Steph Curry and Draymond Green are in lockstep when they share the basketball court.
Their chemistry is off the charts.
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So it makes perfect sense as to why the Warriors' coaching staff wants their minutes to overlap as much as possible.
"Steph and Draymond are gonna play the whole first and third [quarters]," Steve Kerr told The Athletic's Tim Kawakami this week on "The TK Show" podcast. "We love that because then both players are closing every quarter -- you get 2-for-1s in those cases.
"Steph -- how many times have we seen it over the years where he closes the quarter with three straight 3s. You even have to factor in the half-court shots. If somebody is gonna shoot a half-court shot, I want it to be Steph Curry. Those three points could be a big deal.
"So we go into every game knowing we want to finish every quarter with Steph and Draymond."
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This topic was discussed within the context of Curry starting nearly every fourth quarter on the bench, and how Kerr decides when to get the two-time NBA MVP back into the game.
So while some have thrown out the idea of tweaking things slightly -- like having Curry go to the bench with two or three minutes remaining in the third quarter so he can be re-inserted earlier in the fourth -- it doesn't sound like you should expect that to happen.