SUN., JUNE 14, 2015 ORACLE ARENA – OAKLAND, CA TV: ABC RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM/100.7 WMMS/ESPN RADIO 8:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (14-4, 53-29) AT GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (14-5, 67-15) 2014-15 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES NBA FINALS GAME 5 OVERALL PLAYOFF GAME #19 ROAD GAME #10 PROBABLE STARTERS 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 QUARTERFINALS PLAYOFFS: 18 18 29.4 10.8 8.3 .417 41.8 # 2 Cleveland vs. # 7 Boston F 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 14-15: 82 15 8.5 8.0 0.5 .547 26.8 CAVS won series 4-0 PLAYOFFS: 18 13 8.8 10.7 0.5 .557 36.1 Game 1 at Cleveland; 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: 18 18 10.8 7.4 0.6 .496 27.0 Game 2 at Cleveland; April 21 CAVS 99, Celtics 91 G 4 IMAN SHUMP ERT 6-5 220 14-15: 62 25 8.0 3.6 2.2 .410 24.9 Game 3 at Boston; April 23 PLAYOFFS: 18 14 9.1 5.0 1.2 .369 34.6 CAVS 103, Celtics 95 G 8 MATTH EW D ELLAVED OVA 6-4 200 14-15: 67 13 4.8 1.9 3.0 .362 20.6 Game 4 at Boston; April 26 CAVS 101, Celtics 93 PLAYOFFS: 18 5 7.6 2.1 2.7 .363 23.9 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS CAVS QUICK FACTS # 2 Cleveland vs. # 3 Chicago CAVS won series 4-2 With the 2015 NBA Finals knotted at 2-2, the Cleveland Cavaliers look to regain the lead with a victory against Golden State in Game 5 at Oracle Arena. In Cavs playoff history, Cleveland has played in 14 series that were tied 2-2 (6-8 record in those series), Game 1 @ Cleveland; May 4 including this year’s semifinals win over the Chicago Bulls. Bulls 99, CAVS 92 Game 2 @ Cleveland; May 6 CAVS 106, Bulls 91 Cleveland is 7-2 on the road in this year’s playoffs, winning five of their seven victories on the road by at least eight points. Game 3 @ Chicago; May 8 Away from home, the Cavs have held their foes to a combined .404 shooting from the field and .256 from beyond the arc. Bulls 99, CAVS 96 The last time the Cavs visited O racle Arena was a 95-93 overtime win in Game 2 when Cleveland held the Warriors to 33-83 Game 4 @ Chicago; May 10 (.398) shooting from the field, including 8-35 (.229) from the three-point line. The Wine and Gold also forced 19 turnovers, CAVS 86, Bulls 84 scored 19 points off of Golden State’s miscues, and outrebounded them 55-45. Game 5 @ Cleveland; May 12 CAVS 106, Bulls 101 Game 6 @ Chicago; May 14 LeBron James needs one more steal to pass Jason Kidd (302) and garner sole possession of 6th place all-time in NBA playoff rd CAVS 94, Bulls 73 history. He is also eight made free throws away from passing Karl Malone (1,269) for 3 all-time and 52 points away from becoming the 6th player in the league history to top 5,000 career playoff points. In the 2015 NBA Finals, LeBron James has three double-doubles (one triple-double) and is averaging a series-high 35.8 points, 12.0 rebounds, a series-high 8.3 assists and 1.3 steals in 45.8 minutes per game. After Game 4’s performance, he has had at least 20 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists in three consecutive contests. # 2 Cleveland vs. # 1 Atlanta CAVS won series 4-0 Tristan Thompson, who is leading the NBA Finals with 13.8 rebounds per game, has grabbed double-digit rebounds in five straight contests and in 11 of the last 13 outings. In Game 4 against Golden State, Thompson notched his second straight Game 1 @ Atlanta; May 20 double-double (7th of the postseason) with 12 points on 6-10 (.600) shooting from the field, a game-high 13 rebounds (6 CAVS 97, Hawks 89 Game 2 @ Atlanta; May 22 offensive) and one block in 38 minutes. CAVS 94, Hawks 82 Game 3 @ Cleveland; May 24 th Timofey Mozgov registered his 4 double-double of the 2015 postseason after finishing with a career-high (regular season and CAVS 114, Hawks 111 (OT) postseason) 28 points on 9-16 (.563) shooting from the field, a 10-12 (.833) mark from the free-throw line, 10 rebounds (six Game 4 @ Cleveland; May 26 CAVS 118, Hawks 88 offensive) and one steal in 33 minutes during Game 4 against the Warriors. Mozgov became the first Cavaliers center to tally 28 points and 10 rebounds in a postseason game since Brad Daugherty on April 23, 1992 (40 pts/16 rbs vs. New Jersey). (Elias) In the last nine playoff games (five starts), Matthew Dellavedova is averaging 10.