Try as they may...

The Warriors just could not give away last night's game. Watching the second half was almost like torture. You could see it unraveling before your eyes. The 10 point half time lead, up to 14 on JRich's last of his 4 made field goal attempts (out of 17). Then.... the turnovers, the missed outside jumpers. The lead was 5 at the start of the 4th and quickly dwindled to 1.
Baron Davis is all the Warriors have on any given night. I was surprised to see that he is shooting a career hight 42% from the field. He has been ballin' and I wonder if all the minutes played (all 24 in the second half) will start to catch up to him and wear him down? Regardless, we needed every one of his 31 last night, and in the end, it was his amazing fadeaway jumper from the left baseline that provided enough of a difference. The Warriors had a shot to increase the lead on their final possession, but predictably, missed. If Boston, and their coach Doc Rivers not been more ineffective than the Dubs last night, it would have been another loss. But instead of calling time out, Doc let the guys play. Paul Pierce didn't have enough, as he was double and then triple teamed at the top of the key. He ended up fumbling, losing, then regaining the ball, only to have it tied up for a jump with .6 seconds remaining. I still thought the Dubs were going to lose at this point. In case you haven't seen David Lee's amazing tip in from yesterday's Knicks-Bobcats game, anything can happen.
But amazingly, the Warriors won. They absolutely needed to win. Today they get a day off before going up against man-child Dwight Howard. The NBA's leading rebounder at 12.7 a game. I can't wait to see how we try to defend him tomorrow. He could easily have 30. Not looking good for the Dubs.