Minnesota Timberwolves (5-10) At Golden State Warriors (13-2)
Tip-Off: Saturday, November 26, 2016 – 7:30 PM PST
Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA
TV: CSNBA | Radio: 95.7 The Game
Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors (@lichtrebecca) #LetsGoWarriorsLive
Projected Starting Lineups:
Timberwolves (PPG, RPG, APG)
PG: Ricky Rubio (6.1, 4.1, 6.7)
SG: Andrew Wiggins (24.0, 4.1, 2.0)
SF: Zach LaVine (18.6, 3.0, 2.4)
PF: Gorgui Dieng (10.3, 8.6, 2.6)
C: Karl-Anthony Towns (21.3, 9.4, 2.5)
Head Coach: Tom Thibodeau (career: 260-149, 0.636)
Warriors (PPG, RPG, APG)
PG: Stephen Curry (26.3, 3.9, 6.1)
SG: Klay Thompson (20.6, 3.1, 2.1)
SF: Kevin Durant (27.9, 7.1, 4.8)
PF: Draymond Green (10.5, 9.0, 6.9)
PF: Kevon Looney (3.3, 2.6, 0.6)
C: Zaza Pachulia (4.5, 6.1, 2.4)
Head Coach: Steve Kerr (career: 154-26, 0.856)
Injury Report
Warriors: Green (right ankle) is questionable. Ian Clark (head contusion) is questionable. Damian Jones is on D-League rehab assignment.
Timberwolves: Nikola Pekovic (right ankle) is out for the season.
Previous Matchups
- Timberwolves at Warriors On April 5th, 2016 in Oakland, CA: FINAL RECAP & HIGHLIGHTS: Minnesota Timberwolves End Another Warriors (69-9) Streak, Come From 17-Down To Hand Dubs Second Home Loss Of Season 124-117
- On November 25th, 2016 in Los Angeles, CA: FINAL RECAP WITH HIGHLIGHTS: Kevin Durant’s 29 Points Pace Warriors’ (14-2) 109-85 Win Over Los Angeles Lakers (8-9) (Green and Ian Clark were injured)
- On November 25th, 2016 in Phoenix, AZ: Wiggins, Timberwolves rally to beat Suns 98-85
Game Notes
- Kerr announces Green and Clark are out, and that Looney will cover Towns. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf-oKhHtFsk&w=560&h=315]
- Draymond Green on his sprained ankle: “See how it feels tomorrow night, but I plan on playing”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D1p69K23iQ&w=560&h=315]
- Durant: “Stevie Kerr say we ain’t play well, then we gotta come out tomorrow and try to play better”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV1TBNsVrB4&w=560&h=315]
- Stephen Curry: “Feels kinda natural. We’ve really put together a good 3 weeks of basketball”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMl5ZmAYc40&w=560&h=315]
- “The Warriors have held 3 of their last 5 opponents to less than 90 points. As a result their Defensive Efficiency is now 8th at 101.9…The Warriors blocked 10 shots last night, recording their league-leading third double-digit block game of the season.” — Tim Roye, Warriors radio announcer
- “Warriors have now won 10-straight games in each of the last four seasons, the ninth time that’s happened in NBA history (Elias Sports).” — Warriors PR
(Photo: @letsgowarriors Instagram account via NBAE/Getty)
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