Steve Kerr on Warriors’ emotional outbursts: ‘It’s absolutely too much’



less Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant and New Orleans Pelicans center DeMarcus Cousins (0) are restrained while going after each other during a scuffle in the second half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017. Both players were ejected from the game, and the Warriors won 125-115. Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant and New Orleans Pelicans center DeMarcus Cousins (0) are restrained while going after each other during a scuffle in the second half of an NBA basketball game in New ... more Photo: Gerald Herbert, Associated Press Photo: Gerald Herbert, Associated Press Image 1 of / 8 Caption Close Steve Kerr on Warriors’ emotional outbursts: ‘It’s absolutely too much’ 1 / 8 Back to Gallery

NEW ORLEANS — In the wake of the Warriors’ 125-115 win Monday night over the Pelicans, Golden State head coach Steve Kerr took issue with his team’s repeated emotional outbursts.

“It’s absolutely too much,” Kerr said. “We’re not composed out there. We’re a championship team. We have to be poised and we have to execute out there. We’re getting way too emotional, myself included.

“I’ve got to do a better job of that, too. But we’ve got to show some poise when things aren’t going our way, stop worrying about everything else and just worry about the game.”

Golden State let its emotions get the best of it numerous times Monday. Upset over a non-call on a dunk attempt in the first quarter, Draymond Green unloaded a verbal tirade on referee Derrick Stafford, was assessed a technical and nearly got ejected. Nearly a minute later, after getting called for a foul, Durant picked up a technical for jawing with an official. With little more than a minute left in the game, Durant and New Orleans center DeMarcus Cousins were ejected for an on-court confrontation in which they traded words and needed to be separated.

It was the third straight game a Golden State player had been tossed. Durant was ejected from Friday’s win over Orlando for calling a referee a not-safe-for-work name. In Sunday’s win over Miami, Shaun Livingston was tossed and later suspended a game for bumping foreheads with official Courtney Kirkland.

Overall, the Warriors have had six ejections this season. Durant has had three in the past 18 games, one more than he had in his previous 810.

“Every time I got ejected, I make sure it’s late in the game,” Durant said. “I’m not messing up like that in the first, second quarter. I make sure it’s late in the game if I want to do something.

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“But I’ve got to be more poised. I can’t let anybody take me off my game. I’ve been in the league too long. Especially somebody like Cousins. You know that he’s feisty, you know that he’s emotional, you know that he plays that way. I can’t get involved with that. That’s just who he is, I gotta be me.”

Connor Letourneau is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: cletourneau@sfchronicle.com. Twitter: @Con_Chron