MON., MAY 4, 2015 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 7:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (4-0, 53-29) VS. CHICAGO BULLS (4-2, 50-32) 2014-15 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES PLAYOFF GAME #5 HOME GAME #3 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: 4 4 27.0 9.0 6.5 .467 43.0 TBD Game 1 at Cleveland 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: 4 4 9.8 8.0 0.0 .538 24.5 Game 2 at Cleveland TBD Tuesday, April 21 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: 4 4 23.3 5.0 4.3 .435 40.6 Game 3 at Boston Thursday, April 23 CAVS QUICK FACTS CAVS 103, Celtics 95 th The Cleveland Cavaliers continue their 19 overall postseason appearance versus the Chicago Bulls in the 2015 Eastern Conference Semifinals. It Game 4 at Boston will mark the 7th time the teams have faced each other in the playoffs, which is the Cavs’ most against one single opponent in postseason history. The last time the Cavs and Bulls met each other in the postseason was in 2010 when Cleveland won 4-1 in the First Round. The Cavaliers Sunday, April 26 also won the 2014-15 regular season series against Chicago 3-1. CAVS 101, Celtics 93 The Wine and Gold are undefeated against Chicago in playoff games at Quicken Loans Arena (3-0). Including the regular season and the 2015 First Round series against Boston, the Cavs have won 22 of their last 23 games at The Q. 2015 NBA PLAYOFFS In four games against Chicago in 2014-15, LeBron James averaged 28.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.8 steals in 37.2 minutes per CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS game. In the most recent win over the Bulls on April 5 (99-94), James registered a triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists and three steals in 37 minutes of work. Also with the Cavs this past season, Timofey Mozgov (13.0 points/11.3 rebounds) and Kevin Love (14.3 points/10.7 # 2 Cleveland vs. # 3 Chicago rebounds) each averaged a double-double against Chicago, while Kyrie Irving chipped in with 21.3 points and 6.5 assists versus the Bulls. Series 0-0 th Defensively, the Cavaliers have allowed the lowest opponent three-point field goal percentage in the playoffs at .256 and 4 -lowest overall nd percentage at .420. Cleveland gave up 94.8 points in the First Round, which is also the 2 -lowest this postseason. Game 1 @ Cleveland Cleveland averaged 7.8 blocks in the First Round, which leads all NBA teams in this year’s playoffs. It also was the 2nd-most blocks recorded by Monday, May 4 – 7:00 p.m. the Cavs in a single series in team history (8.2 bpg vs. Chicago in 2010 First Round). Timofey Mozgov is averaging a team-high 3.0 blocks per game TV: TNT in the playoffs, which is tied for the highest among all postseason players in 2015. Radio: WTAM 1100 / 100.7 WMMS / LA MEGA 87.7 FM Kyrie Irving (23.3 ppg/5.0 rpg/4.3 apg/1.0 spg/1.0 bpg) and LeBron James (27.0 ppg/9.0 rpg/6.5 apg/2.3 spg/1.5 bpg) averaged a combined 50.3 points, 14.0 rebounds, 10.8 assists, 3.3 steals and 2.5 blocks in the First Round, while also scoring or assisting on 22 of 23 Cleveland baskets in the Game 2 @ Cleveland fourth quarter the last three games of the series. They are the first Cavs duo to each average at least 20.0 points in a series since Brad Daughtery (25.5) and Mark Price (21.3) in the first round of the 1992 playoffs (3-1 series victory over the Nets). Wednesday, May 6 – 7:00 p.m. TV: TNT After a strong double-double performance (27 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists, three steals, one block) in the Game 4 series-clinching win over RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM Boston, LeBron James passed Kobe Bryant (1,040) for 8th in career playoff assists, Shaquille O’Neal (1,168) for 6th in free throws made and Clyde Drexler (278) for 9th in steals. James is also moving closer to additional playoff milestones in which he needs: four assists to pass Scottie Game 3 @ Chicago Pippen (1,048) for 7th all-time, and three made three-pointers to pass Jason Kidd (236) for 9th all-time in postseason history. Friday, May 8 – 8:00 p.m. The Cavs have won 31 of their last 32 contests when reaching the century mark in scoring and hold a 45-5 mark when scoring at least 100 points TV: ESPN since the beginning of the 2014-15 season. RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY Game 4 @ Chicago Anderson Varejao (Left Achilles Tendon Rupture) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) Sunday, May 10 – 3:30 p.m. Kevin Love (Left Shoulder Dislocation) – OUT Tyronn (Tah-RON) Lue TV: ABC RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert Game 5 @ Cleveland* Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) Tuesday, May 12 – TBD CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM 4/20/15 – Recalled guard Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…4/18/15 – Assigned guard Joe Harris to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…4/15/15 – Recalled guard Joe Game 6 @ Chicago* Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…4/13/15 – Assigned guard Joe Harris to the Thursday, May 14 – TBD Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…4/10/15 – Recalled guard Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team. TV: ESPN RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2014-15 CAVALIERS RECORDS Game 7 @ Cleveland* RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK Sunday, May 17 – TBD 2015 PLAYOFFS 4-0 (1.000) 2-0 (1.000) 2-0 (1.000) 0-0 (---) W4 TV: TNT OVERALL 53-29 (.646) 31-10 (.756) 22-19 (.537) 3-1 (.750) W2 RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM CENTRAL 11-5 (.688) 6-2 (.750) 5-3 (.625) 1-0 (1.000) W5 * If necessary 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 (4-2, 50-32) CAVS-BULLS POSTSEASON SCHEDULE GAME/DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT GAME 1: Sunday, May 4 vs. Chicago Bulls Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 7:00 p.m. TNT GAME 2: Tuesday, May 6 vs. Chicago Bulls Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 7:00 p.m., TNT GAME 3: Thursday, May 8 @ Chicago Bulls United Center (Chicago, IL) 8:00 p.m., ESPN GAME 4: Saturday, 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) TBD 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 Postseason Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 104.0 94.8 .438 .420 .770 47.0 40.8 16.8 7.8 7.8 12.5 +9.2 BULLS 100.8 88.5 .437 .388 .725 50.0 43.7 26.2 7.7 7.0 17.5 +12.3 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: 10-18 Home: 7-7 The Q: 3-0 Road: 3-11 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: 0-0 The Q: 0-0 Road: 0-0 - CONNECTIONS Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving and Chicago forward Mike Dunleavy both played their college ball at Duke University…Irving and Bulls guard Derrick Rose helped guide USA Basketball to a gold medal at the 2014 FIBA World Cup this past summer…Cavaliers team consultant Bernie Bickerstaff was an assistant with the Bulls from 2008- 2010…Cavs assistant coach Jim Boylan was the lead assistant coach with the Bulls from 2004-07 and served as the interim head coach for part of the 2007-08 season…Cavaliers Radio Studio Analyst Brad Sellers played for the Chicago Bulls from 1986-1989…Bulls assistant coach Mike Wilhelm is a native Clevelander and played his high school basketball at St.