Death Lineup

The Death Lineup is a group of smaller basketball players on the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) that creates mismatches on offense with their shooting and playmaking skills while also being versatile enough to defend larger opponents.

In 2014–15, Golden State won 67 games in the regular season. They were led by NBA MVP Stephen Curry, who along with Klay Thompson formed a duo known as the Splash Brothers, which provided the three-point shooting that popularized the team. The Warriors' starting lineup with the 7-foot (2.1 m) Andrew Bogut at center played 813 minutes together and outscored opponents by 19.6 points per 100 possessions. After falling behind 2–1 in the 2015 NBA Finals, Warriors coach Steve Kerr went to a small-ball lineup, inserting Andre Iguodala into the starting unit for Bogut, who had been named to NBA All-Defensive Team in 2011 and 2014. The change was first suggested by Kerr's special assistant, Nick U'Ren, who was a fan of the lineup because it always seemed to pick up the pace of the game to a faster speed, which the Warriors preferred. The five-man lineup of Iguodala, Curry, Thompson, Draymond Green and Harrison Barnes had played together for 102 minutes during the regular season and 62 minutes through the first 18 games of the playoffs. Each player was capable of making three-pointers and distributing the ball. Although the tallest player was only 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m), the unit was also strong defensively. They were all able to switch on defense, spearheaded by Green's ability to guard players taller and heavier than him. The Warriors won 103–82 in Game 4, and captured the series 4–2 to win their first championship since 1975. Iguodala was named the Finals MVP, becoming the first player to garner the award without starting every game in the series, as well as the first winner to have not started a game during the regular season.

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