Post by DiamondThief on Nov 2, 2014 10:50:14 GMT -8
Golden St. Warriors
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Portland Trail Blazers
What: Portland hosts Golden St. for the first game between the teams this season.
When: Sunday, Nov. 2, 6 p.m.
Media: CSNNW (TV), Rip City Radio 620 AM (radio).
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The Blazers (1-1) split the season series last year with the Warriors (2-0), with each team wining once at home and once on the road. This comes down to a match up of two of the best point guards in not only the Western Conference, but the NBA, in Damian Lillard and Steph Curry. The Blazers' Nicolas Batum had 18 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists in the Blazers 119-117 win on April 13.
Warriors' Steph Curry; Blazers' Damian Lillard
Golden St. Warriors
PROJECTED STARTERS
SF - 40 Harrison Barnes
PF - 23 Draymond Green
C - 12 Andrew Bogut
SG - 11 Klay Thompson
PG - 30 Steph Curry
RESERVES
G - 19 Leandro Barbosa; 7 Justin Holiday; 34 Shaun Livingston; 8 Nemanja Nedovic; 4 Brandon Rush
F - 9 Andre Iguodala; 10 David Lee; 5 Maurice Speights
C - 31 Festus Ezeli; 1 Ognjen Kuzmic
INJURIES
G - 4 Brandon Rush (back) - questionable
F - 10 David Lee (hamstring) - questionable
HEAD COACH
Steve Kerr
Portland Trail Blazers
PROJECTED STARTERS
SF - 88 Nicolas Batum
PF - 12 LaMarcus Aldridge
C - 42 Robin Lopez
SG - 2 Wesley Matthews
PG - 0 Damian Lillard
RESERVES
G - 5 Will Barton; 25 Steve Blake; 23 Allen Crabbe; 3 CJ McCollum
F - 18 Victor Claver; 41 Thomas Robinson; 1 Dorell Wright
C - 19 Joel Freeland; 35 Chris Kaman; 11 Meyers Leonard
INJURIES
C - 19 Joel Freeland (foot) - doubtful
C - 11 Meyers Leonard (illness) - probable
HEAD COACH
Terry Stotts
Angi's Take
The Warriors are off to a 2-0 start with blowout victories over the Kings and Lakers. Curry and Thompson provide a one-two sharpshooting punch. The duo are among the league leaders in three pointers made and attempted. Thompson set a new career high of 41 points in the win over the Lakers. Former Blazers guard Steve Kerr is in his first season as the head coach of the Warriors. The Blazers seem to be limping into the season as evidenced by their lackluster effort on both ends of the court in the loss to the Kings. Despite his 20 points, Lillard shot just 4-13 from the field and had 2 assists against the Kings. He will need to step up both of those numbers if he is to match Curry. New additions Blake had 5 assists off the bench, and Kaman tallied 12 points, 6 rebounds and a pair of blocks against the Kings. Matchup to watch: Klay Thompson vs. Wesley Matthews.
OFFICIALS
Marc Davis, John Goble, James Williams
EXTRA
This forum's own SurferGirl had a tweet featured on CSNNW's Trail Blazers Pulse following the Oct. 31 loss at Sacramento. You can read the tweet and see the video here.
Graphic courtesy of David.