Warriors finally get first win 122 - 105

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Biedrins stars as Warriors finally get first win, beating Clippers 122-105 | From The Canadian Press: Biedrins stars as Warriors finally get first win, beating Clippers 122-105


OAKLAND, Calif. - Andris Biedrins had a season-high 23 points and a career-best 18 rebounds, Al Harrington scored 27 points and the Golden State Warriors finally got their first victory of the season, 122-105 over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night.

Baron Davis had 21 points, 12 assists and a career-high five blocked shots for the Warriors, who had been the NBA's only winless team. Golden State lost its first six, including three straight narrow defeats at home before holding off the Clippers in a wide-open game featuring 48 combined three-point attempts.

Matt Barnes added 17 points and eight assists for the Warriors, who finally got it together in their final game without suspended swingman Stephen Jackson. The co-captain will rejoin the club for Sunday's game at Toronto in the start of a five-game road trip.

Tim Thomas scored 25 points and Chris Kaman had 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers, who seemingly took nearly every shot from the paint or the three-point line in their fourth straight loss at Oracle Arena. Los Angeles launched 29 3-pointers, more than in any game this season or last, and just three off the 1997 franchise record of 32 attempts.

Corey Maggette added 22 points, 12 rebounds and five assists for the Clippers, who have lost three of four after a 4-0 start. They beat Golden State 120-114 at Staples Center two weeks ago, with Kaman getting 26 points and 18 rebounds against Biedrins.

Biedrins and Kaman staged another entertaining low-post battle in the rematch, trading baskets and rough defence until Golden State rolled off a late 13-5 run led by Davis. The point guard drove for an acrobatic layup before feeding Monta Ellis for a dunk with 1:35 to play, putting Golden State up 118-101.

While Biedrins sat with foul trouble, Patrick O'Bryant had a career-high 10 points - including a two-handed dunk over Kaman in the third quarter - before fouling out with 7:42 to play.

O'Bryant, the Warriors' first-round pick in 2006, has barely played with the club, even spending much of last season in the D-League. The lanky seven-footer doesn't really fit the small, speedy lineups preferred by coach Don Nelson, who was hired two months after the Warriors drafted O'Bryant.

Two nights after blowing a 22-point lead in a loss to an exhausted Detroit club, the Warriors played another strong first half. Harrington scored 13 points in the first quarter, and Golden State led 64-55 at halftime.

Notes: Clippers rookie F Al Thornton sprained his right ankle early in the third quarter and didn't return. ... Warriors F Mickael Pietrus missed his second straight game after the birth of his first child with his longtime girlfriend. He's expected to rejoin the club in Toronto. ... Harrington converted a four-point play - a three-pointer while being fouled - for the game's first points. Thomas got his own four-point play early in the third quarter, and Barnes had a chance for a third on the Warriors' very next shot - but he missed the free throw.