In Game 4 vs the Spurs, the Warriors committed their seventh turnover with 7:31 remaining...
... in the first quarter.
After practice on Monday, Steve Kerr talked about the loss in San Antonio.
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"Lack of focus to start the game was really the key," Kerr told reporters. "More than energy, it was a sense of purpose. And I take a lot of the blame for that. I should know better as a coach of a team that's been up 3-0 plenty times, you gotta know you're going into the lion's den...
"It just felt like kind of a regular-season approach on a back-to-back instead of a closeout playoff game. I thought our guys played hard for the most part during the game, but not in a smart fashion. I don't think we played mindfully and that's gotta change."
Despite trailing by as many as 17 points late in the first half, the Warriors battled back.
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It was a two-point game with a little less than six minutes remaining, but the Spurs simply made more plays down the stretch.
As for the first few minutes of the game:
"I could tell right away -- looking back at the tape I should have taken a timeout three minutes into the game and broken a clipboard (laughter)" Kerr said ."More than that I should have had them prepared pregame for what was coming and I didn't feel like I did a good job at that.
Drew Shiller is the co-host of Warriors Outsiders. Follow him on Twitter @DrewShiller