Going small has ... previous small-ball squads. Steve Nash's Suns, for instance, revolved around the pick-and-roll: Teams that stopped Nash stopped the offense's flow. But the Warriors are just ...

How the Warriors evolved small ball and, in the process, the NBA / In today’s NBA, innovation has become synonymous with the small-ball strategy. The style of play has been around for years ...

LeBron James and Steve Nash praised Richard Jefferson and Tristan Thompson for their roles in the Cavs' 2016 NBA Championship ...

After three games of letting LeBron pick them apart in isolations, the Warriors switched up their strategy by sending ... making the Warriors' pseudo-small-ball offense fail.

From his home in Hawaii, Don Nelson watched most of the Warriors’ games ... They decided to go small. That was the right move.” Nelson would know small ball as well as anybody.

The Warriors' small-ball success in Game 2 was only possible ... The current defensive strategy usually leaves a Warriors big, such as Draymond Green, open in the middle of the floor, surrounded ...

Of course, the Warriors being at the forefront of modern basketball tactics is nothing new. They’re credited with starting the small-ball revolution ... could change NBA strategy moving forward.

Both strategies had their pluses but ... a Golden State team that has thrived with the kind of small ball tactics that would make former Warriors Coach Don Nelson proud. Despite the sometimes ...

The Golden State Warriors‘ small-ball game has revolutionized the NBA thanks to winning four championships over the last decade without a star center. With Butler on board, the Warriors are ...