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By Bryan Colbert Jr.
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Steph Curry had to score 41 points and play into overtime for the Golden State Warriors to beat Orlando on Saturday.
Two nights later, he took just 10 shots in a win so lopsided that the last Warriors team to do anything like it at home had Chris Mullin in the starting lineup.
Curry and Brandin Podziemski scored 25 points apiece as Golden State beat the New Orleans Pelicans 138-87 on Monday at Chase Center.
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According to ESPN Insights, the 51-point margin was the largest by any NBA team this season and the Warriors’ biggest at home since Nov. 2, 1991. Mullin scored 32 that night in a 153-91 win over the Sacramento Kings. Curry was 3 years old.
New Orleans arrived for the second night of a back-to-back without either of its starting forwards. Zion Williamson rested, and Trey Murphy III sat out with a knee issue.
Golden State went ahead 29-13 before the first quarter was over, then stretched the lead to 35 in the second.
Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg scored 16 points before halftime, one more than Podziemski. Between them, they accounted for 31 of the Warriors’ first 72 points.
The Pelicans went to the locker room down 29. Their next 12 minutes were even tougher than their first 12.
Golden State scored 40 in the third quarter after putting up 35 in the first and 37 in the second. With 3:13 still to play in the third, the Warriors had already crossed 100 and led by 40.
Curry made four of Golden State’s 21 threes and finished his night in just over 20 minutes. His 25 points brought his career total to 26,803, moving him past DeMar DeRozan for 16th on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.
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Lendeborg finished with 23 points, seven rebounds and four assists, giving the Warriors three players with at least 23.
New Orleans’ leading scorer, Derik Queen, had 16.
The victory completed a 6-0 homestand and gave Golden State eight straight wins after three losses to open the season.
Saturday’s overtime win had drawn the Warriors even with the 1950-51 Boston Celtics, who also followed an 0-3 start with seven consecutive victories.
Monday’s win took Golden State one game further than Boston and every other team in NBA history that started 0-3.
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