• Game 4

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Game 4

GS winning Game 4 was not entirely due to an allegedly genius coaching move by Steve Kerr to start Andre Iguodala.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr shook up his starting lineup for the first time in The Finals, inserting Andre Iguodala for Andrew Bogut. It was the first start of the season for Iguodala and he responded in a big way - he tied Stephen Curry with a team-high 22 points, hit four 3-pointers and most importantly played great defense on LeBron James. According to SportVU, Iguodala held James to 1-of-7 shooting in their 10 minutes of matchup time in Game 4.

At the start of the Game 4, LeBron looked fatigued. It wasn't his night. The Cavs needed help from other players. Mozgov and Thompson contributed, but Game 4 could be boiled down to horrendous outside shooting by the Cavs.

... this was the worst 3-point shooting game for Cleveland, not only in this series, but in the entire playoffs. They hit just 4-of-27 3-point attempts (14.8%) with J.R. Smith missing all eight of his attempts.

Cleveland's starting backcourt (Matthew Dellavedova and Iman Shumpert) and sixth man (J.R. Smith) all struggled to shoot the ball in Game 4 as the trio combined to go 7-of-35 (20%) from the field and 3-of-22 (13.6%) from 3-point range.

Dellavedova, Shumpert and Smith combined to score just 19 points - that's one point less then Dellavedova did by himself in Game 3. The Warriors outscored the Cavs by 27 points in the 28 minutes Smith was on the court.

Cleveland Guards

• Dellavedova: 3-14 FG, 2-9 3P, 10 PTS
• Shumpert: 2-9 FG, 1-5 3P, 5 PTS
• Smith: 2-12 FG, 0-8 3P, 4 PTS
• Combined: 7-35 FG (20%), 3-22 3P (13.6%), 19 PTS

Cleveland's poor shooting was not just limited to the 3-point line, as the Cavs shot just 6-of-45 (13.3%) outside the paint in Game 4.