2011–12 Golden State Warriors season

The 2011–12 Golden State Warriors season was the 66th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 50th anniversary of their time in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Warriors hired former NBA player and ESPN color commentator Mark Jackson as their head coach during the lockout, and finished with a 23–43 win–loss record. This was the last time the Warriors failed to qualify for the playoffs until 2020.

2011–12 Golden State Warriors season
Head coach	Mark Jackson
General manager	Larry Riley
Owners	Joe Lacob
Arena	Oracle Arena
Results
Record	23–43 (.348)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific) Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
< 2010–11 2012–13 >

Draft

Main article: 2011 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School / club team
1	11	Klay Thompson[1]	SG	United States	Washington State
2	44	Charles Jenkins[1][2]	PG/ SG	United States	Hofstra

Preseason

Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed preseason schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season, were scrapped, and a two-game preseason was set for each team once the lockout concluded.

Pre-season

2011 pre-season game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
Pre-season: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 17 Sacramento W 107–96 Stephen Curry (22) David Lee (8) Monta Ellis (8) Oracle Arena 16,523 1–0 2 December 20 @ Sacramento L 91–95 David Lee (30) David Lee (13) Monta Ellis (6) Power Balance Pavilion 12,425 1-1
2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Division

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Los Angeles Lakers	41	25	.621	–	26‍–‍7	15‍–‍18	9–5	66
x-Los Angeles Clippers	40	26	.606	1.0	24‍–‍9	16‍–‍17	7–7	66
Phoenix Suns	33	33	.500	8.0	19‍–‍14	14‍–‍19	9–5	66
Golden State Warriors	23	43	.348	18.0	12‍–‍21	11‍–‍22	7–8	66
Sacramento Kings	22	44	.333	19.0	16‍–‍17	6‍–‍27	3–10	66

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-San Antonio Spurs *	50	16	.758	–	66
2	y-Oklahoma City Thunder *	47	19	.712	3.0	66
3	y-Los Angeles Lakers *	41	25	.621	9.0	66
4	x-Memphis Grizzlies	41	25	.621	9.0	66
5	x-Los Angeles Clippers	40	26	.606	10.0	66
6	x-Denver Nuggets	38	28	.576	12.0	66
7	x-Dallas Mavericks	36	30	.545	14.0	66
8	x-Utah Jazz	36	30	.545	14.0	66
9	Houston Rockets	34	32	.515	16.0	66
10	Phoenix Suns	33	33	.500	17.0	66
11	Portland Trail Blazers	28	38	.424	22.0	66
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	26	40	.394	24.0	66
13	Golden State Warriors	23	43	.348	27.0	66
14	Sacramento Kings	22	44	.333	28.0	66
15	New Orleans Hornets	21	45	.318	29.0	66

