Warriors Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Posted on | Tuesday, April 26, 2011 | No Comments

The Warriors finished the 2010-11 season with 10 more wins than they recorded last year, but does that mean they improved?

According to the NBA statisticians, they did. Their plus-10 figure improvement was seventh-best league-wide.

But a more thorough examination must dig deeper than that.

Last year's Warriors team, coached by Don Nelson, was ravaged by injuries. Four of the nine guys who played on Opening Night wound up missing at least 40 games. Star guard Monta Ellis, who was sidelined just twice this season, couldn't go 18 times.

If Ellis plays 80 games, like he did this year, how many more games does Nelson's club win?

The 2010-11 edition had almost a clean medical chart.

Julius Erving Patrick Ewing Walt Frazier George Gervin Hal Greer

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