That need to hit both sides of the spectrum is why many of the elite two-way role players in today’s game have traditionally come from later stages of the draft than you’d expect. Not only does the player need to have the right mentality and maturity levels, but the skill set needs to be versatile enough to complement a team’s star players. And way too many times, versatility is less likely to stand out in the crowd versus a player with a singular elite skill. The two-way, multi-talented, role-playing wing is maybe the second-hardest player type to find outside of a star player. Guys like Khris Middleton and Jae Crowder, for instance, were second-rounders in part due to the fact that they did everything well, but not one thing exceedingly well until they got to the next level.
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It’s a small game and you’ve got shooters everywhere and you have to be able to protect the rim with LeBron [James] coming downhill, with [Kevin] Love posting up and Draymond’s on the bench.
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That’s a pretty scary proposition for us and I thought Kevin’s defense was unreal and was probably the key to the whole game, along with the perimeter defense of Klay [Thompson] and Andre [Iguodala], trying to do their best with Kyrie [Irving] and LeBron. But KD was amazing.
The Warriors had just four turnovers in Game 1 — a figure James alone doubled — but that increased to 20 on Sunday, with Kerr making it clear he will not accept a repeat performance when the series continues at Quicken Loans Arena on Wednesday.
I mean that’s been the focus the last two days — can we repeat the formula? The answer was no, we did not repeat, he said.
[This] was a game based on talent, we had a lot of guys who played exceptionally well individually and we played with great energy.
But heading to Cleveland we’re going to have to be a lot smarter. We play that same game in Cleveland there’s no way we win.