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NBA : ATS Matchup
Thursday 6/4/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
CLEVELAND
 
GOLDEN STATE
+6  

-6  
+200

-250

204
 
100
Final
108

CLEVELAND (65 - 31) at GOLDEN STATE (79 - 18)
No Previous GameNo Next Game
Thursday, 6/4/2015 9:05 PM
NBA Finals - Best of 7 - Game 1
Board OpenLatest
701CLEVELAND204203.5
702GOLDEN STATE-6-6
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
CLEVELAND - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games65-31-147-4940-55102.953.345.5%52.597.849.444.9%49.1
Road Games28-20+1.623-2519-28101.851.844.4%52.099.351.546.2%49.8
Last 5 Games5-0+5.74-12-3103.454.044.0%61.888.447.041.3%46.0
Playoff Games12-2+9.78-66-8101.454.043.6%56.092.546.641.2%49.9
CLEVELAND Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)102.953.337-8245.5%10-2836.5%18-2475.2%531122197135
vs opponents surrendering99.649.737-8444.6%8-2334.9%17-2374.9%521122208145
Team Stats (Road Games)101.851.837-8344.4%10-2934.7%18-2475.6%521120197134
Stats Against (All Games)97.849.438-8344.9%8-2333.4%15-2075.3%491123218124
vs opponents averaging99.649.537-8444.7%8-2234.8%17-2375.3%521122208145
Stats Against (Road Games)99.351.538-8346.2%7-2232.2%16-2174.8%501023218135

GOLDEN STATE - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games79-18+16.653-4042-54109.155.947.5%52.599.350.142.8%53.0
Home Games46-3+14.729-1822-26111.257.449.0%52.197.748.642.7%51.6
Last 5 Games4-1+22-31-4108.657.246.0%58.4100.452.443.7%53.8
Playoff Games12-3+1.87-83-11104.355.146.0%54.296.350.943.1%51.3
GOLDEN STATE Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)109.155.941-8747.5%11-2839.5%16-2175.8%531127209146
vs opponents surrendering100.35038-8445.0%8-2334.9%17-2374.8%521122208145
Team Stats (Home Games)111.257.442-8649.0%11-2840.5%16-2175.6%5210291910146
Stats Against (All Games)99.350.137-8642.8%7-2133.3%19-2576.0%531221198154
vs opponents averaging100.250.137-8444.9%8-2234.8%18-2474.7%521122208145
Stats Against (Home Games)97.748.637-8642.7%7-2133.6%17-2375.6%521122199163
Average power rating of opponents played: CLEVELAND 95,  GOLDEN STATE 95.9
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
CLEVELAND - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
4/26/2015@ BOSTON101-93W-6.5W201.5U31-7839.7%59833-8538.8%6414
5/4/2015CHICAGO92-99L-4.5L195U34-8142.0%45940-8050.0%5110
5/6/2015CHICAGO106-91W-5.5W194.5O37-8344.6%59832-7940.5%4812
5/8/2015@ CHICAGO96-99L2.5L194.5O32-8239.0%451134-9037.8%667
5/10/2015@ CHICAGO86-84W-3L194U29-7538.7%521532-8936.0%538
5/12/2015CHICAGO106-101W-5.5L190.5O40-7950.6%471134-8639.5%538
5/14/2015@ CHICAGO94-73W2.5W192U33-7941.8%601130-8037.5%417
5/20/2015@ ATLANTA97-88W2W199.5U37-8444.0%601234-7744.2%4312
5/22/2015@ ATLANTA94-82W3.5W193U33-7643.4%561233-7941.8%4611
5/24/2015ATLANTA114-111W-8L190O40-9741.2%681336-8840.9%547
5/26/2015ATLANTA118-88W-7W195.5O43-8749.4%651036-8542.4%467
6/4/2015@ GOLDEN STATE              
6/7/2015@ GOLDEN STATE              
6/9/2015GOLDEN STATE              
6/11/2015GOLDEN STATE              

GOLDEN STATE - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
4/25/2015@ NEW ORLEANS109-98W-6W208U40-7950.6%481040-8348.2%4211
5/3/2015MEMPHIS101-86W-10.5W196U39-7750.6%451533-7345.2%4315
5/5/2015MEMPHIS90-97L-10L198U31-7441.9%522037-8344.6%4513
5/9/2015@ MEMPHIS89-99L-4L197U32-7443.2%461737-8245.1%5314
5/11/2015@ MEMPHIS101-84W-4W196U38-8047.5%522133-8837.5%5416
5/13/2015MEMPHIS98-78W-10W198U38-8146.9%491633-8339.8%4816
5/15/2015@ MEMPHIS108-95W-5W193O41-8150.6%551234-9137.4%523
5/19/2015HOUSTON110-106W-10.5L220U43-9246.7%531240-8646.5%6015
5/21/2015HOUSTON99-98W-9.5L219U41-7753.2%451639-8446.4%4610
5/23/2015@ HOUSTON115-80W1.5W216.5U44-9745.4%721328-8333.7%5215
5/25/2015@ HOUSTON115-128L-4.5L214.5O44-9745.4%501543-7656.6%6016
5/27/2015HOUSTON104-90W-10W217U37-9140.7%721626-7435.1%5120
6/4/2015CLEVELAND              
6/7/2015CLEVELAND              
6/9/2015@ CLEVELAND              
6/11/2015@ CLEVELAND              
KEY GAME INFORMATION
CLEVELAND: GUARDS: KYRIE IRVING will play off the ball more. With defenses keying on LeBron James, Irving should become a more efficient scorer . . . DION WAITERS will start for the Cavaliers at shooting guard. He shows flashes of brilliance on offense, but like Irving, doesn't play defense . . . MIKE MILLER reunites with James as a part-time floor spacer . . . JOE HARRIS' deep shooting makes him a possible long-term replacement for Miller. FORWARDS: LeBRON JAMES is the MVP favorite. He'll fill up the stat sheet while having these Cavaliers in a position to win every single night . . . KEVIN LOVE is one of the game's premier power forwards. He should have plenty of open looks this season, as he plays off of James. He'll also rack up rebounds . . . TRISTAN THOMPSON's switch from shooting left-handed to righty last season went well. He's a solid two-way player who should see time at center as well . . . SHAWN MARION will be a swiss-army knife off the bench for the Cavs. He can do a little bit of everything and will allow James to get a little rest this season. . . JAMES JONES followed James to Cleveland. He'll see minutes in a handful of games as a three-point specialist. CENTERS: ANDERSON VAREJAO stayed relatively healthy last season, and the Cavs will need him considering their thin rotation up front. He never developed much of an offensive game, but his energy, defense and rebounding fit well alongside Thompson and James.

