After a regular season (particularly the final month) of inconsistent focus, the W’s, on cue, have begun their playoff run towards a repeat championship with three remarkably consistent—one might even say formulaically predictable—wins over the overmatched (and miss-shooting) San Antonio Spurs.
“It all begins with defense,” each player and coach associated with W’s intones in unison.
And it’s true.
But let’s bore a little deeper.
9-man rotation
As a coach who likes to include all his roster—and who will typically feather in a player who doesn’t play one game into the next game—Kerr has been remarkably stoic and fixed with his 9-man playoff rotation thus far.