Warriors vs Heat Preview (Photo: LetsGoWarriors.com Instagram account)
Golden State Warriors (31-21) vs. Miami Heat (36-14)
Tip-off: Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 – 7:30PM PST
Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA
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TV: CSN Bay Area/ NBA TV | Radio: KNBR 680 AM
Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors (by @MaggiePilloton)
Last Game / Streak:
MIA– Won 103-97 vs PHX in Phoenix, Won 1 straight game
GSW – Won 123-80 vs PHI in Oakland, Won 1 straight game
Probable Starting Lineups:
Warriors:
PG: Stephen Curry (24.5 PPG, 9.0 APG, 4.5 RPG)
SG: Klay Thompson (18.7 PPG, 2.6 APG, 3.0 RPG)
SF: Andre Iguodala (9.7 PPG, 4.5 APG, 4.4 RPG)
PF: Draymond Green (5.0 PPG, 1.5 APG, 4.4 RPG)
C: Jermaine O’Neal (6.3 PPG, 0.4 APG, 4.7 RPG)
HEAD COACH: Mark Jackson (100-99)
Heat:
PG: Mario Chalmers (9.7 PPG, 5.0 APG, 2.7 RPG)
SG: Dwyane Wade (18.7 PPG, 4.7 APG, 4.8 RPG)
SF: LeBron James (26.3 PPG, 6.5 APG, 6.9 RPG)
PF: Shane Battier (4.9 PPG, 0.8 APG, 2.0 RPG)
C: Chris Bosh (13.6 PPG, 3.4 APG, 8.7 RPG)
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The Miami Heat have been struggling as of late when Dwyane Wade isn’t playing, but Lebron James did more then his fair share in the Miami Heat previous to earn a win. The Warriors already have won a game against the Warriors without Wade in the lineup. They are going to try to do the same as Wade is out with a migraine. Both teams try to put a win to their record before the All-Star break. Wade sat out against the Phoenix Suns because of a migraine and Lebron stepped up big with 37 points on 12- of-22 shooting and added nine rebounds. At one point Miami trailed 12-0 early in the game but rallied back and won 103-97. The Heat improve to 2-1 on a six-game trip.
The Heat are 8-6 in games Wade has missed, compared to 28-8 when the All-Star suits up.
Wade had 22 points and James had a team-high 26 against Golden State (31-21) at home on Jan. 2, but Stephen Curry had 36 points – going 8 for 15 from long range – and 12 assists, while David Lee had 32 points and 14 rebounds in the Warriors’ 123-114 victory. The team has gone 7-8 since after Monday’s 123-80 rout of Philadelphia.
Marreese Speights will need to step up again versus the Heat given the current lack of depth in Golden State’s frontcourt. The team’s top two centers, Andrew Bogut and Jermaine O’Neal, both will sit out because of injuries.
Their win at Miami in January gave the Warriors three victories in their last four meetings with the Heat. The lone loss came at home, though, 92-75 on Jan. 16, 2013.
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