Execution, poise matter more than adjustments for Celtics, Warriors in Game 5

SAN FRANCISCO — Will the Warriors’ Steve Kerr start Kevon Looney or Otto Porter? How high up the floor will Celtics’ coach Ime Udoka push his bigs in an attempt to slow the Stephen Curry pick-and-roll?

Tactical questions remain in a 2-2 NBA Finals.

However, there aren’t any big secrets left.

“I think anytime you get to this point in the season, there’s not many huge adjustments you can make,” Draymond Green said Sunday, one day before a crucial Game 5. “Like I’ve said before, they know who you are, you know who they are. You’re not going back to reinvent the wheel. You’re not going back to change your playbook. You’re not going back to change your personnel. I think in understanding that, you have to do what you do to the best of your ability.”

The Celtics’ Grant Williams agreed, adding that the Warriors have executed a little better through four games.

“I feel like they’re just disciplined. That’s where that maturity comes in,” Williams said of the Warriors. “They’ve been here many times before, so they try not to beat themselves, even if they do have one or two breakdowns or turnovers that lead to open baskets, they still execute and do what they need to do…

“I feel like that maturity side of things in the sense of like discipline and that’s where the difference has been, less so adjustments and everything else.”

It has been an even series despite the four not close endings — the Warriors are +1 point through four games. It’s the same across the four factors: Golden State’s eFG% is 54.2%, Boston is 53.7%; the Celtics are turning the ball over on 13.3% of their possessions, the Warriors 13.5%; the offensive rebound rates are 23.5 to 23.3 in favor of Boston.

Five games in, there are no silver bullet adjustments left. It