Warriors settling into offensive groove

INDIANAPOLIS — Shortly after Kevin Durant announced his intention July 4 to sign with the Warriors, Utah center Rudy Gobert distilled much of the nation's reaction to a tweet: Wow.. With arguably four of the NBA's top 20 players, including two of its top three, Golden State boasted the makings of a historically explosive offense. To maximize that potential, head coach Steve Kerr needed to incorporate Durant into his system without infringing on what makes Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green special. [...] more than four months after Gobert's tweet, Golden State has yet to find a way to play with more than one basketball. Through Saturday, the Warriors were averaging 116.8 points per game, seven more points than the league's second-highest scoring team, the Lakers. The Warriors have scored at least 100 points and dished out at least 30 assists in their past seven games, all wins. Since going 53-for-178 (29.8 percent) from beyond the arc over its first six games, it is 99-for-233 (42.5 percent) over its past seven. The Warriors' effective field-goal percentage, a stat that adjusts for three-pointers being 1.5 times more valuable than two-point shots, easily paced...