This is the trap game for Boogie. Has struggled all preseason/first game this season vs., Bogut, who BTW seems to be angling to take his declining skills toward being a thug. Coming from me that's only half an insult, as I think a good thug is a significant vector for winning. Case in point: Bogut gets under Cousins' skin. He's a difficult guy to beat anyway, but he gets under his skin and damages his calm. The closest we saw to old Boogie this season was in the game vs. Golden State. So this is a trap game for Boogie. If he is going to have a bad game, this would be it. I wish we had our own thug to go sick on Bogut, start something, and distract him from going after DeMarcus, but alas we have a bunch of nice softspoken boys straight from the burbs. So Boogie is going to have to handle this himself, learn from what has been happening, and keep his calm. Still wouldn't mind seeing Malone have a little guard or two set a backscreen on Bogut and chuck him in the kidneys though.
As another aside, for some odd reason David Lee has also done well against Boogie on defense. There is no explanation for that as he can't guard anybody else, but it is what it is. Hope we have spent a little more time than normal trying to think of innovative ways to get Boogie the ball in difficult places for the Warriors to stop. Last time they seemed to have the edge in the coaching situation, knowing Malone's plays rather than him knowing theirs.
