With the game inside the final minute, the score tied 114-114 and the Dallas Mavericks stubbornly hanging around, Warriors coach Steve Kerr had an idea. So, too, did Warriors All-Star Kevin Durant.
Their ideas were in direct conflict.
It was that way for much of the fourth quarter. Kerr dialing up plays for Durant, and Durant suggesting Stephen Curry might be the better option.
Kerr’s willingness to defer to his player – something many coaches simply will not do – surely played a role Sunday in the Warriors strolling out of American Airlines Center with a 119-114 victory over the Mavericks.