--The Warriors' top five players -- Monta Ellis, Jamal Crawford, Stephen Jackson, Corey Maggette and Andris Biedrins -- combined to miss 148 games this season. They played together a total of seven games, going unbeaten (2-0) at home in those contests and averaging 120.0 points per outing.
--Two areas in which the Warriors made marked improvement this season were free-throw shooting and shot blocking. Perennially poor in both categories, they finished eighth in the league in free-throw percentage (79.2) and were the NBA's shot-blocking champs at 6.4 per contest. --The Warriors barely won half their home games, going 21-20, but that didn't stop fans from flocking to Oracle Arena in Oakland. The Warriors sold out 12 games and played to a 97-percent capacity, ranking ninth in the league in attendance at 18.943 per game, the second-highest mark in franchise history.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I didn't think that we were a playoff team even if we had Monta (Ellis)." -- Don Nelson, admitting he realized his club had dropped off from its 48-win status in 2007-08 upon losing Baron Davis in the off-season.
