The 2011–12 Golden State Warriors season was the 66th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 50th anniversary of their time in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Warriors hired former NBA player and ESPN color commentator Mark Jackson as their head coach during the lockout, and finished with a 23–43 win–loss record. This was the last time the Warriors failed to qualify for the playoffs until 2020.
Draft
Preseason
Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed preseason schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season, were scrapped, and a two-game preseason was set for each team once the lockout concluded.
Pre-season
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | December 17 | Sacramento | | Stephen Curry (22) | David Lee (8) | Monta Ellis (8) | Oracle Arena16,523 | 1–0 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 2 | December 20 | @ Sacramento | | David Lee (30) | David Lee (13) | Monta Ellis (6) | Power Balance Pavilion12,425 | 1-1
Regular season
Standings
Division
Conference
Record vs. opponents
Game log
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| December 25
| L. A. Clippers
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| David Lee (21) | David Lee (12) | Monta Ellis (8) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 2 | December 26 | Chicago | | Monta Ellis (26) | Lee, Curry (7) | Stephen Curry (10) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 3 | December 28 | New York | | Monta Ellis (22) | Kwame Brown (10) | Monta Ellis (8) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 2–1 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 4 | December 31 | Philadelphia | | Stephen Curry (21) | Ekpe Udoh (9) | Ish Smith (5) | Oracle Arena19,084 | 2–2
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| January 2
| @ Phoenix
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| Monta Ellis (18) | David Lee (9) | Monta Ellis (11) | US Airways Center14,793 | 2–3 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 6 | January 4 | @ San Antonio | | Monta Ellis (38) | David Lee (10) | Stephen Curry (8) | AT&T Center16,751 | 2–4 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 7 | January 6 | @ L. A. Lakers | | Monta Ellis (18) | David Lee (11) | Monta Ellis (10) | Staples Center18,997 | 2–5 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 8 | January 7 | Utah | | Monta Ellis (32) | David Lee (15) | Monta Ellis (6) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 2–6 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 9 | January 10 | Miami | | Nate Robinson (24) | David Lee (14) | Nate Robinson (5) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 3–6 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 10 | January 12 | Orlando | | Monta Ellis (30) | David Lee (12) | Monta Ellis (11) | Oracle Arena17,754 | 3–7 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 11 | January 14 | @ Charlotte | | David Lee (24) | David Lee (16) | Monta Ellis (6) | Time Warner Cable Arena16,112 | 3–8 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 12 | January 15 | @ Detroit | | David Lee (24) | Dorell Wright (11) | Monta Ellis (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills11,774 | 4–8 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 13 | January 17 | @ Cleveland | | David Lee (29) | Andris Biedriņš (11) | Nate Robinson (10) | Quicken Loans Arena13,056 | 5–8 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 14 | January 18 | @ New Jersey | | Monta Ellis (30) | David Lee (11) | Nate Robinson (7) | Prudential Center12,570 | 5–9 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 15 | January 20 | Indiana | | Monta Ellis (25) | David Lee (14) | Monta Ellis (6) | Oracle Arena17,621 | 5–10 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 16 | January 23 | Memphis | | Monta Ellis (20) | David Lee (12) | Nate Robinson (6) | Oracle Arena17,549 | 5–11 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 17 | January 25 | Portland | | Stephen Curry (32) | Ekpe Udoh (7) | Monta Ellis (12) | Oracle Arena17,923 | 6–11 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | 18 | January 27 | Oklahoma City | | Dorell Wright (23) | Dorell Wright (9) | Ellis, Curry (6) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 6–12 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 19 | January 31 | Sacramento | | Brandon Rush (20) | Brandon Rush (6) | Stephen Curry (8) | Oracle Arena17,753 | 7–12