The Golden State Warriors have lost their traditional rim protection with the trade of Andrew Bogut and the free agency departure of Festus Ezeli, but they are now getting production in the area from multiple players.

“Our block shots sort of come in different ways now,” Steve Kerr said. “They used to come from (Andrew) Bogut and (Festus) Ezeli. Now they come from KD, Draymond (Green), Andre (Iguodala). It’s a long, active perimeter that ends up with a lot of the shot blocks. So it is different.”

The Warriors are averaging 6.1 blocks per game, tied for fourth in the NBA and equal to their average last season.

Durant has 25 blocks this season compared to 10 in all of last season by Harrison Barnes.

“It hasn’t really surprised me,” Kerr said. “We watched it up close for seven games last year in the playoffs. He did that to us a lot. When Kevin is engaged defensively, he’s an excellent defender and causes a lot of problems.”

“It’s not quite the same as it was,” Draymond Green said. “But I still think we have a great defense, a lot of good defenders. We fly around and do what we can, try to cover for each other.”