Analysis: The Warriors’ small ball 'lineup of death' is no longer lethal
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr. By Neil Greenberg Neil Greenberg Reporter analyzing advanced sports statistics for The Washington Post Email Bio Follow May 8 at 11:16 AM There was a time when the Golden State Warriors’ so-called small ball lineup of death — featuring Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green — was the most dominating five-man unit on the basketball court.
The most glaring reason for the decline lies at the feet of Curry and Thompson, two sharpshooters who are 20 for 72 from behind the arc, which includes a woeful 5 for 20 on wide-open three-point attempts during the series against the Houston Rockets. That’s helped knock down the offensive rating of the “Hamptons Five” lineup from 121.1 during the 2017 and 2018 title runs to a much more manageable 113.7 in 2019.
Perhaps it’s due to fatigue. Coach Steve Kerr is leaning on his best lineup more often against Houston than he has in previous series. Kerr has deployed the “Hamptons Five” for almost 26 minutes per game against the Rockets, more than three times as often as he did against the Los Angeles Clippers in the opening round and more often than he used them during the 2017 and 2018 championship runs.
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