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Warriors look to cut down on over-passing

San Francisco Chronicle
Published December 29, 2016 at 7:45 PM
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Even more than three-pointers, the Warriors subsist on ball movement. An uncanny ability to make the extra pass and find the open man is the driving force behind their NBA-best record. "We're trying to make the second or third pass when we have a layup on the first or second one," Kevin Durant said after the Warriors committed 20 turnovers in Wednesday's win over Toronto. Pair that with a 42-18 disadvantage on the offensive glass, and the Warriors have attempted 49 fewer shots than their opponents. [...] for the Warriors to win their second NBA title in three years, they probably need to address what went wrong in their most recent games against their two biggest threats, San Antonio and Cleveland. Golden State recorded 16 turnovers in its 29-point loss to the Spurs on Oct. 25, and 19 giveaways in its one-point loss to the Cavaliers on Sunday. The Warriors were up 25 points Wednesday on Toronto, which sits just behind Cleveland for the Eastern Conference's top seed, before they committed nine turnovers in the second quarter to allow the Raptors back in the game. Most of those were live-ball turnovers that came when Warriors players forced extra passes into traffic. The league...

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