{"id":617693,"date":"2015-10-27T14:26:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T21:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/letsgowarriors.com\/?p=13570"},"modified":"2015-10-27T14:26:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T21:26:07","slug":"splashbrothers-stephen-curry-and-klay-thompson-get-ready-for-their-new-orleans-pelicans-matchups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/splashbrothers-stephen-curry-and-klay-thompson-get-ready-for-their-new-orleans-pelicans-matchups\/","title":{"rendered":"?#SplashBrothers Stephen Curry And Klay Thompson Get Ready For Their New Orleans Pelicans Matchups"},"content":{"rendered":"
WARRIORS PRACTICE FACILITY, OAKLAND, CA — The Golden State Warriors<\/strong> are set to face the New Orleans Pelicans<\/strong> in tonight’s 2015-16 NBA season opener.<\/p>\n Over the past few days, we observed Stephen Curry<\/strong> and Klay Thompson<\/strong> practicing drills for likely one-on-one matchups against the Pelicans’ Jrue Holiday<\/strong> and Eric Gordon<\/strong>, respectively.<\/p>\n Holiday stands 6’4″, but he is not necessarily an imposing physical presence, and so Curry has been seen practicing dribbling past the high pick-and-roll and dealing with a trailing defender:<\/p>\n https:\/\/platform.vine.co\/static\/scripts\/embed.js<\/a><\/p>\n Here, assistant coach Ron Adams<\/strong> purposely fouls Curry to simulate what kind of body contact Curry might be able to induce:<\/p>\n https:\/\/platform.vine.co\/static\/scripts\/embed.js<\/a><\/p>\n Here’s the full video of each:<\/p>\n[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=avqnm00NNJw&w=560&h=315]\n[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kXd-K0MLy9I&w=560&h=315]\n Meanwhile, Thompson stands 6’7″ while Gordon is on the smaller side for an NBA shooting guard at 6’4″. Therefore, expect Thompson to post up against Gordon:<\/p>\n https:\/\/platform.vine.co\/static\/scripts\/embed.js<\/a><\/p>\n Thompson also told us that he’s been working on more pump fakes. Here’s an example of a “fly by”:<\/p>\n https:\/\/platform.vine.co\/static\/scripts\/embed.js<\/a><\/p>\n