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Golden State Warriors vs. New Orleans Pelicans

November 9, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Warriors beat the Pelicans 138-87 on 2026-11-09 at home. The Warriors started Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Gui Santos, Brandin Podziemski, and Yaxel Lendeborg. The Pelicans started Dejounte Murray, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Karlo Matković, and Jeremiah Fears. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 11 points (4/11) in his matchups, with Brandin Podziemski as his primary defender. Stephen Curry (Warriors) scored 4 points (2/7) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors 138

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Yaxel Lendeborg GS 27:27 23 7 4 1 0 2 3 8-10 4-4 3-4 +34
Brandin Podziemski GS 26:17 25 2 4 1 1 0 0 10-19 5-11 0-0 +36
Gui Santos GS 20:52 3 7 4 0 1 0 3 0-3 0-1 3-4 +21
Draymond Green GS 20:49 2 3 6 1 0 2 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 +32
Stephen Curry GS 20:49 25 5 2 0 0 1 0 6-10 4-7 9-9 +32
De'Anthony Melton 26:14 16 4 3 1 0 1 3 5-11 4-8 2-2 +20
LJ Cryer 20:11 10 0 3 0 0 1 1 4-9 2-6 0-0 +13
Georges Niang 18:38 9 2 2 0 1 1 0 4-7 1-3 0-0 +8
Charles Bassey 18:04 12 10 1 0 1 1 2 6-8 0-0 0-0 +18
Al Horford 15:00 5 2 6 2 3 0 2 2-5 1-3 0-0 +29
Graham Ike 12:00 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 2-4 0-1 0-0 +4
Malevy Leons 12:00 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 +4
Brandon Williams 1:39 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-3 0-0 0-0 +4
Totals 138 50 37 6 9 11 18 50-91 21-44 17-19

Did not play: Gary Payton II (DND - Injury/Illness)

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 87

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jeremiah Fears GS 28:47 11 3 8 0 1 6 2 4-12 1-5 2-2 -33
Herbert Jones GS 24:00 10 6 1 0 1 2 1 4-9 2-3 0-0 -21
Saddiq Bey GS 23:49 9 0 4 0 0 0 2 3-9 1-5 2-2 -19
Dejounte Murray GS 17:33 12 3 1 0 0 1 5 5-10 2-3 0-0 -21
Karlo Matković GS 17:26 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 2-4 0-2 0-0 -18
Jordan Poole 34:07 7 3 2 0 1 2 2 1-5 1-3 4-4 -47
Bryce McGowens 27:33 8 2 0 1 1 0 2 3-8 1-4 1-2 -27
Bennedict Mathurin 24:11 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-9 0-2 4-4 -32
Derik Queen 21:17 16 4 0 0 3 1 2 4-8 0-1 8-10 -30
AJ Johnson 12:00 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 1-3 0-0 0-0 -4
Julian Reese 9:17 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1-3 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 87 31 21 2 8 13 17 29-80 8-28 21-24

Did not play: DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Warriors defense

Defender Guarded most
Yaxel Lendeborg Saddiq Bey: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bennedict Mathurin: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brandin Podziemski Dejounte Murray: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
De'Anthony Melton Bryce McGowens: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jordan Poole: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Stephen Curry Herbert Jones: 16 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Bryce McGowens: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Draymond Green Karlo Matković: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gui Santos Dejounte Murray: 8 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Georges Niang Jordan Poole: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
LJ Cryer Jeremiah Fears: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jordan Poole: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Charles Bassey Derik Queen: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Bryce McGowens: 4 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Al Horford Saddiq Bey: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Malevy Leons Jordan Poole: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · AJ Johnson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Graham Ike Julian Reese: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bryce McGowens: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brandon Williams Jordan Poole: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Defender Guarded most
Jeremiah Fears Brandin Podziemski: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · De'Anthony Melton: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Poole LJ Cryer: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Brandin Podziemski: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Herbert Jones Stephen Curry: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Georges Niang: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Saddiq Bey Yaxel Lendeborg: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Stephen Curry: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bennedict Mathurin Yaxel Lendeborg: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Gui Santos: 5 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Bryce McGowens Brandin Podziemski: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Stephen Curry: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen Charles Bassey: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Al Horford: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Karlo Matković Draymond Green: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Al Horford: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dejounte Murray Gui Santos: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · De'Anthony Melton: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
AJ Johnson Malevy Leons: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LJ Cryer: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Reese Graham Ike: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Charles Bassey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)