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Preview: Thunder at Warriors
by Mike
Oklahoma City
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Golden State
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Oracle Arena
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| 2010-11 Meetings | ||
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| December 5, 2010 • Recap | ||
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Warriors | 109 |
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Thunder | 114 |
| February 13, 2011 • Recap | ||
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Thunder | 94 |
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Warriors | 100 |
| March 29, 2011 • Recap | ||
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Warriors | 114 |
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Thunder | 115 |
The Warriors welcome Oklahoma City to Oracle tonight, who are coming off a tight win at Sacramento. We can only hope that they’ll be tired/satisfied after winning the first half of the back-to-back and won’t be bringing it at 100% for tonight’s game. What to watch for tonight:
- Competition. Monta will match his 6th ranked scoring average up against Kevin Durant’s top-ranked average, and Monta has played well against marque competition in the past. Ellis’ down streak is getting worryingly long at this point, so hopefully playing on national television can snap him out of it.
- Getting called out. Lots of complaints about David Lee in recent weeks, and they’re well justified. He’s getting regularly pulled in crunch time, which is not exactly what you pay $13M/per for. At the very least, it would be nice to see him start rebounding again; his 3-boards performance down in Phoenix on Friday was, quite frankly, pathetic.
- The Long Boys. Both Udoh and B. Wright got a sweat going on Friday, and Ekpe in particular is making a strong case for more minutes. Combined with the need to showcase Brandan before the trade deadline, I wonder if we’ll see more from these guys tonight — especially if Andris struggles (again).
Tags: brandan wright, david lee, ekpe udoh, kevin durant, monta ellis, thunder, warriors
