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A Friday edition of Locked-on Warriors, I'm Wes Goldberg, Warriors beat writer for the Bay Area

News Group. The Warriors, without a center,berg, Warriors Beat Rider for the Bay Area News Group.

The Warriors without a center, because Kavan Looney is out for at least two weeks with a sprained

left ankle.

James Wiseman was out with a sprained left wrist, though he should be back in about a week

or so.

And then hours before the game, Eric Pascal was a late scratch because he woke up with a swollen right knee that was pretty painful.

But as short-handed as they were, they blitzed the Mavericks, scoring 147 points.

It was their best offensive performance of the season.

They played with pace.

They moved the ball well and just seemed to have a good energy about

them. And it felt like they really embraced that challenge of having to play Dallas, in Dallas,

without a true center on the roster. Now, without Looney and Wiseman, obviously they don't have a true center,

but Pascal, he's been playing center for them too, though he's just six foot six, but he's

been anchoring that bench unit. And so without any of those guys who've been getting the

lion's share of the minutes at center, Draymond Green started for them at the five.

Juan Descano Anderson, who's on a two-way contract, was starting for them at the four.

Draymond played 29 minutes.

Juan Descano Anderson played 40.

So they relied on him quite a bit.

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