Kerr, Klay won't panic after 'road trip from hell'

SAN FRANCISCO -- In what Klay Thompson called a "road travel from hell," the Golden State Warriors made past arsenic the archetypal defending champion to commencement the play 0-6 connected the road.

But arsenic they instrumentality location to San Francisco, they are maintaining a affirmative attitude. Warriors manager Steve Kerr noted the team's 2-9 slump successful February and March past play earlier they went connected to triumph the title.

"There are times successful the NBA play erstwhile things tin spell disconnected the rails a small bit," Kerr said aft signifier Sunday. "A large portion of being a large team, being a coagulated organization, is conscionable knowing however to enactment done that."

The Warriors mislaid to Phoenix connected Oct. 25 and past dropped 5 consecutive games astatine Charlotte, Detroit, Miami, Orlando and New Orleans. The Warriors are adamant that they could person won astir of those games, which astir each came down to the last fewer minutes.

During the roadworthy trip, guardant Draymond Green said the Warriors couldn't hole each their problems close present and needed to zero successful connected the ones costing them games. Kerr reiterated that Sunday, saying boxing retired and fouling were the 2 biggest areas of interest and that they would beryllium emphasized during signifier this week.

The Warriors fertile 25th successful the NBA successful points per changeable allowed successful modulation and 23rd successful tract extremity percent allowed successful transition, according to Second Spectrum tracking. Last season, they allowed the lowest tract extremity percent successful transition.

Golden State is besides 24th successful antiaircraft rebounding -- an country it ranked sixth successful past year.

"We conscionable request to bring much of a consciousness of urgency," Thompson said. "We had a agelong tally past year, but 2022 is over. It's clip to footwear into precocious cogwheel and play that title level of hoops that we're utilized to. I afloat expect america to bash that."

"We cognize however bully we are successful this building," Thompson added. "So I deliberation we're going to beryllium disconnected to a caller start."

Kerr besides plans to marque changes to the rotation. After playing a season-high 38 minutes against the Pelicans, Jonathan Kuminga has earned a spot successful the rotation, Kerr said. Before Friday's crippled successful New Orleans -- which saw Kuminga commencement arsenic the Warriors rested 4 of their 5 accustomed starters -- Kuminga had played successful conscionable 2 of Golden State's erstwhile 5 games.

"I'm excited to play him," Kerr said. "He's got to conscionable support doing what he's doing."

Added Thompson: "I conscionable privation to spot his vigor astatine the highest level each the time. He's specified a large athlete. He tin bash truthful galore things retired determination erstwhile helium plays hard. He's a large cutter. He's a large defender. I'm excited for Jonathan. ... As agelong arsenic his effort's there, helium tin contribute."

Besides Kuminga getting much playing time, Kerr would not uncover what different rotation changes would beryllium made oregon wherever Kuminga would get his minutes.

"Every azygous play for me, determination are hard decisions. You person to person hard conversations, but you conscionable person to beryllium honest," Kerr said. "Guys spell successful and retired of the rotation. ... The cardinal present is we person a radical afloat of guys who are committed to each different and the team. Even though it's frustrating individually astatine times, for a batch of them, their clip volition come. They are committed to each other, and erstwhile that happens, things thin to play retired well."