PREVIEW: Warriors (44-11) Visit Toronto Raptors (37-20) On 2nd Of Back-To-Back

Golden State Warriors (44-11) at Toronto Raptors (37-20)

Tip-off: Friday, February 27th, 2015 – 4:30PM PDT

Location: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON

TV: CSN Bay Area | Radio: KNBR 680 AM

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive

Projected Starting Lineups:

Warriors

PG: Stephen Curry (23.7 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 7.9 APG)

SG: Klay Thompson (22.1 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 2.9 APG)

SF: Harrison Barnes (10.4 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 1.5 APG)

PF: Draymond Green (11.1 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 3.6 APG)

C: Andrew Bogut (6.3 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 2.8 APG)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (44-11, .800)

Raptors

PG: Kyle Lowry (18.3 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 7.1 APG)

SG: DeMar DeRozan (18.1 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 3.1 APG)

SF: James Johnson (8.5 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 1.4 APG)

PF: Amir Johnson (9.7 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.4 APG)

PF: Patrick Patterson (8.5 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 1.8 APG)

C: Jonas Valanciunas (12.0 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 0.4 APG)

Head Coach: Dwayne Casey (194-214, .477)

Last Times Out

LAST WARRIORS GAME: On 2/26/2015, Cleveland defeated Golden State, 110-99. LeBron James scored a season-high 42 points and the #SplashBrothers were limited to 10-for-30 from the field.

LAST RAPTORS GAME: On 2/24/2015, the Mavericks defeated the Raptors, 99-92, in Dallas.

LAST WARRIORS-RAPTORS MATCHUP: On 1/2/2015, the Warriors defeated the Raptors, 126-105, at Golden State. Curry tallied 32-and-12, including a highlight dunk over Lowry.

LAST WARRIORS-RAPTORS MATCHUP IN TORONTO: On 3/2/2014, the Raptors defeated the Warriors, 104-98, at Toronto. Curry scored 34 points in defeat.

Game Notes

• “Andre Iguodala (rest) will not play tonight at Toronto.” — Warriors PR

• “Golden State has won 18 of its last 24 games against Toronto, including nine of the last 11.” — Warriors PR

• “Stephen Curry’s career averages of 28.6 points and 8.9 assists in nine games vs. the Raptors are his best marks against any single opponent in his career… Curry has recorded at least 20 points and 10 assists in five of his nine games against Toronto.” — Warriors PR

• “Since the All-Star break, the Raptors are averaging an NBA-best 13.5 steals. Toronto has recorded 10+ steals in
  four consecutive games (Feb. 20-24) for first time since Mar. 14-21, 2004. The last time the Raptors had doubledigit
  steals in five straight games was Feb. 15 – Mar. 3, 1998 (seven games). James Johnson leads the team with
  nine steals over the last four contests.” — Raptors PR

• “Warriors guard Leandro Barbosa appeared in 100 games with Toronto (2010-12), averaging 12.8 points. He
  scored in double figures 69 times.” — Raptors PR