SAN FRANCISCO – Buddy Hield scored a season-best 28 points, Brandin Podziemski had 19 points and led a furious second-half comeback, and the Golden State Warriors rallied from an early 20 deficit to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday at 124:106 night.

Zion Williamson scored 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 first three games for Golden State but averaged 8.0 points on 33.3% shooting, came off the bench to score 17 points. Backup Lindy Waters III had 21 points and nine rebounds in his best game to date for Golden State.

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

Curry missed the game because of a sprained left ankle he suffered in the second half of Sunday’s 112-104 loss to the Clippers. He is scheduled to be reevaluated on Friday.

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

Takeaways

Pelicans: New Orleans had a 44-34 advantage in rebounding after dominating the boards in the first quarter.

Warriors: The Warriors limited their turnovers to eight after scoring 21 on Sunday and forced New Orleans to 24 for 34 points – which included 15 steals. Golden State managed 5 for 23 shooting in the first quarter – 2 of 13 from 3-point range – and fell behind 31-14.

Key moment

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

Key statistics

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

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