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SUN., MAY 13, 2018 TD GARDEN – BOSTON, MA TV: ABC RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN RADIO 3:30 PM ET (SERIES TIED 0-0) CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES FOLLOW @CAVSNOTES ON TWITTER CONFERENCE FINALS - GAME 1 OVERALL PLAYOFF GAME # 12 ROAD GAME # 6 LAST GAME’S STARTERS POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG QUARTERFINALS F 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 17-18: 80 61 8.3 2.9 1.8 .403 28.1 # 4 Cleveland vs. # 5 Indiana PLAYOFFS: 11 10 10.0 2.5 1.3 .413 32.3 CAVS won series 4-3 Game 1 at Cleveland F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 17-18: 82 82 27.5 8.6 9.1 .542 36.9 Pacers 98, CAVS 80 PLAYOFFS:11 11 34.3 9.4 9.0 .553 41.4 Game 2 at Cleveland; April 18 CAVS 100, Pacers 97 C 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 17-18: 59 59 17.6 9.3 1.7 .458 28.0 PLAYOFFS:11 11 14.7 10.1 1.2 .394 33.4 Game 3 at Indiana; April 20 Pacers 92, CAVS 90 G 26 KYLE KORVER 6-7 212 17-18: 73 4 9.2 2.3 1.2 .459 21.6 Game 4 at Indiana; April 22 PLAYOFFS:11 10 10.5 2.6 1.2 .469 26.1 CAVS 104, Pacers 100 Game 5 at Cleveland; April 25 G 3 GEORGE HILL 6-3 188 17-18: 67 60 10.0 2.7 2.8 .460 27.0 CAVS 98, Pacers 95 PLAYOFFS: 8 7 9.8 2.1 2.5 .531 26.1 Game 6 at Indiana; April 27 Pacers 121, CAVS 87 Game 7 at Cleveland; April 29 CAVS QUICK FACTS CAVS 105, Pacers 101 • After a 4-0 series sweep over the Toronto Raptors, the Cleveland Cavaliers are back in the Eastern Conference Finals for the 4th straight season and 8th time overall (1976, 1992, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). During the 2017-18 regular season, Cleveland won two of the three CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS matchups against the Celtics, including a 121-99 win at TD Garden on Feb. 11, 2018. The Cavs defense limited Boston to a combined .420 shooting # 4 Cleveland vs. # 1 Toronto from the field (.283 3FG%) and held them to under .450 shooting in all three games. CAVS Won Series 4-0 • This is the 8th postseason meeting between the Cavs and Celtics, and 3rd time the two teams have met in the conference finals (1976, 2017). Game 1 @ Toronto; May 1 Cleveland won the last two playoff series against Boston, which includes their 4-1 series win in last year’s ECF. In that series, Cleveland set a CAVS 113, Raptors 112 (OT) franchise record for points per game in a series with 120.4 points. The Cavs also won by an average of 30.0 points on the road (127.3 to 97.3) and Game 2 @ Toronto; May 3 became the first team in NBA history to win two road games by a 30-plus-point margin in the same playoff series. The Celtics never possessed a CAVS 128, Raptors 110 lead at any time in any of the three games played in Boston in the 2017 ECF, marking the first time in NBA history that a team did not lead at any point of three different home games in the same playoff series. (Elias Sports Bureau) Game 3 @ Cleveland; May 5 CAVS 105, Raptors 103 • Also in last year’s ECF against Boston, the Cavs had a 44-point win (130-86) in Game 2 at TD Garden on May 19, 2017. Their 44-point win against Game 4 @ Cleveland; May 7 Boston was the largest in franchise playoff history, the largest win in an Eastern Conference Finals game, Boston’s biggest defeat at home in their CAVS 128, Raptors 93 playoff history and the biggest margin of victory over a No. 1 seed in league history. • In 34 career postseason games against the Celtics, LeBron James has scored 979 points, the most ever by a single player against one team in the playoffs. In those contests, James is averaging 28.8 points, 8.4 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 1.91 steals and 1.38 blocks in 43.1 minutes. (Elias) th • NBA HISTORY & MILESTONES: J.R. Smith (269 3FGM) is 8 three-pointers shy of passing Paul Pierce (276 3FGM) for 8 place in NBA playoff history. # 4 Cleveland vs. # 2 Boston • CAVS HISTORY: Kevin Love (815 PTS) needs 4 points to pass Mark Price (818 PTS) for 3rd place on the Cavaliers all-time playoff scoring list. Love Series Tied 0-0 (505 REB) is 19 rebounds away from passing Zydrunas Ilgauskas (523) for 3rd place in team postseason history. Kyle Korver (57 3FGM) can move into sole possession of 5th place in threes made in Cavs playoff history if he hits one three-pointer today (Daniel Gibson-57). Game 1 @ Boston Sunday, May 13, 3:30 p.m. • In the 4-0 sweep against Toronto, the Cavs averaged 118.5 points on .516 shooting from the field (.411 3FG%) and 24.3 assists (8.0 turnovers). TV: ABC Cleveland tied their franchise record for field goal percentage in a playoff game twice in that series (.595 in Games 2 and 4). RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM / ESPNR • In the Semifinals series against the Raptors, Cleveland had six players average double figures in scoring: LeBron James (34.0), Kevin Love (20.5), Game 2 @ Boston Kyle Korver (14.5), J.R. Smith (12.5), Jeff Green (12.3) and George Hill (10.3). Tuesday, May 15, 8:30 p.m. • Kevin Love, who averaged a double-double in the 2018 Semifinals against Toronto (20.5 PTS, 11.5 REB), also had a double-double in all five TV: ESPN games during the 2017 ECF versus Boston and averaged 22.6 points, 12.