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Steve Kerr took the blame squarely on his shoulders after the Golden State Warriors lost a Game 4 on the road against the San Antonio Spurs.
The Warriors had carved a dominant 3-0 lead in the series coming into Sunday's game, winning every game by double digits, but in retrospect, Kerr knew he didn't have this team prepared enough for what was soon to come.
Golden State came out lackadaisical, turning the ball over early and often, and even with the team not suffering the consequences of their mistakes — it was a sign their coach let slip.
“I take a lot of the blame for that,” said Kerr, according to Mark Medina of the San Jose Mercury News. “I should know better as a coach with a team that has been up 3-0 plenty of times. You have to know you’re going into the Lion’s Den, especially against a team like the Spurs.”
The counter was up to seven turnovers in the first five minutes of play — a clear sign that the Spurs were disruptive enough and that the Warriors lacked the “appropriate fear” to drop a closeout game of this magnitude on the road.
“I should’ve taken a timeout three minutes into the game and broken a clipboard,” said Kerr. “I should’ve called a timeout, lit into them and did anything I could. More than that, I should’ve had them prepared pregame for what was coming and I didn’t feel I did a good job of that.”
Kerr wasn't thrilled with the team's ball movement or execution following the game, but players have taken collective ownership of this loss, looking to close it out for good tonight at Oracle Arena.
“It’s great Steve is taking ownership, but that’s on us players, too,” said shooting guard Klay Thompson, who had his worst game of the series with 12 points on 4-of-16 shooting. “We have to get ourselves going. It’s our job. We’re a championship team and we’ll respond like one come tomorrow. We’re a championship pedigree and we’ll respond like champs tomorrow.”
