The Phoenix Suns will visit the Golden Gate Warriors tonight in Oakland in an NBA 2013 game between two of the up and coming teams in the Western Conference. The game will be live streaming from the Oracle Arena at 10:30 PM ET on the CSNB network.

Phoenix (17-10) has won eight of nine to move past Golden State (17-13) into second in the Pacific after the Warriors reached the playoffs last season and the Suns finished in last place. This is their best start since opening 18-9 in 2009-10.

Both teams now seek a fourth straight victory in a matchup which could be keyed by turnovers and 3-point shooting. Golden State has limited its last three opponents to 21.6 percent from beyond the arc and Phoenix has held its past three to 24.1.

While the Suns have been off since Monday's 117-90 rout of the Lakers, the Warriors played a testy Christmas affair in a 105-103 win over the Clippers. Draymond Green was ejected for a flagrant 2 foul on Blake Griffin, who was later tossed for a scuffle with Andrew Bogut after the Warriors center was whistled for a flagrant 1.

Stephen Curry shot 5 of 17 from the field and is at 32.6 percent during Golden State's three-game win streak while averaging 15.7 points -- nearly eight below his average. However, he's committed only five turnovers in that span after averaging 5.3 as the Warriors lost four of six even though he scored 30.7 points per game.

Golden State is 11-0 when Curry has fewer than three turnovers.

"It starts with Steph," coach Jackson said after Curry had 11 assists Wednesday. "He didn't have his best shooting night, but did a great job down the stretch making plays. ... He was facilitating and not turning over the basketball and that was contagious."

Curry had 30 points at Phoenix on Dec. 15 but committed six of the Warriors' 20 turnovers in a 106-102 defeat. The Suns had lost the previous six meetings.

Phoenix's starting backcourt of Eric Bledsoe and Goran Dragic totaled 45 points, nearly matching the Warriors' duo of Curry and Thompson (19 points).

The Suns have made at least 12 3-pointers in five of the last six games, hitting 45.1 percent and averaging 111.0 points. They're among the league's best at 38.4 percent, but Golden State is even better at 40.3.

Bogut and David Lee, averaging 25.5 points in the last four games, each have 10 consecutive double-digit rebounding efforts. Suns center Miles Plumlee has averaged 12.6 boards in his past five after grabbing a career-high 20 on Monday.

The game will also be live streamed on https://www.stream2u.eu/sports/basketball.html