On their quest to return to the NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors ran up against a singular ball handler hell-bent on personally stretching their defense to the breaking point.
That virtuoso put the Warriors into 60 high ball screens per 100 possessions in an attempt to attack the vulnerabilities of the scheme and pick on individual defenders he deemed targets, like Stephen Curry. Sixty is a lot, a basketball game's version of a pop song chorus that will plant itself in your consciousness and never leave. But that's the thing about most dominant NBA stars -- once they find a formula that works, they'll exploit it to monotonous effect.