PREVIEW: Golden State Warriors (0-1) At New Orleans Pelicans (0-1) — Trying To Right The Ship Against 50-Point-Man Anthony Davis

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Golden State Warriors (0-1) at New Orleans Pelicans (0-1)

Tip-Off: Friday, October 28th, 2016 – 6:30 PM PDT

Location: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA

TV: CSNBA, ESPN | Radio: 95.7 The Game

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive (@chiliankopp)

Projected Starting Lineups:

Pelicans (PPG, RPG, APG)

PG: Tim Frazier (5.1, 2.2, 3.2)

SG: E’Twaun Moore (7.5, 2.3, 1.7)

SF: Solomon Hill (4.2, 2.9, 1.0)

PF: Anthony Davis (24.3, 10.3, 1.9)

C: Omer Asik (4.0, 6.1, 0.4)

Head Coach: Alvin Gentry (career: 265-423, 0.463)

Warriors (PPG, RPG, APG)

PG: Stephen Curry (30.1, 5.4, 6.7)

SG: Klay Thompson (22.1, 3.8, 2.1)

SF: Kevin Durant (28.2, 8.2, 5.0)

PF: Draymond Green (14.0, 9.5, 7.4)

C: Zaza Pachulia (8.6, 9.4, 1.7)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (career: 140-25, 0.848)

Injury Report

Warriors: Damian Jones (pectoral surgery)

Pelicans: Tyreke Evans (knee); Quincy Pondexter (knee); Jrue Holiday (personal)

Previous Matchups

    • Pelicans at Warriors On March 14, 2016, at Oracle Arena, the Warriors beat the Trail Blazers 125-107 to win their 60th game of the season. FINAL RECAP & HIGHLIGHTS: Stephen Curry Score 27, Improves To 2-2 On His Birthday As Warriors (60-6) Beat New Orleans Pelicans 125-107

 

    • Warriors at Pelicans On October 31st, 2015, at Smoothie King Center, the Warriors beat the Pelicans 134-120 to win their 3rd straight game. RECAP FINAL: Stephen Curry Spooks The New Orleans Pelicans With 53 Points On Halloween Night

 

  • Pelicans at Nuggets The Pelicans dropped their first game of the 2016-2017 season to the Denver Nuggets, 107-102. Anthony Davis filled the stat sheet with 50-16-7-4-5. Postgame: Nuggets 107, Pelicans 102

Game Notes

  • Thompson on 10/25 loss to San Antonio Spurs: “That was a good wake up call for us; we realize it’s a long season…it’s time to take every game seriously.”
  • The focus for Kerr will be on ironing out his rotation and erasing the simple errors that plagued the Warriors’ opener. During video review Wednesday morning, he put the previous night’s shellacking into perspective for his players: “You’d rather make mistakes now and be perfect in May and June.”– Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Warriors are too smart and too good to let this continue without major fixes; last night was a shock to the system and a reminder that the NBA isn’t a walk-over league. — Tim Kawakami, The Mercury News
  • An uncharacteristic lack of effort and physicality is what stood out to Steve Kerr. “Tape doesn’t lie,” Kerr said. “We didn’t box out numerous players where we got a stop and everybody just looked up at the ball and the rim, instead of putting a body on somebody and then chasing the ball down.” — Anthony Slater, The Mercury News
  • Durant on Davis: “It’s hard to defend him, you can’t, his first step I’ve seen, for is one of the quickest for his position… he’s doing just about anything out there on the court”- Anthony Slater

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