On January 7, Beijing time, the Warriors against the Pelicans, Curry and Green were absent at the same time, and Wiggins and Poole led the team to the game. The league's first pair went to the bottom of the West, and thought the Warriors could win, but they didn't expect to lose in the end, and they had no choice but to lose the game 96-101. Wiggins scored 21 points and 4 boards, but Poole only had 11 points, shooting 3-of-14 from the field, which was too bad. Ingram had 32 points, 11 boards and six assists. After the Warriors lost this game, the league's first place also changed hands, temporarily surpassed by the Suns.
The Warriors didn't start well, taking a long time to get three points. Then Looney scored a layup, Wiggins went on 2+1, and Porter also hit a three-point shot, and the Warriors rebounded the score. Wiggins and Bjelica also hit three consecutive points. Although the Pelicans scored in response, the brother-in-law hit a jump shot and the two sides finally scored a free throw, and the Warriors still led by 6 points. Cumminga grabbed the board in the second quarter, grabbed four rebounds in 8 seconds, and finally successfully scored the basket, and then he scored in the air to lead by 11 points. The Pelicans chased the points, Hart scored consecutive points, Moody came up to score in response, and then completed the dunk. However, Yingge played 2+1 in the back, and after his brother-in-law hit three-point shots, he also hit consecutive jump shots. Wiggins threw a shot, Yingo broke through the dunk, and Wiggins broke through hard to score. But then the Warriors muted, the Pelicans scored consecutive points, and although Wiggins scored in the end, the Warriors still trailed by one point.
Without Curry, the Warriors' offense has slipped a lot, and Wiggins is needed too much. The Pelicans widened the gap in the third quarter, Porter hit a jumper, Varan took a free throw and Peyton Jr. to shoot in. Hart hit a three-pointer, Wiggins scored consecutive free throws, then Looney scored a layup, and the Warriors rebounded. Helpless pelicans scored consecutive points, and the offensive efficiency of both sides was not very high. Ingo scored on a free throw and Jones completed a dunk. Wiggins broke through on a three-point shot from layup Iguodala to tie the score. Then the brother-in-law counterattacked to the basket, helplessly Yingge hit a three-point shot, alternately leading. Cumminga broke through to score, Clark hit a three-pointer, Hayes also scored from the basket, and then Walker hit a three-point shot, fortunately the brother-in-law responded with three points, and the Warriors trailed by 2 points.
The Warriors' offense is also too bad! Poole didn't play well. The Pelicans went on a back-to-back run in the fourth quarter, with Graham hitting a three-pointer to give an eight-point lead. Bjelica scored from the basket and Moody completed the dunk, but Clark hit a three-pointer. A brother broke through the layup, and the Pelicans scored consecutive points. Wiggins hurried back, the two teams could not score each other, Cumminga broke through the layup to break the deadlock, and Wiggins also jumped to hit. Ying Ge scored in response, and the Warriors' offense was not good again, still trailing by 8 points. The two teams then hit each other again, followed by a jump shot that was already 10 points ahead. Cumminga broke through the score, and after the Pelicans scored, Poole finally scored on the layup. Then Poole hit a three-point shot and trailed by five points. The Pelicans made a mistake, Cumming scored with a basket, and the Warriors chased 7 points in 20 seconds. Ingo hit all 2 free throws, Poole also hit 2 free throws, Hart rebounded, followed by 2 free throws, and the Pelicans won the game.
Wiggins got a lot of opportunities in this game, Curry was not there, and Poole didn't feel good, so Wiggins needed to stand up more. In the front, Wiggins played well, standing up many times to score, although the outside feel is not good, but Wiggins relied on physical talent, many times to hit the basket to create a kill. It was also because of Wiggins' outburst that the Warriors were not pulled apart. The rest of the Warriors didn't open it, though, so the Pelicans began to wrap Wiggins behind them, which also made Wiggins play harder. When the bag clip appeared, Wiggins still didn't have much to do.
So after Curry was away this time, the Warriors showed their original form, facing the pelicans in the West, the warriors played very hard. The team's three-point shooting on the outside line is too bad, before Curry alone can hit so many three-pointers, now the whole team does not have a few three-pointers. Three-point shots can't be opened, breakthroughs can't be scored, and Kerr doesn't have much to do to let people see the Warriors of the previous two seasons. Especially Poole, he started too badly this time, Curry was not there, and he was expected to lead the team with Wiggins, Wiggins tried his best, and Poole frequently played iron. Poole played like this, the big contract is probably difficult to say!