# Warriors make NBA history: first team ever to follow an 0-3 start with eight straight wins Source: SportsBriefly (https://sportsbriefly.com) Canonical URL: https://sportsbriefly.com/en/basketball/warriors-make-nba-history-first-team-ever-to-follow-an-0-3-start-with-eight-stra Language: en Published: 2026-11-10T15:02:42.995+00:00 Updated: 2026-11-10T15:02:43.053281+00:00 > Golden State beat New Orleans 138-87 for an eighth straight win. ## TL;DR - Golden State beat New Orleans 138-87 for an eighth straight win. - The Warriors are the first NBA team ever to follow an 0-3 start with eight straight wins. - Stephen Curry scored 25 points in under 21 minutes; Podziemski added 25 and rookie Lendeborg 23. - The 51-point margin was Golden State's biggest since April 2023. - The Warriors now head out on a five-game road trip starting at Houston. ## Key points - Golden State beat New Orleans 138-87 for an eighth straight win. - The Warriors are the first NBA team ever to follow an 0-3 start with eight straight wins. - Stephen Curry scored 25 points in under 21 minutes; Podziemski added 25 and rookie Lendeborg 23. - The 51-point margin was Golden State's biggest since April 2023. - The Warriors now head out on a five-game road trip starting at Houston. ## A night that rewrote the record book The Golden State Warriors did not just beat the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night. They did something no team in NBA history had ever done. Golden State's 138-87 demolition at Chase Center in San Francisco was the Warriors' eighth consecutive victory, making them the first team ever to open a season 0-3 and then reel off eight wins in a row. The scale of the win matched the size of the milestone. The 51-point margin was the fourth largest in Warriors history and their biggest since a 157-101 road win over the Portland Trail Blazers in April 2023. Golden State led 35-20 after the first quarter, 72-43 at halftime, and by 40 points, 101-61, with 3:13 left in the third quarter. It completed a perfect 6-0 homestand and lifted the Warriors to 8-3, a record that looked unimaginable when they dropped their first three games of the 2026-27 season. Three weeks ago, the question was whether an ageing core had finally run out of road. Now it is how far a team playing like this can go. ## Three scorers, one statement Stephen Curry, Brandin Podziemski and rookie Yaxel Lendeborg combined for 73 points, and each of them reached his total in a different way. Curry scored 25 points in fewer than 21 minutes, including 16 in the third quarter, when he hit two of his three three-point attempts in the period and finished 4-for-7 from deep for the game. He entered Monday averaging 31.3 points per game, second in the NBA, two days after scoring 41 in Saturday's overtime victory over Orlando. Podziemski also scored 25, with 15 of them coming before halftime, and his five three-pointers were a game high. Lendeborg, the rookie, added 23 points on 8-for-10 shooting, hitting all four of his three-point attempts, and pulled down seven rebounds with four assists. Sixteen of his points came in the first half, when Golden State was already turning the game into a procession. ![Chase Center, home arena of the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco](https://api.sportsbriefly.com/storage/v1/object/public/media/api/1794322948717-1ugmkf-basketball-inside1-2026-11-10-evening.jpg) Twelve of the 13 Warriors who appeared in the game scored, and the supporting cast kept the pressure on long after the starters sat down. Charles Bassey finished with 12 points and a game-high 10 rebounds, De'Anthony Melton added 16 points off the bench, and LJ Cryer chipped in 10 more. Golden State shot 54.9 percent from the field and 21-for-44, or 47.7 percent, from three-point range. ## Depth did the damage What made the performance so striking was how little it depended on any single player. Curry did not need heavy minutes, because Podziemski and Lendeborg were already scoring freely and the bench kept producing once the lead passed 30 points. The Warriors led 29-13 inside the first 10 minutes and were ahead by as many as 35 in the second period, a start that left New Orleans chasing the game from the opening tip. That depth has been the engine of the winning streak. Curry's shooting and gravity remain the foundation of the offence, forcing defences to account for him on every possession and opening favourable situations for his teammates. But the last eight games have shown a roster contributing from every corner of the rotation, with rookies and reserves alike stepping into bigger roles. A team that began the season looking vulnerable now looks deep, confident and hard to prepare for. The one sour note was an injury. Reserve guard Brandon Williams left the game with a left hamstring injury and is scheduled for further evaluation, a concern for a squad that has leaned heavily on its bench during the streak. ## A beaten Pelicans side New Orleans arrived at Chase Center on the second night of a road back-to-back and chose to rest star big man Zion Williamson, and the visitors never found a foothold. Derik Queen led the Pelicans with 16 points and three blocks, Dejounte Murray added 12, Jeremiah Fears scored 11 with a game-high eight assists, and Herbert Jones finished with 10. It was not enough to trouble a Warriors side that was already in full flow. The Pelicans shot just 36.3 percent from the field and 8-for-28, or 28.6 percent, from three-point range, and they have now lost three games in a row. ![Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg, who scored 23 points against the Pelicans](https://api.sportsbriefly.com/storage/v1/object/public/media/api/1794322959854-h2izpk-basketball-inside2-2026-11-10-evening.jpg) The defeat was only the second in franchise history by 50 or more points. The other came when the team, then known as the Hornets, were beaten 121-63 at home by the Denver Nuggets in a playoff game in 2009. ## What comes next The record is secure, but the harder test starts now. Golden State begins a five-game road trip on Wednesday against the Houston Rockets, and sustaining this level away from Chase Center is the next challenge for a team that has done all of its winning lately at home. The homestand is over, the margin for error shrinks on the road, and the league will have spent the last eight games studying exactly how the Warriors are beating teams. For now, the turnaround stands on its own. No team had ever started 0-3 and then won eight straight. The Warriors have done it with their 38-year-old superstar still playing at an elite level, with a young guard shooting with confidence, and with a rookie announcing himself on a national stage. The opening week is a distant memory. What Golden State does with the next eight games will decide whether this is a historic footnote or the start of something much bigger. Mentions: Stephen Curry, Brandin Podziemski, Yaxel Lendeborg, Golden State Warriors, New Orleans Pelicans, Zion Williamson, Charles Bassey, De'Anthony Melton, LJ Cryer, Derik Queen, Dejounte Murray, Jeremiah Fears, Herbert Jones, Brandon Williams, Chase Center, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, Orlando ## Sources - [sportingnews.com](https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nba/golden-state-warriors/news/stephen-currys-warriors-make-nba-history-eight-straight-wins-after-0-3-start/d740be71a398c6807ed80c85) - [gmanetwork.com](https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/basketball/1008962/nba-warriors-crush-pelicans-make-nba-history-with-8th-win-after-0-3-start/story/?just_in) - [duke.fm](https://duke.fm/2026/11/10/nba-roundup-cooper-flagg-becomes-second-teen-with-40-10-5-game/)