Tonight at 10:30 p.m. the high scoring Golden State Warriors (1-0), fresh off lighting up the Los Angeles Lakers like jack-o-lanterns Wednesday night, will try to spook the Clippers (0-1) tonight on the second night of a back-to-back. The game can be live streamed here; Warriors fans can hear the game on KNBR 680, while Clippers fans can follow the action on KFWB 980 AM.
The Clippers suffered a stunning loss in their opener against the Kobe Bryant-less Lakers, much to the chagrin of new head coach Doc Rivers. Rivers lit into his team following that game, telling the media "We were not ready tonight."
"(The Lakers) have heard for probably the last two months how good (we) were going to be ... so you knew that they were going to play like this was the world championship -- with that type of energy. And I thought we never matched it. Everything they did was harder than us and more physical than us."
The Warriors are not such a physically imposing team, but they can certainly fill up the score sheet. Wednesday night Stephen Curry only pulled the trigger 10 times, scoring 10 points. He was content to feed shooting guard Klay Thompson, who dropped 38 on the purple and gold on 15-of-19 shooting, including 71.4 percent from 3-point land on seven attempts.
The Clippers enter the season among the favorites to represent the Western Conference in the NBA Finals this year, while the Warriors are trying to prove they're more than just last season's "nice story." "When we are clicking," Warriors head coach Mark Jackson said, "we know how good we can be."
Offensively, the Clippers were fine against the Lakers. Their problem was on the defensive side. The Clips surrendered 116 points to the Pau Gasol-centric Lakers, which doesn't bode well against a unit featuring the top-shooting backcourt in the NBA.
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