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Brandon Ingram returned from a four-game absence due to a concussion to score a game-high 26 points as the host New Orleans Pelicans held off the short-handed Golden State Warriors, 114-105, on Friday night, November 4 (Saturday, November 5, Manila time).
Larry Nance Jr. and CJ McCollum added 20 points each, Zion Williamson scored 16, and Trey Murphy III and Jose Alvarado had 10 points each as the Pelicans rose to 5-3.
Jordan Poole scored 20, Jonathan Kuminga and Ty Jerome had 18 each, Anthony Lamb scored 16 and Moses Moody had 14 for the Warriors, who lost their fifth straight game and dropped to 0-6 on the road.
The Warriors played without Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, and Andrew Wiggins because of injury maintenance.
The Warriors – who skidded to a 3-7 record – started the third quarter with a 13-5 run and Lamb’s three-pointer gave them a 67-66 lead.
Murphy made back-to-back triples and Ingram added 10 points, including a buzzer-beating three-pointer, to give New Orleans an 88-79 lead at the end of the third quarter.
Nance’s basket started the fourth-quarter scoring, but Jerome scored 7 points as Golden State pulled within 95-93.
Nance and Williamson answered with consecutive baskets before the Warriors got within 104-101 on Poole’s three-pointer.
But Nance answered again with a pair of baskets and Murphy added a three-pointer for a 111-101 lead with 1:57 left.
Ingram didn’t show any rust from his layoff, scoring 10 points in the first quarter, but the Warriors made 11-of-12 free throws in the period.
The quarter featured nine lead changes and six ties before it ended with Golden State holding a 27-26 lead.
Williamson had 7 points as New Orleans scored the first 12 points of the second quarter to take a 38-27 lead.
Golden State closed within a point three times before McCollum scored 5 points to trigger an 11-5 closing run that left the Pelicans with a 61-54 halftime lead.
New Orleans scored 35 points in the second quarter, led by McCollum’s 12, and made 14-of-18 field goal attempts. – Rappler.com
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