The Golden State Warriors are coming into the season with high expectations after making it into the second round of the playoffs last year and the team will host the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night at the ORACLE Center in a game that will be on NBATV starting up at 10:30 pm and streaming on the NBA.com league website.
The Warriors come into the game after losing to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday and that was by 18 points and was well below the average for Golden State this season. The Warriors are ranked 11th in the league in scoring after seven games with just over 100 points per contest and the team is already playing much better defense than last year, ranking eighth in the league with less than 97 points per contest. Head coach Mark Jackson has stressed team defense this season and that was one of the main things he focused on during the preseason and after playing against the Pistons they will host the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday in an anticipated matchup. Stephen Curry has been dealing with an ankle issue and he was the top scorer against the Grizzlies with 22 points and five assists and he has been playing well with the addition of Andre Iguodala.
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The Warriors have been getting banged a bit on the boards and they allowed Zach Randolph to have a nice game in the loss on Saturday night with 23 points and 11 rebounds. Klay Thompson is playing very well this season and he had a game earlier with a career best 38 points and he has been one reason why the Warriors have been off to a solid start. The Phoenix Suns are the surprise early leaders in the Pacific division, while the Clippers and Warriors are next with the Lakers and Kings in the bottom two spots and the bottom three teams are all on losing streaks, with the Warriors dropping the last two after starting 4-1 on the year. The team is ranked 11th in scoring this season and they are in the top five in assists per game and in the top 12 in rebounding and they will be facing off against a Pistons team that has started the year 2-4 on the season.
The Pistons have high expectations after signing Josh Smith and trading for Brandon Jennings and the point guard had 28 points in the last game, a loss to the Blazers and in that game Andre Drummond added 16 rebounds. The Warriors will be ready for the team on Tuesday and the Pistons are ranked 12th in the league in scoring with 102 points per game, while the defense has not been so great while ranking 24th in the league with over 102 points per contest. The team is ranked 20th in assists and 18th in rebounding and their next game will be on Friday night against the Sacramento Kings on the road and that game will be a late game at Sleep Train Arena and will start at 10:30 pm. The Warriors next have the Oklahoma City Thunder befor two games against the Jazz in a home and home and then they will have the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers. The Warriors will be hosting the Detroit Pistons at Oracle Arena on Tuesday night.