Besides the decision to start De’Anthony Melton at the two-guard next to Stephen Curry, there are two notable standouts in the box score of the Golden State Warriors’ 127-116 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder: Trayce Jackson-Davis, who started the game at the five, saw only 4 minutes and 43 seconds of action; Kevon Looney, his veteran backup, didn’t see the floor at all. A key aspect of this deep Warriors roster has been adaptability, and Steve Kerr deemed it wise to adapt to what the situation against the Thunder called for.
That situation may have been born out of one particular sequence in the first quarter.