OAKLAND -- Sidelined with a back strain, Andre Iguodala spent Tuesday night "yelling at the TV more than I normally do" as the Warriors labored through an uneven performance before blowing a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter.
So there was Iguodala, this time with his teammates, sitting before a monitor Wednesday as coach Steve Kerr review the horror show that was a 122-121 loss to the Houston Rockets.
"We only did about a half-hour on the floor, mostly skill work," Kerr said after the light practice. "Watched a lot of video.
"That game was a weird game because we were shooting the ball well and scoring enough to win. But we never had control of it the way we normally have control of a game, with defense and toughness."
Though the Warriors were hampered by injuries -- Iguodala being out, while Draymond Green and Omri Casspi were hurt during the game -- beyond their control, there was at least one thing they believe they can fix immediately.
They can avoid some of the fouls, particularly those that are mindless.
That's the trap Stephen Curry fell into, picking up three fouls in the first four minutes. That he was limited to 30 minutes, and only 18 through the first three quarters, had an impact on the playing rotation and was a factor in the loss.
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"The only thing I'm worried about with him is just those little fouls," Iguodala said. "Because when he's on the court, no matter if he's scoring or not, he's making life easier for everyone else."
Kerr after the game cited conditioning as an issue and elaborated on the subject Wednesday.
"Conditioning is not just physical. It's mental, too," he said. "We were not ready, mentally, to play that game, even when we weren't tired early in the game.
"There were other lapses, too. After made baskets, transition threes for them we neglected to pick up. That's not physical conditioning. That's mental conditioning. That's where we need to get better. And we will."
The Warriors will be wounded in more ways than one when they board their flight to New Orleans Thursday morning. They'll have some achy players, for sure, but they'll also have a 0-1 record.
"I feel like losses have this huge effect on us that usually benefits us," Iguodala said.