Game log

2011–12 game log Total: 23–43 (Home: 12–21; Road: 11–22)
December: 2–2 (home: 2–2; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 25 L. A. Clippers L 86–105 David Lee (21) David Lee (12) Monta Ellis (8) Oracle Arena 19,596 0–1 2 December 26 Chicago W 99–91 Monta Ellis (26) Lee, Curry (7) Stephen Curry (10) Oracle Arena 19,596 1–1 3 December 28 New York W 92–78 Monta Ellis (22) Kwame Brown (10) Monta Ellis (8) Oracle Arena 19,596 2–1 4 December 31 Philadelphia L 79–107 Stephen Curry (21) Ekpe Udoh (9) Ish Smith (5) Oracle Arena 19,084 2–2
January: 5–10 (home: 3–5; road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 January 2 @ Phoenix L 91–102 Monta Ellis (18) David Lee (9) Monta Ellis (11) US Airways Center 14,793 2–3 6 January 4 @ San Antonio L 95–101 Monta Ellis (38) David Lee (10) Stephen Curry (8) AT&T Center 16,751 2–4 7 January 6 @ L. A. Lakers L 90–97 Monta Ellis (18) David Lee (11) Monta Ellis (10) Staples Center 18,997 2–5 8 January 7 Utah L 87–88 Monta Ellis (32) David Lee (15) Monta Ellis (6) Oracle Arena 19,596 2–6 9 January 10 Miami W 111–106 Nate Robinson (24) David Lee (14) Nate Robinson (5) Oracle Arena 19,596 3–6 10 January 12 Orlando L 109–117 Monta Ellis (30) David Lee (12) Monta Ellis (11) Oracle Arena 17,754 3–7 11 January 14 @ Charlotte L 100–112 David Lee (24) David Lee (16) Monta Ellis (6) Time Warner Cable Arena 16,112 3–8 12 January 15 @ Detroit W 99–91 David Lee (24) Dorell Wright (11) Monta Ellis (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,774 4–8 13 January 17 @ Cleveland W 105–95 David Lee (29) Andris Biedriņš (11) Nate Robinson (10) Quicken Loans Arena 13,056 5–8 14 January 18 @ New Jersey L 100–107 Monta Ellis (30) David Lee (11) Nate Robinson (7) Prudential Center 12,570 5–9 15 January 20 Indiana L 91–94 Monta Ellis (25) David Lee (14) Monta Ellis (6) Oracle Arena 17,621 5–10 16 January 23 Memphis L 90–91 Monta Ellis (20) David Lee (12) Nate Robinson (6) Oracle Arena 17,549 5–11 17 January 25 Portland W 101–93 Stephen Curry (32) Ekpe Udoh (7) Monta Ellis (12) Oracle Arena 17,923 6–11 18 January 27 Oklahoma City L 109–120 Dorell Wright (23) Dorell Wright (9) Ellis, Curry (6) Oracle Arena 19,596 6–12 19 January 31 Sacramento W 93–90 Brandon Rush (20) Brandon Rush (6) Stephen Curry (8) Oracle Arena 17,753 7–12
February : 7–6 (home: 4–2; road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 20 February 2 Utah W 119–101 Monta Ellis (33) David Lee (14) Stephen Curry (12) Oracle Arena 18,123 8–12 21 February 4 @ Sacramento L 106–114 (OT) Dorell Wright (24) Lee, Biedriņš (5) Stephen Curry (9) Power Balance Pavilion 16,411 8–13 22 February 7 Oklahoma City L 116–119 Monta Ellis (48) David Lee (11) Curry, Lee (10) Oracle Arena 17,971 8–14 23 February 9 @ Denver W 109–101 Stephen Curry (36) Lee, Biedriņš (8) Stephen Curry (7) Pepsi Center 14,960 9–14 24 February 12 Houston W 106–97 Monta Ellis (33) David Lee (13) Monta Ellis (7) Oracle Arena 19,596 10–14 25 February 13 Phoenix W 102–96 David Lee (28) David Lee (12) Stephen Curry (5) Oracle Arena 19,106 11–14 26 February 15 Portland L 91–93 David Lee (29) David Lee (11) Stephen Curry (8) Oracle Arena 17,934 11–15 27 February 17 @ Oklahoma City L 87–110 David Lee (23) Dorell Wright (11) Ellis, Curry (4) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 11–16 28 February 18 @ Memphis L 103–104 Stephen Curry (36) David Lee (9) Ellis, Curry (6) FedEx Forum 17,151 11–17 29 February 20 L. A. Clippers W 104–97 Monta Ellis (32) David Lee (13) Stephen Curry (6) Oracle Arena 19,596 12–17 30 February 22 @ Phoenix W 106–104 Monta Ellis (26) Dominic McGuire (9) Monta Ellis (6) US Airways Center 14,558 13–17 31 February 28 @ Indiana L 78–102 Ellis, Rush (14) Brandon Rush (7) Lee, Robinson (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 12,111 13–18 32 February 29 @ Atlanta W 85–82 Monta Ellis (24) Dominic McGuire (15) Monta Ellis (8) Philips Arena 13,049 14–18
