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Game Preview: Warriors vs. Pacers – 1/12/21

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DUBS ON A ROLL
Coming off two dramatic wins over the weekend, the Warriors will wrap their seven-game homestand on Tuesday when they welcome the Indiana Pacers to Chase Center. After a disappointing performance in their home opener, the Warriors have played much better since then and have won four of their last five games. Now at 6-4, the Dubs will be looking to win three games in a row for the first time this season, and they’ll be looking to do that against one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference.

LAST TIME OUT
The Warriors endured a rare poor shooting performance from Stephen Curry and lost a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter, but Damion Lee made a pair of free throws to put the Warriors back in front of Sunday’s 106-105 nail-biting victory over the Raptors. » Full Game Recap

MATCHUP AT A GLANCE

GSW IND
6-4 6-3
5th in West 3rd in East
PTS: 113.7 (10th) PTS: 115.0 (7th)
REB: 44.0 (19th) REB: 42.2 (28th)
AST: 24.9 (14th) AST: 26.4 (5th)

PREVIOUS GAME’S STARTERS
GSW: Stephen Curry, Kelly Oubre Jr., Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green and James Wiseman
IND: Kyle Lowry, Fred VanVleet, OG Anunoby, Pascal Siakam and Aron Baynes

INJURY & ROSTER NOTES
GSW: Alen Smailagic (right knee arthroscopy), Marquese Chriss (right ankle injury) and Klay Thompson (right Achilles rehab) are out. Team Notes
IND: Goga Bitadze (right ankle sprain), Brian Bowen II (partial tear, right groin), Jeremy Lamb (left knee rehabilitation), T.J. McConnell (personal reasons) and T.J. Warren (stress fracture, left foot) are out. Jalen Lecque (left ankle sprain) is doubtful. Team Notes

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30 FOR 30 EQUALS WARRIORS WINS
The Warriors are 5-4 to start the season, and there has been one common trait in each of those five Dubs wins: Stephen Curry scoring at least 30 points. The reigning Western Conference Player of the Week has averaged 39.4 points on 52.2 percent shooting in Warriors wins this season, and just 19.5 points on 36.0 percent shooting in the team’s losses. Curry is the focal point of opponent defensive schemes against the Warriors, but so far Curry has been able to handle all the different looks defenses have thrown at him more than he hasn’t. The Dubs have been fortunate to be buoyed by strong play from their second unit, but at least for the first nine games of the season, the Warriors go as Curry goes.

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TEAM LEADERS

GSW IND
PTS: Curry (28.6) PTS: Brogdon (23.4)
REB: Chriss (6.5) REB: Sabonis (12.6)
AST: Curry (6.7) AST: Brogdon (7.2)

INDIANA SCOUTING REPORT
The Pacers enter Tuesday’s game on the back end of a back-to-back after playing Monday night in Sacramento. At 6-3 heading into Monday’s action, Indiana sits atop the Central Division. The Pacers are a deep team led by a talented trio in guard Malcolm Brogdon, forward Domantas Sabonis and guard Victor Oladipo, but the team’s depth took a hit earlier this season when T.J. Warren, one of the standouts from the Orlando bubble last season, went down with a foot injury. Brogdon is turning into an all-around talent, leading the team in scoring and assists, while Sabonis has turned in nine straight double-doubles to start the season and currently ranks fourth in the entire NBA in rebounding. After playing in just 55 combined games over the two prior seasons due to injuries, Oladipo is returning to his pre-injury form, averaging just under 20 points a game while shooting a career-best 39.7 percent on 3-pointers.

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