Posted November 22, 2018 at 05:06 PM | Updated November 23, 2018 at 12:28 PM
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ABOUT THE WARRIORS
Golden State has lost four in a row and five of its last six games, with the most recent defeat coming Tuesday, 123-95, to the Oklahoma City Thunder at Oracle Arena. ... Kevin Durant had 27 points and 14 rebounds and Klay Thompson added 14 points, but it wasn't nearly enough as the Warriors played without injured All-Stars Stephen Curry and Draymond Green. ... The Warriors have lost by an averaging margin of 16.0 points during their four-game losing streak. ... This is the first game of a back-to-back that also includes a Saturday matchup against the Sacramento Kings. ... Golden State is playing the second game of a four-game home stand that also includes games against the Kings and Orlando Magic. The Warriors are 8-2 at Oracle Arena this season. ... Durant ranks fifth in the NBA in scoring, averaging 27.2 points per game. ... Curry missed his seventh consecutive game with a strained left groin and is expected to miss at least three more. ... Green has missed six of the last eight games because of a sprained right toe/suspension.
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ABOUT THE BLAZERS
This is the last game of a six-game Thanksgiving trip for the Blazers, who are 2-3 so far. They were clobbered 143-100 Wednesday night in Milwaukee, suffering the sixth-most lopsided defeat in franchise history. ... Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum each scored 22 points in the loss, but the Blazers shot 36 percent from the field, including 21 percent from three-point range. ... This is the first of four meetings between the Blazers and Warriors this season. Portland went 2-1 against Golden State last season. ... Lillard averaged 37.0 points, 6.0 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.33 steals against the Warriors last season and has scored 30 points in six of his last 10 games against them. ... Lillard has 11,318 career points and is 13 shy of passing Terry Porter (11,330) on the Blazers' all-time scoring list. ... Coach Terry Stotts is one win shy of 400 in his career. ... Jusuf Nurkic finished with 16 points and six rebounds in the loss to the Bucks, ending his streak of five consecutive double-doubles. ... The Blazers have seven consecutive regular season games at Oracle Arena. ... Portland is 5-4 on the road this season.
LINEUPS
Blazers (12-6) vs. Warriors (12-7)
7:30 p.m. Friday at Oracle Arena
TV on NBC Sports NW; Radio on KPOJ (620)
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| No. | Name | Height | Position | Statistics |
|---|
| 11 |
Klay Thompson |
6-7 |
PG |
21.7 ppg, 3.5 apg |
| 9 |
Andre Iguodala |
6-6 |
G |
4.8 ppg, 2.9 apg |
| 35 |
Kevin Durant |
6-9 |
F |
27.2 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 5.9 apg |
| 21 |
Jonas Jerebko |
6-10 |
F |
6.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg |
| 5 |
Kevon Looney |
6-9 |
C |
5.8 ppg, 5.2 rpg |
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| No. | Name | Height | Position | Statistics |
|---|
| 0 |
Damian Lillard |
6-3 |
PG |
26.4 ppg, 6.1 apg, 5.3 rpg |
| 3 |
CJ McCollum |
6-3 |
G |
21.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg |
| 10 |
Jake Layman |
6-9 |
F |
5.2 ppg, 2.4 rpg |
| 8 |
Al-Farouq Aminu |
6-9 |
F |
8.4 ppg, 8.4 rpg |
| 27 |
Jusuf Nurkic |
7-0 |
C |
15.3 ppg, 10.7 rpg |
