Schedule and 2017-18 Results
Regular Season Records: Golden State 58-24, New Orleans 48-34
Game 1 on Saturday, 28 April: New Orleans loses at Golden State, 123-pts-101
Game 2 on Tuesday, 01 May: New Orleans loses at Golden State, 121-pts-116
Game 3 on Friday, 04 May: Golden State loses at New Orleans, 119-pts-100
Game 4 on Sunday, 06 May: Golden State wins at New Orleans, 118-pts-92
Game 5 on Tuesday, 08 May: New Orleans loses at Golden State, 113-pts-104

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Golden State Warriors hosted and defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 113-pts-104 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1379 victory. With the series 1379 win, the Golden State Warriors improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 20-11 (with an active six-series winning streak befitting a defending NBA champion) overall and 7-7 (with an active four-Quarterfinals series winning streak) in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1379 loss, the New Orleans Pelicans see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 1-2 overall and 0-1 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Golden State Warriors in series 1379 was WWLWW: Series 1379 thus becomes the 26th NBA Quarterfinals-round series, the 60th NBA series (all rounds), and the 122nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The last best-of-7 NBA Quarterfinals playoff series which followed a WWLWW win order was also won by the Golden State Warriors (series 1312, over the Portland Trailblazers in the 2016 NBA Quarterfinals).

After Game 4: The Golden State Warriors visited and defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 118-pts-92 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1379 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 7-1 and a Game 5 record of 5-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the New Orleans Pelicans have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 5 record of 0-0. The sole loss by the Golden State Warriors in the wake of a 3-games-1 lead in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series occurred in the 2016 NBA Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

After Game 3: The New Orleans Pelicans hosted and defeated the Golden State Warriors 119-pts-100 to reduce the Golden State Warriors best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1379 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 6-2 and a Game 4 record of 5-3 (with an active five-Game 4 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the New Orleans Pelicans have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 4 record of 0-0. Series 1379 becomes the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series in which the New Orleans Pelicans will not sweep or be swept.

After Game 2: The Golden State Warriors hosted and topped the New Orleans Pelicans 121-pts-116 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1379 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 10-1 (with an active five-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 8-3 (with an active five-Game 3 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the New Orleans Pelicans have a series record of 0-1 and a Game 3 record of 0-1.

After Game 1: The Golden State Warriors hosted and bested the New Orleans Pelicans 123-pts-101 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1379 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 16-4 (with an active five-series winning streak) and a Game 2 record of 11-9 (with an active eight-Game 2 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the New Orleans Pelicans have a series record of 0-1 and a Game 2 record of 0-1. The series 1379 Game 1 victory for the host Golden State Warriors is their seventh consecutive NBA playoffs Game 1 victory; the Warriors will now pursue their tenth consecutive NBA playoffs Game 2 victory and their sixth consecutive NBA playoffs Game 3 victory.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2017-18 NBA regular season, the Golden State Warriors finished ten games ahead of the New Orleans Pelicans. From 1947 through the 2018 NBA Preliminary round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by ten regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 19-4 (.826) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1379 is the 31st best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Golden State Warriors, and the third for the New Orleans Pelicans. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Golden State Warriors have an all-rounds series record of 19-11 (with an active five-series winning streak befitting a defending NBA champion), a Quarterfinals-round series record of 6-7, and a Game 1 record of 20-10 (with an active six-Game 1 winning streak), while the New Orleans Pelicans have an all-rounds series record of 1-1, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 0-0, and a Game 1 record of 1-1. Series 1379 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Golden State Warriors and the New Orleans Pelicans. In their previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting (in series 1273), the Golden State Warriors swept the New Orleans Pelicans from the 2015 NBA Preliminary round.