PREVIEW: Monta Ellis And The Dallas Mavericks (40-23) Return To Oracle To Face Warriors (47-12)

Dallas Mavericks (40-23) at Golden State Warriors (46-11)

Tip-off: Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 – 7:30PM PDT

Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA

TV: CSN Bay Area | Radio: KNBR 680 AM

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Projected Starting Lineups:

Warriors

PG: Stephen Curry (23.8 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 7.8 APG)

SG: Klay Thompson (21.8 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 3.0 APG)

SF: Harrison Barnes (10.3 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 1.4 APG)

PF: Draymond Green (11.3 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 3.6 APG)

C: Andrew Bogut (6.4 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 2.6 APG)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (47-12, .797)

Mavs

PG: Rajon Rondo (9.3 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 6.1 APG)

SG: Monta Ellis (19.2 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 4.4 APG)

SF: Richard Jefferson (5.6 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 0.8 APG)

PF: Dirk Nowitzki (17.5 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 1.9 APG)

C: Tyson Chandler (10.5 PPG, 11.8 RPG, 1.2 APG)

Head Coach: Rick Carlisle (609-422, .591)

Last Times Out

LAST WARRIORS GAME: On 3/4/2015, Golden State defeated Milwaukee, 102-93. Green led the Warriors with 23 points as Curry sparked the win with 3 straight three-pointers in 65 seconds in the fourth quarter.

LAST BUCKS GAME: On 3/5/2015, the Trail Blazers defeated the Mavericks, 95-74, in Portland.

LAST WARRIORS-MAVS MATCHUP (AT ORACLE): On 2/4/2015, the Warriors defeated the Mavericks, 128-114, as Curry scored 51 points.

Game Notes

• “The Mavericks hope to avoid losing four straight on the road for the first time since a six-game slide in December 2012. They’ve also dropped three of four overall following Thursday’s 94-75 loss at Portland to begin a three-game West Coast trip.
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  “We’ve got to stick together when it’s not going well,” Carlisle said. “We’ve got to fight through this.”
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  Guards Monta Ellis and Rajon Rondo particularly struggled, totaling 22 points on 10-of-33 shooting. Ellis has shot 15 for 41 (36.6 percent) in the two meetings with his former club, while Rondo did not play in last month’s meeting due to injury.
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  Tyson Chandler pulled down 14 rebounds Thursday in his return from a three-game absence due to a left hip injury, but Chandler Parsons (15.4 ppg) isn’t expected back from a left ankle injury that has cost him six games until Sunday at the earliest.
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  Parsons could be a big loss for the Mavericks since he’s averaged 23.5 points over his last four visits to Oakland.” — Taylor Bechtold, AP/STATS

• “Monta Ellis has averaged 18.8 points on 38.9%shooting in 9 games against Golden State, with the Warriors,he averaged 19.6 in 413 games.” — Tim Roye, Warriors radio broadcaster

• “Monta Ellis is one of three players to start of every game since the start of the 2012-13 season (DeAndre Jordan, Damian Lillard)” — Mavericks PR

• “Andrew Bogut has his highest points per game average vs Mavs 14.4 and its paired with 11.1 rebounds per contest.” — Roye

• “Golden State has won the last 5 games in the series with Dallas, inclduing 2 this year.” — Roye