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Article: Win streak reaches five for Warriors Dampier, Robinson, Pietrus help fend off Bucks late
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- March 25, 2004
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OAKLAND -- When the Golden State Warriors examine what went wrong
in a season that was supposed to end their nine-year playoff drought,
they'll look at a number of things, injuries being at the top of
their list of excuses.
What they really should be looking at is a map, concentrating on
that large land mass east of the Mississippi River.
That's right, the Warriors, who would like to believe they'd make
the playoffs if they resided in that other conference, can thank the
Eastern clubs for ensuring yet another front-row seat at the draft
lottery in May.
With 14,367 cheering them on, the Warriors outfinished their road-
weary Eastern visitor, the Milwaukee Bucks, 98-89 Wednesday night at ...