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SteemSports Editor: Shayne Shiells - @cryptoiskey

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SteemSports Presenter: @theprophet0. [Witness]

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This game will be played on October 25th, 2016 on TNT

(9:30 EST)
(8:30 CST)
(6:30 PST)

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Match Preview

The Spurs and the Warriors will open up the 2016-2017 regular season facing one another! Each of these teams have won a championship in the past five years, and both of these teams are looking forward to picking up another Championship this year! Without a doubt, this will be a very interesting and entertaining match to watch!

Interesting Facts

Throughout the history of the NBA, the Spurs, and the Warriors have played 160 regular season games; the Spurs have won 104 and the Warriors have won 56.

This is the Spurs first season opener since Nov. 1, 1996 without Tim Duncan!

This will be Kevin Durant’s first regular season game as a Warrior

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San Antonio Spurs

Last year, San Antonio finished their regular season with a record of 67-15 and ended up losing in the playoffs to Oklahoma City in the second round. The biggest news for the Spurs this off-season has been the retiring of Tim Duncan, who played his whole 18-year NBA career with the Spurs! Although they lost Tim Duncan, they picked up the FA, Pau Gasol, to fill in his spot! Gasol recently played for the Chicago Bulls, and he was a big key to their success!

According to ESPN, San Antonio is ranked #3 in the Power Rankings for the 2016-17 NBA season.

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San Antonio Spurs Projected Starters

Name	Position
Pau Gasol	C
LaMarcus Aldridge	PF
Kawahi Leonard	SF
Kyle Anderson	SG
Tony Parker	PG

San Antonio Spurs Bench

Name	Position
Dewayne Demond	C
David Lee	PF
David Bertans	SF
Danny Green - INJ	SG
Manu Ginobili	SG
Jonathon Simmons - INJ	SG	`
Bryn Forbes	SG
Nicolas Laprovittola	SG
Patty Mills	PG
Dejounte Murray	PG

As shown above, Danny Green and Jonathon Simmons are the only injured Spurs. Danny Green is a starter for the Spurs so it will be quite interesting to see how Kyle Anderson can play the huge role Danny Green has! Jonathon Simmons comes off the bench so his injury does not affect the Spurs whatsoever.

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Golden State Warriors

Golden State has been the main topic this off-season as they signed the future Hall of Famer in Kevin Durant! Durant will be playing along side two other super-stars in Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson; the media’s concern is that these three super-stars will not be able to coordinate with each other very well. Through the pre-season, they proved the media wrong as they all did coordinate very well, but, the pre-season is nothing like the regular season!

Last season, the Warriors defied all odds and went 73-9 in the regular season and by doing so, they now hold an NBA record for most wins in a regular season! Unfortunately, after the record-breaking season, they lost the Championship series against the Cleveland Cavaliers 1-4. This season, the Warriors are projected to win 67 games which is less than last year; but who knows?! They may be able to break their own record they set last year!

According to ESPN, Golden State is ranked #2 in the Power Rankings for the 2016-17 NBA season.

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Golden State Warriors Projected Starters

Name	Position
Zaza Pachulia	C
Draymond Green	PF
Kevin Durant	SF
Klay Thompson	SG
Stephen Curry	PG

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Golden State Warriors Bench

Name	Position
JaVale McGee	C
Anderson Varejao	C
Damian Jones	C
Kevon Looney	PF
David West	PF
James Michael McAdoo	PF	`
Andre Iguodala	SF
Ian Clark	SG
Patrick McCaw	SG
Shaun Livingston	PG

Currently, the Golden State Warriors are not dealing with any injuries! This is very good news for the Warriors and let’s pray this does not change!

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Betting Lines

Team	Spread
San Antonio Spurs	+9.5
Golden State Warriors	-9.5

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