March: 6–12 (home: 2–7; road: 4–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 March 2 @ Philadelphia L 83–105 David Lee (24) David Lee (15) Monta Ellis (7) Wells Fargo Center 18,323 14–19 34 March 4 @ Toronto L 75–83 David Lee (22) David Lee (12) Monta Ellis (7) Air Canada Centre 18,056 14–20 35 March 5 @ Washington W 120–100 Monta Ellis (25) David Lee (10) Monta Ellis (8) Verizon Center 17,843 15–20 36 March 7 Memphis L 92–110 Ellis, Thompson (16) 3 players tied (6) Robinson, Udoh (4) Oracle Arena 19,171 15–21 37 March 10 Dallas W 111–87 David Lee (25) David Lee (9) Monta Ellis (8) Oracle Arena 19,596 16–21 38 March 11 @ L. A. Clippers W 97–93 Monta Ellis (21) David Lee (10) Monta Ellis (11) Staples Center 19,183 17–21 39 March 13 @ Sacramento W 115–89 3 players tied (17) Dorell Wright (10) Klay Thompson (5) Power Balance Pavilion 12,011 18–21 40 March 14 Boston L 103–105 Klay Thompson (26) David Lee (8) Nate Robinson (11) Oracle Arena 19,596 18–22 41 March 16 Milwaukee L 98–120 David Lee (22) David Lee (9) Nate Robinson (6) Oracle Arena 19,596 18–23 42 March 17 @ Utah L 92–99 (OT) Nate Robinson (19) Dorell Wright (10) Nate Robinson (4) EnergySolutions Arena 17,854 18–24 43 March 19 Minnesota L 93–97 David Lee (25) Lee, McGuire (9) Nate Robinson (7) Oracle Arena 19,596 18–25 44 March 21 @ New Orleans W 101–92 Klay Thompson (27) David Lee (11) Nate Robinson (10) New Orleans Arena 13,959 19–25 45 March 22 @ Houston L 83–109 Richard Jefferson (14) Dominic McGuire (6) Charles Jenkins (6) Toyota Center 15,325 19–26 46 March 24 Sacramento W 111–108 Klay Thompson (31) David Lee (14) David Lee (9) Oracle Arena 19,596 20–26 47 March 25 @ Portland L 87–90 Charles Jenkins (27) David Lee (16) Charles Jenkins (6) Rose Garden 20,636 20–27 48 March 27 L. A. Lakers L 101–104 Lee, Rush (23) David Lee (9) Klay Thompson (7) Oracle Arena 19,596 20–28 49 March 28 New Orleans L 87–102 David Lee (28) David Lee (7) Nate Robinson (6) Oracle Arena 18,771 20–29 50 March 30 New Jersey L 100–102 David Lee (27) Dominic McGuire (9) Charles Jenkins (12) Oracle Arena 19,596 20–30
April : 3–14 (home: 1–6; road: 2–8) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 51 April 1 @ L. A. Lakers L 112–120 David Lee (27) David Lee (6) Lee, Robinson (7) Staples Center 18,897 20–31 52 April 3 @ Memphis L 94–98 David Lee (22) David Lee (13) Nate Robinson (5) FedEx Forum 14,310 20–32 53 April 4 @ Minnesota W 97–94 David Lee (31) David Lee (8) Charles Jenkins (7) Target Center 17,161 21–32 54 April 6 @ Utah L 98–104 David Lee (26) David Lee (12) Charles Jenkins (7) EnergySolutions Arena 18,933 21–33 55 April 7 Denver W 112–97 Rush (20) David Lee (9) Charles Jenkins (8) Oracle Arena 18,942 22–33 56 April 9 @ Denver L 84–123 Klay Thompson (17) Mickell Gladness (5) Nate Robinson (5) Pepsi Center 15,530 22–34 57 April 11 @ Portland L 110–118 David Lee (21) David Lee (14) Nate Robinson (8) Rose Garden 20,502 22–35 58 April 12 Dallas L 103–112 David Lee (30) David Lee (8) Klay Thompson (8) Oracle Arena 17,929 22–36 59 April 14 @ L. A. Clippers L 104–112 Nate Robinson (28) Dominic McGuire (11) Nate Robinson (8) Staples Center 19,060 22–37 60 April 16 San Antonio L 99–120 Nate Robinson (30) Jeremy Tyler (10) Nate Robinson (7) Oracle Arena 18,471 22–38 61 April 18 L. A. Lakers L 87–99 Klay Thompson (17) Dorell Wright (7) Charles Jenkins (11) Oracle Arena 18,547 22–39 62 April 20 @ Dallas L 94–104 Klay Thompson (26) Brandon Rush (8) Charles Jenkins (10) American Airlines Center 20547 22–40 63 April 21 @ Houston L 96–99 Klay Thompson (24) Brandon Rush (7) Charles Jenkins (8) Toyota Center 15436 22–41 64 April 22 @ Minnesota W 93–88 Charles Jenkins (24) Brandon Rush (9) Charles Jenkins (9) Target Center 15872 23–41 65 April 24 New Orleans L 81–83 Klay Thompson (16) Jeremy Tyler (8) Charles Jenkins (10) Oracle Arena 17598 23–42 66 April 26 San Antonio L 101–107 Dorell Wright (25) Jeremy Tyler (9) Dominic McGuire (8) Oracle Arena 18124 23–43
2011–12 season schedule

