<P> The Warriors did not improve in the 2011--12 NBA season under coach Jackson, finishing the lockout - shorted season with a 23--43 record, 13th in the conference . The team suffered several injuries to key players, and due to the lockout, Jackson could not establish his system in training camp . They then entered into another chaotic rebuilding phase . </P> <P> Team leader Monta Ellis was traded in mid-March 2012, along with Kwame Brown and Ekpe Udoh, to the Milwaukee Bucks for center Andrew Bogut (out injured for the season) and former Warrior small forward Stephen Jackson, who without playing a game for the Warriors was quickly traded to the San Antonio Spurs for Richard Jefferson and a conditional first - round pick on March 15 . These moves saw the rise of Stephen Curry and David Lee to team co-captains, and saw off - guard Klay Thompson, the 11th overall pick of the 2011 NBA draft, move into a starting role . On July 11, they acquired point guard Jarrett Jack from the New Orleans Hornets in a three - team trade also including the Philadelphia 76ers, who received Dorell Wright from Golden State . On August 1, they signed forward Carl Landry on the termination of his one - year contract with the Hornets . In the 2012 NBA draft, they selected small forward Harrison Barnes with the 7th overall pick, center Festus Ezeli with the 30th pick, small forward Draymond Green 35th overall, and 7 - foot 1 - inch center Ognjen Kuzmic 52nd overall . In early November, swingman Rush was lost for the year with a torn ACL after falling awkwardly on the court early in the second game of the season, and less than a month later the team announced that Bogut was out indefinitely with a foot injury that was more serious than originally reported . Bogut did not return to regular play until late in the season . </P> <P> Coming out of this maelstrom of trades and injuries with a team starting two rookies (Barnes and Ezeli), the Warriors had one of their best starts in decades, earning their 20th win before hitting the 30 - game mark for the first time since 1992 . The Warriors also achieved a milestone by completing their first ever 6--1 road trip in franchise history, including a 97--95 win over the defending champion Heat in Miami . On April 9, 2013, with a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Warriors clinched the playoffs for the second time in 19 years and the first time since the 2006--07 "We Believe" Warriors . This time, the local battlecry was "We Belong". </P> <P> The team finished the season with a record of 47--35, earning the sixth seed in the Western Conference, and defeated the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs by winning four out of six games . They lost in the second round to the San Antonio Spurs, four games to two . This was the first playoff experience for all of the starters of this group except for Andrew Bogut . </P>

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