PREVIEW: Warriors (32-6) Look To Break Home Winning Streak Record Against Denver Nuggets (18-22)

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Denver Nuggets (18-22) at Golden State Warriors (32-6)

Tip-off: Saturday, January 19th, 2015 – 1:00PM PDT

Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA

TV: CSN Bay Area | Radio: KNBR 680 AM

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive

Projected Starting Lineups:

Warriors

PG: Stephen Curry (23.3 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 8.0 APG)

SG: Klay Thompson (21.7 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 3.0 APG)

SF: Harrison Barnes (10.7 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 1.4 APG)

PF: Draymond Green (11.6 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 3.7 APG)

C: Andrew Bogut (6.6 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 2.8 APG)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (32-6, .842)

Nuggets

PG: Ty Lawson (17.0 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 10.1 APG)

SG: Arron Afflalo (15.4 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 1.8 APG)

SF: Wilson Chandler (14.1 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.5 APG)

PF: Kenneth Faried (11.7 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 1.4 APG)

C: Jusuf Nurkic (6.6 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 0.8 APG)

Head Coach: Brian Shaw (54-68, .443)

Last Times Out

PREVIOUS WARRIORS GAME: On Saturday, 1/17/2015, Golden State drubbed the Houston Rockets 131-106 off 27 points from both Splash Brothers.

PREVIOUS NUGGETS GAME: On Saturday, 1/17/2014, the Nuggets lost to the Timberwolves 113-105.

PREVIOUS WARRIORS-NUGGETS MATCHUP: Golden State took on the Nuggets on 4/16/2014, the last game of the regular season. With a large chunk of the roster resting for the playoffs, Barnes scored a career high 30 while former Warriors, Jordan Crawford dropped a career high 41.

PREVIOUS WARRIORS-NUGGETS MATCHUP AT HOME: On 4/10/2014, The Warriors lost in heartbreaking fashion, 100-99. Just when it looked like Curry’s magic was going to catapult the Warriors to another victory but Faried answered with a game winner of his own with 0.5 seconds left.

Game Notes

  • “Their frontline is really tough to deal with.” — Kerr on the Nuggets at Oracle pregame press conference:
  • “The Warriors reached agreement Sunday on a 10-day contract with rookie forward James Michael McAdoo, who chose the team that invited him to training camp over Memphis, according to agent Jim Tanner.” —Diamond Leung, Bay Area News Group
  • “With a victory, the Warriors would earn their 16th-straight home win, which would set a franchise record.” — NBA.com
  • “Since the start of last season, the Golden State Warriors have won at least one home game against 25 of the other 29 teams in the NBA.” — Yahoo! Sports
  • “The Warriors and Nuggets split four games a season ago with the road team winning each. Denver, Washington, San Antonio and New York are the only teams Golden State hasn’t defeated at home since the start of ’13-14.” — Associated Press
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