New Orleans Pelicans at Golden State Warriors
· National Basketball AssociationMissing starters Curry and Wiggins, Warriors use their depth to rally past the Pelicans 124-106
Zion Williamson had a season-high 31 points on 12-for-20 shooting and eight rebounds for New Orleans. Brandon Ingram scored 30 points.
Jonathan Kuminga, who started the initial three games for Golden State but was averaging 8.0 points on 33.3% shooting, came off the bench to score 17. Reserve Lindy Waters III had 21 points and nine rebounds in his best game yet for Golden State.
The short-handed Warriors needed everything from everybody with starters Stephen Curry and Andrew Wiggins sidelined.
Curry missed the game with a sprained left ankle he injured in the second half of Sunday's 112-104 loss to the Clippers. He is set to be re-evaluated Friday.
Wiggins and De’Anthony Melton each sat out with lower back strains. Coach Steve Kerr called Wiggins questionable for the second straight matchup against New Orleans on Wednesday night at Chase Center.
Warriors: The Warriors limited their turnovers to eight after committing 21 on Sunday and forced New Orleans into 24 for 34 points — making 15 steals. Golden State overcame shooting 5 for 23 in the opening quarter — 2 of 13 from 3-point range — to fall behind 31-14.
Regular Season Series
GS leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 106 - 124 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 106 - 124 | |
4th 4.0 | Moses Moody makes 23-foot three point jumper (Trayce Jackson-Davis assists) | 106 - 124 | |
4th 25.1 | Yves Missi makes 3-foot driving dunk (Brandon Boston Jr. assists) | 106 - 121 | |
4th 37.1 | Moses Moody makes 28-foot three point jumper (Gui Santos assists) | 104 - 121 |
Statistics
NO | GS | |
---|---|---|
40-74 | FG | 46-97 |
54.1 | Field Goal % | 47.4 |
9-22 | 3PT | 21-46 |
40.9 | Three Point % | 45.7 |
17-24 | FT | 11-13 |
70.8 | Free Throw % | 84.6 |
44 | Rebounds | 34 |
9 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
35 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
23 | Assists | 34 |
4 | Steals | 15 |
6 | Blocks | 9 |
23 | Turnovers | 7 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
24 | Total Turnovers | 8 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
34 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 5 |
6 | Fast Break Points | 22 |
52 | Points in Paint | 46 |
13 | Fouls | 20 |
20 | Largest Lead | 18 |
Game Information
Location: San Francisco, CA
Attendance: 18,064 · Capacity:
2024-25 Southwest Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Houston | 20 | 9 | .690 | - | W3 |
Memphis | 20 | 10 | .667 | 0.5 | L1 |
Dallas | 19 | 10 | .655 | 1 | W2 |
San Antonio | 15 | 14 | .517 | 5 | L1 |
New Orleans | 5 | 25 | .167 | 15.5 | L7 |
2024-25 Pacific Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
LA Clippers | 17 | 13 | .567 | - | W1 |
LA Lakers | 16 | 13 | .552 | 0.5 | L1 |
Golden State | 15 | 13 | .536 | 1 | L1 |
Phoenix | 14 | 14 | .500 | 2 | L3 |
Sacramento | 13 | 17 | .433 | 4 | L4 |
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