strong the past month and the warriors must bring him back next year. It will probably come down to him or pietrus and it seems pretty obvious barnes is the choice. Mavs say they can shoot a lot better but so can the warriors, i think jrich,harrington and monta combined for 24 pts.

what the haters say, cause they were wrong again.
Trade was better for the Pacers - WRONG
Al Harrington and Stephen Jackson are selfish/ cant coexist with current Warriors - WRONG
Golden State wont make the playoffs - WRONG
The regular season dominance of the Mavericks is more of a fluke than anything else - WRONG
The Mavericks will sweep the series when the games actually matter - WRONG

The same Mavericks showed up to tonights games, and we beat them down again.  Even in a low scoring game, even when the 3s didn't fall,even when we were out rebounded, even when they shot more free throws than us,even when they play all their players, WE WON.  Are you nervous yet Mavs fans, cause if we can take you in Dallas, you dont even want to know whats gonna happen when you come to the Bay.

Let me start by apologizing by making my first ever GSOM post on the night of their biggest win in a generation.  Yeah, I'm a tool, I know.  Been following GSOM since the end of last year, just never got around to registering to post till now. Also, I originally posted this comment in the game thread on accident. My bad.

Anyway, I think the recap here might be a little tough on J-Rich.  He didn't have a good game, but I think it was better than his stats, and definitely not worse.  His cut the the basket (on the assist from Jax), the put-back in traffic, and obviously his block on Harris were big time plays.  I know we're all a little disappointed cause he didn't come up huge in his first playoff game, but let's not be too tough on the guy.

Also, I can only imagine that Damp played so few minutes cause he's still not healthy.  If that's the case, his injury's the single greatest contribution he's made to the Warriors in his career.

Long time reader, first time poster. Let me just say first that you got a great thing going here on GSoM, following along on the site these last couple of weeks has made it that much more special.

Man, I still can't believe what our boys did tonight! I've read all the analysis, the "expert" breakdowns... it just goes to show that sometimes it's best to go with what you know, and that's what we Warrior fans know our team is truly capable of. The experts didn't know, and apparently the Mavericks still don't. One Dub!

To quote Baron Davis from the postgame interview:

i believe.

mavs only has one superstar in dirk.  so long as warriors can contain dirk, the rest of the mavs is just a collection of avg. / above average players that the warriors match better with.

nellie ball!

I wasn't feeling confident at the start of the game, given the sloppy play in the 1st quarter.  I thought they might unravel due to game 1/playoff jitters, but, even if they were nervous, Dallas seemed just as sloppy. But they pulled it together, and have given me more hope than I could have hoped for.  (And a few laughs too, watching that buffoon Cuban get all riled up courtside.)
Maybe it's just down to who's hungrier, and you just have to look at the two teams to figure that out.  And if, I mean WHEN, the Warriors fire on all cylinders, people all over the country -- who haven't seen the team we've been lucky to see over the past few weeks -- are going to be asking, "Who are these guys?"  
By the way, I look forward to seeing Dampier get torched, payback for all the space he wasted, for all his lazy play and not giving a damn, back when he was a "Warrior."  Bleak memories that this Warrior team is erasing with a vengeance.  
(Sorry for the bad writing.  I just can't believe what's going on, after all the years of Dampiers, Joe Smiths, St. Jean, the Sprewell incident, the Webber fiasco, etc.)

I loved that we weren't getting the steals and fastbreaks in the first half and Nelson totally went to a different game plan.  We still had a few fastbreaks but we started posting up with BoomDizzle and running some half court ball.

The defense on Dirk was so great to watch.  No matter who was on him.  I think Monta even got switched on to him a couple times and kept pestering him.

The most optimistic outlook for the rest of the series is that Monta, TMNT & Jrich scored 27 points combined.  All three of them are capable of scoring 20+.  We're not as deep as some of them teams in the playoffs but we've got a lot of scoring options.  Probably the key factor for NellieBall.

Gotta wear some Warriors gear today.  Can't wait til Wednesday.

...these guys were my pics to be most affected by the idea of being in the playoffs.  for baron, the bigger the game the better, harrington seems pretty unflappable, and we know jax is nails.  monta and biedrins haven't been waiting that long, so i figured they'd pass.  pietrus always makes me nervous when the heat gets turned up, and i unfairly pictured him throwing the ball away twice and being benched, ala MP06.  jrich, being the longest "suffering" warrior (other than adonal, but sadly, he doesn't really count, and that's too bad), had the most potential to play a little faster than he should, and to be generally thrown out of his rhythm by the excitement of the experience.  his shot obviously reflected this, but his heart still carried him to a very productive game all-around.  pietrus impressed as well, not hitting his open 3's, which would have been a bonus, but playing controlled and not making any glaring mistakes.

