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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Warriors | 26 | 35 | 37 | 30 | 128 |
 Pelicans | 39 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 120 |
GSWTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSW | 47-9151.6% | 18-4045.0% | 16-2080.0% | 49 | 29 | 18 |
| NOP | 45-9845.9% | 16-3644.4% | 14-2263.6% | 50 | 26 | 17 |
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Golden State Warriors128| 38 | 22 | 9-18 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0 | +5 | +2.0 | |||||||
| 37 | 33 | 13-19 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | +12.8 | |||||||
| 35 | 28 | 7-16 | 4-11 | 10-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +9.3 | |||||
| 35 | 8 | 3-11 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −7.7 | |||||
| 21 | 8 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +3 | +0.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 7 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +1.1 | |||||
| 14 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | +2 | −3.2 | |||||||
| 13 | 11 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +3.6 | |||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.1 | |||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.7 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | +3.6 | ||||
| Team | 128 | 47-9151.6% | 18-4045.0% | 49 | 29 | 18 | 23 | 16-2080.0% | 10 | 6 | 8 | |||
Bench 29 points on 12 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Quinn Cook and Patrick McCaw (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans120| 40 | 35 | 15-21 | 3-4 | 2-5 | −5 | +17.9 | ||||||||
| 35 | 13 | 5-17 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0 | −6 | −6.3 | |||||||
| 33 | 35 | 11-23 | 3-8 | 10-13 | +6 | +9.8 | ||||||||
| 28 | 6 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −12 | −4.7 | |||||
| 27 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −7.2 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 14 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +5.6 | |||||
| 25 | 13 | 5-10 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | +3.0 | |||||||
| 20 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −3.8 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.4 | ||||
| Team | 120 | 45-9845.9% | 16-3644.4% | 50 | 26 | 17 | 19 | 14-2263.6% | 16 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 31 points on 12 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Charles Cooke, Cheick Diallo and Jalen Jones (coach’s decision).
Warriors128Pelicans120ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Klay Thompson scored 33 points (21 on 7 3-pointers), and the defending champion Golden State Warriors rallied from 15 points down in the first quarter to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 128-120 in the Pelicans’ home opener at Smoothie King Center.
The Warriors trailed 21-6 with 5:36 left in the first quarter. They outscored the Pelicans 122-99 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Warriors outscored the Pelicans 6-0.
Stephen Curry had 28 points and 8 assists, and Kevin Durant added 22 points (8 during a 13-0 run across the second and third quarters), 8 rebounds and 7 blocks. The Warriors had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Pelicans, Anthony Davis had 35 points, 14 rebounds and 3 steals on 15 for 21 shooting, and DeMarcus Cousins added 35 points, 14 rebounds and 3 steals. Cousins scored 18 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter. The Pelicans had 2 30-point scorers.
The Warriors shot 51.6% from the field and 45.0% from 3 to the Pelicans’ 45.9% and 44.4%.
Golden State WarriorsNew Orleans PelicansPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Warriors’ chance bottomed out at 8.4% (2nd quarter, 5:15 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
112 points from the field on 91 shots: 14.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-27 | 70.4% | 63% |
| In the paint | 1-7 | 14.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 9-17 | 52.9% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-9 | 44.4% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 14-31 | 45.2% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jrue Holiday | 28 | 9 | 4-6 | −1 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 28 | 4 | 2-3 | −5 |
| Jordan Crawford | 6 | 9 | 3-3 | +7 |
| Dante Cunningham | 5 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 5 | 2-5 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jrue Holiday | 26 | 10 | 4-7 | +3 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 16 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
| Ian Clark | 15 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Anthony Davis | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 13 | 5-8 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Cunningham | 35 | 7 | 3-6 | −3 |
| Anthony Davis | 18 | 3 | 1-4 | −2 |
| DeMarcus Cousins | 7 | 4 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Tony Allen | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
NOP win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
GSW
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NOP
Highest Leverage Moments
Cousins 26' 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Crawford 6 AST)
Q4 3:20
14.5%
6→20
Thompson 26' 3PT Jump Shot (33 PTS) (Green 9 AST)
Q4 3:00
14.5%
20→6
Thompson 24' 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Durant 1 AST)
Q4 10:55
14.2%
27→13
Davis 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS)
Q1 0:00
11.9%
73→85
Crawford 29' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS)
Q1 1:19
11.0%
71→82
