Tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET on TNT the NBA's best team, the Golden State Warriors, will aim for a 2-0 lead over the Western Conference's No. 8 seed the New Orleans Pelicans, in a Western Conference Game 2 matchup that can be live streamed free by clicking this link. Warrios fans can hear the radio broadcast on KNBR 680, and Pelicans fans can follow suit by turning their dials to WWL 105.3.
The Warriors dominated much of Game 1, but the Pelicans' MVP candidate Anthony Davis refused to quit, and got his team to within four points down the stretch. He finished the game with 35 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots but wasn't able to overcome Golden State's team effort alone. 20 of those points and six rebounds came in the fourth quarter.
The output was impressive for Davis' postseason debut, but his inexperience didn't affect him on the court. That's not to say Davis didn't feel the difference in magnitude.
"It's definitely a different level, different atmosphere," Davis said. "Calls are different. Guys been scouting you, they know your moves. It's very different. But this is what you come to the league for, to get playoff experience and eventually get to the Finals and win a ring. But it starts here.
"My first playoff experience, it was pretty hectic. So much going on, it was so loud I couldn't hear my teammates, my coaches. We started off bad as a team and picked it up as a team when we all got calm."
While New Orleans proved they could score on Golden State's top-ranked defense, they now must show they can contain Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, who combined for 55 points on 19-of-42 shooting. The pair was 7-of-19 from 3-point range, and Thompson shot 50 percent from beyond the arc on six attempts.
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