Warriors Team Report

Mark Jackson expected more out of the Warriors on Thursday night. Given the circumstances, he was probably kidding himself.If there's one thing the Warriors have proven in the seven games since Monta Ellis was traded for an injured big man, it's that they can beat the league's truly bad teams even with their star of the present (Stephen Curry) and their big man of the future (Andrew Bogut) out of the lineup. Wins at Sacramento and New Orleans have demonstrated that. But more times than not in the other five games, they haven't competed at all. Thursday was one of those nights, as a nine-point halftime deficit quickly became an insurmountable 19-point canyon in a 109-83 shellacking at Houston. Afterward, Jackson was focused on Thursday's poor effort rather...