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Two teams that have had two days to respond to shockingly one-sided outcomes meet Wednesday night when the Golden State Warriors host the New Orleans Pelicans in San Francisco.
The Pelicans have been rewarded with two days off in California after opening a five-game trip by blowing out the host Sacramento Kings 133-100 on Sunday behind 30 points from CJ McCollum and 61.0-percent shooting.
Shortly after New Orleans was running up as much as a 50-point lead, the Warriors were falling behind the visiting Toronto Raptors by 27 before halftime of their 133-118 home loss.
The 133 totals in the respective games were the third-most scored by the Pelicans this season and the third-most allowed by the Warriors.
McCollum and Warriors star Stephen Curry wasted no words in their reactions to the polar-opposite results.
"Stop the fight," McCollum shouted to Pelicans broadcasters during the blowout.
"Got punked from the jump," Curry sized up afterward.
The Pelicans and Warriors will be meeting for the second time this season. The first encounter was another blowout, this one in Golden State's favor, 130-102 in October at New Orleans.
Curry had 42 points in the win.
Draymond Green contributed six points, six rebounds and seven assists to the victory. He has missed the last 13 games on NBA suspension (the first 12) and while conditioning following his reinstatement Sunday.
Green is eligible to return to game action, something Golden State coach Steve Kerr said will happen as soon as he's deemed physically ready. Having had three days to work out since the suspension ended, he will be considered a game-day decision this week, including for the New Orleans game.
"Hopefully get back sooner than later," Curry said. "Chemistry piece. There's definitely a familiarity and a confidence that he brings when he's out there. That isn't necessarily guaranteed success -- we have to continue to address the issues that we have as a team to find that consistency -- but you hope that he'll help for sure."
The Warriors have lost four of six on a homestand that ends Wednesday.
The Pelicans, meanwhile, have won five of their last six, including a 20-point home blowout of the Los Angeles Lakers and an 11-point win at Minnesota.
The romp at Sacramento came despite the absence of Zion Williamson, who suffered a bruised right quad in Friday's home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. He remains questionable for Wednesday's game.
Williamson or no Williamson, Pelicans coach Willie Green will take a repeat of the Sacramento success anytime.
"It was beautiful," he said. "Just wire to wire, it was fun basketball to watch. They executed on both ends of the floor and, you know, you have games where it just gets that way. We got a resilient group. Our guys came out and executed."
After another day off Thursday, the Pelicans will have three games in four days to end their trip, one at Denver on Friday before two straight at Dallas on Saturday and Monday.
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Troubling update emerges about Joel Embiid’s health
Joel Embiid’s trust in the healing process may not be paying off. A concerning update emerged over the weekend about the health of the Philadelphia 76ers star center. Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints reports that there is “genuine concern” around the league about the health of Embiid’s knee. Siegel adds that Philadelphia’s camp is attempting to downplay the concerns but notes that “word is bad” about Embiid’s health around the rest of the NBA. Now 31, the former MVP Embiid is still dealing with the ill effects of a torn left meniscus suffered during a 76ers game in February 2024. Embiid, who previously tore the same left meniscus back in 2017, quickly underwent surgery on the knee and missed two months. It appeared that everything was peaches and cream for Embiid after he returned to finish out the 2023-24 NBA season and even played at the 2024 Paris Olympics last summer as the starting center for Team USA. But Embiid missed significant time while managing his left knee throughout the 2024-25 season and even suggested at one point that he would need to have another surgery. In the end, Embiid appeared in just 19 total games for the 76ers last season and was shut down in February with the team nowhere close to contention. There was some talk a few months ago that Embiid might be undergoing the Kobe Bryant treatment to address the troublesome knee, but it looks like Embiid still hasn’t found a course of treatment that his knee is responding to. We know that the 76ers were already growing frustrated with Embiid’s lack of availability going back to last season. Now they may have to prepare for the potential of Embiid missing more time in 2025-26, a disastrous possibility given that they still owe the seven-footer an absurd $187.6M over the next three seasons.
Brewers issue update on Jackson Chourio rehab timeline
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio was tearing it up in July before he strained his hamstring legging out a triple. He was placed on the injured list, and it only got worse from there. Less than 24 hours later, manager Pat Murphy said Chourio would be out beyond the 10-day minimum and possibly at least a month. On Saturday, beat reporter Curt Hogg shed another tidbit of light on the slugger’s timetable. It’s not necessarily worse news, but Hogg’s update probably does not illuminate much. Fans already knew Chourio was going to be out a while after Friday’s report, so this latest info isn’t surprising. It isn’t all that encouraging, either. It certainly suggests no expedited return schedule. Not to make assumptions, but the emphasis on the location of the damage versus evaluating its severity seems to indicate the Brewers are just hoping Chourio avoided a worse-case scenario. In that case, caution would indeed be first in the order of operations. Only after ascertaining clarity would it make sense to seriously estimate a recovery timetable. That he won’t be ready to immediately resume baseball workouts further points to a slow, methodical recovery process. For however long he remains out, the lineup will miss him badly. Chourio’s 17 home runs rank second on the team behind Christian Yelich, as do his 67 RBI. His .786 OPS leads the offense among qualified hitters. In 90 at-bats in July, he hit .367/.408/.600. The Brewers are resilient everywhere, but without one of their few genuine power threats and hottest bats, plus an everyday outfielder, they are courting a potential offensive slump. The most fans can hope for from Chourio is that he returns fully healthy by the first week of September. Until then, Blake Perkins and trade pickup Brandon Lockridge should see plenty of playing time while Yelich takes more reps in the outfield after getting most of his at-bats this season as the designated hitter.
Triple H provides statement on Seth Rollins' SummerSlam appearance
Night one of SummerSlam 2026 ended with a bang. Seth Rollins came back from what now appears to have been a fake injury, cashing in his Money In The Bank briefcase against CM Punk. The WWE fanbase had long postulated the idea of Rollins returning at SummerSlam. His return felt like low-hanging fruit. Yet, despite the expectations, both Punk and Rollins played the situation perfectly. Now, as we head into night two of SummerSlam, there is a new World Heavyweight Champion in town. When speaking at the SummerSlam post-show, Paul "Triple H" Levesque admitted, albeit in kayfabe, that he wasn't pleased with Rollins falsifying injury reports to get the upper hand on Punk. "Seth Rollins is playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers," Levesque said. "And he comes out, goes through none of it and takes the World Heavyweight Championship. My hats off to Seth Rollins. That’s a smart way to do business. Not thrilled about bogus medical reports, but we’ll deal with that down the line." Not everyone will be happy with Rollins becoming the new champion. They will feel like Punk was robbed. Or that WWE creative took the easiest route possible. And in truth, they're probably right. However, sometimes the best way to progress a story is to go with the most obvious segue. The fact is, everyone came away from the SummerSlam main event with some form of emotion. The story being told worked; it made people feel. And now, the storyline moves on to how Punk and Rollins — two heated rivals — will move forward. A future title match is all but guaranteed, yet it's the story, week after week, month after month, that will captivate people. WWE used SummerSlam as a jumping-off point, and now, we could see the very best of CM Punk, likely culminating in a main-event title match at WrestleMania 42. So, yes, Rollins' win was a deflating moment for many, but what comes from that moment will keep wrestling fans talking for the next six to 12 months, and that was likely the whole point.
Hulu Free Trial: You Still Can Try 3 or 30 Days of Free Streaming in August 2025
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