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It’s an interconference battle on the hardwood as a pair of teams looking to climb their respective playoff ladders do battle in the Windy City. The Golden State Warriors are on the road as they travel to take on the Chicago Bulls Friday night. Golden State comes in off a 141-105 beating at home by the Pelicans Wednesday night, failing to cover the line as a 2.5-point underdog, in their previous contest. Chicago took down Houston 124-119 in overtime at home Wednesday night in their most recent game, covering the line as a four-point favorite. In the all-time regular season series between the teams, the Bulls own an 85-79 advantage, including a 132-118 home win in the most recent matchup on January 15, 2023. That snapped an 11-game win streak by the Warriors in the series.
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Golden State lost their second straight and their sixth in the last eight games as they were clobbered by the Pelicans at home in their previous game. The Warriors dropped to 17-20 on the season and entered Thursday in the basement of the Pacific Division, seven games behind the Clippers for the top spot. They were 12th in the Western Conference standings, nine games behind the Timberwolves for the top spot, 5.5 games behind the Pelicans for the final guaranteed playoff spot and 1.5 games behind the Rockets for the final spot in the play-in tournament. Against New Orleans, Golden State gave up the first six points and never led in the game. The Warriors were down 19 after one quarter, by 13 at the half and never got closer than 10 as they were flattened in the loss. Golden State shot 43.8% from the floor, including 12 of 39 from three-point range, and allowed New Orleans to shoot 57.4% in the game. Moses Moody led the Warriors wi th 21 points off the bench in the loss.
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On the year, the Warriors are 10th in the league in scoring offense as they put up an average of 116.8 points per game. Golden State stands 3rd in rebounding as they collect an average of 46.3 boards per contest while they are 6th in assists by handing out an average of 28 dimes per contest. The Warriors are 22nd in the league in scoring defense by allowing 117.6 points per contest. Stephen Curry leads the team with 26.7 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game this season. Andrew Wiggins adds 11.7 points per game while Draymond Green puts up 9.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists per night. Klay Thompson (17.1 points), Kevon Looney, Chris Paul, Moses Moody, Dario Saric (10.3 points), Gary Payton II and Jonathan Kuminga (12.8 points) are solid secondary scoring options. Golden State is 24th in the league in field goal percentage as they shoot 46.2% from the floor as a team on the year. The Warriors are fourth in the league in threes per game by knocking down 14.7 triples a night while they are 15th in three-point shooting by hitting 36.7% from beyond the arc as a team.
Payton (calf) last took the floor on November 28 and is expected to be out until late January at best. Green was suspended indefinitely after his punch to Jusuf Nurkic of the Suns on December 12: he is reconditioning so he likely will be out until next week. Paul (hand) is slated to be out until late February after breaking his hand January 5 against the Pistons.
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