>(although
>Kyrie was working his ass off on defense in the second half,
>somewhat surprisingly)

because based on past experience, Kyrie is a pretty below average defender on the wing.

Also, I have vague memories of Durant being an above average one-on-one and team defensive player on those front loaded Warriors teams. I wonder if that was because of Draymond's influence or because of Mike Brown helping him out in the film room. The Nets could sure use that kind of defensive presence from KD for sure.