Boston Celtics (15-26) at Golden State Warriors (35-6)
Tip-off: Sunday, January 25th, 2015 – 5:00PM 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 (22.8 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 8.1 APG)
SG: Klay Thompson (22.6 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 3.1 APG)
SF: Harrison Barnes (10.4 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 1.4 APG)
PF: Draymond Green (11.6 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 3.6 APG)
C: Andrew Bogut (6.6 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 2.7 APG)
Head Coach: Steve Kerr (35-6, .854)
PG: Evan Turner (9 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 4.4 APG)
SG: Avery Bradley (13.1 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 1.5 APG)
SF: Jae Crowder (7.1 PPG, 3 RPG, 1.1 APG)
PF: Jared Sullinger (14 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 2.2 APG)
C: Brandon Bass (9.4 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 1.2 APG)
Head Coach: Brad Stevens (40-83, .325)
Last Times Out
PREVIOUS WARRIORS GAME: On Friday, 1/23/2015 Golden State defeeated Sacramento, 126-101, in a game where Thompson set an NBA record with 37 points in one quarter.
PREVIOUS CELTICS GAME: On Friday, 1/23/2015 Boston defeeated Denver 100-99.
PREVIOUS WARRIORS-CELTICS MATCHUP: On 3/5/2014 Golden State defeated Boston, 108-88.
PREVIOUS WARRIORS-CELTICS MATCHUP AT ORACLE: On 1/10/2014, Golden State defeated Boston, 99-97, Curry hit the game-winner.
Game Notes
- “Warriors are 13-0 this season against Eastern Conference teams…Golden State has won 14 of the last 18 games at home vs. Boston.” — Warriors PR
- “The Warriors are 20-1 at home, the best start thru 21 home games in club history and have won their last 18 at Oracle…Oakland has always been tough for Boston,remember January 2, 1981 when Larry Bird went scoreless. The C’s have lost 14 of last18 at Oracle…Oakland has always been tough for Boston,remember January 2, 1981 when Larry Bird went scoreless.”
- “(Celtics) are seeking a season best-tying third consecutive victory. Boston had dropped 24 consecutive road games against the West before squeaking by Portland 90-89 on Thursday and Denver 100-99 on Friday.
“It’s great from a progress standpoint,” coach Brad Stevens said. “Hopefully you can build off this. … They’re both close games, they’re one-point games. They both came down to the last shot. As history suggests, this is a difficult game to get on the second of a back-to-back.”
Avery Bradley scored eight of his 18 points over the final 3:29 against the Nuggets while Brandon Bass finished with 17. Bradley has scored at least 17 in six of the last seven road games.
Kelly Olynyk was sent back home to have his badly sprained right ankle examined, leaving the Celtics without their third leading scorer at 11.1 points per game. Boston will also be without rookie Marcus Smart due to a death in his family.” — Noey Kupchan, STATS/AP
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