Why Moses Moody and Co. leading win vs. Pels is important to Warriors’ success

Steph Curry needed to score 95 points, make 29 shots, including 14 3-pointers, and swish 23 free throws in a two-game stretch for the Warriors to leave San Antonio with two consecutive wins against the Spurs. He didn’t even reach double-digit scoring Sunday in New Orleans, yet the Warriors didn’t need him to in a 124-106 win against the Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center. That’s two wins in one for a team that far too often has needed Curry to have all his superpowers and already had two frustrating letdown losses with him earlier this season. Sunday night in the Big Easy wasn’t about Curry, Jimmy Butler or Draymond Green. The shining star was Moses Moody, who scored a career-high 32 points on 10-of-16 shooting and went 8 of 12 on 3-pointers. His sizzling start was beyond being on fire. Moody made seven threes in the first quarter, joining Curry and Klay Thompson as the only Warriors ever to make at least seven threes in one quarter. The proud product of Little Rock, Ark., was fueled by Southern comfort on his career night. “I’m from the South, so whenever I’m down here, my joints feel better,” Moody joked on...