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Eight straight, with the whole offense involved
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Golden State beat New Orleans 138–87 in San Francisco on November 9, extending its winning streak to eight and improving to 8–3. After an 0–3 start, the encouraging part of this response is not simply the margin: scoring, passing and rebounding worked together.
Stephen Curry and Brandin Podziemski scored 25 each, with Yaxel Lendeborg adding 23. Their combined 73 points gave the offense several routes to a finish rather than leaving one scorer to carry the night.
The third quarter closed the comeback window
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A 35–20 opening quarter became a 72–43 halftime lead. Golden State then scored 40 in the third, taking a 112–65 advantage into the final period. New Orleans needed stops before any realistic comeback could begin.
The quarter-by-quarter progression explains more than the eventual 51-point margin. Golden State followed a strong first half with another surge, while the visitors could not turn the game back into a sequence of contested possessions.
Twenty-one threes, supported by 37 assists
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Golden State made 21 of 44 three-pointers and recorded 37 assists on 50 field goals. A 50–31 rebounding advantage added another layer: the home team controlled more of the possessions around those made shots.
Curry hit four of seven threes and all nine free throws in roughly 21 minutes. Podziemski made five threes, while Lendeborg shot eight of ten overall and four of four from deep, adding seven rebounds and four assists. Several different sources of efficient scoring made a single defensive adjustment insufficient.
What New Orleans can carry forward
Further record: ESPN — Pelicans at Warriors: box score, Associated Press / ESPN — Warriors win eighth straight
Derik Queen led New Orleans with 16 points, adding four rebounds and three blocks. His eight makes in ten free-throw attempts offered one productive route to scoring. But the Pelicans shot 29 of 80 overall and eight of 28 from three, while losing the rebounding battle heavily.
Golden State next visits Houston on Wednesday, while New Orleans returns home to face Brooklyn. The Warriors can aim to carry their passing quality into that next test; the Pelicans first need more secure defensive possessions and rebounds so individual progress can take place inside a competitive game.
