Warriors’ half-court magic formula? 10 Minute Fire, Movie and Snacks

Something happened here. The Warriors’ half-court adjustments, both technically and emotionally, appear to be working. So, what happened in the Warriors locker room in those 10 minutes? (Halftime is 15 minutes, but players will be back on the court five or six minutes before play resumes.) Warriors assistant coaches Ron Adams and Bruce Frazier agreed to give us a glimpse of the game . Adams, who has worked as an assistant on six other NBA teams, said: “I think we have a good (halftime) program, a good format. I think it’s probably better than any team I’ve been on. Be good.”

First, Kerr and his assistants crowded the locker room for four minutes (give or take). At home games, they meet in the weight training area near the team’s locker room. Someone grabbed a large Swiss ball for Cole to sit down, and the assistants formed a circle.

Adams: “If it’s a tough half and Steve wants to get things out of his chest, that’s usually where it starts. Sometimes there’s no frustration, sometimes there’s a frustration.”

Fraser: “It’s a think tank that moves fast. You have to sift through all of these things to find what you think is most important. It’s a kind of round table where different coaches speak. Ron Adams, Mike Brown, I joined myself and others. Steve has a lot of opinions. …

“It’s not crazy, we’re just talking about what’s going on in the game, where are our problem areas and what we might do to adjust – play more areas, defend certain players differently, let Stephen (Curry) running more pick-and-rolls, getting Steph off the ball, getting into more of our mode. There’s usually a consensus (about what needs to be fixed or changed). We’re also looking at the stats — assists, turnovers.”

Now the coaches enter the locker room for a five-minute meeting with the players. Back then, Kerr would sometimes change his mood if he showed anger during a coaching meeting.

Frazier: “Steve (and the coaching staff) is going to be hot, he has that spirit, but he’s really good at being hot and has feelings for us – no exist we but and We — then calmed down and I looked at him and was like, ‘Wait a minute, you just broke a clipboard and now you look calm around the players? How did this happen?

During the first half of the game, when Brown, Frazier and Kenny Atkinson saw a game worth recaping at halftime, they told the video assistant sitting behind the bench, “Cut that.”

The first part of the locker room session is a review of these video clips. Brown, the team’s defensive coordinator, usually takes the lead, showing four to six clips that focus on what went wrong, why, or what worked.

Then Frazier or Atkinson stepped up and reviewed four to six clips of the Warriors offense.

Are the players paying close attention, or are they too busy looking at their phones?

Fraser: “They’re very active, they want to make things better, whether you’re good or bad, so they’re all watching. You can’t do (comments) too long, you might lose them, and you don’t have a lot Time. You have to be straightforward and the adjustment has to be good.”

After about four minutes of film work, Kerr took over and summed it up.

Fraser: “I think Steve is incredible at understanding what’s going on. One of his strengths is making adjustments and understanding from what’s going on — ‘Here we are, here’s what needs to be done’ thing. ” “

Fraser and Adams said they felt that halftime, in an effort to dispel clichés, was more about Jimmy and Joe than X and O.