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SAT., MAY 5, 2018 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: ABC RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN RADIO 8:30 PM ET (CAVS LEAD SERIES 2-0) CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES FOLLOW @CAVSNOTES ON TWITTER SEMIFINALS - GAME 3 OVERALL PLAYOFF GAME # 10 HOME GAME # 5 LAST GAME’S STARTERS POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG F 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 17-18: 80 61 8.3 2.9 1.8 .403 28.1 QUARTERFINALS PLAYOFFS: 9 8 10.6 2.6 1.1 .376 33.4 # 4 Cleveland vs. # 5 Indiana F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 17-18: 82 82 27.5 8.6 9.1 .542 36.9 CAVS won series 4-3 PLAYOFFS: 9 9 34.4 10.0 9.0 .548 41.7 Game 1 at Cleveland; April 15 C 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 17-18: 59 59 17.6 9.3 1.7 .458 28.0 Pacers 98, CAVS 80 PLAYOFFS: 9 9 13.1 9.9 1.2 .360 33.2 Game 2 at Cleveland; April 18 G 26 KYLE KORVER 6-7 212 17-18: 73 4 9.2 2.3 1.2 .459 21.6 CAVS 100, Pacers 97 PLAYOFFS: 9 8 9.1 2.6 1.0 .400 25.2 Game 3 at Indiana; April 20 Pacers 92, CAVS 90 G 3 GEORGE HILL 6-3 188 17-18: 67 60 10.0 2.7 2.8 .460 27.0 PLAYOFFS: 6 5 9.0 2.2 2.2 .500 24.2 Game 4 at Indiana; April 22 CAVS 104, Pacers 100 CAVS QUICK FACTS Game 5 at Cleveland; April 25 CAVS 98, Pacers 95 • The Cleveland Cavaliers lead their Eastern Conference Semifinals series against the Toronto Raptors 2-0. The series now shifts to The Q, where the Cavs have defeated the Raptors in five straight playoff games by an average margin of 24.2 points (116.0-91.8). Game 6 at Indiana; April 27 • Cleveland picked up their 8th straight playoff win over Toronto after a 128-110 win at Air Canada Centre in Game 2 on Thursday night. The Cavs’ Pacers 121, CAVS 87 th 128 points scored in Game 2 was their 4 -highest scoring output in any postseason contest (137 vs. GSW on 6/9/17, 135 at BOS on 5/25/17 and Game 7 at Cleveland; April 29 130 at BOS on 5/19/17). Cleveland shot 50-84 (.595) shooting from the field, dished out 25 assists and had a NBA plaoff record-tying three CAVS 105, Pacers 101 turnovers (prev. 5 TOs, 4/17/16 vs. DET & 4/18/09 vs. DET). Their .595 mark from the field was tied for their highest field goal percentage in any playoff game (.595 twice, 5/7/10 at BOS and 5/23/17 vs. BOS). • The Cavs have never lost a series when leading 2-0 (15-0). They also hold a 9-0 series record when going up 3-0. Through the first two games of CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS this series, the Cavs are averaging 120.5 points (.495 FG%, .410 3FG%), 25.0 assists and just 4.5 turnovers. • The Wine & Gold shot 11-26 (.423) from three-point range in Game 2 and have now hit at least 10 three-pointers in 8 consecutive playoff games. # 4 Cleveland vs. # 1 Toronto th • NBA HISTORY & MILESTONES: With his appearance in Game 3, LeBron James (226 GP) will move past Tony Parker (226 GP) for 5 all-time in CAVS lead 2-0 th playoff games played. J.R. Smith (266 3FGM) is 2 threes shy of passing Chauncey Billups (267 3FGM) for 9 place in NBA playoff history. Kyle Game 1 @ Toronto; May 1 Korver (214 3FGM) is 8 three-pointers made away from moving past Jason Terry (221 3FGM) for 15th all-time in league postseason play. CAVS 113, Raptors 112 (OT) • CAVS HISTORY: Kevin Love (771 PTS) is 12 points away from passing Brad Daugherty (782 PTS) for 5th place in franchise postseason scoring and 14 points away from passing Zydrunas Ilgauskas (784 PTS) for 4th. Love (122 3FGM) also needs to make 1 triple to move into sole possession of 3rd Game 2 @ Toronto; May 3 place on the Cavs’ all-time playoff three-pointers made list (Kyrie Irving-122 3FGM). Kyle Korver (49 3FGM) currently ranks 9th on that list and can CAVS 128, Raptors 110 th climb all the way to 5 with 9 more threes (Mo Williams-55, Mark Price/Iman Shumpert-56 and Daniel Gibson-57). J.R. Smith (67 STL) is 1 steal shy Game 3 @ Cleveland of passing Anderson Varejao (67 STL) for sole possession of the 3rd-most steals in franchise playoff history. Saturday, May 5 – 8:30 p.m. • In Game 2, five Cavs players scored in double-digits for the second game in a row (James-43, Love-31, Smith-15, Green-14, Hill-13). Cleveland also TV: ABC has five players averaging at least 10.0 points this series (James-34.5, Love-19.0, Smith-17.5, Green-15.0 & Korver-12.0). RADIO: WTAM / LA MEGA / ESPN RADIO • LeBron James posted his 7th double-double of the 2018 Playoffs with a game-high 43 points (19-28 FG), eight rebounds and a postseason career- Game 4 @ Cleveland high tying 14 assists in 41 minutes, while also becoming the first player in NBA history to tally 40+ points and 14+ assists in a playoff game. Game Monday, May 7 – 8:30 p.m. 2 was also his NBA-record 4th career