NEW ORLEANS -- In the first three games of the season for the New Orleans Pelicans, the team was scrappy and competitive despite missing No. 1 overall pick Zion Williamson. Even without Jrue Holiday in Saturday night's game against the Houston Rockets, the Pelicans were still in the game in the final seconds.

That wasn't the case Monday night.

The Golden State Warriors, fresh off losing their first two games by a combined 47 points, came into the Smoothie King Center and led wire-to-wire with a 134-123 win to drop the Pelicans to 0-4.

The final score was also not indicative of how the Pelicans played, and New Orleans coach Alvin Gentry doesn't want anyone to think anything different.

"I just thought tonight, you look at the game and you look at the score and you think, 'Oh, it ended up being an 11 point game.' We were never in the game," Gentry said. "We never had any chance at all to win, and I think that's the most disturbing thing to me, especially playing at home."

Golden State led by as many as 29 points with 5:07 to play, but New Orleans' backups finished the game on a 24-6 run.

Gentry said he felt the team gave themselves an opportunity to win in the first three games but couldn't contain the basketball against Golden State, and it showed in the result.

"First three games, I thought we played well and gave ourselves an opportunity to win," Gentry said. "We talk all along about establishing some kind of home-court advantage, which is very important in making it difficult to come in here and win. If we're going to say we're not going to bow down, then we're going to have to do a lot better than that from the standpoint of the way we compete when teams come in here."

Along with missing Williamson and Holiday, the Pelicans were also without center Derrick Favors, who wasn't available because of right knee soreness.

Without Favors in the lineup, the Pelicans struggled on the glass. New Orleans hadn't been out-rebounded by more than four in its first 3 games, but the Pelicans were out-rebounded 61-41 against the Warriors.

Golden State also flexed their muscle on the offensive glass with 19 offensive rebounds, which led to 30 second-chance points.

"That's not really something that they're known for. They struggle in that department the last five years, really," Gentry said. "That was something that was glaring."

Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram, who finished with a game-high 27 points and led New Orleans with 10 rebounds, pointed to the defensive rebounding as an issue the team needs to clear up.

"Just getting it off the glass, trying to get into offense fast, trying to not let the other team have second chance points, that's been hurting us a little bit, but we've just got to stay together," Ingram said. "As a new group, we continue to get better and try not to take any steps backwards."

Ingram also wouldn't get discouraged about his team's winless start.

"We have enough guys in here where we feel like we can win basketball games," Ingram said. "I think we just got down a little bit when we weren't making shots. It affected our energy a little bit. We have the guys in this room that we need, so we won't get discouraged at all."