PREVIEW: Warriors (11-2) Can Set Best Road Start In Franchise History With Win Tonight At Magic (6-10)

Golden State Warriors (11-2) at Orlando Magic (6-10)

Tip-off: Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 – 4:00 P.M. PST

Location: Amway Arena, Orlando, FL

TV: CSN Bay Area, NBA League Pass | Radio: KNBR 680 AM

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive

Projected Starting Lineup:

WARRIORS:

PG: Stephen Curry (23.9 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 7.7 APG)

SG: Klay Thompson (22.5 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 3.3 APG)

SF: Harrison Barnes (11.1 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.5 APG)

PF: Draymond Green (12.4 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 3.2 APG)

C: Andrew Bogut (8.0 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 2.9 APG)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (11-2, .846)

MAGIC:

PG: Evan Fournier (16.5 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 2.5 APG)

SG: Victor Oladipo (13.6 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 3.1 APG)

SF: Maurice Harkless (4.3 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 0.7 APG)

PF: Channing Frye (9.4 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 1.7 APG)

C: Nikola Vucevic (19.3 PPG, 12.2 RPG, 2.3 APG)

Head Coach: Jacque Vaughn (49-131, .272)

Last time out:

Golden State defeated the Miami Heat, 114-96 after recovering from a 16-point deficit in the first half in Miami, FL.

Orlando lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 106-74, in Cleveland, OH.

Game Notes:

From NBA.com/STATS:

Orlando (6-10) has dropped back-to-back games, 99-92 to Miami on Saturday and 106-74 at Cleveland on Monday. Victor Oladipo had a season-high 22 points while Nikola Vucevic added 18 and 13 rebounds against the Cavaliers, but nobody else scored more than eight as Orlando shot a season-low 36.3 percent.
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“The bad thing is the games keep coming,” coach Jacque Vaughn told the team’s official website. “I wouldn’t mind … can we just do All-Star break right now? That would be nice to get everybody whole and healthy. But we’ll manage. This is what we signed up for.”
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Tobias Harris has missed the last two games with a strained calf, leaving Orlando without its second-leading scorer at 18.8 points per game. Top rookie Aaron Gordon remains out following foot surgery, and Kyle O’Quinn has been sidelined with a sprained ankle suffered in the season opener.

• “Dubs are currently 6-1 on the road (best since ’91-92) & have never started a season 7-1. That could change tonight. GSW @ ORL tips at 4pm.” — Warriors
• “Andrew Bogut listed as probable for tonight’s game.” — Diamond Leung, Bay Area News Group
• “Orlando head coach Jacque Vaughn said Tobias Harris (right calf) will play and start vs. the Warriors tonight.” — Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle
• “Leandro Barbosa (right knee) will not play, according to the Warriors.” — Simmons, and “Leandro Barbosa out with right knee sprain.” — Leung
• “Orlando guard Evan Fournier (quad) will also play and start vs. the Warriors tonight.” — Simmons
• “I look at team like Orlando Magic (95 ppg., 24th in NBA) & think: They just can’t score enough points to beat Warriors.” — Matt Steinmetz, 95.7 The Game
• “Steve Kerr said he could have used Leandro Barbosa (knee) more than four minutes in Miami, but he liked the matchup for Brandon Rush.” — Simmons
• “In the second game of a back-to-back set, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said he would like to rely heavily on the bench tonight vs. ORL.” — Simmons
• “Got them right where we want them. No Magic tricks tonight. Let’s go!! #dubnation” — Barnes on his Facebook page
• “Warriors head coach Steve Kerr’s playing days in Orlando honored at Magic Hall of Fame @ Amway Center” — Laurence Scott, Warriors videographer
• “The Magic will debut the silver ‘Pride Jerseys’ tonight” — Orlando Magic

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