PREVIEW: Warriors (33-6) vs Houston Rockets (29-13) – James Harden Returns For 2nd Shot At Klay Thompson

Houston Rockets (29-13) at Golden State Warriors (33-6)

Tip-off: Wednesday, January 21st, 2015 – 7:30PM PDT

Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA

TV: CSN Bay Area, ESPN | Radio: KNBR 680 AM

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive

Projected Starting Lineups:

Warriors

PG: Stephen Curry (23.2 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 8.0 APG)

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

SF: Harrison Barnes (10.5 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 1.5 APG)

PF: Draymond Green (11.5 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 3.6 APG)

C: Andrew Bogut (6.4 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 2.8 APG)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (33-6, .846)

Rockets

PG: Patrick Beverley (11.6 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 3.3 APG)

SG: James Harden (27.1 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 6.7 APG)

SF: Trevor Ariza (12.6 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 2.2 APG)

PF: Donatas Motiejunas (11.0 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 1.7 APG)

C: Dwight Howard (17.0 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 1.5 APG)

Head Coach: Kevin McHale (201-165, .549)

Last Times Out

PREVIOUS WARRIORS GAME: On Monday, 1/19/2015, Golden State blew out the Denver Nuggets 121-79. Undrafted rookie Forward, James Michael McAdoo, tallied 11 points and 5 boards in his NBA debut.

PREVIOUS ROCKETS GAME: On Monday, 1/19/2014, the Rockets defeated the Indiana Pacers, 110-98, in Houston.

PREVIOUS WARRIORS-ROCKETS MATCHUP: On 1/17/2015, the Warriors took care of the Rockets 131-106 behind 27 from the #SplashBrothers.

PREVIOUS WARRIORS-ROCKETS MATCHUP AT HOME: On 12/10/2014, The Warriors closed out the Rockets late in the game with a 105-93 victory thanks to a late run.

Game Notes

• “Warriors have swept season series vs #Rockets only once in franchise history, going 4-0 vs Houston in 1973-74.” — Warriors PR

• “Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and the Warriors can establish a franchise record with a 17th straight home victory Wednesday night and sweep the Rockets for the first time in 41 seasons.” — AP

• “Dwight Howard listed as probable for the Warriors game even as he’s been dealing with the knee strain” — Diamond Leung, Bay Area News Group

• “Curry has averaged 27.7 pts, 7.7 ast, 7.7 reb vs. HOU this season.” — Warriors PR

• “MVP candidates square off: James Harden (No. 1 in win shares, 8.9) and HOU vs Stephen Curry (T2, 7.9 win shares) and GS” — ESPNStatsInfo

• “Andrew Bogut said the PRP injection is ‘working wonders'”– @LetsGoWarriors

• “The Rockets have alternated wins and losses in each of their last 5 games and are averaging 107.2 ppg in January, their highest scoring month so far” — Tim Roye, Warriors radio broadcaster

• “(Terrence Jones) is with the team, but I was told he won’t play on the trip. ” — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle