Warriors sweep Pelicans in rare back-to-back before leaving for road trip

SAN FRANCISCO — The Pelicans were even more short-handed than the Warriors, having CJ McCollum, Trey Murphy III, Herb Jones and Dejounte Murray unavailable due to injuries.

Their skeleton crew couldn’t keep pace with the Warriors, even without Steph Curry, Andrew Wiggins and De’Anthony Melton for a second straight night. Especially with their best two players no-showing.

Draymond Green (14 points, six assists, five blocks, four rebounds and a steal) and Trayce Jackson-Davis (15 points...