Even if they quickly accepted the idea of ”swinging” the game 5 in Houston after the perfect first half of the Rockets, the Warriors did not send the performance of this meeting to the trash. There are lessons to learn from it, despite an inexpensive video session.
“It was not that revealing that. We were not in it and we already knew it during the match, so I’m not sure we learned much “concedes Steve Kerr on this viewing of the images of the meeting.
The main concern of the Warriors in this match was the attack on the defense of the zone, when Houston aligned together Alperen Sengun and Steven Adams. The 10 shoots in 25 minutes from Jimmy Butler were not sufficient. Same for Stephen Curry, Aphone for long minutes before marking his first basket in the middle of the second quarter. The playmaker took 12 shoots, and with Jimmy Butler, they finished a weak 6/22 shooting.
Sometimes they did not touch the ball on a whole possession …
“I’m not a big fan of that. I prefer when everyone touches the ball, or at least once for one of the two ”, would like Steve Kerr. “We talked about it throughout the season, to play with the movements of Stephen Curry, which attracts attention so much. When Butler arrived, it became a mantra. »»
Do not let the Deprive Golden State area of its strength
“I was not good enough to give him the ball”indicates the coach of Golden State by evoking the performance of the former Miami. “We dispersed offensively and Jimmy lost a little. It is not very complicated: we must give him the ball and spaces. »»
During the training on Thursday, the Warriors therefore worked in the face of an area defense, to prepare. “We need to have better spacing. We attacked the area rather well in this series, with good shoots. The idea of the area is to push the teams to play actions that are not their usual systems. The Playoffs, it is to deprive the teams of their forces ”analyse Steve Kerr.
What if one of the keys was also to relaunch Draymond Green, to redo a hub?
“We can clearly put Draymond in a position to play the game. We talked about it, we did some actions in training to place it in situations where he can do the game as he usually does”concludes the Californian coach upstream of the decisive game 6, which the Warriors will play this time at home.
