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J-Rich and his Cats stole your Warriors’ cheese.

Box Score

With Gerald Wallace sitting due to a concussion, Jason is the Cats’ offense. He absolutely punished his former team tonight to the tune of 42 points.

The Warriors seemed to lose sight of the game after going up by as much as 16 in an effortless 38 point first quarter.

It took the Dubs almost 6 minutes to score their first field goal in the second quarter, but they did manage to turn the ball over well - coughing up 8. Meanwhile, Jason and Co. were running all those turnovers back down the Warriors’ throats and nailing open threes. Another former Warrior, Earl Boykins, had his best quarter since signing with the Bobcats, putting up 11 points including a big three with time running out.

The second half saw Raymond Felton get hot. When he and Jason took a break from nailing threes they were on the line making their freebies.

The Warriors were able to fight back and take a 1 point lead with 5:33 to go in the game, but they couldn’t stop the Bobcats from getting to the basket and couldn’t come up with enough magic of their own.

Two stats jump out at me as indicative of the night: steals (Cats 9, Dubs 5), and turnovers (Cats 10, Dubs 14). When a steal and fast break driven team like the Warriors puts up those kind of upside down numbers it’ll usually add up to a loss.

Monta, Baron, and Jack did their part, scoring 83 of the Warriors’ 109 points, but the bench was absent after a couple of strong games. Monta had an especially solid night, cutting through traffic in a flash and finishing beautifully. Brandan Wright played 23 minutes, but had a relatively quiet 6 points and 5 rebounds. There was a brief POB sighting in the second. Watching seldom seen shaggy Pat lope down the court was a rare treat, a bit like catching a glimpse of the mysterious Sasquatch.

Tomorrow’s a travel and rest day. Time for the Dubs to shake off the loss and get ready to face Dwyane, Shawn and Miami’s….finest?

It’s a slow news day for the Warriors. The big stories are all about the Rockets without Yao, The Lakers taking over the world, and the Mavs. falling short against the Spurs despite their new Kidd. 

Geoff Lepper is all over the Andris recovery story:

“For a man with a couple of fresh one-inch horizontal scars bracketing his belly button, Biedrins looked surprisingly spry as he executed defensive slides from point to point, took shots from up to 12 feet out and underwent exercises meant to strength his core muscles.”

Patrick O’Bryant has been talking honestly with the press this week about wanting to play somewhere else next season. I guess that should actually read like this: Patrick O’Bryant has been talking honestly with the press this week about wanting to actually get to play next season, which would have to be somewhere else. Again, GL is on the job:

“Though he eschewed Pietrus’ speechifying, second-year center Patrick O’Bryant would have equally welcomed a move. And, just like Pietrus, O’Bryant is all but certain to pack up and go elsewhere once the season is over.

“I’ll play anywhere I’ll (get a chance to) play,” O’Bryant said. “I’m a basketball player, not a basketball watcher.”

This much is clear: He doesn’t plan on signing up voluntarily to serve under Warriors coach Don Nelson again. “

On the other side of the League, Isiah and the Knicks continue to drag themselves through the mud - Marc Berman has the latest trashy tidbit from MSG:

“February 29, 2008 –Stephon Marbury has been instructed by Isiah Thomas not to attend New York Knicks home games - another indication of the continuing feud between the former pals, The Post has learned.”

Tonight the Dubs face the Sixers - a sub .500 Eastern squad with some dangerous scorers in Andre Miller , and Andre Iguodala , as well as a big shot blocker in Samuel Dalembert. The match up looks good on paper but to assume a win is in the works would simply make an ass out of you and me.

Go Warriors!