Ronny Turiaf News

The quick analysis of the Warriors' 130-97 loss to the Lakers on Saturday night goes like this: The Lakers are a lot bigger and a lot better.

Pau Gasol scored 22 points to lead seven players in double figures and also had 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers won their fifth straight game with a 130-97 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night.

Just in time for the Lakers, the Warriors' health care plan is starting to show some results.

Tim Duncan 's steady contribution over the last two weeks hasn't restored the San Antonio Spurs ' reputation as one of the elite teams in the Western Conference.

The Mavericks came into last night's home game against the Warriors on a five-game winning streak and were playing as well as any team in the Western Conference, despite being short-handed most nights.

Monta Ellis scored a season-high 37 points, Anthony Morrow added a season-best 27 and the short-handed Golden State Warriors ended Dallas' five-game winning streak with a 111-103 victory over the injury-depleted Mavericks on Tuesday night.

Game 12: Portland at Warriors Monta Ellis on Friday night has single-handedly willed the shorthanded Warriors to a 56-52 halftime lead over Portland.

If numbers indeed don't lie, then it's hard to say the Warriors have gotten better on defense.

Celtics vs. Golden St. Game time: 7:30pm, TD Garden. TV - CSN. Radio - WEEI-AM . Team Leaders Scoring Bos: Pi erce - 18.4 Warriors: Monta Ellis - 19.7 Rebounding Bos: Ga rnett - 7.5 Warriors: Anthony Randolph - 6.8 Who'll go off: Ray Allen.

Not sure if it's funny or not, but it was amusing and a little refreshing to hear Warriors coach Don Nelson talk about Chris Hunter, who the Warriors signed from the D-League on Friday to give them eight healthy bodies.

Corey Maggette #50 of the Golden State Warriors goes to the basket past Travis Outlaw #25 of the Portland Trail Blazers during the game on November 18, 2008 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.

"I really can't tell you," Turiaf said before the Warriors ' 109-95 loss to Boston on Wednesday.

Rajon Rondo scored 12 of his season high-matching 18 points in the third quarter and the Boston Celtics rebounded from a two-game skid with a 109-95 win over the short-handed Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.

Warriors guard Raja Bell, who was acquired Monday from Charlotte in the Stephen Jackson trade, has decided to have surgery to repair the torn ligament in his left wrist, but he doesn't know how long he will be out.

According to a team source, an MRI on Monday showed the injury Azubuike sustained Saturday at Milwaukee will require surgery, which means the patellar tendon was torn in his left knee.

The Golden State Warriors had been looking to deal Stephen Jackson for months after the disgruntled guard demanded a trade in the offseason, and they were finally able to ship their second-leading scorer out of town Monday.

He was examined by a doctor at the Bradley Center following the Warriors' 129-125 loss to Milwaukee on Saturday.

Preview : The Warriors, too, are playing the second half of back-to-back games. They are 1-4 after losing Sunday night at Sacramento.

Brace yourselves, folks, I think the volcano's ready to blow. When it does, everything else we've seen and heard from the Warriors this season will seem rinky-dink in comparison.

Game 5: Warriors at Sacramento The Warriors lost 120-107 on Sunday , marking the fifth time in as many games that they've allowed an opponent to score at least 105 points and the third time in five games that they've been completed run out of a gym.