If you’ve patiently been waiting for that defining victory since DeMarcus Cousins was lost for the season, your wait is over. The New Orleans Pelicans shocked the Golden State Warriors by a score of 126-120 on Saturday evening, ending a painstakingly long 14-game losing streak to the current NBA champions.
Despite having nothing to gain or lose in the standings — Golden State is locked into the second seed in the Western Conference, the Warriors were unusually motivated to snare the win against the Pelicans. The reasoning was simple: they had suffered an embarrassing 126-106 home loss to the Indiana Pacers just 48 hours earlier and Head Coach Steve Kerr lambasted them publicly for it.