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Warriors being bullied, it can’t be ignored any longer

Two-city back-to-backs are tough.

They’re even tougher when you play two teams that are bigger, stronger, and tougher than you.

The Warriors are being bullied.

Wednesday night in Utah, it was the Jazz — namely Hassan Whiteside — dishing out the beatdown.

Thursday it was the New York Knicks coming into Chase Center and pushing the Warriors around.

Golden State is a good enough team that Thursday’s game was close — Klay Thompson missed a clean look at a game-tying jumper as the final buzzer sounded — but the preceding 47 minutes and 54 seconds of the contest was de- fined by the Knicks playing old-school, beat-’em-up basketball against the decidedly new-school Warriors and controlling the contest.

The Knicks had 11 more o ensive rebounds than the Warriors and 22 more rebounds total in the game.

“They had a huge size advantage on the frontline; we were getting crushed on the boards,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said after the game, a night after he commented that his team looked “small” next to the Jazz. “But our guys fought; I’m really proud of them.”

The Knicks shot 33 free throws in Thursday’s contest. The Warriors attempted half

49ERS Montana: Dumping Jimmy G a bad choice

By Kerry Crowley kcrowley@ bayareanewsgroup.com

Joe Montana never enjoyed looking over his shoulder.

So perhaps it should come as no surprise the legendary 49ers quarterback believes Jimmy Garoppolo shouldn’t have to either.

During an appearance on The Ringer’s “Slow News Day,” Montana made it clear he feels GM John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan should retain Garoppolo as the team’s starting quarterback in large part because the Hall of Famer doesn’t think Lance is ready to play.

“I think they keep Jimmy until you find somebody else,” Montana told Kevin Clark. “I don’t think Trey’s ready to play yet, as myself and after talking to some of the players. I think it’s one of those things that if you can keep Jimmy healthy, he plays well enough to get you (to the Super Bowl).”

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