OKLAHOMA CITY -- When the Warriors take the floor at Chesapeake Energy Arena on Tuesday to face the Oklahoma City Thunder, it will a classic battle of wills.
It also is a potential first-round playoff series.
The Warriors (56-21) prefer to play small and will try to stay true to that. OKC (45-33) generally relies on one of the longest lineups in the NBA and therefore is likely to force some adjustments.
While the Warriors are locked into the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, the Thunder are among six teams, only three games apart, battling for the final five players berths
BETTING LINE
Thunder by 4.