Golden State Warriors (6-2) at Denver Nuggets (3-4)
Tip-Off: Thursday, November 10, 2016 – 6:00 PM PST
Location: Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
TV: CSNBA | Radio: 95.7 The Game
Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors (@chiliankopp) #LetsGoWarriorsLive
Projected Starting Lineups:
Nuggets (PPG, RPG, APG)
PG: Emmanuel Mudiay (17.0, 5.7, 3.7)
SG: Gary Harris (10.0, 3.3, 1.7)
SF: Danilo Gallinari (17.1, 4.0, 2.0)
PF: Nikola Jokic (10.7, 6.7, 2.0)
C: Jusuf Nurkic (13.0, 9.4, 1.7)
Head Coach: Mike Malone (career: 75-120, 0.385)
Warriors (PPG, RPG, APG)
PG: Stephen Curry (26.1, 3.2, 5.9)
SG: Klay Thompson (17.4, 3.1, 2.6)
SF: Kevin Durant (28.8, 7.6, 3.6)
PF: Draymond Green (10.2, 10.6,6.9)
C: Zaza Pachulia (4.2, 6.0, 2.6)
Head Coach: Steve Kerr (career: 146-26, 0.849)
Injury Report
Warriors: Damian Jones (pectoral surgery) is out.
Nuggets: Will Barton (ankle), Wilson Chandler (hamstring), Darrell Arthur (knee)
Previous Matchups
- Warriors at Nuggets (preseason) On October 14, 2016, the Warriors beat the Nuggets 129-128 at Pepsi Center. Patrick McCaw hit two buzzer beating shots to help the Warriors secure their win. McCaw’s Heroics Lead Warriors to Comeback Over Nuggets
- Nuggets at Grizzlies The Grizzlies beat the Nuggets at the FedEx Forum 108-107 on November 8, 2016. Grizzlies beat Nuggets at the buzzer
Game Notes
- Kerr: “Steph tweaked his ankle, if there’s any issue there I wouldn’t hesitate to sit him” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoddBeiFoVo&w=560&h=315]
- “It just shows when that rhythm is going and everyone is flowing … we’re tough to stop,” forward Draymond Green said…After shooting 11-for-53 from beyond the arc in his first seven games, Thompson needed less than eight minutes Wednesday to hit four three-pointers. — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle
- The Warriors have proven to be far less focused in the early parts of this season than they were in the previous two seasons–they’ve eaten up back-to-backs in the Kerr era. But I have a guess that back-to-backs are going to be a specific issue for this season’s team (as they are for most teams) because of the frequent mental lapses, especially on defense, because Kerr is going to want to be careful with the minutes (for instance, maybe sit Stephen Curry tonight), and because veterans like Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston and David West might just not have the jump in their legs on the end of back-to-backs. — Tim Kawakami, The Mercury News
- “I haven’t been shooting well,” Green said. “It hasn’t even been feeling well in practice or getting extra shots up. So I’ve been constantly going to the gym and it’s been feeling better and the one thing I told myself, regardless, shooting well or not, you got to shoot the ball.” His long-range aggression returned Wednesday. And so did the positive results. — Anthony Slater, The Mercury News
(Photo: @letsgowarriors Instagram account via NBAE/Getty)
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