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     Saarang Kurra Bewarse Username: Saarang Post Number: 1040 Registered: 04-2015 Posted From: 66.25.5.81 Rating: N/A |
The facts: In the four regular seasons since Kerr became the Warriors' coach in 2014, his club has gone on 10-0 runs 253 times, the most in the NBA. The Warriors' record in such games is 165-20, meaning they win these games at about the same rate that Stephen Curry hits his free throws. In the same span, they've dropped 27 devastating 15-0 runs, also tops in the league, to the tune of 25 wins and two losses. Hey, guys, you gotta stay focused. You ... gotta ... stay ... focused. And you can't let them have the runs." It's Dec. 4, 2017, and Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry is preaching to his players what he always preaches before facing the Warriors. He says it before tonight's matchup in New Orleans and then again at halftime, with his team ahead 69-49. "You fear it," Gentry says now. "You turn it over, they hit a 3. You come back down, you take a good shot, but it doesn't go in. They come back down and now they hit a layup. And now you come back down again, you throw it inside, you miss an easy basket; they get a 3 and you're saying, 'God, we just need good shots.' And you look up, you're down nine." Indeed, on this night, the Warriors open the third quarter on a 15-0 run -- Gentry's fears realized in 3 minutes, 47 seconds -- outscoring the Pelicans 39-22 in the frame on their way to a 125-115 win. It would mark the third game of the season in which the Pelicans had a double-digit lead over the Warriors only to lose. |