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Golden State Warriors (25-16) at New Orleans Pelicans(15-23)
Tip-off: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 – 5:00 PM PST
Location: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA
Spread: Golden State (-5) meaning Warriors are 5-point favorites
TV: CSN Bay Area | Radio: KNBR 680 AM
Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors (by @samesfandiari)
Last Game / Streak:
NOP – Lost 103-100 vs HOU in New Orleans, Lost 7 straight games
GSW – Lost 127-121 at OKC in Oklahoma City, Lost 2 straight games
Probable Starting Lineups:
Warriors:
PG: Stephen Curry
SG: Klay Thompson
SF: Andre Iguodala
PF: David Lee
C: Andrew Bogut
Pelicans:
PG: Brian Roberts
SG: Eric Gordon
SF: Al-Farouq Aminu
PF: Anthony Davis
C: Greg Stiemsma
Rusty Simmons of the San Francisco Chronicle with the pregame lowdown:
Monty Williams said Tyreke Evans (ankle) is game-time decision, but Jason Smith (knee), Jrue Holiday (leg) and Ryan Anderson (neck) are out.
— Rusty Simmons (@Rusty_SFChron) January 18, 2014
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Greg Stiemsma will start in place of Jason Smith, and the Pelicans will also play small at times with Davis C/Aminu PF.
— Rusty Simmons (@Rusty_SFChron) January 18, 2014
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Monte Poole of CSN Bay Area with the pregame assessment:
The Warriors (25-16) generally handle the Pelicans (15-23) but rarely dominate them. Coming off a game in which they felt helpless to slow the revelation that was Durant, this is a chance for them to get well.
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“Right now teams are a little bit too comfortable the last two nights,” coach Mark Jackson said, referring to losses to Denver and OKC, each team surpassing 120 points. “We’ve got to get it back”…
The other thing to watch in this game, assuming the Warriors focus after the crushing loss to OKC last night, their second in a row of bad defense, is Jordan Crawford and MarShon Brooks if there is a ten-point convincing-to-dominant team performance over the Pelicans.
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