SUN., MAY 10, 2015 UNITED CENTER – CHICAGO, IL TV: ABC RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 3:30 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (5-2, 53-29) AT CHICAGO BULLS (6-3, 50-32) 2014-15 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES PLAYOFF GAME #8 ROAD GAME #4 PROBABLE STARTERS 2015 NBA PLAYOFFS QUARTERFINALS POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 14-15: 69 69 25.3 6.0 7.4 .488 36.1 # 2 Cleveland vs. # 7 Boston CAVS won series 4-0 PLAYOFFS: 7 7 26.7 9.6 7.7 .434 41.7 F 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 14-15: 82 15 8.5 8.0 0.5 .547 26.8 Game 1 at Cleveland PLAYOFFS: 7 2 6.9 8.6 0.7 .552 30.6 Sunday, April 19 C 20 TIMOFEY MOZGOV 7-1 250 14-15: 81 80 9.7 7.3 0.7 .555 25.3 CAVS 113, Celtics 100 PLAYOFFS: 7 7 8.9 7.3 0.3 .471 23.5 Game 2 at Cleveland G 4 IMAN SHUMP ERT 6-5 220 14-15: 62 25 8.0 3.6 2.2 .410 24.9 Tuesday, April 21 PLAYOFFS: 7 3 10.4 4.4 0.7 .442 31.9 CAVS 99, Celtics 91 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 14-15: 75 75 21.7 3.2 5.2 .468 36.4 PLAYOFFS: 7 7 22.1 3.7 3.7 .421 39.9 Game 3 at Boston Thursday, April 23 CAVS QUICK FACTS CAVS 103, Celtics 95 The Cleveland Cavaliers will try to tie its s eries against th e Chicago Bulls in Game 4 of the Eastern Conf erence Semifinals. Game 4 at Boston In Game 3 against th e Bulls, the Cavaliers def ense held the Bulls to an opponent postseason -low 34-90 (.378) shooting from the field , Sunday, April 26 including 6-21 (.286) from the three-point lin e. Cleveland is allo wing the lowest opponent three-point field goal percentage in the 2015 CAVS 101, Celtics 93 Playoffs at .306, while rankin g 3rd in oppon ent points per game (95.4) and 4 th in opponent field goal perc entage (.422). After sw atting nine shots in G ame 3 against the Bulls , Cleveland is now averaging 7 .1 bloc ks, which leads all NBA teams in this year’s playoffs . Th at is 3.0 mo re bloc ks per game than th eir average during the regular season (4.1 bpg). 2015 NBA PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS The C avs connec ted on a franchise-record tying 14 three-pointers in Game 3 and have no w hit 10 or more triples on four occasions this postseason. Th e only oth er time th e Cavs mad e 14 threes in a playoff game was April 22, 2010 vs. Chicago (First Round). # 2 Cleveland vs. # 3 Chicago In Game 3 against th e Bulls, LeBron James registered his 4th double-double of the postseason with a team-high 27 points, including a Bulls lead series 2-1 10-11 (.909) clip from the free thro w lin e, a playoff career-high 14 assists and eight rebounds in 44 minutes. With 1,073 career postseason assists, James is now 4 th all- time in NBA history and has passed six players on the assists list this postseason: Larry Bird Game 1 @ Cleveland (1,062), Steve Nash (1,061), Tony Parker (1,059), Scottie Pipp en (1,048), Kobe Bryant (1,040) and Michael Jord an (1,022) . Monday, May 4 Tristan Thompson posted his 1st career postseason double-double with 10 points, a playoff-high 13 rebounds and three blocks in 41 Bulls 99, CAVS 92 minutes of work in Game 3. In the series against the Bulls, he is now averaging a team-high 11.0 rebounds, to go along with 6.3 points and 1.7 blocks in 37.7 minutes per game. Game 2 @ Cleveland Wednesday, May 6 Cleveland is averaging just 11.6 turnovers in the playoffs , which is the 2nd-lowest among all 16 teams (Memphis-10.1). CAVS 106, Bulls 91 Kyrie Irving has scored at least 20 points in five of his first seven career playoff games and is averaging 22.1 points (8th in NBA) , including a .459 mark from th e three-point lin e, 3.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.9 blocks in 39.9 minutes. Game 3 @ Chicago The Cavs have won 32 of their last 33 contests when re aching the century mark in scoring and hold a 46-5 mark when scoring at least Friday, May 8 100 points since the beginning of th e 2014-15 season. Bulls 99, CAVS 96 Through the first three games of this series, Iman Shump ert is averaging 15.0 points, a .417 (10-24) clip from beyond the arc, 3.0 Game 4 @ Chicago rebounds and 1.7 steals in 35.7 minutes. Sunday, May 10 – 3:30 p.m. Matthew D ellavedova has a team-best 4.67 assist-to-turnover ratio in this series (14 assists/3 turnovers) . TV: ABC RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY Game 5 @ Cleveland Anderson Varejao (Left