PREVIEW: Charlotte Hornets (23-26) at Golden State Warriors (41-7) — Stephen Curry Is Back Healthy But Zaza Out For At Least A Week

Charlotte Hornets (23-26) at Golden State Warriors (41-7)

Tip-Off: Wednesday, February 01, 2017, – 7:30 PM PDT

Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA

TV: ABC Radio: 95.7 The Game

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive

Projected Starting Lineups:

Golden State Warriors (PPG, RPG, APG)

PG: Stephen Curry (25.0, 4.3, 6.1)

SG: Klay Thompson (21.0, 3.7, 1.9)

SF: Kevin Durant (26.1, 8.3, 4.7)

PF: Draymond Green (10.5, 8.4, 7.5)

C: Zaza Pachulia (5.7, 6.0, 2.0)
C: JaVale McGee (5.6, 2.5, 0.2)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (career: 181-31, 0.854)

Charlotte Hornets (PPG, RPG, APG)

PG: Kemba Walker (23.3, 4.2, 5.5)

SG: Nicolas Batum (14.9, 7.4, 6.0)

SF: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (9.3, 7.4, 1.3)

PF: Marvin Williams (11.0, 5.4, 1.3)

C: Cody Zeller (10.9, 6.6, 1.4)

Head Coach: Steve Clifford (career: 147-147, 0.500)

Injury Report

Hornets: Cody Zeller (quad) is questionable, Jeremy Lamb (foot) is questionable, Brian Roberts (illness) is questionable.

Warriors: David West (thumb) is out, Zaza Pachulia (shoulder) is out, Stephen Curry (illness) will play.

Previous Matchups

• Warriors at Hornets, on January 24, 2017, the Warriors defeated the Hornets 113-103 at the Spectrum Center. Durant’s Big Fourth Quarter Leads Dubs Past Hornets
• Hornets at Trail Blazers, on January 31, 2017, the Trail Blazers defeated the Hornets 113-111 at the Moda Center. TRAIL BLAZERS GET RARE RUNAWAY WIN VERSUS HORNETS
• Warriors at Trail Blazers, on January 29, 2017, the Warriors defeated the Trail Blazers 113-111 at the Oracle Arena. FINAL RECAP WITH HIGHLIGHTS: WARRIORS (41-7) ESCAPE WITH 113-111 WIN OVER PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS (20-28)

Game Notes

• Kerr says JaVale will start in place of Zaza. pic.twitter.com/slFsgKpbgf

  — LetsGoWarriors (@LetsGoWarriors) February 2, 2017

• Stephen Curry is good to go tonight.

  — Connor Letourneau (@Con_Chron) February 1, 2017

• Zaza Pachulia (right rotator cuff strain) is out at least a week. Leaves frontcourt quite thin.

  — Connor Letourneau (@Con_Chron) February 1, 2017

• per @nbastats the Warriors lead the league in Defensive Rating at 101.0. Charlotte is 9th at 104.6

  — Tim Roye (@warriorsvox) February 1, 2017

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