Golden State Warriors vs Denver Nuggets Preview – #FullSquad Looks To Keep Things Rolling

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Denver Nuggets (19-18) vs. Golden State Warriors (25-14)

Tip-off: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 – 7:30 PM PST

Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA

Spread: Golden State (-8) meaning Warriors are 8-point favorites

TV: CSN Bay Area/ESPN | Radio: KNBR 680 AM

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors (by @kingofmyworld19 first half, @goldenstatenz second half)

Last Game / Streak:
DEN– Lost 118-103 at UTAH  in Utah, Lost 1 straight game
GSW – Won 99-97 at BOS in Oakland, Won 1 straight game

Probable Starting Lineups:

Warriors:

PG: Stephen Curry (23.0 PPG, 9.3 APG, 4.6 RPG)

SG: Klay Thompson (19.2 PPG, 2.6 APG, 3.3 RPG)

SF: Andre Iguodala (10.5 PPG, 5.0 APG, 4.3 RPG)

PF: David Lee (19.0 PPG, 2.3 APG, 9.9 RPG)

C: Andrew Bogut (7.9 PPG, 1.6 APG, 10.3 RPG)

Nuggets:

PG: Ty Lawson (17.9 PPG, 8.6 APG, 3.5 RPG)

SG: Randy Foye (10.2 PPG, 2.3 APG, 2.4 RPG)

SF: Quincy Miller (5.1 PPG, 0.1 APG, 2.2 RPG)

PF: Kenneth Faried (10.5 PPG, 0.9 APG, 8.1 RPG)

C: J.J. Hickson (11.4 PPG, 1.2 APG, 8.6 RPG)

With the Warriors winning 11 out of their last 12, they certainly show no signs of slowing down. Especially, against a weaker Denver Nuggets team, then they faced last year in the 1st Round of the Playoffs. The Warriors will look to beat Denver for the 1st time at Oracle, since knocking them out last year.

Denver is one of those “You never know what you will get out of them” types of teams, they are very inconsistent. They lost 8 straight going into 2014, and then won 5 straight, then loss to Utah. If that doesn’t scream inconsistency at you, I don’t know what team will.

Monte Poole of the CSN Bay Area Group Writes: http://www.csnbayarea.com/warriors/fast-forward-after-layoff-warriors-get-back-work-vs-nuggets

MATCHUPS TO WATCH
Klay Thompson vs. Lawson. Lawson is too quick for Stephen Curry, so Thompson gets the job. His task is to stay in front of Lawson in an effort to cut off driving lanes. If Lawson is shooting jumpers, the Warriors win the battle.

David Lee and Bogut vs. J. J. Hickson and Faried. The Nuggets more often play with the two power forwards, going without a center until 7-foot-1 Timofey Mozgov comes off the bench. Shaw conceivably could start Mozgov to counteract the presence of Bogut. In either case, Bogut and Lee have to offset high-energy guys Hickson and Faried.

LAST 10
Warriors are 9-1, Nuggets 5-5.

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