Shaun Livingston: How Warriors guard peaked when it mattered most

Editor’s note: The Chronicle is reviewing the season of each player after the Warriors’ second straight championship run.

Shaun Livingston is a master of self-preservation. At age 32 with a well-documented injury history, he has come to recognize that the regular season is a six-month warmup to the games that matter.

Livingston averaged 5.5 points, 15.9 minutes, 4.8 shots and 1.8 rebounds in the regular season while shooting 50.1 percent from the field. In the playoffs, those numbers spiked to 6.7 points, 17.2 minutes, 5.2 shots, 2.2 rebounds and 53.6 percent shooting from the field.