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NBA : ATS Matchup
Wednesday 10/29/2014Line$ LineOU LineScore
GOLDEN STATE
 
SACRAMENTO
-4.5  

+4.5  
-200

+170

206
 
95
Final
77

GOLDEN STATE (54 - 35) at SACRAMENTO (28 - 54)
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Wednesday, 10/29/2014 10:05 PM
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721GOLDEN STATE-4-4.5
722SACRAMENTO206205.5
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
GOLDEN STATE - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games54-35-15.347-4039-50104.453.146.2%53.1100.350.943.9%51.4
Road Games25-20+5.125-2021-24104.152.845.9%52.9103.352.744.7%51.6
Last 5 Games2-3-14-13-2107.654.246.2%53.0106.651.246.0%52.6
Division Games14-9+4.412-1011-12107.154.647.0%53.3102.851.144.2%51.3
GOLDEN STATE Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)104.453.139-8546.2%9-2537.9%16-2275.0%531123228155
vs opponents surrendering101.550.938-8345.5%8-2235.7%18-2475.6%511122218145
Team Stats (Road Games)104.152.839-8545.9%10-2538.3%17-2373.0%531122238165
Stats Against (All Games)100.350.937-8443.9%7-2134.5%19-2576.3%511121208144
vs opponents averaging1025138-8345.6%8-2235.9%18-2475.5%511122218145
Stats Against (Road Games)103.352.738-8444.7%7-2036.0%20-2677.5%521121209145

SACRAMENTO - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games28-54-20.238-4237-44100.549.944.7%53.4103.452.746.1%49.9
Home Games17-24-1117-2420-21102.150.345.5%53.7102.651.545.0%49.9
Last 5 Games1-4-22-32-399.447.244.0%54.8106.254.446.8%50.2
Division Games3-13-103-128-8100.249.743.9%54.1107.154.847.7%49.7
SACRAMENTO Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)100.549.937-8244.7%6-1833.3%21-2775.9%531219237154
vs opponents surrendering101.550.738-8345.5%8-2235.8%18-2475.7%511122218145
Team Stats (Home Games)102.150.337-8245.5%6-1933.6%21-2876.9%541219237154
Stats Against (All Games)103.452.738-8246.1%8-2238.0%19-2673.7%501023238136
vs opponents averaging101.95138-8345.6%8-2236.2%18-2475.8%511122218145
Stats Against (Home Games)102.651.537-8345.0%8-2236.2%20-2674.5%501023248135
Average power rating of opponents played: GOLDEN STATE 96.2,  SACRAMENTO 96
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
GOLDEN STATE - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
10/29/2014@ SACRAMENTO              
11/1/2014LA LAKERS              
11/2/2014@ PORTLAND              
11/5/2014LA CLIPPERS              
11/8/2014@ HOUSTON              
11/9/2014@ PHOENIX              
11/11/2014SAN ANTONIO              
11/13/2014BROOKLYN              

SACRAMENTO - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
10/29/2014GOLDEN STATE              
10/31/2014PORTLAND              
11/2/2014@ LA CLIPPERS              
11/3/2014@ DENVER              
11/5/2014DENVER              
11/7/2014@ PHOENIX              
11/9/2014@ OKLAHOMA CITY              
11/11/2014@ DALLAS              
11/13/2014@ MEMPHIS              
KEY GAME INFORMATION
GOLDEN STATE: GUARDS: New head coach Steve Kerr doesn't figure to tweak this system much, so expect STEPHEN CURRY to keep doing his thing. He's added elite playmaking skills to his already outstanding deep shooting . . . The Warriors are reluctant to part with KLAY THOMPSON in part because of his three-point shooting, but mostly because of his defensive value alongside Curry . . . SHAUN LIVINGSTON will back up both guard spots. He's also the only proven point guard on the roster besides Curry . . . BRANDON RUSH will look to revive his career in Oakland. He'll have to prove his knees are healthy enough before he earns a rotation spot . . . It's a make or break year already for NEMANJA NEDOVIC, who was severely overmatched as a rookie. FORWARDS: ANDRE IGUODALA is a defensive specialist and no more than a role player on offense. His main job is to take some of the playmaking duties away from Curry . . . Kerr seems resigned to the fact that he's stuck with DAVID LEE. He has some value on offense, but remains one of the league's worst defensive frontcourt players. Expect him to lose some minutes under Kerr . . . HARRISON BARNES will play a bit of power forward in some small lineups, but mostly he'll play a wing spot. Barnes will have to regain his confidence early if he's going to be an impact sixth man . . . Kerr has hinted at a bigger role for DRAYMOND GREEN, who will play some stretch-4 this year . . . MARREESE SPEIGHTS gives them an offense-only big man off the bench. CENTERS: Kerr has hinted at a bigger offensive role for ANDREW BOGUT. But monitoring the Aussie's minutes may be the bigger goal, to ensure he's actually available for the postseason . . . Back-up center FESTUS EZELI should be ready to return from his knee injury, though he was having shin problems during Summer League.
SACRAMENTO: GUARDS: With Isaiah Thomas out, DARREN COLLISON steps in at the point. He looked good backing up Chris Paul in L.A. and will benefit from a wide-open offense. But it's not clear if can he handle full-time minutes after flopping as a starter in Dallas . . . BEN McLEMORE has to get it going early if he's going to keep his starting job. There's raw talent, but McLemore has a reputation for fading into the background, and was wholly unimpressive last season . . . NIK STAUSKAS will push McLemore for minutes immediately. He'll be overmatched defensively at times, but he can shoot it and moves the ball well offensively . . . It seems like RAY McCALLUM will be a solid enough back-up point guard for the next few years . . . RAMON SESSIONS will push Collison for minutes and could eventually unseat him as the Kings' starter. FORWARDS: RUDY GAY is a low-efficiency player who needs the ball in his hands, but head coach Michael Malone seems willing to let him do his thing . . . Power forward is a black hole in Sacramento. JASON THOMPSON might open the season as the Kings' primary 4, though he struggled mightily in his first season under Malone . . . DERRICK WILLIAMS has never shed that 'tweener label. The team will try to milk some second unit productivity out of him . . . REGGIE EVANS will continue to turn flopping into an art form. An obnoxious art form . . . CARL LANDRY is a question mark as he works his way back from a torn meniscus . . . Tell the world OMRI CASSPI is coming home. CENTERS: He made some real strides under Malone last year, and DeMARCUS COUSINS' improved shot selection has finally made him one of the league's better big men. He spends much less time floating on the perimeter hoisting contested 18-footers.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER PRO BASKETBALL PREVIEW (GOLDEN STATE-SACRAMENTO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(UPDATES with Warriors F Lee likely out and G Livingston ruled out.)

