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Golden State Warriors beat New Orleans Pelicans 138-87 for eighth straight win as Stephen Curry and Brandin Podziemski score 25
Stephen Curry scored 25 in 21 minutes, Brandin Podziemski matched his season high and Golden State won by 51, the NBA's biggest margin this season.
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Stephen Curry and Brandin Podziemski each scored 25 points, Yaxel Lendeborg added 23, and the Golden State Warriors won their eighth straight game with a 138-87 rout of the New Orleans Pelicans at Chase Center on Monday, November 9. The 51-point margin is the largest in the NBA this season. Golden State improved to 8-3. New Orleans fell to 4-7 with its third straight loss.
Curry needed only 21 minutes. He shot 6-of-10 from the field, 4-of-7 from three and 9-of-9 at the line, two nights after scoring 41 in an overtime win over Orlando. Podziemski matched his season high with 25 on 10-of-19 shooting and five threes. Lendeborg, the rookie, went 8-of-10 and 4-of-4 from three with 7 rebounds and 4 assists.
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How it turned
New Orleans led only once, 3-2 on a Jeremiah Fears three in the first minute. Golden State led 35-20 after one quarter as the Pelicans shot 7-of-23, and Podziemski scored seven points in the first two minutes of the second to push it to 45-22. It was 72-43 at halftime.
The Warriors scored 40 in the third quarter and led 112-65 going into the fourth. De’Anthony Melton’s three with 8:31 left made it 124-73, the first 51-point lead, and the margin finished there.
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Around the box
Melton scored 16 with four threes, Charles Bassey had 12 points and 10 rebounds off the bench, and LJ Cryer added 10. Draymond Green and Al Horford each had 6 assists. Golden State had 37 assists on 50 baskets, shot 21-of-44 from three and outrebounded New Orleans 50-31.
The game got chippy as it got away from the Pelicans. Dejounte Murray, Fears and coach Jamahl Mosley were each called for technical fouls, and Derik Queen and Lendeborg drew a double technical early in the fourth.
Brandon Williams played two minutes before leaving with a left hamstring injury, and coach Steve Kerr said he would have an MRI. Golden State was without Kristaps Porzingis, Moses Moody and Will Richard, and Gary Payton II sat with left knee inflammation.
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New Orleans’ side
Queen led the Pelicans with 16 points off the bench, going 8-of-10 at the line, and Murray scored 12. Fears had 11 points and 8 assists but 6 turnovers. Jordan Poole was 1-of-5 for 7 points in 34 minutes and was on the floor for a minus-47. New Orleans shot 36.3 percent and 8-of-28 from three while resting Zion Williamson on the second night of a back-to-back, with Trey Murphy III also out. Attendance was 18,064.
What’s next
The Pelicans host the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, November 11, at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Thursday Cairo time). The Warriors visit the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, November 11, at 9:30 p.m. ET (4:30 a.m. Thursday Cairo time).
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