SALT LAKE CITY — At any given time during Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals Saturday night, at least a half-dozen Warriors players sat on the bench with “Strength in Numbers” emblazoned across their chests.
It was subtle nod toward the ailing Steve Kerr, who coined that slogan long before he needed to take an indefinite hiatus to tend to his chronic pain. But Kerr is the first to admit that, to become the first head coach in major sports history to win 200 games, he often leaned on transcendent individual performances.
In powering Golden State to a 102-91 win Saturday over the Jazz, Kevin Durant reinforced why he is a future Hall of Famer.