The shorthanded New Orleans Pelicans almost pulled off a wild second-half comeback on Friday night, falling to the Warriors in the final minutes 125-122.
Trailing by as many as 19 points in the first half, the Pelicans slowly chipped away at the lead in the third and fourth quarters before eventually taking the lead on a Nickeil Alexander-Walker 3-pointer with 2:12 left.
From there, the two sides went back-and-forth down the stretch with Eric Paschall putting Golden State ahead before Alexander-Walker’s putback with 25.9 seconds left put New Orleans ahead again. Jordan Poole gave the Warriors the lead for the final time with a layup with 21.4 left.
Alexander-Walker finished with 30 points, Naji Marshall had 20 points and 13 rebounds and Jaxson Hayes had 19. Poole scored 38 points for Golden State.