Warriors coach Steve Kerr on Game 5 tape: ‘I’m not sure we learned a whole lot’

It wasn t like the match tape of the Warriors Contest playoff loss to the Houston Rockets Wednesday disclosed any secrets to coach Steve Kerr Definitely it wasn t that revealing Kerr commented Thursday in a video call with reporters We weren t sharp at all but we knew that watching it live so I m not sure we learned a whole lot The Warriors hold a - lead and host the Rockets at Chase Center in Match Friday at p m Of particular concern is attacking a Houston zone defense that puts Alperen Sengun and Steven Adams on the court at the same time and kept the Warriors guard Stephen Curry and forward Jimmy Butler in particular from being in their usual attack mode Butler s troubles Kerr declared were not related to his deep glute contusion sustained in Tournament I think Jimmy will be fine the day after Kerr declared I thought he looked good on tape I didn t do a good enough getting him the ball but he s ready to go and he s excited This is kind of what he does Curry and Butler were a combined -for- overall and neither scored until Curry hit a step-back -pointer with left in the second quarter By that time the Warriors trailed - The Warriors were so out of sorts that there were possessions when Curry and Butler were on the floor together and didn t touch the ball before a shot was taken Curry finished with points on -for- shooting and Butler had eight and was -for- before Kerr pulled the plug in the third quarter with the Warriors hopelessly behind I m not a big fan of that Kerr announced I prefer when each one touches the ball or at least one of them Something we ve talked about all season is we have to play off Steph because of the attention he draws And once we got Jimmy that became part of the mantra as well We ll do a better job of that the coming day night Kerr declared Butler s issues were more about how the offense was operating We got scattered Jimmy got lost in the shuffle a little bit Kerry explained The thing with Jimmy is there s not complex or complicated about how he plays You ve just got to get him the ball and get spaced We have to have better control of the meeting by connecting the offense and the defense and that s when Jimmy s at his best The troublesome Houston zone was a coaching point during Thursday s practice We need to space a little better and we just had a walkthrough and went through specific of that Kerr explained We have a insufficient actions we run against zone We ve attacked it pretty well overall in the series and gotten particular good looks The idea behind a zone is to force other actions than what teams are used to and the playoffs are about taking away group s strengths Houston guard Fred VanVleet right knocks the ball away from Draymond Green in Meeting of the NBA Playoffs Jose Carlos Fajardo Bay Area News Group The VanVleet dilemma Houston guard Fred VanVleet opened the series going -for- on -point attempts in the first two games In the last two he s -for- giving the Rockets a much-needed outside threat It s never simple They pose a lot of problems Kerr revealed They have a couple of great screen setters in Adams and Sengun massing guys And Fred has just shot the lights out We ve got to stay more attached to him for sure He got a inadequate where we just lost our focus to where we lost our matchup and he walked into a couple of s Draymond s struggle Draymond Green has never been a big stat guy but one stood out in negative way in Tournament One of the best passers on the Warriors he had just one assist in almost minutes We can definitely get Draymond into spots to help his playmaking Kerr noted It s something we ve talked about and walked through a scarce things nowadays to get him in spots where he can create a little bit like he normally does Kuminga s status Forward Jonathan Kuminga was scratched before tipoff Wednesday with an illness which turned out to be a severe headache Related Articles Kurtenbach The Rockets zone defense has the Warriors in the danger zone Why are Rockets not being called for hitting Curry s thumb NBA rules explained Warriors accuse Rockets of targeting Curry s injured thumb It s pretty obvious Alijah Arenas issued from hospital and resting comfortably after car accident Warriors draw on experience as Rockets series returns to San Francisco He s feeling a lot better in the modern day Kerr revealed He had a migraine he explained it s cleared up He ll be ready to go the following day Who will start Kerr wouldn t say whether Buddy Hield who started Challenge would remain in the opening lineup We re considering everything Kerr explained That s one of the things with this band is that we have to flexible every single challenge in how we approach it Every association that I ve coached has been different We were lucky enough to basically start the same five guys plenty of seasons but this is a squad that requires a little more creativity game-planning-wise and all options are on the table