The Warriors are in a fragile spot, trying to keep things together without their offensive engine, Stephen Curry , who’s sidelined for the next few games with a left quad injury. Sitting at 10-10, one more stumble pushes them below .500, and their brief three-game spark has already faded into four losses in their last five. Now the Pelicans arrive at Chase Center, and Golden State is scrambling, testing lineups, shuffling roles, and searching for anything that can steady them until Curry returns.

And part of that scramble meant handing Brandin Podziemski a spot in the starting lineup. Golden State rolled out a makeshift group against the Pelicans: Podz, Jimmy Butler, Quentin Post, Draymond Green, and Moses Moody, a combination nobody saw coming. As for Dub Nation’s reaction to that fi

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