*Warriors-Kings Preview* ========================

By BRETT HUSTON STATS Senior Editor

Golden State (0-0) at Sacramento (0-0), 10:00 p.m. EDT

Steve Kerr has five championship rings from his playing days, led a team to the conference finals as a general manager and called countless other games deep into the playoffs from his courtside seat for TNT.

The Golden State Warriors are banking on that success continuing in the one NBA role he's yet to fill.

Kerr makes his head coaching debut Wednesday night in Sacramento for a Warriors franchise that hasn't been beyond the second round in 40 years against a Kings team that would settle for simply slipping into the postseason.

Fifty-one wins and extending the third-seeded Los Angeles Clippers to seven games weren't enough for Mark Jackson to keep the job he'd held for three years, a span in which Golden State won more playoff games (nine) than it had over the previous two decades (six).

In steps Kerr, who won three titles with the mid-90s Bulls and two more in San Antonio. He had a reasonably successful three-year run as Phoenix's general manager in between stints as TNT's lead color analyst, but has never coached.

"These guys are already really good," Kerr said of the Warriors' core. "We're not trying to change everything. All we're trying to do is help them get even better. Basketball is all about how the pieces fit, and the pieces already fit pretty well here."

One big piece was missing from that playoff loss to the Clippers. Center Andrew Bogut suffered a fractured rib late in the regular season and didn't return.

Bogut is healthy heading into this season, though, and Kerr plans to use him as more than just his defensive anchor. He likely won't have power forward David Lee available for the opener since the two-time All-Star has a strained left hamstring. The offense in the preseason often funneled through Bogut at the top of the key or elbow, where he was able to kick it to a bevy of shooters.

Golden State's top eight players in terms of minutes played are back, and the Warriors signed Shaun Livingston to a three-year, $16 million deal after the former lottery pick thrived in Brooklyn last season.

Livingston has been ruled out as he continues to recover from a toe injury, but he should provide a solid third guard behind Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson - who finished first and second in 3-pointers made last season.

No one needs to remind Kings coach Michael Malone. Curry and Thompson went a combined 27 of 50 from 3-point range against Sacramento as the Warriors swept all four games.

"If you allow two of the best 3-point shooters in the NBA to shoot that high of a percentage, you have little to no chance of beating them," Malone told the team's official website.

Curry averaged 24.0 points, 8.5 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 2013-14, something only LeBron James and Gary Payton have done. The Warriors think so much of Thompson that they weren't willing to include him in a potential Kevin Love trade.

"We're all excited about taking advantage of the window we have as a team," Curry said. "Coaches change, but when you have a unit and a core that's sticking together, it's our job to take advantage of it, regardless of the situation. That's kind of our motivation. We've tasted a little bit of success in the playoffs the last two years, and we want more."

While the Warriors are hoping Kerr can lead them to at least their first conference finals appearance since 1974-75, the Kings haven't sniffed the playoffs since 2005-06.

They've won 28 games in each of the past two seasons and have the league's worst winning percentage over the past six, but a little certainty over the state of the franchise is providing some optimism. After the threat of a move to Seattle loomed large 17 months ago, Sacramento is clearing ground for a new downtown arena and appears stable under new owner Vivek Ranadive.

"Last year when the season started, I said it wasn't going to be about wins and losses," Ranadive said. "When I came here and we bought the team, there was dysfunction in the locker room, there wasn't mutual respect, the arena was literally falling apart, the roof was falling down. So we brought in a new team, we restored stability, we restored respect, we put in a strong culture.

"But this year, let's be clear: it is about wins and losses."

DeMarcus Cousins and Rudy Gay will be the focal points after teaming with Curry and Thompson to help the U.S. win gold in the FIBA World Cup, but while the Warriors have plenty beyond their two stars, the Kings' depth is a major question mark.

Gone is point guard Isaiah Thomas, who averaged 20.3 points last season but was dealt to Phoenix after receiving a seemingly reasonable four-year, $27 million offer sheet. In his place are Darren Collison and Ramon Sessions, whom Cousins lauded in the preseason for moving the ball more often and more efficiently than Thomas.

Sacramento also has a pair of young wings it hopes will provide some range to a team that shot 33.3 percent - 27th in the league - from long distance. The Kings took Michigan's Nik Stauskas with the eighth overall pick, one spot after they took Kansas' Ben McLemore a year earlier.

Gay suffered a jaw injury and McLemore received five stitches after a collision in Sacramento's preseason finale, but both are cleared to play Wednesday.


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