PREVIEW: Pelicans At Warriors - Ring Ceremony For Opener

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

Tip-off: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 – 7:30PM PDT

Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA

TV: TNT | Radio: KNBR 680

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive

Projected Starting Lineups:

PG: Jrue Holiday (14.8, 3.4, 6.9)

SG: Eric Gordon (13.4, 2.6, 3.8)

SF: Dante Cunningham (5.2, 3.9, 0.8)

PF: Anthony Davis (24.4, 10.2, 2.2)

C: Kendrick Perkins (2.6, 2.4, 0.5)

Head Coach: Alvin Gentry (career: 335-370, .475)

PG: Stephen Curry (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)*

WARRIORS: On 10/22/2015 (five nights ago) at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA the Warriors defeated the Lakers, 136-97. Curry and Thompson scored 24 apiece and Barnes added 23. PRESEASON RECAP FINAL: Golden State Warriors Hit 16 Treys, Trounce Los Angeles Lakers, 136-97

PELICANS: On 10/23/2015 (four nights ago) at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA the Pelicans defeated the Heat, 93-90, to finish 3-4 in the preseason. Davis led all scorers with 25 points in 36 minutes played. Gordon added 22.

WARRIORS VS PELICANS: On 4/25/2015 at Smoothie King Center, the Warriors eliminated the Pelicans from the 2015 NBA Playoffs, 109-98. Curry led all scorers with 39 points on 11-for-20 shooting, 6-for-8 downtown, and 11-for-12 from the charity stripe, to go along with 9 assists, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. RECAP: Curry, Green, And Thompson Lead Warriors To Series Sweep Of New Orleans Pelicans

PELICANS AT WARRIORS: On 4/20/2015 at Oracle Arena, the Warriors took a 2-0 Round 1 series lead, defeating the Pelicans, 97-87. Thompson finished with a game-high 26 on 11-for-17 shooting, and Curry scored 22 of his own…For the Pelicans, Davis dropped in 26. RECAP: Warriors Lock Down Davis, Pelicans In Fourth To Take 2-0 Series Lead

* – “Warriors’ results under Luke Walton will count on (Steve) Kerr‘s official coaching record.” — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle

“Quincy Pondexter (left knee surgery), Omer Asik (right calf strain), Tyreke Evans (right knee surgery) and Norris Cole (left ankle sprain) are OUT” — Pelicans PR

”Warriors head coach Steve Kerr “has a saying that, ‘Everything comes out in the wash,’ ” Walton continued. “So if Anthony Davis switches on him and we keep moving, at some point, Anthony Davis as a big, he’s going to want to go help on somewhere else, and now you’re helping off of Steph Curry.”” — Diamond Leung, Bay Area News Group

“‘Hopefully we learn how to quickly get our engines back going,’ Curry said. ‘We didn’t play terribly. We just didn’t have like that mojo that we wanted. I think as a team we should be able to feed off of that energy in the building.'” — Leung

“‘I told Alvin he’s got two kids who are still Warriors fans,’ Walton said. ‘If he can’t find them after the game, just come to our locker room. They’ll be with us in our postgame meeting.'” — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle

“At Walton’s media session after Monday’s practice I asked, ‘ Where is Steve going to be tomorrow night?’
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‘I have no idea,’ Walton said. ‘He’s coming to the (pregame championship) ring ceremony. From there, I don’t know if he’s going home, if he’s staying in the back.'” — Lowell Cohn, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat

(Photo: @letsgowarriors Instagram account via NBAE/Getty)

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PREVIEW: New Orleans Pelicans (0-0) At Golden State Warriors (0-0) – Championship Ring Ceremony For Season Opener