Tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET ESPN's NBA double-header moves along with the Cleveland Cavaliers (19-17) heading to Oakland to face the NBA's top team, the Golden State Warriors (28-5). Live stream the tilt free by clicking this link. Cavs fans can hear the radio broadcast on WTAM 1100, while Warriors fans may do the same by turning their dials to KNBR 680.
The Cavaliers have dropped three straight games without LeBron James, and now have to take on the league's best team inside ORACLE Arena where the Warriors are 15-1 this season.
The defensively-challenged Cavaliers will have their hands full containing a Dubs offense that has scored an astonishing 109 points per game this year, and just received a 40-point outburst from shooting guard Klay Thompson, whom they refused to trade over the summer for Cavs power forward Kevin Love.
The Warriors also got center Andrew Bogut back, meaning they will see a increase in the quality of their defense as well as their nearly unstoppable offensive attack. Bogut wasn't happy with his performance in his first game back, in which he tallied four points and eight rebounds.
"I need to get into a rhythm myself and feel like I'm playing well going into the playoffs," Bogut said.
The Cavaliers are hoping that their own new big man, Timofey Mozgov, will be able to help them shore up what's been a porous defense on the interior. They sacrificed two first-round picks to acquire him.
"It's something that we need," James said. "It's something that once Andy [Varejao] went down, it was something obviously we needed to get bigger in the interior and adding a guy like that who can protect the rim, it will help our team as well."
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