What? Another win?

The Warriors came away with a somewhat surprising win last night against the powerhouse Phoenix Suns 110-102. The only reason it wasn’t as surprising was that the Suns were playing without, in my opinion, the soon to be back-to-back MVP Steve Nash. The Warriors also brought out a different starting squad as it looks like they are trying to see what the young guys have to offer. The Warriors switched from their recent lineup of Fisher, Richardson, Dunleavy, Murphy and Foyle to Fisher, Ellis, Richardson, Dunleavy and Biedrins. Murphy was out because of injury and Pietrus missed the game as well due to injury. There was no report about Foyle being hurt, but he still didn’t see any playing time. The Warriors played this game up-tempo, which should be their game plan every game in my opinion. They were lead by Jason Richardson with his 27 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.


On the other side of the court Boris Diaw (the human Swiss army knife) started in place of Steve Nash at point guard meaning that he has played significant minutes at every position this year from center to point guard. He had a fantastic game with his third triple double of the year with 11 point, 11 rebounds, 16 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals. That is a very admirable line for someone backing up the MVP.

So this extends the Warriors to a 2 game winning streak that could possibly go to 4 with their next two games against Portland, the leagues bottom-feeder. They play the Trailblazers tonight in Portland and again on Monday night in Oakland. Hopefully the Warriors play some good games and actually find a way to get this team ready to contend for the playoffs next year. I say it every year, but I will be saying it until they finally make it again. The streak is now at 12 straight years with no playoffs.