PREVIEW: Warriors (64-15) Can Break Home Franchise Record With Win Over Minnesota Timberwolves (16-63)

Minnesota Timberwolves (13-63) at Golden State Warriors (64-15)

Tip-off: Saturday, April 11th, 2015 – 5:00PM PDT

Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA

TV: CSN+ | Radio: KNBR 1050 AM

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive

Projected Starting Lineups:

Timberwolves

PG: Zach Lavine (9.4 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 3.4 APG)

SG: Kevin Martin (19.9 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 2.3 APG)

SF: Andrew Wiggins (16.9 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 2.0 APG)

PF: Adreian Payne (7.6 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.0 APG)

C: Justin Hamilton (9.4 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 1.4 APG)

Head Coach: Flip Saunders (654-589, .526)

Warriors

PG: Stephen Curry (23.9 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 7.8 APG)

SG: Klay Thompson (21.3 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 2.9 APG)

SF: Harrison Barnes (10.1 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 1.4 APG)

PF: Draymond Green (11.8 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 3.7 APG)

C: Andrew Bogut (6.4 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 2.7 APG)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (64-15, .810)

Last Times Out

LAST WARRIORS GAME: On Thursday, 4/9/2015, the Warriors defeated the Trail Blazers, 116-105, as Curry 11 of his 45 points in the final two minutes, to put the game out of reach.

LAST T’WOLVES GAME: On Friday, 4/10/2015, the Lakers defeated the Timberwolves, 106-98, in Los Angeles, as Rookie Of The Year candidate Wiggins led Minnesota with 29 points in the loss.

LAST WARRIORS-TWOLVES MATCHUP: On 2/11/2015, Golden State defeated Minnesota, 94-91, in a nailbiter, right before Curry was named to the #NBAAllStarNYC game.

LAST WARRIORS-TIMBERWOLVES MATCHUP AT ORACLE: On 12/27/2014, Golden State defeated Minnesota, 110-97, as the #SplashBrothers notched 46 points on 8 treys.

Game Notes

• “The Warriors are 36-2 (.947) at home.The 36 home victories are tied for the franchise record, originally set in 1975-76.” — Tim Roye, Warriors radio broadcaster

• “Golden State leads the NBA in Defensive Efficiency at 97.9 points allowed per 100 posessions, Minnesota is 30th at 109.3…Since the 09-10 season, the Warriors have played the best vs Minnesota 17-3 in the last 20 meetings…Both the Wolves and the Sixers have used 25 different players this season, tied for 2nd most by any team in a single season in NBA history.” — Roye

• “Leandro Barbosa out.” — Diamond Leung, Bay Area News Group

• “Andrew Wiggins is averaging at least 16 points and four rebounds and only a few have done that recently at age 19. (James, Anthony,&Durant)” — Roye

• “Ricky Rubio (ankle), Anthony Bennett (ankle), Gorgui Dieng (concussion), Kevin Garnett (knee) and Nikola Pekovic (ankle) all remain out. Andrew Wiggins has done his best to step up, averaging 26.2 points over his last five.
  He finished with 29, 10 rebounds and a career-high six assists in Friday’s 106-98 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Wolves’ ninth straight.
  “Andrew played actively and went to the boards a lot,” coach Flip Saunders said. “Considering the amount of minutes he has played, he showed a great amount of energy.”
  Wiggins scored 21 points in the first matchup with Golden State on Dec. 8, but he combined for 16 in the next two.” — Jeff Bartl, AP/STATS