warriors game day: sights & sounds vs 76ers (Photo: LetsGoWarriors.com Instagram account)
ORACLE ARENA, OAKLAND, CA — Marreese Speights overshadowed another strong performance, save for at least four turnovers of the “careless” variety, by Stephen Curry. The metaphor of lighting up the scoreboard would be apropos if not for the fact that the Jumbotron operator had mistakenly locked in Klay Thompson‘s stats for a good duration of the 4th quarter.
[Check out our Recap Round-Up and Top 10 Speights Hashtags!]Here are some sights and sounds from the historic night, which was, ironically, also Wilt Chamberlain bobblehead night:
#Warriors tied their largest margin of victory, 43. Last time? Wilt had 55 in Philadelphia's 151-108 win over Syracuse, 11/9/61. #bobblehead
— LetsGoWarriors (@LetsGoWarriors) February 11, 2014
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PRE-GAME
Hate to bring it up again, but lost in all the drama: Bogut got an MRI on the shoulder bone bruise and it showed no structural damage.
— LetsGoWarriors (@LetsGoWarriors) February 11, 2014
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Klay Thompson splashing at shootaround. Shortly thereafter, Andre Iguodala at pregame shootaround. Bogut is usually out at the same time, but did not play due to continued stiffness in his shoulder, which he termed as a “bone bruise” suffered in the win at Utah.
When asked if Philadelphia 76ers rookie point guard Michael Carter-Williams has hit the proverbial “rookie wall”, Mark Jackson said he himself never did, being from NY and playing year-round. #76ers coach Brett Brown talks about Michael Carter-Williams and how he takes on the world when he gets frustrated.
Pregame shootaround from on high:
IN-GAME
David Lee pick, D.Lee points for Steph to take the mismatch, and Curry oops it to Draymond Green. #Warriors 29, #76ers 21, end of Q1 — Draymond with 7 pts, 3 reb.
Great shot of Draymond and D.Lee rebounding… RT @Gretchen415: Action shot #Warriors pic.twitter.com/M7I8sqIAfc
— LetsGoWarriors (@LetsGoWarriors) February 11, 2014
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Speights hits a trey, which forces #76ers to call timeout — #Warriors up 44-27. Later, #Warriors 66, #76ers 33, halftime. Curry: 15 points, 8 assists.
The CSN Bay Area television broadcast did its part in promoting the #CrazySpeights hashtag on Twitter:
Lol @csnauthentic #clever RT @UncleNatie: #crazyspeights #dubnation pic.twitter.com/kKPurwEmMG
— LetsGoWarriors (@LetsGoWarriors) February 11, 2014
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#Warriors doubling up the #76ers, 84-42 — #DubNation is definitely happy! Mo Speights highlight, live from #Roaracle.
MVP chants for Speights. #Warriors 98, #76ers 52, end of Q3 — Speights 27 points, 7 rebounds!
Former Warriors and 76ers great World B. Free was also in attendance:
RT @jcharleshansen: #Scoreboard! #blowout #WorldBFree in the house #Warriors #NixTheSixers pic.twitter.com/rgbEgrspEf
— LetsGoWarriors (@LetsGoWarriors) February 11, 2014
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Kent Bazemore dunk tonight in the #Warriors blowout of the #76ers. More great #Warriors highlights from #WarriorsGround floor level.
Lee (13). Iguodala (11), and Barnes (11) also finished with double-figure's scoring and Lee added 13 rebounds for another double-double.
— LetsGoWarriors (@LetsGoWarriors) February 11, 2014
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The #Sixers are now the first team in 20 years to lose by 40+ in consecutive games.
— LetsGoWarriors (@LetsGoWarriors) February 11, 2014
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Have to appreciate this true #Sixers fan sticking it out through this one. pic.twitter.com/MRsrGCtIY4
— LetsGoWarriors (@LetsGoWarriors) February 11, 2014
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POST-GAME
Jackson on Speights: “He deserves this night” because of the time and hard work he’s put in. Jackson said Bogut, D.Lee and Curry played joke on reserve center Ognjen Kuzmic, telling him he’d been called to sub in; Coach then said he “adjusted” and let the big man play.
Speights on the MVP chants: “It was so funny, I started laughing,” and how he’s been working hard lately. Also, the calm, Brad Pitt-like “Good question, I’ll have to get back to you on that” response by Curry when asked why the #Warriors didn’t run the Elevators play for Speights.
#76ers coach Brett Brown: "You could feel (@Mospeights16) had a rhythm. The crowd was encouraging him to continue on." #Roaracle #Warriors
— LetsGoWarriors (@LetsGoWarriors) February 11, 2014
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Lee said Speights’s performance was “like being at a great rock concert…the moves/creativity”. Speights all smiles on TV, postgame.
I wish IG did 20-sec clips rather than 15. D.Lee's entire quote re Mo: "…the creativity — not so much the passing but the shooting" LMAO!
— LetsGoWarriors (@LetsGoWarriors) February 11, 2014
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Let’s not forget the fact that Speights also had 3 blocked shots! Also, here’s his shot chart.
Nice graphic edits of Speights.
#Warriors held #76ers to 36.7% field goal shooting, the 19th time they've held an opponent under 40%, 2nd-most times in the #NBA.
— LetsGoWarriors (@LetsGoWarriors) February 11, 2014
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@LetsGoWarriors warriors just 3 games back of the LAC in the loss column. Dubs been average lately but still got a shot at 1st rd home court
— Anthony Mac (@SportsMac) February 11, 2014
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