Roster

2011–12 Golden State Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From C 15 Andris Biedriņš 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1986–04–02 Latvia C 12 Andrew Bogut 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1984–11–28 Utah PG 30 Stephen Curry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–03–14 Davidson C 32 Mickell Gladness 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1986–07–26 Alabama A&M SF 44 Richard Jefferson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1980–06–21 Arizona G 22 Charles Jenkins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–02–28 Hofstra F/C 10 David Lee 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1983–04–29 Florida F 5 Dominic McGuire 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1985–10–20 Fresno State C 31 Mikki Moore 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1975–11–04 Nebraska PG 2 Nate Robinson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1984–05–31 Washington G 4 Brandon Rush 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985–07–07 Kansas SG 11 Klay Thompson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1990–02–08 Washington State F/C 3 Jeremy Tyler 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1991–06–21 San Diego HS (CA) F 1 Dorell Wright 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1985–12–02 South Kent HS (CT) F 33 Chris Wright 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1988–09–30 Dayton

Head coach Mark Jackson Assistant(s) Michael Malone Pete Myers Wes Unseld Jr. Jerry DeGregorio Darren Erman Kris Weems Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Updated: 2012–04–04

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Klay Thompson	66	29	24.4	.443	.414	.868	2.4	2.0	.7	.3	12.5
Brandon Rush	65	1	26.4	.501	.452	.793	3.9	1.4	.5	.9	9.8
Dominic McGuire	64	6	17.6	.448	.000	.736	3.8	1.7	.7	.6	3.5
Dorell Wright	61	61	27.0	.422	.360	.816	4.6	1.5	1.0	.4	10.3
David Lee	57	57	37.2	.503	.000	.782	9.6	2.8	.9	.4	20.1
Charles Jenkins	51	28	17.5	.447	.150	.872	1.3	3.3	.6	.1	5.8
Nate Robinson	51	9	23.4	.424	.365	.832	2.0	4.5	1.2	.0	11.2
Andris Biedriņš	47	35	15.7	.609		.111	3.7	.3	.5	1.0	1.7
Jeremy Tyler	42	23	13.5	.421	.000	.558	3.3	.4	.4	.5	4.9
Ekpe Udoh†	38	6	21.8	.443		.719	3.9	.8	.7	1.7	5.5
Monta Ellis†	37	37	36.9	.433	.321	.812	3.4	6.0	1.5	.3	21.9
Stephen Curry	26	23	28.2	.490	.455	.809	3.4	5.3	1.5	.3	14.7
Chris Wright	24	1	7.8	.511		.774	1.9	.2	.3	.5	2.9
Richard Jefferson†	22	3	26.4	.420	.418	.686	3.5	1.5	.5	.3	9.0
Mickell Gladness†	18	7	12.4	.429		.500	2.6	.2	.2	1.1	3.0
Kwame Brown	9	3	20.8	.525		.441	6.3	.4	.9	.0	6.3
Mikki Moore	7	0	16.9	.450		.857	3.1	.7	.4	.4	3.4
Ish Smith†	6	1	10.5	.400	.400	.500	1.5	1.5	.7	.0	4.5
Keith Benson	3	0	3.0	.000			1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Earl Barron	2	0	4.5	.500			.5	.0	.0	.0	2.0

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Warriors only.

Transactions

Main article: List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 23, 2011	To Golden State Warriors Draft rights to Jeremy Tyler	To Charlotte Bobcats Cash considerations
December 19, 2011	To Golden State Warriors Brandon Rush[3]	To Indiana Pacers Louis Amundson
March 13, 2012	To Golden State Warriors Andrew Bogut[4] Stephen Jackson	To Milwaukee Bucks Monta Ellis Ekpe Udoh Kwame Brown
March 15, 2012	To Golden State Warriors 2012 second-round pick[5]	To Atlanta Hawks Cash considerations
March 15, 2012	To Golden State Warriors Richard Jefferson[6] T. J. Ford Conditional 2012 1st-round pick	To San Antonio Spurs Stephen Jackson

Free agency

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Chris Wright[7][8]		Maine Red Claws
Kwame Brown[9]	1-year contract worth $7 million	Charlotte Bobcats
Dominic McGuire[10]	1-year contract worth $1 million	Charlotte Bobcats
Ish Smith[11]		Memphis Grizzlies
Nate Robinson[12]		Oklahoma City Thunder
Earl Barron[13]		Portland Trail Blazers
Mickell Gladness[14][15]		Miami Heat
Keith Benson[16]		Sioux Falls Skyforce
Mikki Moore[17]		Idaho Stampede

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Jeff Adrien[18]	Waived	Houston Rockets
Vladimir Radmanović[19]	—	Atlanta Hawks
Jeremy Lin[20]	Waived	New York Knicks
Charlie Bell[21]	Waived	Juvecaserta Basket
Reggie Williams[22]	2-year contract worth $5 million	Charlotte Bobcats
Ish Smith[23]	Waived	Orlando Magic
Earl Barron[8]	Waived	Meralco Bolts
T. J. Ford[24]	Waived	N/A