James Borrego hopes his team's shooting level matches its defensive intensity when the New Orleans Pelicans take a second shot at a first win for their interim coach Monday night against the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder.

Sitting at the end of the New Orleans bench for the first time in the wake of the firing of coach Willie Green, Borrego watched his team put forth a spirited defensive effort against the Golden State Warriors in a 124-106 home loss on Sunday night.

But the Pelicans shot just 28% on 3-pointers (8 of 29) and were outscored 72-24 from deep in a loss that otherwise would have gone down as a tremendous success against Golden State's All-Star guard Stephen Curry, who was held to nine points.

New Orleans had allowed opponents to score 118 or more points in each of Green's fi

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