Preview: Warriors vs Lakers - Dubs All Day, Splash All Night!

Golden State Warriors (14-13) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (13-13)

TV: CSN Bay Area / Radio: KNBR

Arena: Oracle Arena aka "Welcome to the Roaracle"

Tip-Off: 7:30 PST

Blog Buddy: Silver Screen and Roll

Thursdays loss against the Spurs was really tough to swallow. There was no Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili or Tony Parker to worry about. I looked at that game as an opportunity for victory vs to saying it would be an "easy win" knowing full well Coach Popovich always has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. In the end, we blew it. Though there were some key highlight moments to make the crowd go wild, the consistent turnovers, questionable calls from the refs and Marco Belinelli's career night spoiled our hopes for victory.

Tonight, a Lakers team coming off a big win over Minnesota Friday night is set to test our turnover-prone Warriors. Can we get it right this evening or will we be playing catch up for 3 quarters with a come from behind win at the end of the 4th? Just get it done Dubs.

How to win this:

- Enough with the turnovers! 24 turnovers against the Spurs is just uncalled for. Improve on the ball handling and create points. Take the game early and maintain a solid lead.

- Better overall play: Balance everything out instead of chucking 3-pointer after 3 pointer hoping it falls in. LA is looking to run the ball with D'Antoni's system, stay in the game by playing consistent. Get everyone involved!

- Defense! Lock LA down: Look out for Nick Young & Pau Gasol who dropped 46 points combined against the T-Wolves. On the flip side, the Lakers had 19 turnovers with 12 coming from these two. Dubs can capitalize on this.

- Better shot selection: Make those 3's count, play good defense and score off of LA's mistakes.

- Return of the Black Falcon: Get Harrison Barnes back in the mix scoring in and out of the lane. Lets look past his scoreless effort Thursday night.

Predictions:

- Turnovers are reduced by 75%!

- David Lee set for another double-double night

- Smashin' and Splashin': Klay & Harrison play with improved numbers all around

- All-star like performance (as usual) from our floor general Stephen Curry

- Warriors CAN win this by 2. (after blowing a 17-point lead, lol)

Warriors Wonder Prediction:

The Notorious Green LOL!