...as the others have said, jrich will settle in, especially given how much he has to be aware of baron's overwhelming contribution last night.  this game went about as well as you can hope on so many fronts.  we have at least one big game guy who didn't have a big game, and we still won.  spread it around boys.

...and bring on the dampier/diop experiment.  biedrins needs his chance as well.

I was impressed by the bench production last night. Barnes and Pietrus both played composed, controlled, and focused ball. We've debated about this all year, but Barnes point forward abilities and also ability to spread the ball with dribble penetration was MORE than needed last night when the long jumpers weren't falling. PLus it was nice to see him initiating the break on a few occasions getting the Warriors running. Pietrue played some solid defense doing some the not-so-"cute" stuff that we all know him for. I appreciated the couple of nice dunks and tight blocks last night. Good to see folks working together on offense and defense!

haha yea i caught that too. i think it was fratello who said it. lol.

1st road win for Warriors in 15 years...last century...1992?! I feel like all Warriors fans should play the lottery...not that this team got lucky, but that our luck is finally turning around!

Does anyone know a good bookie in the Bay Area? I'm looking to make a few Warriors bets!  (Not to mention the other playoff series are blowin' up...check out Denver-SA!)

just to see what the rest of the country was getting as their introduction to the dubs.  it was piss poor coverage of our boys.  besides not even getting the names right all they showed were mavs highlights.  keep feeding the fire and let's keep rolling you dubs!

can you guys imagine the old murphleavy warriors going that hard all game.  this was a case of (per skeptic) our oakland n.h.h's strutting into the gleaming house party of the annointed, spolied mavs.  baron walked in there and punched the biggest cat in the nose and jax crapped on their carpet.  barnes ate everything out of the fridge and stole all their liquor.  we talked about getting tougher after the trade but this is redubulous!  

This is just freaking fantastic.
a. Hopefully the youngsters show up wednesday.
b. tnt is godawful, but i'd love to watch steven davis play.
c. JRich's block was a great non-call. The refs called that one right and let the game be decided by the right guys, not the zeebs.
d. why can't we win on wednesday?
e. see a.

You gotta think the unbelievable play by Baron is going to once again throw Dallas off their game for Game 2. Listening to Avery in the postgame conference, he was very disappointed with the D on Baron. Let them worry about Baron, once we get those double teams we'll frustrate them with Monta, J-Rich and Al. (And Pietrus! Come on MP!)

i have no problem accepting that the warriors 2-year ownage of the mavs isn't all that real.  with the exception of the 17-game winning streak buster, none of those games involved the key players of this series.

HOWEVER, if you're going to analyze like that, then you're also going to have to throw out the regular season record for the warriors...and just look at our record since we had time to gel with a new coach, players returning from injury, new players, and young kids.

Our play since Baron came back is real...and because of all of the new parts coming together...it makes sense.  It's not just a team going through a hot streak.  This is a new, different, brave team.

That's all I have to say...now PASS THE PEAS

best defensive game all season - and we didnt even get alot of steals

jrich great first game.

there were so many endings to this game like lord of the rings.

1 baron going off
2 jrich blocks the shit out of harris
3 jackson hits that 3 pointer
4 dirk missed that 3 pointer

In the final seconds of game when JAX was dribbling out the clock, he was standing right next to the fans on the sideline looking real bad ass. Did anyone catch that? Was he trying to tick off the exiting Mav's fan?

Hell yes Warrior Nation, last night went down just we scripted, yay? Damn right. Our first playoff win since game 2 of the 1992 opening round playoff series against Seattle was sweeter than 100 percent high fructose corn syrup.

But let's not count our championship rings before they're cast. Over the course of last night's game, we saw pretty much all of the Warriors' warts exposed -- fortunately Baron, SJax, and our D kept Dallas too befuddled to go on the offensive.

Especially in the first half, the team seemed to fall back into its bad habit of launching deep, off-balance jumpers with nobody underneath to rebound. There seemed to be no offensive flow or plan whatsoever. Even with an uptempo game, half court offense wins playoffs, as Baron demonstrated in the third quarter.

Stop with the jump passes. Time after time in the first half, the Warriors would drive madly to the hoop, get cut off by the D, jump into the air and have to lay off bad passes to avoid traveling calls. Jump passes are very bad form and execution, and playing that kind of ball is going to catch up to us sooner or later.

