Golden State Warriors (2-4) at Los Angeles Lakers (3-4)
Tip-off: Thursday, October 22nd, 2015 – 7:00PM PDT
Location: Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
TV: TNT | Radio: KNBR 680
Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive
Projected Starting Lineups:
Warriors (PPG, RPG, APG)
PG: Stephen Curry (2014-15: 23.8, 4.3, 7.7)
SG: Klay Thompson (21.7, 3.2, 2.9)
SF: Harrison Barnes (10.1, 5.5, 1.4)
PF: Draymond Green (11.7, 8.2, 3.7)
C: Festus Ezeli (4.4, 3.4, 0.2)
Head Coach: Luke Walton (career: 0-0, .000)
Lakers (PPG, RPG, APG)
PG: Jordan Clarkson (11.9, 3.2, 3.5)
SG: Kobe Bryant (22.3, 5.7, 5.6)
SG: D’Angelo Russell (N/A – rookie)
SF: Anthony Brown (N/A – rookie)
PF: Julius Randle (2.0, 0.0, 0.0)
C: Roy Hibbert (10.6, 7.1, 1.1)
Head Coach: Byron Scott (career: 437-532, .429)
Previous Matchups
- On 10/17/2015 at Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, the Lakers defeated the Warriors, 85-70, in a shortened game that was called with 2:16 remaining in the third quarter. Both Walton and Scott agreed that there was too much condensation on the court. Curry had a spectacular step-back three-pointer on Clarkson while slipping on the floor. Klay (attending funeral), Barnes (sprained right knee), and Andrew Bogut (broken nose) did not play. RECAP: Los Angeles Lakers 85, Golden State Warriors 70 – Game Called Due To Condensation
- On 3/16/2015 at Oracle Arena, the Warriors defeated the Lakers, 108-105, as Thompson scored 26 points. Curry tallied 19 points, 9 assists, but also 6 turnovers. Bryant did not play due to injury (shoulder). RECAP: Warriors (53-13) Survive Non-Scare From Los Angeles Lakers, 108-105
Game Notes
- “‘We’re going to have to treat (this) game like a real game,’ center Festus Ezeli said of the preseason finale against the Lakers Thursday night at Honda Center.
‘We’ve got to bring it on Thursday and get ready for Tuesday,’ Draymond Green said, referring to opening night five days away.
The rotations will be tightened, interim coach Luke Walton said. No more than nine or 10 players, as opposed to as many as 17 in previous games.” — Monte Poole, CSN Bay Area
- “So the Warriors, rather than counting the days until Kerr returns, are preparing to march on with Walton instead of the man who last season led them to 67 wins and a championship.
‘He knows the drill, knows the game plan,” Curry said of Walton. ‘We’d love to have the full staff around, but we’re a mature enough team to hold the fort down . . .
‘We’ll be all right,” Curry added, ‘but obviously we don’t want to go too far into the regular season without him.'” — Poole
- “Walton said he is getting familiar with managing minutes and lineups on the court. And then there are rules on timeouts, such as knowing a 20-second timeout can’t be carried over to the second half.
‘As a player, you don’t know that stuff. The coach calls the timeouts. Little things like that I’ll get ready for before Tuesday,’ Walton said.” — Diamond Leung, Bay Area News Group
(Photo: @letsgowarriors Instagram account via NBAE/Getty)
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