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What's going on in Warriors' half

Golden State alternates games with a very competent and active safety net with matches where the safety net is clumsy and readable. And Boston alternates meetings in competent work in attack and the search for open matches, where one jamb on the other.

In the fourth match, Warriors quickly removed Porter from the floor and released Looney. This is a more defensive combination, it allows you to better block the approaches to the ring (there were no insurers in fact - only Draymond, but he was assigned to take care of Brown, it is difficult to insure at his expense). Combinations with Looney and Green or Looney and Peyton turned out to be very viable defensively. And yes, it is difficult to attack in a positional position, but it is always difficult to attack in a positional position here, and so the defense is better, and it turns out to run away more often.

And in such compositions with two "big", or with "big" and Peyton, Warriors managed to defend well, under the ring there were mistakes and losses. In some places, "Boston" managed to throw the ball into the arc, and they got there perfectly, but discounts were not often.

Plus, by the end of the match, Clay took Brown well, and this actually unties Kerr's hands. The same starting lineup with Porter is much more playable if Green plays "big" in defense and can accentuate insurance rather than being tied to Brown.

Boston should be smarter in attack. Beat the Pool, not the Bull, do not let Smart and White throw from the lead, start possession earlier, use mis-matches when they are. It's hard to say how realistic this is, because Boston doesn't have elite playmakers, and the veteran Warriors will read your attack better and better over the course of the series. Butler was the one who almost grabbed you to death.

What to expect from the fifth game

So far, it doesn't look like Udoka will sell his ideals, and rush the whole crowd to Curry, or start playing total exchange. Here again, you can expect a large number of three-piece Warriors from pick-and-rolls.

If Warriors come out with the big five, we can expect Boston to try to drive the pace. This usually means that Brown is shipping.

Celtics have fierce differences in performance - 120 points in the first game, 88 in the second, 116 in the third and 97 in the fourth. Warriors are much more stable, they scored 107-108 points in 3 matches. If you believe that Boston will win, you can look at the victory + over, because with a productive game of Celtics, 211 teams will break through.

The Warriors win the third in every match, and the difference there is huge (6 points at least, often 10+). The handicap for the third is -1.5, you can check this case. Although the difference decreases with each match, and Udoka clearly explains to the guys that it is impossible to fly in like that, but real changes are possible there only with a significant change in the rotation and the order of substitutions.