J-Rich and the Warriors shot the lights out today against the Suns and they won a big game. Bad loss for the Suns as they got hammered in this one. They got back in to this game in the fourth as they held the W's to 15 points, and their bench, led by Barbosa, closed the game strong. But the W's play a similar style as the Suns and they just played it better today. J-Rich shot 5-6 3-pointers in the first quarter and the W's had 45 points after one! The Suns have to play better D than this if they want to win. This Warriors team looked absolutely pathetic against the Spurs D the other night and today they looked unstoppable. I understand J-Rich had a hot shooting night after the zero point game he had against the Spurs, but still the Suns D was non-existent. J-Rich had 36 points on 14/23 shooting with 8/13 coming from downtown. Stephen Jacko had 29 himself and Boom-Dizzle had 21-8-12 night. Not a great night for any of the Suns except may be Diaw who had a decent game with 18-6-7 night. D'Antoni probably got upset with their effort and put most of the starters on the bench in the third never to return again. I thought he should have put some of them back in when the game got close, but the coach let the guys who got them there finish it for him. Marcus Banks defended Baron Davis pretty well in the fourth and helped the recovery along with Kurt Thomas, James Jones, Barbosa and Diaw. Good win for the Warriors as they showed they play the same style as Phoenix and Dallas and they can match up with them pretty well. Bad loss for the Suns as they also showed that their defense can be very suspect sometimes.
In Chicago, Carlos Delfino fouled Kirk Hinrich on a three with 2.7 seconds to go and Hinrich hit 2 of 3 to win a close game for the Bulls. Quality win for them and they should feel good about themselves. Tayshaun Prince had 26 and Ben Gordon had 25. In Portland, Zach Randolph scored 43 today, but Memphis won anyways.
Detroit @ Chicago - 81-83
Phoenix @ Golden State - 119-124
Interesting games on the board for Mar 30-Th (Friday)
Utah @ San Antonio - Utah can show us if they are a tier-1 or a tier-2 team in the West.
Denver @ Phoenix - Another fun shootout, but the Suns need the win after Thursday's debacle.
Houston @ LA Lakers - T-Mac V Kobe. The way Kobe is going, this doesn't even look like a great personal match up these days!
Toronto @ Washington - Toronto's rise in the East is one the great stories of this season.
LA Clippers @ Sacramento - Another road test for the road-weary paper-clips.
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