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Your Warriors can still fly, and stumble….and fly.

Box Score

With a gratifyingly optimistic crowd at their back, the Dubs shook off a mental hangover from Thursday’s loss, and stormed the court in the first - tying their highest scoring quarter of the season at 42. Jack put up 10 - including 2 threes, and Al put up 13 - shooting well from the outside as well as driving strong. The Warriors’ lead blossomed to 20 points with a minute left in the quarter, and the Clippers appeared to be comfortable in their role as the evening’s tomato can .

Nellie was relaxed enough to leave Baron on the bench to start the second quarter - and was promptly reminded via 3 straight Clipper three pointers, and some sketchy Dubs’ possesions that nothing in life is certain, and that BD is the only man who can make this hoopty run.

The news that Denver had lost to the the Jazz was announced half way through the game, injecting the crowd with yet more hope juice. On the court the Warriors were running and flying, with Baron and Jack finding Monta, and even Patrick O’Bryant for alley-oops. Nellie got into a light hearted mood and faked a drive past Monta after finding the ball in his lap.

Meanwhile, the Clippers’ Cuttino Mobley was decimating the Warriors’ lead with quick turnaround jumpers. Al Thorton (aka the rookie Al Thorton) was ball hawking his way towards a double-double, and Corey Maggette the male model was perpetually getting to the line via throwing his body into whatever Dub was defending him.

The happy-go-lucky feel in the building was suddenly reversed when everyone noticed that the lead had shrunk to 5 points with just under 2 minutes left to play. Monta converted a drive, Jack hit a jumper and hit 5 free throws to keep the Dubs on top for the ugly win.

The final hope lies in the Nuggets dropping one of their two remaining games against Houston or Memphis, as well as the Warriors running the table against the Suns and Seattle.

Your Warriors dispatched the despondent Heat.

Box Score

With no Dwayne Wade, no real chance of sniffing the playoffs, no hopes, no dreams, and no motivation, the Heat quickly lost their heart.

The first quarter was fairly competitive. Miami ran the ball well while the Warriors seemed a bit lazy and jumper happy. Jack and Al held their own private shooting contest, going for 6 combined threes - 10 total for the game. Beans started and he came on strong, scoring the Dubs’ first bucket on a pick-and-roll with Baron. He looks fully recovered from his surgery but Nellie was careful about keeping him out there for too long, limiting his time to 6 minutes stretches - 18 total. The Warriors got more aggressive in the second quarter, scoring inside and out while harassing the Heat ball handlers. The lead widened and the piling on began.

The Dubs kept their foot on the Heat’s chest for the entire second half. Monta came alive, scoring 14 of his 16 total points in the third. Peety got hot after throwing up a brick fest for the first half and added 9. The Heat were rolling over and showing their bellies by the time the buzzer went off and Nellie was able to rest his starters for almost the entire fourth.

CJ and Kaz both played over 20 minutes and did well. CJ looked especially aggressive and ended the game with 4 steals.

The Warriors fielded their biggest line up in recent history during garbage time. We got to see 6-10 Uncle Austin, the 7 foot Patsquatch, and 6-9 (is that all? his arms really are ridiculously long) Jughead packing the lane together and generally looking funny.

This was the perfect outcome against a severely wounded team like the Heat. The Dubs didn’t let up for three straight quarters and were able to cruise with the subs in for the fourth - saving the big guns’ legs for what will be a much tougher game against the Magic.