Too many turnovers. Again, especially in the first half, when we weren't missing unmakable jumpers, we were spinning, jump-passing, and wildly flipping the ball all over the place. Again, the Mavericks are going to play better, and the Warriors need to get a little bit more control over their game, and that means taking advantage of each and every possession.

We're as wildly ecstatic as everybody else in Warrior Nation, and we do believe the Warriors can and will beat the Mavericks in this series. However, last night's performance may not be good enough to win a game four, five, or six in this series. The Mavericks are going to adjust and if the Warriors want to move on to face Houston/Utah, they need to be more efficient, more controlled, and more precise with their shot selection and ball handling.

As the for the good stuff, well nobody points it out better than the staff and readers of GSOM. What you all said! The Dubs have a huge task in front of them, but for today at least, it's party time in Warriorsland. Believe it.

as a road team we went into the other teams house and snatched homecourt away. now the pressure has mounted on dallas in a series where the pressure was already 100% on them in the first place. this gives us basically a free swing in game two. we can come out and play totally lose knowing that we have two games coming up at oracle where we've been dominant this season. i don't think the warriors should be the favorite in the series yet, but it's definitely closer than it was before.

...people keep bitching about how Dallas shouldn't have changed their lineup. Maybe Avery will cave and actually play Dampier...we all know that would be a godsend for us.

I agree with Spree.  If they keep criticizing Avery, he may fall into the trap of playing his bigs.  They'll see what types of mismatch problems get created.  

By the way, I was having so much fun watching Monta guard Dirk (effectively) last night!

Today's reads are interesting.  People are having a frenzy over the game and you have to love the fact that the Dubs are on everyone's dial now.  I'm still laughing at the Mavs fans that dismiss the fact that they've been beaten down all season and can turn it around on Avery's reinstallation of their regular lineup.  How much more evidence do you need to realize that you've been owned?  I'm not saying that we'll sweep, but you have to like the chances of winning, particularly when 2 of the next 3 games are at home, where the Dubs played better most of the season.  Here's some more material to waste your time by: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/basketball/nba/07_playoffs/2007/04/cause-for-concern.html

Now that both the Dubs and Mavs have their first game playoff jitters out of the way, I think that game 2 is going to be really well played.  I'm sure the FG%'s will be much higher and we won't see as many missed put backs and layups as we did last night.

BoomDizzle's play in the 3rd was insanely awesome and it was obvious that Nellie was trying to slow it down and play half court ball. He musta drank a lot of scotch to come up with that gameplan.  Never would have expected an intentional half court game!

But keep runnin, Dubs, and Great things will come!

I agree about the play-by-play announcer.  The other TNT broadcasters usually do a good job, but Dick Stockton is inept.  He did a Warriors game for TNT a few years ago, and similarly was mispronouncing names and mis-identifying players.  Last night, on separate occasions, he called both Jackson and Richardson, Al Harrington.

Thanks for the recap.  What a gift after having to watch the Warriors play for the first 60 games this year.  The Warriors showed how size does not matter if you hustle, play energetic D and take good shots.  Warriors in 6!!!

and I was watching the game at the Old Pro bar in Palo Alto. The energy there was off the hook and I was loving all the HD screens all over the bar.

my favorite moment was toward the end of the fourth qtr. and the W's were pullin away.....the camera had a close up of Mark Cuban and he was having an absolute shit kiniption!!!

Totally hilarious!!!!!!! What a little bitch yo!

One thing is for sure........our boy Boom Dizzle is for real 4-sho!

Go Warriors!!!!!!!!!!

Great recap.  The Warriors were awful in the 1st Half.  They were electric in the 2nd.  BD....J-Rich's block and Barnes late 3 were the difference.  

I hope the Mavs didn't think that was our best shot.  Wait until Dallas gets a load of our kid Monta.  Ellis will bounce back.  I'd be surprised if J-Rich didn't go for at least 30 in Game 2.

I have to laugh about any talk of Dampier in this Series.  We remember that stiff.  He had 1 good year- his contract year.  He wasn't even that good then- he just got his #'s on a terrible team.  If he plays the Warriors win.  If he doesn't they win- obviously.

If Dirk doesn't start hitting his J- it's OVER.  He needs to get hot- real hot- or Dallas is in  deep water.  Stackhouse doesn't scare anyone.  Howard isn't going to carry anybody- and Terry is inconsistent as Hell.  

Golden State has Boom- probably the best player in the Series  (sorry Dirky).  We got a bunch of talent behind him- and like Baron said after the game- They're HUNGRY.  

Go Warriors.