Ugly basketball was played Tuesday night in the Big Easy, and the Warriors were on the losing end, 113-109, against the New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans now have 17 wins on the 2025-26 NBA season and clearly were the team more ready to play. The Warriors outscored the Pelicans 90-82 over the final three quarters but didn’t have their first lead until there were six-plus minutes left in the third quarter. Turnovers and poor shooting doomed the Warriors. They shot a lowly 41.2 percent overall and 24.4 percent from three while also turning the ball over 21 times. De’Anthony Melton led the Warriors with a season-high 28 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter. Moses Moody added 24 points, and Brandin Podziemski (16 points and 15 rebounds) and Gui Santos (15 points and 12 rebounds) each had double-doubles.  Podz finds Gui for a big bucket pic.twitter.com/m8xNhv5R8N — Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) February 25, 2026 But the Warriors’ bench, outside of Podziemski’s 16 points, provided little and were outscored by the Pelicans’ reserves 45 to 26.Here are three...