Golden State Warriors: 5 Problems With The Super Team In Oakland

Too Much ISO

This right here is not the Golden State Warriors brand of basketball. Or at least, it isn’t the brand of basketball that got this team an NBA title and a 73-win season in the last two seasons.

Watch out outwardly angry Draymond is when he sees that Durant is going to try and win this game by himself. Curry looks disapointed too, although he can’t be too upset considering he did the exact same thing the last time the Dubs were on offense.

Look how far back Durant goes on this move by Curry. He’s out of the frame! There is no point in having both Curry and Durant if the Warriors are only going to use one of them at a time.

Of course for most of the season, the Warriors have moved the ball. They still lead the NBA in assists, and they dish more of them per game than they did last season.

That just makes the lack of passing in those two sequences all the more frustrating. Even if the lineup of death is not fully functioning, abandoning any sort of ball movement in late-game scenarios is a good way to lose those games.

It’s not very surprising that Golden State ISOs more effectively than anybody, considering the scorers present on the Warriors. Even still, the Dubs score 113 points per 100 possessions off of screens, compared to just 102 points per 100 possessions in isolation.

When the Warriors hit a cutter, they score a ridiculous 139 points per 100 possessions.

They’re not great at pick and rolls this season, but even looking at just cuts and shots off of screens it’s obvious there were better options for that Grizzlies game than taking a contested, isolation three-point attempt.

Golden State doesn’t run many ISOs normally, but resorting to them in crucial situations only magnifies the ineffectiveness of that particular play type.