Kerr calls Dubs' loss to Pistons one of his 'worst performances' as coach

Steve Kerr owns an immaculate 280-72 (.798) regular-season record as an NBA head coach and has won three championships in his four seasons with the Golden State Warriors, but he knows he's not infallible. In the wake of his team's 111-102 loss to the Detroit Pistons Saturday night, the 53-year-old was quick to blame himself for the lousy result.

"I did not like our offense tonight and I've got to do a better job," Kerr told reporters after the game, according to The Athletic's Anthony Slater. "Honestly, tonight was probably a game I could mark down as one of my worst performances as a coach."

Facing one of the top frontcourt tandems in the league in Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond, Kerr's big men struggled to stay on the court. In the first quarter alone, Damian Jones and Kevon Looney drew two fouls apiece, with Kevin Durant and Jonas Jerebko also garnering calls. As Draymond Green was already out with injury, the issues surrounding the Warriors' short-handed rotation quickly compounded, disrupting the team's typically potent attack.

"We got a little wayward with the early foul trouble and then we had some combinations out there that we hadn't planned on going to that clearly were not effective and that's my fault," said Kerr. "All in all, I've got to do a better job than I've done here the first couple months of the season. This has got to get better. We have to get better shots, we've got to get more spacing, get a better flow."

The Warriors shot a combined 6-of-26 (23.1 percent) on 3-pointers, including 2-of-12 from Durant and Klay Thompson.

For his part, Durant defended Kerr after the game.

"Sometime's our spacing is a little messed up, and that's on the leaders of the team out on the floor to get that in order," Durant said, according to The Mercury News' Mark Medina. "I don't think coach can correct that. I think that's on us as leaders on the floor."