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and a .850 (17-20) clip from the foul line in 31.2 minutes. He has scored in double figures in six of those nine contests. # 2 Cleveland vs . # 1 Golden State Series Tied 2-2 CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY Game 1 @ Golden State; June 4 Anderson Varejao (Left Achilles Tendon Rupture) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) Warriors 108, CAVS 100 (OT) Kevin Love (Left Shoulder Dislocation) – OUT Tyronn (Tah-RON) Lue Game 2 @ Golden State; June 7 Kyrie Irving (Fractured Left Knee Cap) – OUT Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) CAVS 95, Warriors 93 (OT) Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert Game 3 @ Cleveland; June 9 CAVS 96, Warriors 91 Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) Game 4 @ Cleveland; June 11 Warriors 103, CAVS 82 2014-15 CAVALIERS RECORDS Game 5 @ Golden State; June 14 RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 8:00 PM 2015 PLAYOFFS 14-4 (.778) 7-2 (.778) 7-2 (.778) 2-1 (.667) L1 Game 6 @ Cleveland; June 16 9:00 PM 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 *Game 7 @ Golden State; June 19 9:00 PM 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 *If Necessary 2015 NBA FINALS: VS. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (14-5, 67-15) CAVS-WARRIORS POSTSEASON SCHEDULE GAME/DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT GAME 1: Thursday, June 4 @ Golden State Warriors Oracle Arena (Oakland, CA) Lost, 108-100 (OT) GAME 2: Sunday, June 7 @ Golden State Warriors Oracle Arena (Oakland, CA) WON, 95-93 (OT) GAME 3: Tuesday, June 9 vs. Golden State Warriors Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) WON, 96-91 GAME 4: Thursday, June 11 vs. Golden State Warriors Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) Lost, 103-82 GAME 5: Sunday, June 14 @ Golden State Warriors Oracle Arena (Oakland, CA) 8:00 p.m., ABC GAME 6: Tuesday, June 16 vs. Golden State Warriors Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 9:00 p.m., ABC *GAME 7: Friday, June 19 @ Golden State Warriors Oracle Arena (Oakland, CA) 9:00 p.m., ABC * If Necessary CLE-GSW SERIES LEADERS PPG: JAMES – 35.8 RPG: T. THOMPSON – 13.8 APG: JAMES – 8.3 SPG: GREEN/SHUMPERT – 2.5 BPG: BOGUT/GREEN – 1.3 CAVALIERS – WARRIORS MATCHUP (Overall 2015 Postseason Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 99.6 93.9 .423 .415 .743 47.2 41.6 18.3 6.3 6.4 12.6 +5.7 WARRIORS 103.2 95.6 .453 .420 .714 46.1 43.5 24.3 7.9 6.1 14.8 +7.6 CAVALIERS – WARRIORS (2015 NBA Finals Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 93.3 98.8 .379 .426 .703 48.0 45.8 16.0 8.0 4.8 13.5 -5.5 WARRIORS 98.8 93.3 .426 .379 .756 45.8 48.0 21.3 7.5 6.0 13.0 +5.5 REGULAR SEASON SERIES HIGHLIGHTS Overall: 51-54 Home: 33-21/The Q: 14-7 Road: 18-33 CAVALIERS vs. WARRIORS 2014-15 SEASON Current Streak: Won 1 Home Streak: Won 1 Road Streak: Lost 1 January 9 at Gold en State – C AVS 94, Warriors 112 Febru ary 26 at Cleveland – CAVS 110, Warriors 99 Last Win: 2/26/15 Last Home Win: 2/26/15 Last Road Win: 3/14/14 Last Loss: 1/9/15 Last Home Loss: 12/29/13 Last Road Loss: 1/9/15 Cavs Individual Bests Points: 42- LeBron James, 2/26/15 Rebounds: 22 – Rick Roberson, 3/7/72 Assists: 27 – Geoff Huston, 1/27/82 Biggest Win: 33 points on 1/23/89 (142-109) Biggest Loss: 40 points on 3/8/90 (105-145) Warriors Individual Bests Points: 48 – Rick Barry, 10/19/74 Rebounds: 26 – George T. Johnson, 2/21/74 Assists: 18 – Tim Hardaway, 3/8/90 2015 NBA FINALS RECAPS (SERIES TIED 2-2) GAME 1: CAVALIERS 100, WARRIORS 108 (OT) – ORACLE ARENA – OAKLAND, CA (6/4/15) KEY P ERFORMERS: L eBron James scored a 2015 Playoff-high 44 points, to go along with eight rebounds and a team-high tyin g six assists in 46 minutes.