PREVIEW: Warriors (37-8) Begin Road-Heavy Month As They Take On The Sacramento Kings (17-29)

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Golden State Warriors (37-8) at Sacramento Kings (17-29)

Tip-off: Tuesday February 3rd, 2015 – 7:00PM PDT

Location: Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, CA

TV: CSN Bay Area | Radio: KNBR 680 AM

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive

Projected Starting Lineups:

Warriors

PG: Stephen Curry (23.0 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 8.1 APG)

SG: Klay Thompson (22.7 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 3.0 APG)

SF: Harrison Barnes (10.3 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 1.4 APG)

PF: Draymond Green (11.5 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 3.5 APG)

C: Andrew Bogut (6.6 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 2.8 APG)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (37-8, .822)

Kings

PG: Darren Collison (16.3 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 5.7 APG)

SG: Ben McLemore (11.6 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 1.5 APG)

SF: Rudy Gay (20.4 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 4.0 APG)

PF: Jason Thompson (5.5 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 0.9 APG)

C: DeMarcus Cousins (23.6 PPG, 12.6 RPG, 3.2 APG)

Head Coach: Tyrone Corbin (118-162, .421)

Last Times Out

PREVIOUS WARRIORS GAME: On Saturday 1/31/2015, the Warriors over came a slow start to defeat the Phoenix Suns 106-87 behind 25 points and 7 assists from Curry.

PREVIOUS KINGS GAME: On Saturday 1/31/2015 Sacramento beat the Indiana Pacers 99-94 to notch their 17th win of the season.

PREVIOUS WARRIORS-KINGS MATCHUP: On Friday 1/23/2015, the Warriors handed the Kings a 126-101 loss. The story of the night, and quite possibly the season, was Klay Thompson going for an NBA record 37 points in the 3rd quarter. He finished the game with 52 points.

PREVIOUS WARRIORS-KINGS MATCHUP IN SACRAMENTO: The Warriors opened the season in Sacramento on 10/29/2014 and got their first of many wins with a 95-77 victory over the Kings.

Game Notes

  • “Steve Kerr doesn’t anticipate Festus Ezeli will immediately return to the rotation, though he could be needed vs. DeMarcus Cousins.” —Diamond Leung, Bay Area News Group
  • “Golden State has won seven straight vs Sacramento, the longest winning streak over the Kings since February/1993 to April/1994” —Tim Roye
  • “Injury Update: Cousins (Left Ankle Sprain) & [Carl] Landry (Right Wrist Sprain) are listed as probable for tomorrow’s game against Golden State.” –Sacramento Kings PR
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