Even though Timofey Mozgov had 28 points and 10 rebounds against the Warriors’ undersized defenders after Steve Kerr swapped Andre Iguodala for Andrew Bogut in the starting lineup in Game 4, the Warriors won by 19 points.
And when Golden State got out to an 8-2 lead in the first five minutes of Game 5 it was enough for Cavaliers coach David Blatt to pull Mozgov. In came J.R. Smith, his temperature gauge set to scalding, as he hit four of his first seven 3-point shots and even handled some of the rim-defending duties normally left to Mozgov.