Golden State Warriors and The Use of Catapult

"There was a night last spring when the Warriors made some people very unhappy by not playing either of their star guards, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, in a game at Denver. One fan took to Twitter to say he'd spent $250 on tickets; the game was the site of a birthday party for his son. Another fan reportedly said he'd driven his family eight hours from South Dakota for Curry's one-and-only appearance in Denver.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr felt bad enough about the whole thing to write emails to three unhappy customers. He offered his sympathy, but no apology.

Curry and Thompson needed a break, Kerr said, and he wasn't acting on a whim. He had hard evidence that led him to his unpopular decision. Resting Curry and Thompson that night, as well as Andre Iguodala and Andrew Bogut, was backed by data culled from new technology employed by the team.

The Warriors, off to a 10-0 start this season, continue to wear devices that help gauge a player's fatigue by tracking everything from heart rate to the biomechanical load exerted on his legs."

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Source: Diamond Leung, San Jose Mercury News