PREVIEW: Warriors (41-9) Try To Thaw Out Cold East Coast Shooting vs Minnesota Timberwolves (11-41)

Golden State Warriors (41-9) at Minnesota Timberwolves (11-41)

Tip-off: Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 – 5:00PM PDT

Location: Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

TV: CSN Bay Area | Radio: KNBR 680 AM

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive

Projected Starting Lineups:

Warriors

PG: Stephen Curry (23.6 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 7.9 APG)

SG: Klay Thompson (22.2 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 3.0 APG)

SF: Harrison Barnes (10.4 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 1.5 APG)

PF: Draymond Green (11.2 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 3.6 APG)

C: Andrew Bogut (6.5 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 2.8 APG)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (41-9, .820)

Timberwolves

PG: Ricky Rubio (10.0 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 8.1 APG)

SG: Kevin Martin (20.2 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 2.1 APG)

SF: Andrew Wiggins (15.4 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 1.9 APG)

PF: Thaddeus Young (14.3 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 2.9 APG)

C: Nikola Pekovic (13.3 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 0.9 APG)

Head Coach: Flip Saunders (649-557, .539)

Last Times Out

LAST WARRIORS GAME: On Monday, 2/9/2015, the Warriors earned an ugly 89-84 win against the Philadelphia 76ers, behind 20 points from Curry.

LAST TIMBERWOLVES GAME: On Monday, 2/9/2015, the Timberwolves lost to the Atlanta Hawks, 117-105.

LAST WARRIORS-TIMBERWOLVES MATCHUP: On 12/27/2014, the Warriors beat the Timberwolves 110-97 in a game where the #SplashBrothers combined for 46 points.

LAST WARRIORS-TIMBERWOLVES GAME IN MINNESOTA: On Monday December 8th, 2014, The Warriors took care of the Timberwolves 102-86. In the first quarter of the game, Bogut suffered an injury and missed the next 12 games.

Game Notes

• “Draymond Green will play” — Diamond Leung, Bay Area News Group

• “Draymond Green participated in shootaround” — Leung

• “Warriors last 3 games FG%: 118/269 (43.8%) — vs ATL 47/103 (45.6%), vs NYK 37/81 (45.7%), vs PHI 34/85 (40.0%)” — LetsGoWarriors

• “Steve Kerr said Draymond Green (ankle) looked good at shootaround. He’ll still be listed as questionable for tonight’s game vs. Minnesota.” — Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle

• “Steve Kerr: Andrew Bogut’s health and conditioning are good. ‘I want him playing more. The more he’s out there, the better our defense is.'” — Leung

• “At 18-7, the Warriors are tied with the Hawks for the best road record in the NBA, and nine of the team’s 11 games this month will be played away from home.” — NBA.com

• “The Warriors are 32 games above .500 for the first time since ending the 1975-76 season with a 59-23 mark (36 games)” –GSW Stats