Our time has come. The Portland Trail Blazers must face the Golden State Warriors.
Facing the best two teams of the Western Conference back-to-back doesn’t bode well for Portland. Especially when the team is trying to escape the current four-game losing streak, longest of the season.
However, both teams are without premier players. Stephen Curry will miss a few more weeks with a sprained right ankle. Jusuf Nurkic, suffering from the same injury, has no timetable and gets game-by-game status updates. He is already listed as out for Monday.
Starting lineup
After such a successful game offensively versus Houston, there’s little reason for Terry Stotts to change the starting five.