Denver Nuggets (18-22) at Golden State Warriors (32-6)
Tip-off: Saturday, January 19th, 2015 – 1:00PM PDT
Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA
TV: CSN Bay Area | Radio: KNBR 680 AM
Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive
Projected Starting Lineups:
Warriors
PG: Stephen Curry (23.3 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 8.0 APG)
SG: Klay Thompson (21.7 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 3.0 APG)
SF: Harrison Barnes (10.7 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 1.4 APG)
PF: Draymond Green (11.6 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 3.7 APG)
C: Andrew Bogut (6.6 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 2.8 APG)
Head Coach: Steve Kerr (32-6, .842)
Nuggets
PG: Ty Lawson (17.0 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 10.1 APG)
SG: Arron Afflalo (15.4 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 1.8 APG)
SF: Wilson Chandler (14.1 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.5 APG)
PF: Kenneth Faried (11.7 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 1.4 APG)
C: Jusuf Nurkic (6.6 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 0.8 APG)
Head Coach: Brian Shaw (54-68, .443)
Last Times Out
PREVIOUS WARRIORS GAME: On Saturday, 1/17/2015, Golden State drubbed the Houston Rockets 131-106 off 27 points from both Splash Brothers.
PREVIOUS NUGGETS GAME: On Saturday, 1/17/2014, the Nuggets lost to the Timberwolves 113-105.
PREVIOUS WARRIORS-NUGGETS MATCHUP: Golden State took on the Nuggets on 4/16/2014, the last game of the regular season. With a large chunk of the roster resting for the playoffs, Barnes scored a career high 30 while former Warriors, Jordan Crawford dropped a career high 41.
PREVIOUS WARRIORS-NUGGETS MATCHUP AT HOME: On 4/10/2014, The Warriors lost in heartbreaking fashion, 100-99. Just when it looked like Curry’s magic was going to catapult the Warriors to another victory but Faried answered with a game winner of his own with 0.5 seconds left.
Game Notes
- “Their frontline is really tough to deal with.” — Kerr on the Nuggets at Oracle pregame press conference:
