When the Golden State Warriors first began their reign of terror over the league, every NBA team was truly frightened to match up against them. Now, five years after their first championship, are the Warriors still feared by the rest of the NBA?
The idea of running a player like Draymond Green at the center was, at one time, an absurd tactic. Green was simply seen as undersized and many assumed he would be a liability against bigger opponents. However, the Warriors quickly realized how deadly this lineup could be.
The Warriors “death lineup” was essentially a way of offensively blitzing the opponent with a fast-paced 3-point oriented attack.