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Kerr slams Warriors' bad body language in Grizzlies meltdown

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The Golden State Warriors lost their sixth game of the season in spectacular fashion by blowing a 24-point lead in an overtime loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.

What frustrated Warriors head coach Steve Kerr wasn't necessarily the loss itself. Rather, he saw his team turn their backs on one another as the game slipped away and called them out after the game.

"I didn't like our body language," Kerr told ESPN's Chris Haynes. "That's the main thing. I thought we were playing a really good, solid game through three quarters. We were taking care of the ball and defending, but the fourth quarter, once they made that run, our body language was bad. That can't happen, and that bothered me."

The Warriors lost their composure along with their enormous lead as the fourth quarter came to a close. That was made especially clear when both Stephen Curry and Draymond Green showed displeasure with Kevin Durant as he called for an isolation with a chance to ice the game in regulation.

Curry, the game's leading scorer with 40, had the hot hand, but reluctantly deferred to Durant. He then set a half-hearted screen before fading out of the play entirely before Durant hoisted up one of his five misses from deep on the night.

Shortly after the play, Green was seen berating Durant coming out of the timeout huddle.

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