• Game 4

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Game 4

Final Score:

• Golden State 103
• Cleveland 82

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.

James finished Game 4 with 20 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists in 41 minutes. While that is a statline most players would dream of having in The Finals, those 20 points were less than half of the 41.0 LeBron had averaged through the first three games of the series.

There were a few contribution factors to look at:

2. The Warriors were more aggressive with their help defense, sending double-teams to force the ball out of James' hands on numerous possessions. The Warriors didn't double James on every possession, but they didn't leave one defender on an island to try to cover James either. When the double-teams came, James found open teammates on the perimeter, helping him log a game-high eight assists, half of Cleveland's total for the game.

3. After playing an average of 47.4 minutes during the first three games of The Finals, how much did James have left in the tank?

Looking for evidence of James' [fatigue]? Look no further than his 5-of-10 shooting from the free throw line or his 2-of-9 shooting on uncontested shots in Game 4.

The Cavs needed help from other players. Mozgov and Thompson contributed.

If there was one bright spot for the Cavs in Game 4 it was the play of Timofey Mozgov, who dominated the smaller Golden State lineups to the tune of 28 points - the most he's scored in any NBA game (regular season or playoffs).

Mozgov shot 9-of-16 from the field and 10-12 from the free throw line; he added 10 rebounds, with six of those coming on the offensive glass.

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.

Conversely, GS shot pretty well from the outside.

The Warriors had their best long-range shooting game of The Finals as they connected on a dozen 3-pointers in 30 attempts. That 40% 3-point percentage is nearly 10 percentage points higher than what they produced during the the first three games of The Finals (31.3%).

I don't think that playing Mozgov caused GS to have a fine 3-point shooting night.

I don't think that playing Mozgov caused the Cavs to shoot horribly from the outside.

Playing Mozgov did not contribute to accumulated fatigue for LeBron and Dellavedova.

The Cavs kept the