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SUN., MAY 21, 2017 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN RADIO 8:30 PM ET CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (51-31, 10-0) VS. BOSTON CELTICS (53-29, 8-7) (CAVS LEAD SERIES 2-0) 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES CONFERENCE FINALS GAME 3 OVERALL PLAYOFF GAME # 11 HOME GAME # 5 PROBABLE STARTERS POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 16-17: 74 74 26.4 8.6 8.7 .548 37.8 PLAYOFFS: 10 10 34.3 8.5 7.1 .569 41.4 QUARTERFINALS F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 16-17: 60 60 19.0 11.1 1.9 .427 31.4 # 2 Cleveland vs. # 7 Indiana PLAYOFFS: 10 10 16.3 9.7 1.4 .459 31.1 CAVS Won Series 4-0 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 78 78 8.1 9.2 1.0 .600 30.0 Game 1 at Cleveland; April 15 PLAYOFFS: 10 10 8.9 9.6 1.1 .593 32.1 CAVS 109, Pacers 108 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 16-17: 41 35 8.6 2.8 1.5 .346 29.0 Game 2 at Cleveland; April 17 PLAYOFFS: 10 10 6.2 2.4 0.8 .478 25.7 CAVS 117, Pacers 111 Game 3 at Indiana; April 20 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 16-17: 72 72 25.2 3.2 5.8 .473 35.1 PLAYOFFS: 10 10 22.4 2.4 5.5 .415 33.9 CAVS 119, Pacers 114 Game 4 at Indiana; April 23 CAVS 106, Pacers 102 CAVS QUICK FACTS The Cleveland Cavaliers will look to take a 3-0 series lead over the Boston Celtics after posting a 130-86 victory in Game 2 at TD Garden on Wednesday night. The Cavaliers led by as many as 50 points and posted a wire-to-wire victory for the second game in a row. The Cavs set franchise playoff records in CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS points (130) and margin of victory (+44). The 44-point win was also the largest in Eastern Conference Finals history, the Celtics biggest home loss in their # 2 Cleveland vs. # 3 Toronto postseason history and biggest defeat over a No. 1 seed. Cleveland led by 41 points at halftime (72-31), which was the biggest lead at halftime in NBA Playoff history. (Elias Sports Bureau) CAVS Won Series 4-0 Cleveland has never lost a series when leading 2-0 (14-0). They also hold a 9-0 series record when going up 3-0. Game 1 @ Cleveland; May 1 CAVS 116, Raptors 105 The Cavaliers have won an NBA record-record tying 13 consecutive postseason games dating back to Game 5 of last year’s NBA Finals (L.A. Lakers also had 13 straight playoff wins from 1988-1989). (Elias Sports Bureau) Game 2 @ Cleveland; May 3 CAVS 125, Raptors 103 The Cavs are 10-0 this postseason, tying last year’s mark to start the playoffs. The NBA record to start a postseason is 11-0, by the Lakers (1989 and 2001) and the Warriors (2017). Game 3 @ Toronto; May 5 CAVS 115, Raptors 94 Including this postseason at home (4-0), the Cavs have won 13 of the last 14 playoff games at Quicken Loans Arena. Game 4 @ Toronto; May 7 MILESTONE ALERT: LeBron James (5,915 PTS) is 73 points away from passing Jordan (5,987 PTS) as the top scorer in NBA postseason history. James (314 CAVS 109, Raptors 102 3FGM) is also four three-pointers shy of passing Manu Ginobili (317 3FGM) for 3rd place on the NBA’s playoff three-pointers made list. Kevin Love (300 REB) needs six rebounds to pass Hot Rod Williams (305 REB) for 7th in franchise postseason history, while Tristan Thompson (500 REB) needs 24 rebounds to pass Zydrunas Ilgauskas (523 REB) for 2nd in team history. Going back to the 2015 postseason, the Cavs hold a 34-4 playoff record against Eastern Conference opponents (17-1 mark at The Q vs. East over that span). They are also 6-0 in the playoffs against the Celtics during that time. Cleveland is putting up a franchise-playoff record 116.3 points per game this postseason (2nd-best in 2017 Playoffs), while leading all NBA playoff teams in field goal percentage (.497), three-point percentage (.433), offensive rating (119.4) and three-pointers made per game (14.5). # 2 Cleveland vs. # 1 Boston LeBron James is the first NBA player to have eight straight games with at least 30 points in single postseason since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had nine in a row CAVS Lead Series 2-0 during the 1970 Playoffs. In Game 2, James tallied 30 points on 12-18 (.667) shooting, including 4-6 (.667) from long range, four rebounds, seven assists, four steals and three blocks in 33 minutes. James passed Michael Jordan (376 STL) for the 2nd-most steals in NBA Playoff history with his fourth swipe of the night. Game 1 @ Boston; May 17 His plus/minus of +46 was his highest for any game of his career (regular and post). (Elias Sports Bureau) CAVS 117, Celtics 104 LeBron James has poured in at least 25 points and shot better than .500 from the field in all 10 playoff games, which is tied with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for Game 2 @ Boston; May 19 the longest NBA postseason streak of 25 or more points and .500 shooting (10 games in 1970). (ESPN Stats & Info) CAVS 130, Celtics 86 nd Kyrie Irving became just the 2nd Cavs player to ever score 1,000 career playoff points with his 22 point in Game 2. He finished with 23 points on 8-11 Game 3 @ Cleveland (.727) shooting, including 