The Golden State Warriors posted an extremely good offensive game on Sunday afternoon to upset the Denver Nuggets. They shot well from the field, from three, and from the free-throw line, and simply had a sound offense that led to a 128-117 win.

However, despite getting Draymond Green back onto the court and facing a team that is, by most metrics, outright worse than the Nuggets in the New Orleans Pelicans, the Warriors just couldn't get it done on Tuesday evening.

The Dubs scored just 19 points in the first quarter and 20 points in the second, making the deficit too large to come back from even with another stellar fourth quarter, as they eventually lost, 113-109.

After the game, Steve Kerr expressed what specifically he was frustrated with from the Warriors' play.

"21 turnovers. We didn't execute very well offensively. Spacing was bad. In transition, we had probably three potential layups in the first half, but we didn't run, we didn't cut to the rim, we didn't get to the corners. So, we just looked a little disjointed. I thought their pressure early took us out of some stuff, but the game was right there for us. We just couldn't execute well enough. With the injuries we have, we have to play well to win, and I don't think we played well tonight."

Of course, those injuries included Steph Curry, Kristaps Porzingis, and Jimmy Butler's ACL injury that remains hanging over the Warriors' season — three very quality players. Nonetheless, the Warriors had a chance today to pick up what should have been an easy win, but unfortunately squandered it.

The Warriors had one of the worst first and second quarters of the season, and it directly led to the loss.

They scored just 19 points in the first quarter, tied for the 6th-lowest amount in the first quarter and the 15th-lowest amount in any single quarter in a game this season. Then, they followed it up with just 20 points in the second quarter, the 7th-lowest total of its kind.

Overall, in the first half, the Warriors shot just 15-48 from the field and 6-26 from three-point range, or 31.3% and 26%, respectively. It's the third-worst field goal percentage in a first half this season, and for it to come against a Pelicans team that has the fourth-worst defensive rating and the sixth-worst opponent field goal percentage in the NBA is a travesty.

The Warriors did get their final percentage up to 41.2%, thanks to a great second half, but the damage was done.

Individually, De'Anthony Melton led the way with a season-high 28 points, but he wasn't particularly efficient, shooting just 8-21 from the field. Moses Moody had another great game, scoring 24 points and knocking down four triples, while Brandin Podziemski had yet another monster rebounding game, securing 15 rebounds to go with his 16 points off the bench.

The Warriors will need to rebound from this tough loss quickly, as they fly from New Orleans to Memphis for the second half of a back-to-back against the Grizzlies.