postseason game with at least 40 points and 10 assists, passing Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, and Michael TV: TNT Jordan who were all tied with three such games. Lastly, James (104 DD) moved past Elgin Baylor (103 DD) for sole possession of the 8th-most RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM double-doubles ever recorded in NBA postseason history. • In the 2018 Playoffs, James is averaging a NBA-high 34.4 points (.548 FG%), 10.0 rebounds, 9.0 assists, 1.33 steals and 1.00 block in 41.7 minutes. *Game 5 @ Toronto He also has 7 double-doubles and 2 triple-doubles. James has also tallied at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists in 16 straight postseason Wednesday, May 9, TBD games (since 5/23/17), including all 9 games in 2018. He has also led Cleveland in points and assists in 10 consecutive playoff contests, tying TV: TNT Oscar Robertson for the longest such streak in NBA postseason history. (Elias Sports Bureau) RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM • Kevin Love recorded his 2nd double-double of the 2018 postseason with 31 points (11-21 FG), a team-high 11 rebounds, two assists, a steal and a *Game 6 @ Cleveland block in 35 minutes during the Game 2 victory at Toronto. It was also his 2nd ever 30-10 playoff performance (5/17/17 at BOS, 32 PTS, 12 REB). Friday, May 11, TBD • Jeff Green has scored in double-digits in 3 of the last 4 games, including both contests this series. Through the first two games versus Toronto, TV: ESPN Green is averaging 15.0 points on .750 (9-12) shooting from the field, .714 (5-7) from beyond the arc, 1.5 blocks and 1.0 steal in 24.0 minutes. RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY *Game 7 @ Toronto None Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) Sunday, May 13, TBD Cedi Osman (JED-e AUS-min) TV: TBD Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM CAVALIERS 2017-18 RECORDS * If necessary RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 2018 PLAYOFFS 6-3 (.667) 3-1 (.750) 3-2 (.600) 1-0 (1.000) W3 OVERALL 50-32 (.610) 29-12 (.707) 21-20 (.512) 2-0 (1.000) L1 CENTRAL 11-5 (.688) 7-1 (.875) 4-4 (.500) 0-0 (.000) W3 EASTERN 35-17 (.673) 19-7 (.731) 16-10 (.615) 0-0 (.000) L1 WESTERN 15-15 (.500) 10-5 (.667) 5-10 (.333) 2-0 (1.000) W3 CAVS-RAPTORS SECOND ROUND SCHEDULE GAME/DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT GAME 1: Tuesday, May 1 @ Toronto Raptors Air Canada Centre (Toronto, ON) WON, 113-112 OT GAME 2: Thursday, May 3 @ Toronto Raptors Air Canada Centre (Toronto, ON) WON, 128-110 GAME 3: Saturday, May 5 vs. Toronto Raptors Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 8:30 p.m. ABC GAME 4: Monday, May 7 vs. Toronto Raptors Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 8:30 p.m. TNT *GAME 5: Wednesday, May 9 @ Toronto Raptors Air Canada Centre (Toronto, ON) TBD TNT *GAME 6: Friday, May 11 vs. Toronto Raptors Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) TBD ESPN *GAME 7: Sunday, May 13 @ Toronto Raptors Air Canada Centre (Toronto, ON) TBD *If Necessary All games can be heard on WTAM/La Mega 87.7 FM CAVALIERS – RAPTORS MATCHUP (2017-18 Regular Season Overall Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% 3FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 110.9 109.9 .476 .474 .372 .779 42.1 43.6 23.4 7.1 3.8 13.7 +1.0 RAPTORS 111.7 103.9 .472 .449 .358 .794 44.0 42.4 24.3 7.6 6.1 13.4 +7.8 CAVALIERS – RAPTORS MATCHUP (2017-18 REGULAR SEASON HEAD-TO-HEAD STATISTICS, CAVS WON 2-1) PPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S CAVALIERS 114.3 .488 .425 .845 36.7 21.3 4.7 4.7 10.7 RAPTORS 122.7 .493 .400 .800 47.3 30.3 4.7 4.3 9.0 CAVALIERS – RAPTORS MATCHUP (2018 PLAYOFFS OVERALL STATISTICS) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% 3FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 100.6 102.9 .450 .482 .340 .754 38.8 40.6 18.9 6.2 3.7 12.1 -2.3 RAPTORS 109.6 110.5 .475 .473 .397 .806 41.0 39.9 23.1 6.1 5.6 13.8 -0.9 CAVS-RAPTORS PLAYOFF SERIES INFORMATION PLAYOFF HISTORY: THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THE CAVALIERS AND RAPTORS MEET IN THE PLAYOFFS Overall: 10-2 Home: 5-0 The Q: 5-0 Road: 5-2 Result 2016 Conference Finals Home: 3-0 The Q: 3-0 Road: 1-2 Cavs won 4-2 2017 Semifinals Home: 2-0 The Q: 2-0 Road: 2-0 Cavs won 4-0 2018 Semifinals Home: 0-0 The Q: 0-0 Road: 2-0 Cavs lead 2-0 GAME 1: CAVALIERS 113, RAPTORS 112 (OT) – AIR CANADA CENTRE – TORONTO, ON (5/1/18) KEY PERFORMERS: LeBron James recorded his 2nd triple-double of the 2018 Playoffs (21st of playoff career) with a game-high 26 points, 11 rebounds, a game-high 13 assists, one steal and two blocks in 47 minutes; James also recorded his 2,000th career rebound and 400th career steal in postseason play…J.R.