Phoenix at Golden State

[Real Deal]

TIME: 10:30 PM ET

TV: NBA TV

[Real Deal]

OAKLAND, Calif. -- David Lee had 28 points and 12 rebounds, Monta Ellis scored 18 points and the Golden State Warriors earned their first three-game winning streak under rookie coach Mark Jackson with a 102-96 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Monday night.

 

Rookie Klay Thompson added 10 points and fellow reserve Ekpe Udoh had nine points, including a layup with 35.9 seconds remaining that extended Golden State's lead to five and capped a comeback from 12 points down in the second half.

 

Marcin Gortat had 25 points and 12 rebounds, and Steve Nash handed out 14 assists for Phoenix, playing the first of three games in three nights. The Suns face Denver on Tuesday before returning home against Atlanta on Wednesday.

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[Built Ford Tough]

The Warriors bench did a nice job of providing energy in both the 2nd and 4th quarters. Klay Thompson, Brandon Rush, Nate Robinson and Ekpe Udoh really were the difference in this game because the starters, aside from David Lee, were pretty bad tonight.

 

Nash did a great job facilitating and creating plays tonight. He had 14 assists, but, honestly, that doesn't even do him justice. There were at least another 5 players where he made the pass that lead to the assist, but it was his creating that enabled the good look in the first place.

 

However, I would've liked to see him take on more of a scoring load, especially late in the game. Frye, Morris and Dudley were all off with their shot tonight and because of that the Warriors really loaded up on the Nash/Gortat pick and roll after they were killed by it for the first 3 quarters. With Nash being a non factor scoring wise, the Suns really couldn't generate any offense after GS took away the PnR.

 

Great win for the Warriors when you consider they get next to nothing from Curry and Ellis aside from a couple of nice assists.