The Golden State Warriors are unique offensively, and not just because, with DeMarcus Cousins in the fold, they possess four players capable of dropping 30 points without a sweat in any given game. The two-time defending champions lead the NBA in offensive ratings this season, but unlike other teams with devastating offensive attacks, they are equally as good on halfcourt as they do in transition.

Scary, right? Especially considering plays like this soaring fast-break alley-oop from one MVP to another early in the Warriors' Thursday night tilt against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, and their teammates do enough damage when they're bottled up in the halfcourt. According to Cleaning the Glass, Golden State ranks first in points per 100 possessions scored on the halfcourt, with a wild 117.2 rating – the team's highest of the Steve Kerr era. All that passing and cutting at the expense of a high-ball screen after a high-ball screen seems foolish when the Warriors briefly struggle, but the numbers bear out just how effective Kerr's unique system is when the game slows down.

Golden State ranks first in transition offensive efficiency, notching the same 117.2 points per 100 possessions as it does in the halfcourt. No wonder the Warriors, winners of 11 straight games coming into Thursday's action, are overwhelming favorites to take home an unprecedented – in the modern NBA, at least – fourth Larry O'Brien Trophy in five seasons.

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Before Golden State gears up for the playoffs, though, it needs to get past Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Jimmy Butler, and company at Oracle Arena. The Warriors hold a slim lead midway through the second quarter.