Achilles Tendon Rupture) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) Tuesday, May 12 – 7:00 p.m. Kevin Love (Left Shoulder Dislocation) – OUT Tyronn (Tah-RON) Lue TV: TNT Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) *Game 6 @ Chicago Thursday, May 14 – TBD CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS TV: ESPN 4/20/15 – Recalled g uard Joe Harris from the Ca nton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team… 4/18/15 – RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM Assigned guard Joe Harris to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned a nd operated NBA Development League team… 4/15/15 – Recalled guard Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team… 4/13/15 – Assigned guard Joe Harris to the *Game 7 @ Cleveland Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team Sunday, May 17 – TBD 2014-15 CAVALIERS RECORDS TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 2015 PLAYOFFS 5-2 (.714) 3-1 (.750) 2-1 (.667) 0-0 (---) L1 * If necessary OVERALL 53-29 (.646) 31-10 (.756) 22-19 (.537) 3-1 (.750) W2 CENTRAL 11-5 (.688) 6-2 (.750) 5-3 (.625) 1-0 (1.000) W5 EASTERN 35-17 (.673) 20-6 (.769) 15-11 (.577) 2-0 (1.000) W2 WESTERN 18-12 (.600) 11-4 (.733) 7-8 (.467) 1-1 (.500) W4 2015 NBA PLAYOFFS: EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS: VS. CHICAGO BULLS (6-3, 50-32) CAVS-BULLS POSTSEASON SCHEDULE GAME/DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT GAME 1: Monday, May 4 vs. Chicago Bulls Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) Lost, 99-92 GAME 2: Wednesday, May 6 vs. Chicago Bulls Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) Won, 106-91 GAME 3: Friday, May 8 @ Chicago Bulls United Center (Chicago, IL) Lost, 99-96 GAME 4: Sunday, May 10 @ Chicago Bulls United Center (Chicago, IL) 3:30 p.m. ABC GAME 5: Tuesday, May 12 vs. Chicago Bulls Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 7:00 p.m. TNT *GAME 6: Thursday, May 14 @ Chicago Bulls United Center (Chicago, IL) TBD ESPN *GAME 7: Sunday, May 17 vs. Chicago Bulls Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) TBD TNT * If Necessary CAVALIERS – BULLS MATCHUP (2015 Postse ason Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 101.4 95.4 .429 .422 .788 44.4 42.3 18.0 7.3 7.1 11.6 +6.0 BULLS 99.3 91.7 .433 .397 .740 48.1 42.8 24.1 7.7 6.9 15.3 +7.6 CAVS-BULLS PLAYOFF SERIES INFORMATION PLAYOFF HISTORY: This is the 7th time the Cavaliers and Bulls meet in the playoffs (1988-1989, 1992-1994, 2010 & 2015) Overall: 11-20 Home: 8-8 The Q: 4-1 Road: 3-12 Result 1988 First Round Home: 2-0 Road: 0-3 Bulls won 3-2 1989 First Round Home: 1-2 Road: 1-1 Bulls won 3-2 1992 Conference Semifinals Home: 1-2 Road: 1-2 Bulls won 4-2 1993 Conference Semifinals Home: 0-2 Road: 0-2 Bulls won 4-0 1994 First Round Home: 0-1 Road: 0-2 Bulls won 3-0 2010 First Round Home: 3-0 The Q: 3-0 Road: 1-1 Cavs won 4-1 2015 First Round Home: 1-1 The Q: 1-1 Road: 0-1 Bulls lead series 2-1 2015 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS RECAPS (Bulls Lead Series 2-1) GAME 1: CAVALIERS 92, BULLS 99 – QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH (5/4/15) KEY PERFORMERS: LeBron James posted his third consecutive double -double of the 2015 playoffs (63rd of career) a fter finishing with 19 points, a game -high 15 rebounds, a game-high nine assi sts, a game-high tying three steals and one block in 42 minutes…With James’ fourth assist of the night, he moved passed Scottie Pippen (1,048) for 7th place in NBA Playoff history…Kyrie Irving tied his playoff car eer-high with 30 points, while adding si x assists, two rebounds, one steal, one block and a 9 -9 clip from the foul line in 44 minutes…Iman Shumpert got his first start of the 2015 postseason and registered a pl ayoff career-high 22 points, including 4-10 (.400) shooting from three-point range, in 41 minutes…Tristan Thompson grabbed eight rebounds to go along with four points and two blocks in 37 minutes off the bench…For the Bulls, Pau Gasol tallied a double -double with 21 points on 10–16 (.625) shooting from the field, a team-high 10 rebounds, four assists a nd a game -high four blocks i n 35 minutes…Derrick Rose fini shed with a team- high 25 points, five rebounds and five assists in 39 mi nutes…Jimmy Butler added 20 points, a team-high six assists, five rebounds and three steals in 44 minutes.