Warriors losing to Lakers in 2023 NBA playoffs allows rare reflections

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Early exit lets Kerr, Warriors have rare self-reflection originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea

SAN FRANCISCO — Joe Lacob and the rest of the Warriors ownership group proudly celebrated their dream, their vision, with a championship parade down Market Street almost exactly one year ago.

Lacob boisterously promised championships to a franchise that hadn’t seen one since 1975, and then won three in Oakland. His prized jewel was Chase Center and bringing a water-front arena to San Francisco. The first season of its opening was overshadowed by COVID-19 and an injury-plagued team. Steph Curry shined but the Warriors still weren’t whole in Year 2 as they fell in the NBA play-in tournament.

Chase Center’s third Warriors season saw them first celebrate on the floor of TD Garden, and then down the streets of San Francisco.

Everything was a celebration. The Warriors proved their dynasty still is very much alive, and let everyone know about it. And then came this season, one that came to a halt in Hollywood with the lights turning off earlier than the Warriors are used to.

“I think for me, the way I look at this season is that sometimes losing can give you clarity in terms of where you need to be better,” Steve Kerr said Tuesday. “It probably would have been tough to walk in first day of training camp this year and say, ‘Hey, we’ve got to improve in this area or that area,’ and then the guys are looking at me like, ‘We just won the damn championship.’

“It’s a lot easier when you lose for everybody to look in the mirror and say, ‘What can we do better? What can I do better? What can we do better?

“So that’s the job of the coaching staff this year. Really figure out where we can improve and find ways to teach those things, implement them in the summer, next training camp, and get better. That’s an exciting prospect. That’s the whole idea is to use this opportunity to improve and to take another step.”

That’s how Kerr began his end-of-the-season media session four days after the Warriors were blown out by the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals. He specifically was focused on him and his coaching…

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Publish date : 2023-05-19 18:20:09

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