Golden State’s fade is very painful

The Score, the Key Stat, the Bottom Line: Final Thursday of the Regular Season

David Friedman posted 4/11/2008 from 20secondtimeout.blogspot.com

The final Thursday of the 2007-08 regular season featured a role reversal for two teams who are very familiar with each other. The Golden State Warriors eliminated the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of last year's playoffs but the Warriors' loss to Denver last night helped the Mavericks clinch a berth in this year's playoffs while putting the Warriors' postseason hopes in serious jeopardy.

Thursday’s Best - The Best Lottery Team Ever

Stetsonboy21 posted 4/11/2008 from mvn.com

The Golden State Warriors and their fans are probably justifiably upset that had they been the Garden State Warriors or the Constitution State Warriors, they’d be looking at a fourth seed instead of a ninth seed. But knowing the Warriors, they won’t stop 'we believing' quite yet.

Day 164 of 170: Nuggets Have Hand

Patrick posted 4/11/2008 from givemetherock.com

Line of the Night: Only 3 games yesterday, but one of them was the epic showdown between the Nuggets and the Warriors for the 8th playoff spot in the West (using the current exchange rate, that roughly translates into the 3rd seed in the East). So, it’s only fitting that Carmelo Anthony (6.0) wins the LotN.

Behind the boxscore, where Denver's D came back

MrThell posted 4/11/2008 from sports.yahoo.com

Denver 114, Golden State 105 After watching a listless and defensively-indifferent Nuggets team while their way down the playoff ladder over the last few months, this was quite the shocker. The results, and the play, weren't shocking. Denver has the sort of talent to pull a win like this off, and the team has proven that (at its best) it is a better defensive team than offensive team.

Beno: Karma's a Bitch, Peaches

MrThell posted 4/11/2008 from www.sactownroyalty.com

So how about that? Grant "Not Peaches" Napear and his pal Mike Lamb, making friends. Or not. The pair questioned Ron Artest's absence on Tuesday afternoon (due to injury and/or fatigue; his daughter's cancer has recurred). Ron-Ron caught word and responded Wednesday in the paper . Beno Udrih also responded to the charges, through part of an interview with The Bee 's Sam Amick, which ended up ...