The bottom line is that all Golden State really has to defend is LBJ. Sure - if he exerts an inordinate amount of effort we can find a fairly good shot. But, that's to their favor as well. The game plan is to run LBJ into the ground. It's a good game plan. Yes - the refs sucked fucking cock. No doubt about it. Just in general, no rhyme or reason. But, look at the quarters. Tied the first, lost the second by one, lost the third by five, lost the fourth by seven.
I don't see any way to succeed other than run a motion offense, take the onus off LBJ and continue to play balls to the wall defense. It's the only option left. Blatt has done what he can. What's frustrating is that the defensive approach has been team oriented. Why can't we buy into something similar on the offensive end? The only thing I can think of is that we are too tired to exert the effort required to run motion. If you think about it, many of the players, as many as four really, get to rest on offense while LBJ does his thing. Maybe this is strategic as well? IDK.