It was not like the match defeat of the Warriors match of the Warriors against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday revealed secrets in coach Steve Kerr.
“In fact, it was not so revealing,” Kerr said in a video call Thursday with journalists. “We were not very clear at all, but we knew that watching him live, so I’m not sure we learned a lot.”
The Warriors have an advance of 3-2 and welcome the Rockets at the Chase Center in match 6 Friday at 6 p.m.
It is particularly worrying to attack a defense of the Houston area which puts Alperen Sangun and Steven Adams on the ground at the same time and kept the Warriors – the Garde Stephen Curry and the striker Jimmy Butler in particular – to be in their usual mode of attack.
Butler’s problems, Kerr said, were not linked to his deep bruise of the sustained buttocks in match 2.
“I think Jimmy will be fine tomorrow,” said Kerr. “I thought he looked well on a band. I didn’t make a good enough by making him the ball, but he is ready to leave and he is excited. That’s a bit what he does.”
Curry and Butler were a 6 for 22 combined in total and none marked until Curry reached a 3-point-dos stall with 6:03 to do in the second quarter. At that time, the Warriors dragged 52-33.
The Warriors were so somehow that there were goods when Curry and Butler were on the ground together and did not touch the ball before a blow was taken. Curry finished with 13 points on shot 4 for 12 and Butler had eight and was 2 for 10 before Kerr withdrew the third trimester with the Warriors desperately behind.
“I’m not a big fan of that,” said Kerr. “I prefer that everyone touches the ball or at least one of them. Something we have talked about all the season is that we have to play Steph because of the attention he attracts. And once we had Jimmy, this has become part of the Mantra as well. We will do a better job that night. ”
Kerr said that Butler’s problems were more concerned with the functioning of the offense.
“We dispersed … Jimmy lost a little in the shuffle,” said Kerry. “The thing with Jimmy is that he is neither complex nor complicated on the way he plays. You just have to make him the ball and be spaced. We must have better control of the game by connecting the offensive and the defense and that’s where Jimmy is at his best.”
The embarrassing area of Houston was a coach point during the training on Thursday.
“We need space a little better, and we just had a step -by -step procedure and went through part of this,” said Kerr. “We have some actions that we put in place against zone. We have attacked it quite well in the series and have obtained a little look.
The Vanvleet dilemma: Houston goalkeeper Fred Vanvleet opened the series in progress of 6 for 27 on 3 -point attempts in the first two games. During the last two, it is 12 for 18, giving the Rockets an external threat that is very necessary.
“It’s never easy. They pose a lot of problems,” said Kerr. “They have a few super screen boxes in Adams and Sengun, in mass. And Fred has just drawn the lights. We must remain more attached to him.
Draymond’s struggle: Draymond Green has never been a big guy from Stat, but one stood out negatively in match 5. One of the best Warriors passers -by, he had only one pass in 18 minutes.
“We can certainly put Draymond in places to help his game creation,” said Kerr. “This is something we have talked about and have gone through a few things today to put it in places where it can create a bit as it does normally.”
Kuminga status: Stronger Jonathan Kuminga was scratched before Tipoff Wednesday with an illness, which turned out to be a serious headache.
“He feels much better today,” said Kerr. “He had a migraine, he said it was clarified. He will be ready to leave tomorrow.”
Who will start?: Kerr would not say if Buddy Hield, who started match 5, would remain in the opening formation.
“We consider everything,” said Kerr. “This is one of the things with this team is that we have to flexible for each match of how we are approaching. Each team I have trained has been different. We had the chance to start essentially the same five guys many seasons, but it is a team that requires a little more creativity, game planning, and all the options are on the table.”
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