Monday night’s game against Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans was another test for the second unit that has yet to establish its identity.
And the Warriors’ reserves failed miserably, suffering a 128-83 blowout loss to the Pelicans.
With the core group of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green sitting out the latter half of the back-to-back one night after they lit it up from beyond the arc en route to the team’s first road win, Golden State’s youngsters started the game sluggish and dug themselves in a hole early that they couldn’t climb out of.
