warriors trail blazers preview — Stephen Curry vs. Damian Lillard Tonight at Oracle! (Photo: Kyle Terada/USA Today)
Golden State Warriors Preview: Golden State Warriors vs. Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers (33-11) vs. Golden State Warriors (26-18)
Tip-off: Sunday, January 26th, 2014 – 6:00 PM PST
Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA
Spread: Golden State (-6) meaning Warriors are 6-point favorites
TV: CSN Bay Area| Radio: KNBR 680 AM
Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors (by @goldenstatenz)
Last Game / Streak:
Por– Won 115-104 at MIN in Portland, Won 2 straight games
GSW – Lost 121-120 at MIN in Oakland, Lost 2 straight games
Probable Starting Lineups:
Warriors:
PG: Stephen Curry (23.8 PPG, 9.3 APG, 4.5 RPG)
SG: Klay Thompson (19.1 PPG, 2.5 APG, 3.0 RPG)
SF: Andre Iguodala (10.0 PPG, 4.7 APG, 4.1 RPG)
PF: David Lee (19.3 PPG, 2.3 APG, 9.8 RPG)
C: Andrew Bogut (8.1 PPG, 1.6 APG, 10.3 RPG)
Trail Blazers:
PG: Damian Lillard (20.8 PPG, 5.7 APG, 3.6 RPG)
SG: Wesley Matthews (16.9 PPG, 2.4 APG, 4.1 RPG)
SF: Nicolas Batum (12.8 PPG, 5.7 APG, 6.7 RPG)
PF: LaMarcus Aldridge (24.6 PPG, 2.9 APG, 11.5 RPG)
C: Robin Lopez (10.5 PPG, 0.8 APG, 8.3 RPG)
#FullSquad will look to get back on track tonight, against a very good team in the Portland Trail Blazers. Warriors after their 10 game winning streak was over, have not played all that well. They will need some solid bench play in this one if they want to walk away with a W, especially from Harrison Barnes, who hasn’t been himself recently.
The Blazers will be playing the back end of a back-to-back tonight. After winning last night, in Portland against Minnesota.
Monte Poole of CSN Bay Area Group Writes: http://www.csnbayarea.com/warriors/warriors-barnes-mired-epic-slump
Harrison Barnes entered the game Friday with 5:47 left in the first quarter. His first touch came about two minutes later, when he grabbed a rebound and then lost his dribble, committing a turnover.
On his second touch, exactly one minute later, the second-year Warriors small forward flung a pass into the backcourt. Another turnover.
His final touch came in the final seconds, with the game in the balance, when he Barnes was the wide-open recipient of a Stephen Curry pass. Barnes’ jump shot bounced off the rim at the buzzer, forcing the Warriors to swallow a 121-120 loss to Minnesota.
If it hasn’t been confirmed yet, Harrison Barnes is officially in a slump.
The Warriors and Curry will have to contend with potential All-Star reserve Damian Lillard, who spurred a Blazers comeback in their last meeting at #Roaracle. We also wrote a comprehensive piece on Lillard — everything you need to know about the star’s psyche.
Forward LaMarcus Aldridge also presents a problem down low, having scored 44 points earlier in the week.
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