With the warriors you almost have to have a give up two not three mentality for alot of the game. They shoot so well from beyond the arc, your better off having guys focus on the perimeter and forcing the drive. When the drive happens, don't send the defense scrambling and over-switching to stop the drive. Show, but stay home on the 3 pt shooters. Contest the layup with whoever is there, but don't overcommit the help from other guys. If they get a layup, they get a layup. It's a kinda goes against normal defensive philosophy, but it's to counter the new offensive philosophy of the three is the best shot. For the warriors it is.

The scrambling is exactly what they want you to do. They just keep whipping the ball around until they find the open guy. By the foruth quarter, guys are completely zapped of energy. And it mentally demoralizes your team when you scramble for 24 seconds only to give up the three as the shot clock expires.

If a big gets switched on the perimeter, they should step up and force the drive. When you force the drive, use the strategy I mentioned above about giving up two instead of three.

If a small gets switched on a big down low, let him play it straight up. If the big scores, so what.

You have to take a different approach against these guys defensively. Playing the same old defense against a 2017 warriors offense is not going to work when they have the players with the ability to dissect it like surgeons.

Your still hustling on defense and contesting drives, but not at the expense of giving up three.




tl;dr - give up two pts not three.