Golden State Warriors at Boston Celtics: 4 takeaways from Thursday’s loss

P-N-R? M.I.A.

The Warriors are a three – happy jumpshooting team that runs a killer motion offense with multiple nuances. This approach is why they are where they are. However, they tend to lean on that to their own detriment.

I don’t remember a segment in the game where the Warriors ran a series of Pick and Rolls. Boston doesn’t have much of an interior defense. They are ranked in the bottom third of the league in blocks at 18th in the league.

They  were successful at attacking the basket during the first and for whatever reason, got away form that. Had they ran some pick and roll opportunities, the outcome of Curry’s stat line and the game probably would have been different.

In order to get Curry out of his funk, Kerr could have ran some pick and pop opportunities with Draymond Green or KD.  I understand the reluctance to do it for all intents and purposes, a ordinary game in November with 60 plus games left to play in the regular season. I get that.

However, Kerr could have ran p-n-r situations with Nick Young and Javale McGee or anybody from the 5011 people Kerr played in the rotation last night. Jumpers are great but sometimes you have to get gritty and run the basics to keep the offense going instead of going cold from the field.