Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors are in the midst of a five-game losing streak and have gone 2-9 in their last 11 games. It's not surprising that change may be imminent for the team by The Bay.

Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was vocal on one big switch the team is making, with Stephen Curry going back to his old substitution pattern – the same one he's been used to throughout the success of the Golden State dynasty over the years.

Via Anthony Slater:

“We started it last night,” said Kerr after the Warriors' loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night. “It's not necessarily going to be exactly 12-6 but it's going to be basically one rest instead of two. It'll probably bridge the first and second quarters. It kind of depends on how he's going in the first and third quarters. Now that we have Klay back and now that we're in a situation where we're heading for the stretch run, it feels important to get Steph into that rotation pattern.”

In years past, Stephen Curry would often play the entire first and third quarters and then sit close to half of the second and fourth quarters before re-entering the fold to finish out both halves. That rotation pattern allowed the Warriors point guard more time to sizzle on the court with consecutive minutes without having to think about being pulled out of the game.

That's led to some scintillatingly hot scoring quarters for Stephen Curry in the past, and it's part of the reason why the Warriors were always so deadly in the third quarter – when the game starts to get serious and Stephen Curry locks in with a full quarter after the halftime break.

However, the Warriors made it a point earlier in the season to revamp Steph Curry's substitution pattern in favor of one that gets him two breaks instead of one within each half. The goal was to sneak in multiple pockets of rest for Curry as to keep his minutes low throughout the year. Curry himself wasn't necessarily a fan of the move earlier in the season, but it wasn't as much of an issue when Golden State was winning basically all their games.

But now with the Warriors hitting a serious rough patch, Steve Kerr admitted to more recently getting forced to keep Stephen Curry on the floor in an attempt to keep the team afloat during cold stretches.

“We also think it's easier for us to keep his minutes around 36. What's happened of late is we've been in desperation mode and played him the entire fourth quarter several times because when his normal rest time would come, we'd be down six and struggling to score and we had to keep him in. So I think this is a good time to make that change.”

With Draymond Green still out and Klay Thompson still finding his footing of late, there's been a lot more pressure on Stephen Curry. But with another title run in their line of sight, the Warriors would be wise to think long term and maximize their star without overextending him.