3-6 (.500) from deep, three assists, one steal and one block in 30 minutes. Sunday, May 21 – 8:30 p.m. TV: TNT Kevin Love recorded his second double-double of this series with 21 points on 7-14 (.500) shooting, including 4-9 (.444) from three-point range, a game- RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN Radio high 12 rebounds, two assists and a steal in 27 minutes. In five contests against the Celtics this season (regular season and postseason), Love is averaging 24.8 Game 4 @ Cleveland points and 12.6 rebounds in 32.0 minutes, while also shooting .447 (21-47) mark from deep and .912 (31-34) from the charity stripe. Tuesday, May 23 – 8:30 p.m. TV: TNT CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN Radio Edy Tavares (right hand fracture) – OUT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) *Game 5 @ Boston Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert Thursday, May 25 – 8:30 p.m. TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN Radio CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 4/12/17 – Cavs waived center Larry Sanders and signed guard Dahntay Jones and Edy Tavares…4/10/17 – Cavs recalled guard Kay Felder from the Canton *Game 6 @ Cleveland Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned and operated D-League team…4/9/17 – Cavs waived guard DeAndre Liggins. Saturday, May 27 – 8:30 p.m. TV: TNT 2016-17 CAVALIERS RECORDS RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN Radio RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK *Game 7 @ Boston Monday, May 29 – 8:30 p.m. 2017 PLAYOFFS 10-0 (1.000) 4-0 (1.000) 6-0 (1.000) 0-0 (---) W10 TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN Radio OVERALL 51-31 (.622) 31-10 (.756) 20-21 (.488) 3-4 (.429) L4 * If necessary CENTRAL 8-8 (.500) 6-2 (.750) 2-6 (.250) 2-0 (1.000) W1 EASTERN 35-17 (.673) 19-7 (.731) 16-10 (.615) 3-2 (.600) L4 WESTERN 16-14 (.533) 12-3 (.800) 4-11 (.267) 0-2 (.000) L2 2017 NBA PLAYOFFS: EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: VS. BOSTON CELTICS (53-29, 8-7) CAVS-RAPTORS POSTSEASON SCHEDULE GAME/DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT GAME 1: Wednesday, May 17 @ Boston Celtics TD Garden (Boston, MA) WON, 117-104 GAME 2: Friday, May 19 @ Boston Celtics TD Garden (Boston, MA) WON, 130-86 GAME 3: Sunday, May 21 vs. Boston Celtics Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 8:30 p.m. TNT GAME 4: Tuesday, May 23 vs. Boston Celtics Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 8:30 p.m. TNT *GAME 5: Thursday, May 25 @ Boston Celtics TD Garden (Boston, MA) 8:30 p.m. TNT *GAME 6: Saturday, May 27 vs. Boston Celtics Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 8:30 p.m. TNT *GAME 7: Monday, May 29 @ Boston Celtics TD Garden (Boston, MA) 8:30 p.m. TNT * If Necessary CAVALIERS – CELTICS MATCHUP (2017 Playoffs Overall Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% 3FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 116.3 102.9 .497 .451 .433 .765 42.0 38.9 22.1 7.4 5.3 12.6 +13.4 CELTICS 105.5 106.1 .459 .461 .366 .765 38.5 45.3 27.4 7.7 4.3 13.5 -0.6 CAVALIERS – CELTICS MATCHUP (2017 Conference Finals Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% 3FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 123.5 95.0 .524 .420 .429 .741 44.5 39.5 24.5 9.5 4.0 10.0 +18.5 CELTICS 95.0 123.5 .420 .524 .308 .727 39.5 44.5 28.0 5.5 2.5 17.5 -18.5 CAVS-CELTICS PLAYOFF SERIES INFORMATION PLAYOFF HISTORY: This is the 7th time the Cavaliers and Celtics meet in the playoffs Overall: 18-18 Home: 12-5 The Q: 6-2 Road: 6-13 Result 1976 Conference Finals Home: 2-1 - Road: 0-3 Celtics won 4-2 1985 First Round Home: 1-1 - Road: 0-2 Celtics won 3-1 1992 Semifinals Home: 3-1 - Road: 1-2 CAVS won 4-3 2008 Semifinals Home: 3-0 The Q: 3-0 Road: 0-4 Celtics won 4-3 2010 Semifinals Home: 1-2 The Q: 1-2 Road: 1-2 Celtics won 4-2 2015 First Round Home: 2-0 The Q: 2-0 Road: 2-0 CAVS won 4-0 2017 Conference Finals Home: 0-0 The Q: 0-0 Road: 2-0 CAVS lead 2-0 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS (2-0) GAME 1: CAVALIERS 117, CELTICS 104 – TD GARDEN – BOSTON, MA (5/17/17) KEY PERFORMERS: LeBron James finished with a game-high 38 points on 14-24 (.583) shooting, nine rebounds, a team-high seven assists and two steals in 42 minutes…Kevin Love had his first career postseason 30-10 game with a playoff career-high 32 points and a game-high 12 rebounds, while going 9-16 (.563) from the field, 6-9 (.667) from deep and 8-9 (.889 from the foul line in 34 minutes…Tristan Thompson tallied a playoff career-high 20 points on a perfect 7-7 from the field, nine rebounds, two assists and two steals in 34 minutes; Thompson became the first player in franchise playoff history to make at least seven field goals without missing a shot…Kyrie Irving added 11 points, six assists, two steals and a block in 34 minutes…For Boston, Isaiah Thomas tallied 17 points and a game-high 10 assists in 38 minutes…Jae Crowder had a team-high tying 21 points on 8-13 (.625) shooting, eight rebounds and five assists in 35 minutes…Avery Bradley also scored 21 points and added four rebounds in 39 minutes.