Warriors might've saved their season vs. Pelicans with a second-half surge that felt like old times
Technically speaking, Tuesday's game vs. the New Orleans Pelicans was not a must-win game for the Golden State Warriors. But it felt about as close as you can get to that with this virtually inseparable Western Conference playoff/play-in race steaming toward a photo finish. After letting a major swing Game get away from them against Minnesota on Sunday, Golden State sat perilously in the No. 7 seed. Another loss would've left them just one more loss from falling out of the play-in and into the lottery with five Game s to play. Down 17 at halftime, it didn't look good. Up 11 at the final buzzer, it looked (and felt) a whole lot better. Warriors 120, Pelicans 109. The Warriors, who for the moment move up to the 6-seed (tied in the loss column with the No. 7 Wolves), couldn't do anything right in the first half. And New Orleans looked like a team, on both ends, that could pose a serious post sea...