Certainly, the Warriors lost in Dallas, against a Luka Doncic still author of a huge triple-double, but Steve Kerr offered us a real little candy on the ultimate possession of the meeting.
Because with Dorian Finney-Smith who is only 1/2 in free throws, Golden State still has the opportunity to equalize and snatch the extension. With 4.1 seconds on the clock, it’s Draymond Green who makes the throw-in, while Steve Kerr will use Stephen Curry as the axis of rotation of his system.
Indeed, Andrew Wiggins, Jordan Poole and Klay Thompson all revolve around him, and the leader himself is such a threat from afar that this pattern logically ends up causing a communication error.
Josh Green and Tim Hardaway Jr. find themselves both on Jordan Poole, while Klay Thompson finds himself the only weak side. Draymond Green can therefore pass the ball to him on the opposite side, taking advantage of a screen (worthy of an American football “ligneman”) from Stephen Curry, which prevents Dorian Finney-Smith from interfering with the shot.
Stephen Curry in different roles
It ultimately failed, with Golden State fans noticing the beauty of the system, questioning Klay Thompson’s choice as the first option. It is true that the “Splash Brother” were 1/6 away in the match, but as was also the case with Andrew Wiggins (1/6) and Jordan Poole (1/6), while Stephen Curry (5/14) was also not in his best address level evening, there was not necessarily a suitable solution for the Warriors.
In any case, we see this season that Steve Kerr uses Stephen Curry more in this role of axis of rotation, as in this diagram, earlier in the season against Charlotte, where the point guard plays a hand-to-hand fight with Jordan Poole, in the role usually held by an insider. What inevitably disturb the opposing defenders.
