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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was critical of the team's poor habits, as they have constantly played careless and clumsy basketball in the first quarter, often resulting in silly fouls or turnovers through the early get-go.
On Wednesday's game against the Miami Heat, the Warriors quickly found themselves trailing, as several Heat players caught fire from beyond the arc while Golden State struggled to dial from long distance.
The Warriors have played four games after the All-Star break, resulting in a lackadaisical 2-2 record, causing Kerr to point to poor boxouts, transition defense, over-fouling and his players showing very little interest in playing crisp basketball:
Article Continues Below“Our habits have been awful,” Kerr said, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic.
The Warriors lost Wednesday night’s first quarter by 10 points and are now a minus-18 in their last eight first quarters, often forced to play from behind simply by coming into games without the right focus or motivation.
Golden State couldn't even put the blame on being distracted in efforts to integrate DeMarcus Cousins, as he sat out the night due to load management.
A Thursday night tilt against the playoff-chasing Orlando Magic will pose a similar challenge, as they're set to suit up without Kevin Durant and Andre Iguodala and forced to engineer a way to win by playing proper basketball.
Kerr fears that if this trend isn't corrected by the last few games of the season, it will be difficult to erase these habits when the Warriors attempt to make another long playoff run.
