Golden State Warriors 109, New Orleans Pelicans 113 — Recap

February 24, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Golden State Warriors 109, New Orleans Pelicans 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 GSW 19-31 NOP; Q2 GSW 20-15 NOP; Q3 GSW 33-31 NOP; Q4 GSW 37-36 NOP.

Top performers (box score): De'Anthony Melton (GSW) 28 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 26 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-21 shooting; Moses Moody (GSW) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Saddiq Bey (NOP) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Brandin Podziemski (GSW) 16 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · GSW

De'Anthony Melton

28 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 8-20 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

26 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 1 3PM · 11-21 FG

Scoring · GSW

Moses Moody

24 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 7-13 FG

Season highs

De'Anthony Melton · Season-high 28 pointsGui Santos · Season-high 12 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

GSW 4 largest lead Q3 4:45 (GSW 63, NOP 59) · 11-0 run, Q2 3:09–Q3 10:54

NOP 14 largest lead Q1 2:45 (GSW 11, NOP 25) · 7-0 run, Q1 5:01–Q1 2:45

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Zion Williamson makes 5-foot two point shot (Q4 7:01, GSW 86, NOP 87).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
GSW	19	20	33	37		109
NOP	31	15	31	36		113

🧮 How They Scored

GSWNOP

58Points in the paint64

4Fast-break points20

24Second-chance points20

18Points off turnovers18

26Bench points45

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.9%Effective FG%47.5%

15.7%Turnover %13.3%

39.6%Offensive rebound %35.6%

0.237Free-throw rate0.228

Box Score

Golden State Warriors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Gui Santos F	39	15	12	4	2	3	6	6-13	1-4	2-2	-7
Moses Moody G	34	24	5	3	0	0	1	7-13	4-10	6-8	+13
Brandin Podziemski G	32	16	15	3	2	0	3	7-18	1-6	1-2	-1
Draymond Green F	32	11	7	6	0	2	1	5-11	1-3	0-0	+8
De'Anthony Melton G	28	28	4	3	1	0	3	8-20	3-9	9-11	+9
Quinten Post C	23	6	9	1	0	1	2	3-7	0-4	0-0	-13
Pat Spencer G	23	5	2	4	1	0	3	2-7	1-4	0-0	+1
Will Richard G	17	0	2	0	2	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-19
Gary Payton II G	12	4	3	2	0	0	1	2-7	0-4	0-0	-11

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zion Williamson F	33	26	6	0	2	1	1	11-21	1-1	3-5	-7
Saddiq Bey F	31	18	6	1	0	0	4	6-13	1-6	5-5	-2
Herbert Jones F	31	5	3	3	5	1	0	1-8	1-7	2-2	+1
Dejounte Murray G	25	13	2	3	1	0	5	5-11	1-4	2-2	0
Jordan Poole G	23	12	6	3	0	0	2	4-11	3-10	1-1	+3
DeAndre Jordan C	22	6	8	2	1	2	1	2-3	0-0	2-3	+11
Jeremiah Fears G	21	8	3	5	1	0	2	3-10	1-3	1-2	+5
Karlo Matkovic F-C	18	10	8	1	1	3	1	4-6	1-3	1-2	-5
Derik Queen C	18	8	7	2	0	1	1	4-13	0-3	0-1	+8
Bryce McGowens G	18	7	4	0	1	1	0	3-5	1-3	0-0	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

Golden State WarriorsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
De'Anthony Melton	Starter	28	28	56.4	35.0	+12.3	14.4
Moses Moody	Starter	34	24	72.6	18.3	+18.2	12.9
Gui Santos	Starter	39	15	54.0	18.9	-6.7	9.6
Draymond Green	Starter	32	11	50.0	13.3	+11.0	12.8
Pat Spencer	Starter	23	5	35.7	17.2	+5.7	3.0
Brandin Podziemski	Bench	32	16	42.4	23.9	+1.5	14.5
Quinten Post	Bench	23	6	42.9	14.1	-28.4	7.8
Gary Payton II	Bench	12	4	28.6	25.0	-41.0	2.2
Al Horford	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Malevy Leons	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Will Richard	Bench	17	0	0.0	2.1	-47.0	2.4

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Starter	33	26	56.0	25.8	-10.3	13.4
Saddiq Bey	Starter	31	18	59.2	21.2	-4.4	11.0
Dejounte Murray	Starter	25	13	54.7	26.2	-5.3	5.9
DeAndre Jordan	Starter	22	6	69.4	8.3	+16.4	12.3
Herbert Jones	Starter	31	5	28.2	10.8	+2.8	4.9
Jordan Poole	Bench	23	12	52.4	22.4	+8.2	13.1
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	18	10	72.7	16.0	-9.6	15.8
Jeremiah Fears	Bench	21	8	36.8	21.7	+6.6	8.8
Derik Queen	Bench	18	8	29.8	30.4	+21.6	4.5
Bryce McGowens	Bench	18	7	70.0	9.3	+11.0	11.0
Kevon Looney	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0