Detroit Pistons (5-1) at Golden State Warriors (7-0)
Tip-off: Monday, November 9th, 2015 – 7:30PM PDT
Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA
TV: CSN Bay Area or NBA League Pass | Radio: KNBR 680
Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive (@CYC_3 & @MsAlexixMariah)
Projected Starting Lineups:
Pistons (PPG, RPG, APG)
PG: Reggie Jackson (23.2, 4.7, 5.7)
SG: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (14.8, 4.0, 1.7)
SF: Marcus Morris (17.0, 6.5, 2.0)
PF: Ersan Ilyasova (8.3, 3.8, 1.3)
C: Andre Drummond (20.3, 20.3, 0.5)
Head Coach: Stan Van Gundy (career: 408-259, .612)
Warriors (PPG, RPG, APG)
PG: Stephen Curry (33.9, 5.4, 6.0)
SG: Klay Thompson (15.0, 4.4, 2.7)
SF: Harrison Barnes (12.9, 5.7, 2.7)
PF: Draymond Green (11.9, 7.6, 5.9)
C: Festus Ezeli (10.3, 7.0, 1.0)
Head Coach: Luke Walton (Steve Kerr: 73-15, .830)*
* – “Warriors’ results under Luke Walton will count on Kerr’s official coaching record.” — Warriors’ PR
Previous Matchups
- WARRIORS: On 11/7/2015 (two nights ago) at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, the Warriors defeated the Kings, 103-94. Curry only had 3 points at halftime as Golden State shot just 41.3% for the game, but Curry added 21 in the second half to finish with a game-high 24 points. RECAP: Warriors 8-For-39 On Threes But Beat Cousins-Less Sacramento Kings, 103-94
- PISTONS: On 11/8/2015 (one night ago) at the Moda Center in Portland, OR the Pistons defeated the Trail Blazers, 120-103. Drummond scored 29 points and grabbed 27 rebounds.
- WARRIORS VS PISTONS: On 3/11/2015 at Oracle Arena, the Warriors defeated the Pistons, 105-98. Thompson scored 27 points on 11-for-19 from the field while Curry tallied just 9 points on 4-for-15 shooting, but dished out 11 assists. RECAP: Warriors (51-12) Find The Spark Late, Pull Away From Detroit Pistons, 105-98
Game Notes
- “Walton: ‘We will start Festus. (Andrew Bogut) is in the lineup and will be out there playing.'” — LetsGoWarriors.com
- Ezeli on guarding the pick-and-roll from Jackson/Drummond: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oehtdXZOy5g&w=560&h=315]
- “(Michael Jordan had 241 points after 7 games and 281 after 8. Curry has 237 after 7, thus needs 45 to pass MJ…” — Wesley Chun, Warriors fan
- “Draymond Green has 41 assists on the year, 2nd most of any non-guard in the NBA (LeBron James – 45). And, he’s second on the team (Curry – 42).” — Brian Witt, Warriors.com
- “Andre Drummond avg 20.3 rpg for #Pistons, who face #Warriors tonight. Last to avg 20 for season: Wilt, ’68-69. Last at 16: Rodman, ’96-97.” — Monte Poole, CSN Bay Area
- “Since 1985-86 (as far back as @bball_ref goes for this), no player has ever totaled 120 points and 120 rebounds in their first six games.” — Danny Leroux, RealGM
- “At 7-0, #Warriors are halfway to best start in NBA over last 20 yrs. #Mavericks started 14-0 in 2002-03. Record is 15 in a row.” — Poole
- “DET leads the NBA in offensive rebounding (15.2 per game). GSW leads the NBA in defensive rebounding (37.9 per game). Something has to give.” — Poole
- “Our ESPN tables have Steph’s PER at 40.37. Which is still MADNESS when the single-season record for PER was Wilt (Chamberlain)‘s 31.8 reading in 1962-63″ — Marc Stein, ESPN
(Photo: @letsgowarriors Instagram account via NBAE/Getty)
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