A night of celebration sure turned strange Monday in Oakland.
Former teammates, former coach Don Nelson and Warriors greats came out for the retirement of Hall of Fame forward Chris Mullin's No. 17 jersey number at Oracle Arena and a 25-minute halftime ceremony turned int a 38-minute plus intermission after the hometown fans repeatedly booed Golden State owner Joe Lacob when he stood at center court and tried to praise Mullin.
Upset at last week's trade that sent Monta Ellis to Milwaukee for injured center Andrew Bogut for one thing, passionate, knowledgeable Warriors fans turned the evening stupid with their reactions. Warriors great Rick Barry and then Mullin himself stepped to the microphone to persuade the crowd, but no doing.
Here's the last version of tonight's game story with locker-room video attached, which suggests those fans might be as wise and knowledgeable as Mullin had said earlier in the halftime ceremony.
After the long break, their team rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit into the lead with three minutes still left in the third quarter before Kevin Love reversed the momentum back in the Wolves' favor with a huge banked three that ended the third quarter and by scoring 12 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter on a night when he had his eighth 30-15 game with a 36-point, 17-rebound night.
He has eight 30-15 games now this season.
The rest of the NBA has six combined.
A couple other things: