Steve Kerr ‘excited’ about Warriors’ room for growth

In the face of mounting wins, the Warriors' head coach is tasked with highlighting areas in need of improvement. On Monday night, while pundits focused on the dominant first half that paved Golden State's 126-91 rout of Cleveland, Kerr zeroed in on yet another second-half letdown. In the third quarter, the Warriors mustered 17 points on 5-of-23 shooting with seven turnovers. When up big, Golden State tends to get complacent, make sloppy passes and pile up giveaways. Two glaring fourth-quarter meltdowns — one on Christmas in Cleveland, the other Jan. 6 against Memphis — overshadowed numerous other times in which the Warriors hung on to win despite lackadaisical second-half stretches. After not losing back-to-back games in the regular season, they went 15-9 in the playoffs. Golden State needed to climb out of a 3-1 hole in the Western Conference finals, something only nine teams had done in playoff series history, to set up a rematch with the Cavaliers. After two seasons as an offensive focal point on the Warriors' second unit, Shaun Livingston has had to adjust to sharing the court with at least two of the team's primary scorers.