PREVIEW: Playoffs Rd 1, Game 2: Portland Trail Blazers (0-1) at Golden State Warriors (1-0) — Durant, Livingston, Barnes All Questionable

Portland Trail Blazers (41-41) at Golden State Warriors (67-15)

Tip-Off: Wednesday, April 19, 2017, – 7:30 PM PDT

Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports BA & TNT Radio: 95.7 The Game

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive

Projected Starting Lineups:

Portland Trail Blazers (PPG, RPG, APG)

PG: Damian Lillard (22.4, 4.0, 6.2)

SG: C.J. McCollum (15.9, 2.6, 2.8)

SF: Maurice Harkless (7.4, 3.7, 0.9)

PF: Noah Vonleh (3.9, 4.4, 0.4)

C: Meyers Leonard (5.7, 3.9, 0.8)

Head Coach: Terry Stotts (career: 338-355, 0.488)

Golden State Warriors (PPG, RPG, APG)

PG: Stephen Curry (22.8, 4.4, 6.8)

SG: Klay Thompson (19.1, 3.3, 2.3)

SF: Patrick McCaw (4.0, 1.4, 1.1)

PF: Draymond Green (9.0, 6.8, 4.1)

C: Zaza Pachulia (7.0, 6.0, 1.3)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (career: 207-39, 0.841)

Injury Report

Trail Blazers: Ed Davis (shoulder) is out, Tim Quarterman (concussion) is questionable, Festus Ezeli (knee) is out, Jusuf Nurkic (leg) is out.

Warriors: Kevon Looney (hip) is out, Shaun Livingstong (hand) is questionable, Matt Barnes (ankle) is questionable, Kevin Durant (calf) is questionable.

Previous Matchups

• Trailblazers at Warriors, on April 16, 2017, the Warriors defeated the Trailblazers 121-109 at Oracle Arena. FINAL RECAP WITH HIGHLIGHTS: With Spark From JaVale, Draymond Denies Portland Trail Blazers, Warriors (1-0) Win, 121-109

Game Notes

• [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw57bmgZuTQ&w=560&h=315]
• [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmKgL7SGxKE&w=560&h=315]
• [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-loQsACfTI&w=560&h=315]
• If the Warriors win tonight versus Portland, then they would be above .500 all time in playoff competition. 7pm pregame — @warriorsvox –
  Tim Roye

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