Missing Curry and Wiggins, the Warriors use their depth to rally past the Pelicans

Buddy Hield scored a season-high 28 points, Brandin Podziemski had 19 points and sparked a furious second-half comeback, and the Golden State Warriors rallied from 17 down to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 124-106 on Tuesday night.

Zion Williamson had a season-high 31 points on 12-for-20 shooting and eight rebounds for New Orleans. Brandon Ingram scored 30 points.

Jonathan Kuminga, who started the opening three games for Golden State but averaged 8.0 points on 33.3% shooting, came off the bench to score 17. Reserve Lindy Waters III had 21 points and nine rebounds in his best game yet for Golden State.

The short-handed Warriors needed everything from everyone with starters Stephen Curry and Andrew Wiggins on the sidelines.

Curry missed the game with a sprained left ankle, injured in the second half of Sunday’s 112-104 loss to the Clippers. He will be re-evaluated on Friday.

Wiggins and De’Anthony Melton each sat out with lower back strains. Coach Steve Kerr listed Wiggins as questionable for the second straight game against New Orleans on Wednesday night at the Chase Center.

Pelicans: New Orleans held a 44-34 rebounding edge after dominating the boards in the opening quarter.

Warriors: The Warriors limited their turnovers to eight after committing 21 on Sunday and forced New Orleans to go 23 for 31 points — including 14 steals. Golden State overcame 5-for-23 shooting in the opening quarter — 2 of 13 from 3-point range — to fall behind 31-14.

Podziemski’s 3-pointer with 8:22 left in the third tied the game. He scored again the next time, giving the Warriors a 71-67 lead they never relinquished. He also blocked two shots.

Hield returned to the starting lineup and overcame a slow start to make seven 3-pointers after a disappointing home debut Sunday in which he missed 8 of 9 3s and scored eight points.

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