Warriors Beat the Pelicans by 51 for Their Eighth Straight Win as Stephen Curry Passes DeMar DeRozan for 16th All Time

By The Arena Staff

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9, 2026 — The Golden State Warriors opened the season 0-3. Three weeks later, they're beating people by 51.

Stephen Curry and Brandin Podziemski scored 25 points apiece, rookie Yaxel Lendeborg added 23, and the Warriors ran an undermanned New Orleans Pelicans team off the floor 138-87 on Monday night for their eighth straight win, according to The Associated Press.

The 51-point margin was the largest in Chase Center history, topping a 41-point win over the same Pelicans in November 2021, and Golden State's biggest since a 56-point win at Portland on April 9, 2023, according to the Warriors. The team said it was the fourth-largest margin of victory in franchise history. Sky Sports noted it was also the biggest win by any NBA team so far this season.

Curry needed only about 21 minutes. He shot 6 of 10 with four 3-pointers, two nights after scoring 41 in an overtime win over Orlando, and a third-quarter 3 moved him past DeMar DeRozan into 16th place on the NBA's career scoring list. He now has 26,803 points, with Hakeem Olajuwon next at 26,946, according to the Warriors.

The game was over long before that. Golden State led 35-20 after one quarter and 72-43 at halftime, then won the third quarter 40-22 to take a 112-65 lead into the fourth. The Warriors shot 54.9% from the field, made 21 of 44 from deep and finished with a season-high 37 assists against 11 turnovers.

Lendeborg was nearly perfect. He went 8 of 10 from the field and 4 of 4 from 3-point range, with seven rebounds and four assists, and Podziemski's 25 was a season high. De'Anthony Melton scored 16 off the bench, and Charles Bassey had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

The sideline had a story too. Jimmy Butler, still recovering from February surgery to repair a torn ACL in his right knee, came out dressed like a member of Steve Kerr's staff and held up a clipboard that read "Pass to Steph," Sky Sports reported. Kerr said he had joked with an assistant that Butler should dress like the coaches one day, then watched him walk out doing exactly that.

"He said all the right things, how many team fouls we had," Kerr said. "He was really acting the part."

New Orleans shot 36.3% and was playing without Zion Williamson, who rested a night after a loss to the Clippers, according to TalkBasket. Derik Queen led the Pelicans with 16 points off the bench. They have lost three straight and fell to 4-7.

Golden State, now 8-3, swept a six-game homestand and has its longest winning streak since a nine-game run in the 2021-22 season, according to the team. The Warriors start a five-game road trip Wednesday at Houston.