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Warriors’ defense sets the tone as Steve Kerr pushes the right buttons to seal the deal against the Celtics

Synergy tracking has counted only two teams in the NBA who have trapped around pick-and-rolls this season: the Golden State Warriors and the Brooklyn Nets. The total number of traps the Warriors have tallied (44) and the total number of traps the Nets have tallied (11) is a chasm — but the Warriors, curiously, have allowed opponents to score 1.175 points per possession on a trapped pick-and-roll, which isn’t a particularly good number to be giving up.

However, the Warriors have used their trapping scheme to set the tone for the rest of their defensive efforts in a given game.