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks, while shooting .486 from RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM / ESPNR the field, .535 (23-43) from three-point range and .870 (20-23) from the foul line, in 33.2 minutes that round. Game 3 @ Cleveland Saturday, May 19, 8:30 p.m. • LeBron James is having a strong 2018 Playoffs, averaging a NBA-high 34.3 points (.553 FG%), 9.4 rebounds, 9.0 assists, 1.55 steals and 1.00 block TV: ESPN in 41.4 minutes, to go along with 8 double-doubles and 2 triple-doubles. He has also outright led Cleveland in points and assists in an NBA playoff- RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM / ESPNR record 12 consecutive playoff games (dating back to last postseason). Game 4 @ Cleveland • George Hill has scored in double figures in five of his last six postseason games (10.8 PTS, .538 FG%, .875 FT%, 2.7 AST, 28.3 MIN since April 20). Monday, May 21, 8:30 p.m. • Kyle Korver has made four threes or more in six games this postseason and leads the team in 3FGM (30, 4th in NBA) and 3FG% (.462, 30-65). TV: ESPN • J.R. Smith shot perfect from the floor for the first time in his playoff career during the Game 4 win over Toronto (15 PTS, 6-6 FG, 3-3 3FG). RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM / ESPNR *Game 5 @ Boston Wednesday, May 23, 8:30 p.m. CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY TV: ESPN None Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM / ESPNR Cedi Osman (JED-e AUS-min) Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) *Game 6 @ Cleveland Friday, May 25, 8:30 p.m. CAVALIERS 2017-18 RECORDS TV: ESPN RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM / ESPNR RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK *Game 7 @ Boston Sunday, May 27, 8:30 p.m. 2018 PLAYOFFS 8-3 (.727) 5-1 (.833) 3-2 (.600) 1-0 (1.000) W5 TV: ESPN OVERALL 50-32 (.610) 29-12 (.707) 21-20 (.512) 2-0 (1.000) L1 RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM / ESPNR CENTRAL 11-5 (.688) 7-1 (.875) 4-4 (.500) 0-0 (.000) W3 * If necessary 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-CELTICS CONFERENCE FINALS SCHEDULE GAME/DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT GAME 1: Sunday, May 13 @ Boston Celtics TD Garden (Boston, MA) 3:30 p.m. ABC GAME 2: Tuesday, May 15 @ Boston Celtics TD Garden (Boston, MA) 8:30 p.m. ESPN GAME 3: Saturday, May 19 vs. Boston Celtics Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 8:30 p.m. ESPN GAME 4: Monday, May 21 vs. Boston Celtics Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 8:30 p.m. ESPN *GAME 5: Wednesday, May 23 @ Boston Celtics TD Garden (Boston, MA) 8:30 p.m. ESPN *GAME 6: Friday, May 25 vs. Boston Celtics TD Garden (Boston, MA) 8:30 p.m. ESPN *GAME 7: Sunday, May 27 @ Boston Celtics Air Canada Centre (Toronto, ON) 8:30 p.m. ESPN *If Necessary All games can be heard on WTAM/La Mega 87.7 FM CAVALIERS – CELTICS 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 CELTICS 104.0 100.4 .450 .440 .377 .771 44.5 43.8 22.5 7.4 4.6 14.0 +3.6 CAVALIERS – CELTICS MATCHUP (2017-18 REGULAR SEASON HEAD-TO-HEAD STATISTICS, CAVS WON 2-1) PPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S CAVALIERS 103.7 .445 .345 .857 46.3 19.0 5.3 5.7 14.3 CELTICS 100.0 .420 .283 .759 47.0 24.3 7.7 3.3 14.3 CAVALIERS – CELTICS MATCHUP (2018 PLAYOFFS OVERALL STATISTICS) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% 3FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 103.5 102.0 .467 .478 .351 .762 38.5 39.7 19.7 6.6 3.8 12.1 +1.5 CELTICS 104.1 102.5 .446 .467 .360 .762 42.5 42.9 21.2 6.8 4.7 12.4 +1.6 CAVS-CELTICS PLAYOFF SERIES INFORMATION PLAYOFF HISTORY: THIS IS THE 8TH TIME THE CAVALIERS AND CELTICS MEET IN THE PLAYOFFS Overall: 20-19 Home: 13-6 The Q: 7-3 Road: 7-13 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: 1-1 The Q: 1-1 Road: 3-0 CAVS won 4-1 2018 Conference Finals Home: 0-0 The Q: 0-0 Road: 0-0 Tied 0-0 CONNECTIONS Cavs Assistant Coach James Posey won an NBA title with the Celtics as a player in 2008…Cavs Head Coach Tyronn Lue began his coaching career with Boston, serving as an assistant coach from 2009-2013…Cavs assistant coach Mike Longabardi spent six seasons as an assistant coach with the Celtics under Doc Rivers, four of which with Coach Lue…While with the Celtics, Longabardi helped them reach three Eastern Conference