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ANDRE Iguodala was the "X" factor today as Golden State levelled the NBA Final with the Cavaliers at 2-2 with an emphatic 103-82 win at Quickens Loan Arena in Cleveland.

Effectively "retaining serve" after dropping one of its first two home games, Golden State now heads back to Oakland's Oracle Arena with the momentum having swung back their way, Iguodala responsible for much of that swing.

Inserted into the starting lineup at Andrew Bogut's expense - several pundits had predicted it would come at Harrison Barnes' expense but instead it was Bogey warming a seat - Iguodala responded with 22 points and eight rebounds.

He also helped wear down LeBron James who finished with a personal series-low 20 points, with 12 boards and eight assists.

With Bogut no-where to be seen, Timofey Mozgov dominated the paint for a game-high 28 points accompanying his 10 boards for the Cavs. But beyond Mozgov's keyway control, the Warriors' strategy worked a treat.

ANDRE THE GIANT: Flashback as Iguodala swoops for a slam dunk, the Warriors now 2-2

The Cavs started mightily, racing to a 7-0 cushion including a sweet pass from King James to Major Mozgov for an early dunk.

But they were running high on the emotion from their Game 3 win and Steve Kerr's decision to start a team with greater flexibility, scoring threats, floor spacing and run, eventually paid off for GSW.

For the first time in the series, the Cavs looked effed, and for the "F" word, I mean fatigued.

The weight of carrying the offensive load finally told on James, and the consistent inability of J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert to convert open looks was devastating for Cleveland.

Matthew Dellavedova - who that bandwagon-jumping US critic Stephen A. Smith today described as "the so-called hero of Games 2 and 3", reverting back to his preferred style of just bagging a guy without any consideration of the circumstances - was clearly also still heavily impacted by Game 3.

Remember this is now a guy - our guy - who has gone from role player to starter, from scratch minutes to 38-ish, from hustler to defending the league MVP Stephen Curry and who wound up in  hospital between Games 3 and 4 on an IV drip.

Delly battled his way for 10 points but missed some shots he needed to make, Kerr's strategy of attacking Cleveland's less-than-magnificent Seven with his nine-man rotation paying off.

Bogut played just three minutes and picked up three fouls in that time, one of them a hard one on James, the momentum from which sent him into a courtside cameraman, his camera causing a gash in the King's cranium.

Whether that took any further wind from James' sails is debatable but he was unable to control the tempo today, as he did so regally for much of the first three games.

The defensive intensity and pressure which exemplified Cleveland's two wins and near miss in overtime of Game 1 just wasn't there. The Warriors had 31 first-quarter points after a 37-point HALF in Game 3.

Even James just swung at a player going past late in the contest, Delly also out on his feet.

The Warriors had just seven turnovers, tying a 1967 franchise record for fewest turnovers in a playoff game.

Curry finished with 22 points and six assists, the Warriors heading home with their confidence restored.

But with Game 5 not until Monday, the Cavs have some time now to recuperate and regenerate.

"We'll get to the film and make the necessary adjustments coming into Game 5," James said. 

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