Game # 27: GSW (15-11 ) @ New Jersey (11-15 )
GSW (Road) 8-6    New Jersey Nets (Home) 5-10
Tip Off: 4:30 pm PST              Venue: Continental Airlines Arena
TV/Radio: FSN Net/680

STANDING:

Golden State Warriors: (15-11) 3rd Pacific; 7 West
New Jersey Nets: ( 11-15) 3rd Atlantic; 9th East

GAME PREDICTION:

Golden State Warriors: (15-11)           64.1%     +3.4
New Jersey Nets:          (11-15)           35.8%
http://teamrankings.com/nba/1071222breakdown.php3

HEAD TO HEAD:

The last time the Warriors won in New Jersey: 2/28/97. 2006-07 Season series 1-1.
08/18/06 - GSW @ New Jersey (L) 97-105
http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?content=video&url=http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/nbac om/recaps/recap_356_gswnjn.asx&video=blank&nbasite=nba
Box score
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/NJN20061218.html

01/24/07 - GSW vs. New Jersey (W) 110-109
http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?content=video&url=http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/nbac om/recaps/recap_631_njngsw.asx&video=blank&nbasite=nba
Box score
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/GSW20070124.html

PREVIEWS

WARRIORS.com
http://www.nba.com/warriors/gametime/preview_122207.html

Yahoo! Sports
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/preview?gid=2007122217

WARRIORS AROUND THE BAY

Warriors' big shot Azubuike
http://www.mercurynews.com/warriorsheadlines/ci_7786535

Warriors Notes: Respect not reflected in All-Star balloting
http://www.mercurynews.com/warriors/ci_7777197

Nelson's coaching tree begins to take root
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/21/SPSHU2U6P.DTL

Next for Warriors: New Jersey
http://www.mercurynews.com/warriorsheadlines/ci_7786366

WARRIORS CONNECTED LINKS

Caution: Genius at work But is Nelson too clever for his team's own good
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/steve_aschburner/12/21/nelson/

Warriors Notes
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/warriors/notes.htm

INJURIES FROM SPORTS NETWORK

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS - *Forward Austin Croshere (12/21, sore back) is questionable for Saturday's game against New Jersey. *Guard Troy Hudson (12/21, arthritic hip) is out indefinitely.
NEW JERSEY NETS - *Forward Antoine Wright (12/21, sprained right ankle) is out indefinitely. Forward Bostjan Nachbar (12/18, sprained right ankle) is out indefinitely. Center Nenad Krstic (11/26, knee surgery) is out indefinitely.
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS - Forward Cedric Simmons (12/17, sprained left ankle) is out indefinitely. Forward Donyell Marshall (11/21, sprained right wrist) is expected to miss another 6-8 weeks
http://scoreboard.sfgate.com/default.asp?c=sfgate&page=nba/injury/injury.htm

STATISTICS

GSW player stats with PER
http://www.knickerblogger.net/stats/2008/Warriors.htm

http://www.dougstats.com/07-08/GSWarriors.html

POWER RANKING

ESPN: Hollinger (Daily) No 11

ESPN: Hollinger Playoff Daily Predictor: GSW - 6th West
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds

HEADLINES AROUND NBA

http://www.dailyhoops.com/recent/

http://www.hoopsworld.com/

MULTIMEDIA

D League Success Story: Kelenna Azubuike
http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?content=video&url=http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/nbac om/dleague/azubuke_feature_071221.asx&video=blank&nbasite=nba

NBA TV News in Review: Kelenna Azubuike Rises Up
http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?content=video&url=http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/nbac om/nbatv_news/news_in_review_block_c.asx&video=blank&nbasite=nba

NBA TV Top 10 (12/21)
http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?content=video&url=http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/nbac om/nbatv_top10/top10_071221.asx&video=blank&nbasite=nba