Warriors’ defense adjusting to next steps in NBA’s pace and space evolution

SAN FRANCISCO – From what he’s seeing on the Warriors’ sidelines to reviewing film, the game Warriors coach Steve Kerr is watching isn’t close to what the NBA was 10 years ago. Not even five. What it looked like when he won all those championships as a player in the 1990s, and his final season in 2003, was closer to silent films than the product seen in the Warriors’ two straight losses to short-handed teams. The Milwaukee Bucks announced an hour ahead of tipoff that Giannis Antetokounmpo was ruled out Thursday night after being probable on the injury report all day. On top of Tyrese Haliburton being out for the season from his torn Achilles in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, the Indiana Pacers didn’t have a win and they didn’t have Andrew Nembhard, Obi Toppin, Bennedict Mathurin and T.J. McConnell on Saturday. But both teams raced right by the Warriors.Ryan Rollins, their own former second-round draft pick, did for a career-high 32 points, eight assists and one turnover. Quenton Jackson, a 27-year-old former undrafted point guard on a two-way contract, did for 25 points and 10 assists – both career highs – without turning...