WARRIORS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 16TH, 2014 - SUNDAY, 6:00 PM (PST), KGW

[Darkwebs]

WHEN: 6:00 PM, SUNDAY, 3/16/2014​

WHERE: Moda Center, Portland, OR

TV BROADCAST:

RADIO BROADCAST:

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S T A R T E R S

PG

STEPHEN CURRY VS DAMIAN LILLARD

SG

KLAY THOMPSON VS WESLEY MATTHEWS

SF

ANDRE IGUODALA VS NICOLAS BATUM

PF

DAVID LEE VS DORELL WRIGHT

C

ANDREW BOGUT VS ROBIN LOPEZ





BENCH ROTATION

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS

BLAKE , CRAWFORD , BARNES , GREEN , O'NEAL

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

WATSON, MCCOLLUM , BARTON , ROBINSON , LEONARD


INJURIES
WARRIORS
Festus Ezeli (recovery from right knee surgery) - OUT.
TRAIL BLAZERS
LaMarcus Aldridge (lower back contusion) - OUT.
Mo Williams (right hip) - OUT.
Joel Freeland (right knee sprain) - OUT.




HEAD COACHES

- VS –

MARK JACKSON--- TERRY STOTTS



BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​

• Sunday marks the third of four meetings between Portland and Golden State with the final matchup coming on April 13 in Portland.

• The Trail Blazers defeated the Warriors, 113-101, in the first matchup of the season on Nov. 23 at Golden State but the Warriors beat the Trail Blazers 103-88, to even the series on Jan. 26 at Golden State.

• In the Jan. 26 matchup, Wesley Matthews led the Trail Blazers with a team high 21 points along with grabbing five rebounds and dishing out two assists.

• Thomas Robinson grabbed 11 rebounds in 15 minutes against the Warriors in the Jan. 26 contest.

• LaMarcus Aldridge recorded 30 points and grabbed 21 rebounds, 15 on the defensive end, on the Nov. 23 matchup.

• Damian Lillard recorded 20 points and a team high nine assists in the first contest against Golden State.

• Portland has won two of the last three meetings with Golden State at the Moda Center, and are 7-3 in its last nine games against the Warriors in Portland.

• The Blazers are the only remaining opponent the Warriors haven’t played on the road yet.

• The Warriors have won six out of their last eight season series over the Blazers, splitting their series with Portland in 2009-10.

• Last season was only the second time the Trail Blazers have swept by Golden State in series history, the last time coming in 2005-06 with the Warriors edging the Blazers 0-4.

• Warriors guard Klay Thompson is the son of former Trail Blazer Mychal Thompson, who the Trail Blazers selected first overall in the 1978 NBA Draft and played seven years in Portland (1978-86).

• Dorell Wright led the NBA in 3-pointers made (194) during the fi rst of his two seasons with Golden State from 2010-12. He averaged 13.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 33.5 minutes in 143 appearances.

• Warriors center Jermaine O’Neal was teammates with Dorell Wright from 2009-10 and part of 2008-09 with the Miami Heat.

• HEAD-TO-HEAD HISTORY:
ALL TIME: Trail Blazers lead, 119-90
IN PORTLAND: Trail Blazers lead, 78-24
AT THE WARRIORS: Warriors lead, 66-41

GO BLAZERS!!!​

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Man with dorrel in there instead of Aldridge these teams are almost spitting images of one another.

 

[maxiep]

Man with dorrel in there instead of Aldridge these teams are almost spitting images of one another.

Except they're better at almost every position. If we try to play their game, we're going to get smoked.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Except they're better at almost every position. If we try to play their game, we're going to get smoked.

I give the edge to Lopez and wright. Curry imo is only slightly ahead of dame and its from having more experience and a slight better shooting SG next to him. Iggy and batum are a wash bothe play similair roles batum with more French finess and iggy with American muscle

 

[riverman]

Without Mo, who's going to bait Bogut and get him ejected?

 

[Strenuus]

This doesn't look good for us. Big game, though. (And no, the season is not over if we lose.)

 

[BBert]

Nice graphics. The Blazers' is big and erect. The Warriors' is much smaller and at half mast. (They must have used Bogut's.)

I think this bodes well for the game.

 

[Strenuus]

Tony Brothers Eric Lewis Kevin Scott

Might as well chalk it up to an L... Brothers hates us.

 

[jlprk]

I'm going to take a nap. Don't let me miss the game.

 

[Strenuus]

Well, that escalated quickly...

Trail Blazers ‏@trailblazers 7m
UPDATE: @mowilliams has been upgraded to probable for tonight's game #RipCity
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[Run BJM]

Tony Brothers Eric Lewis Kevin Scott

Might as well chalk it up to an L... Brothers hates us.

Brothers is public enemy #1 for GS. Felt like GS got the favorable calls in the series so far this year, but those were both in Oakland.

The only thing we know for sure is that it will be a horrifically officiated game.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Strenuus]

Brothers is public enemy #1 for GS. Felt like GS got the favorable calls in the series so far this year, but those were both in Oakland.

The only thing we know for sure is that it will be a horrifically officiated game.

Repped for absolute truth. lol.

 

[DamianLillard#0]

RoLo for the Win , Wes for The president , Dame the king , lets shoot this gs losers out !

 

[DamianLillard#0]

Wesley look like hot tonight

 

[Strenuus]

Finally. Couple minutes to game time.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I only need 97 posts to reach 25,000. I'm posting all 97 in this game thread tonight!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

GO...

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Blazers!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Kick

 

[DamianLillard#0]

Holy Maria... What was going with OKC ?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Warriors

 

[SlyPokerDog]

asses!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Sweet, only 89 more posts to go!

 

[blue9]

What's their record when televised on KGW? I feel like they lose more often than not, but maybe it's just a couple key games that are sticking out in my mind.

 

[Strenuus]

Barnes getting the start even though Klay is available... interesting.

 

[Strenuus]

What's their record when televised on KGW? I feel like they lose more often than not, but maybe it's just a couple key games that are sticking out in my mind.

We haven't been good lately. I know we lost to LAL and MIA on KGW... I know we won @OKC on KGW, though.. I don't know them all.... we lost like 3 in a row though on KGW. (HOuston as well... that one sucked.)

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Oh no! Lopez is settling for LMA type jumpers! :MARIS61:

 

[TBpup]

Nice start for Fropez.