PREVIEW: Warriors (50-12) Try To Reach Last Year’s Win Total vs Detroit Pistons (23-40), Tim Hardaway Returns To Oracle

Detroit Pistons (23-40) at Golden State Warriors (50-12)

Tip-off: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 – 7:30PM PDT

Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA

TV: CSN Bay Area | Radio: KNBR 680 AM

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive

Projected Starting Lineups:

Warriors

PG: Stephen Curry (23.8 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 7.7 APG)

SG: Klay Thompson (21.7 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 3.0 APG)

SF: Harrison Barnes (10.3 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.4 APG)

PF: Draymond Green (11.6 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 3.6 APG)

C: Andrew Bogut (6.2 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 2.6 APG)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (49-12, .803)

Pistons

PG: Reggie Jackson (17.1 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 7.3 APG)

SG: Kenatvious Caldwell-Pope (12.1 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 1.2 APG)

SF: Tayshaun Prince (6.3 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 0.8 APG)

PF: Greg Monroe (15.8 PPG, 10.6 RPG, 2.0 APG)

C: Andre Drummond (13.0 PPG, 13.0 RPG, 0.6 APG)

Head Coach: Stan Van Gundy (394-248, .614)

Last Times Out

LAST WARRIORS GAME: On 3/9/2015, Golden State defeated Phoenix, 98-80. Curry scored 36 points.

LAST PISTONS GAME: On 3/10/2015, the Lakers defeated the Pistons, 93-85, in Los Angeles.

LAST WARRIORS-PISTONS MATCHUP: On 11/30/2014, the Warriors defeated the Pistons, 104-93, as Green scored 20 points on 5 three-pointers on his visit back to his home state.

LAST WARRIORS-PISTONS MATCHUP AT ORACLE: On 11/12/2013, the Warriors defeated the Pistons, 113-95. Curry scored 25 points.

Game Notes

• “The Warriors, an NBA-best 27-2 at home, have limited opponents to 90.0 points per game on 41.3 percent shooting while forcing 18.5 turnovers during a four-game run to open a stretch with 10 of 12 at Oracle Arena.
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  That certainly doesn’t bode well for the Pistons (23-40), who have averaged just 91.0 points on 39.8 percent shooting – including a 20.7 mark from 3-point range – in the last four of a seven-game losing streak.
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  Central Division-worst Detroit shot 38.6 percent and went 8 for 35 from beyond the arc in Tuesday’s 93-85 loss to the Pacific Division-worst Los Angeles Lakers in the opener of a four-game trip.
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  Since pulling within one game of eighth place in the Eastern Conference after an 18-10 run, the Pistons have fallen five back as a result of their worst slide since dropping 13 in a row from Nov. 15-Dec. 9.
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  Reggie Jackson averaged 17.1 points in his first seven games with the Pistons before finishing with two on 1-of-9 shooting at Staples Center. Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond were bright spots, teaming for 38 points and 30 rebounds.
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  The Pistons rank among the NBA leaders with 45.5 points in the paint per game, but they were outscored 46-32 in a 104-93 home loss to the Warriors on Nov. 30. Golden State is one of the league’s best interior defensive clubs, limiting opponents to a 55.6 field-goal percentage within five feet and a 35.4 mark from five-to-nine feet away.
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  Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led Detroit with 23 points in the November loss. He finished with 15 points on 4-of-10 3-point shooting Tuesday after averaging 7.5 points while going 1 for 18 from long range in his previous four games.” — Taylor Bechtold, AP/STATS

• “Tim Hardaway, Sr. said he met with Stan Van Gundy in Miami for 2 hrs this past off-season. It was the right time to become a #Pistons asst.” — LetsGoWarriors via 95.7 The Game

• “Kerr says guys other than Bogut and Iguodala might get some rest coming up: ‘We’ll see.'” — LetsGoWarriors pre-game tweet

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