The Warriors finish off their five-game road trip with a matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night.
Warriors at PelicansTuesday, Dec. 125:00 p.m.Smoothie King CenterNew Orleans, LA
TV: CSN Bay Area
RADIO: 95.7 The Game, Warriors Radio Network
END OF THE ROAD
The Warriors will play the final game of their current five-game road trip when they take on the Pelicans in New Orleans on Tuesday night. This will be the third of four matchups between the two teams this season, as Golden State has prevailed in each of their two prior encounters to date. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. (Pacific). Watch the action on CSN Bay Area, or listen to the call on 95.7 The Game or on the Warriors Radio Network.
LAST TIME OUT
The Warriors erased a 10-point fourth quarter deficit and came all the way back to defeat the Timberwolves 116-108 on Sunday night. Full Recap
MATCHUP AT A GLANCE
GSW
21-4
1st in West
118.0 PPG (1st)
44.3 RPG (13th)
31.0 APG (1st)
NOP
8-17
12th in West
102.5 PPG (21st)
44.1 RPG (14th)
22.7 APG (9th)
PROJECTED STARTERS
GSW: Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and Zaza Pachulia
NOP: Jrue Holiday, Buddy Hield, Solomon Hill, Anthony Davis and Alexis Ajinca
INJURY & ROSTER NOTES
GSW: Zaza Pachulia (right wrist contusion) is questionable. Team Notes
NOP: Jrue Holiday (toe) is probable. Quincy Pondexter (left knee), Dante Cunningham (right fibula fracture), and Tyreke Evans (right knee/left calf strain) are out. Team Notes
DON'T BLINK
One of the reasons the Warriors have been so successful has been their ability to break open a game in the blink of an eye. Between Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson, Golden State possesses more than enough offensive weapons to go on extended runs, and when they do, the Warriors tend to win. In each of their last five victories, Golden State has broken the game open using runs of 18-2, 20-2, 18-3, 29-1 and, most recently, 25-4 in the decisive fourth quarter of their comeback victory over the Timberwolves on Sunday. Opposing defenses simply cannot afford to let up for extended periods of time, and when they do, a Warriors’ lineup fraught with highly efficient scorers takes advantage more often than not. The New Orleans Pelicans, Golden State’s opponent on Tuesday, know that as well as anybody, having conceded a 17-0 Warriors’ run in their most recent matchup back on November 7.
TEAM LEADERS
GSW
PTS: Durant (26.0)
REB: Green (8.4)
AST: Green (7.1)
NOP
PTS: Davis (30.6)
REB: Davis (11.4)
AST: Frazier (7.6)
NEW ORLEANS SCOUTING REPORT
If the Pelicans don’t turn things around soon, the season may just get away from them before long. Having just ended a five-game losing streak with an overtime victory in Phoenix on Sunday, New Orleans enters Tuesday’s meeting with the Warriors sitting at 8-17 on the season, currently the fourth-worst record in the Western Conference. Health has been a recurring thorn in the Pelicans side, as New Orleans has already lost 67 man-games to injury, which doesn't even account for the time Jrue Holiday missed to start the season tending to a family matter. Holiday has since returned to the lineup and is listed as probable for Tuesday’s clash with the Warriors. Tim Frazier, who is coming off his first career triple-double in that win over the Suns, has filled in admirably at point guard in the meantime and recorded 13 points and 10 assists in New Orleans’ most recent loss to Golden State. That was the Warriors’ 15th win in the previous 16 meetings between the two teams, and the Dubs will attempt to continue that dominance by finishing their season-long road trip off on a winning note on Tuesday.