Because of this important information, no power rating or computer score edges are posted for this game.

GOLDEN STATE: GUARDS: New head coach Steve Kerr doesn't figure to tweak this system much, so expect STEPHEN CURRY to keep doing his thing. He's added elite playmaking skills to his already outstanding deep shooting . . . The Warriors are reluctant to part with KLAY THOMPSON in part because of his three-point shooting, but mostly because of his defensive value alongside Curry . . . SHAUN LIVINGSTON will back up both guard spots. He's also the only proven point guard on the roster besides Curry . . . BRANDON RUSH will look to revive his career in Oakland. He'll have to prove his knees are healthy enough before he earns a rotation spot . . . It's a make or break year already for NEMANJA NEDOVIC, who was severely overmatched as a rookie. FORWARDS: ANDRE IGUODALA is a defensive specialist and no more than a role player on offense. His main job is to take some of the playmaking duties away from Curry . . . Kerr seems resigned to the fact that he's stuck with DAVID LEE. He has some value on offense, but remains one of the league's worst defensive frontcourt players. Expect him to lose some minutes under Kerr . . . HARRISON BARNES will play a bit of power forward in some small lineups, but mostly he'll play a wing spot. Barnes will have to regain his confidence early if he's going to be an impact sixth man . . . Kerr has hinted at a bigger role for DRAYMOND GREEN, who will play some stretch-4 this year . . . MARREESE SPEIGHTS gives them an offense-only big man off the bench. CENTERS: Kerr has hinted at a bigger offensive role for ANDREW BOGUT. But monitoring the Aussie's minutes may be the bigger goal, to ensure he's actually available for the postseason . . . Back-up center FESTUS EZELI should be ready to return from his knee injury, though he was having shin problems during Summer League.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NBA PLAYOFF PREVIEW (CLEVELAND-GOLDEN STATE) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(With AP Photos.)

*Cavaliers-Warriors Preview* ============================

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer

Cleveland At Golden State, Game One, 9:00 p.m. EDT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Stephen Curry was early in his career, a long way from even thinking about the NBA Finals.

His Golden State Warriors were in Cleveland, where LeBron James powered one of the best teams in the league. Curry thinks the Warriors lost the game (they did, one of their 56 losses his rookie season) but certainly remembers the chat.

James, already the best player in the game, pulled Curry aside leaving the court and told him to focus on his own effort, ignore any distractions around him, make sure he was always prepared.

"There is going to be a time when it's all going to work out because you'll be ready for that moment," Curry said Wednesday of James' message.

And now, it might happen against James.

The next chat between the superstars could be Thursday night at center court, before Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

Curry is now the NBA's MVP and the Warriors, no longer the lowly laughingstock from his rookie season, won a league-best 67 games during the regular season. They have lost three times at Oracle Arena all season, but that doesn't faze James as he tries to end Cleveland's 51-year pro sports title drought in his first season back there.

"I've been in so many loud arenas. This is going to be one of them," he said. "I've played in OKC in the (2012) finals to start off the series. I've played in Boston. I've played in Detroit when they were in their heyday. I've played in Chicago in 2011 to open up the Eastern Conference finals. I've played in San Antonio.

"So I've been in some very loud buildings and this, obviously, I know tomorrow is going to be one of them. But I don't add too much pressure on it. You just go out and you just try to play."

He has done that superbly in this postseason, averaging 27.6 points, 10.4 rebounds and 8.3 assists in the Eastern Conference playoffs. He has played better basketball - he brought up the 2009 East finals loss against Orlando, a month before Curry was drafted - but the steady hand he has provided with Kevin Love out and Kyrie Irving hurting has made James as good as he's ever been.

"For me as leader of the team, it's my job to lead the guys and to perform well," James said. "At the end of the day, win, lose or draw, that's all I can ask out of myself and ask out of my guys, and we'll do that."

His finals experience - he's the first to play in five straight finals since Bill Russell's Celtics of the 1960s - is one advantage for the Cavs against a Warriors team with no players who have played for the championship. Warriors rookie coach Steve Kerr, who won five titles as a player, says he and assistant Luke Walton have talked to the team about what to expect now.

"But what I really found as a player was once you get out on the floor, you just start playing and everything returns to normal," Kerr said. "It's still just a basketball game. But you've got to get to that point and the best way to do that is to try to ignore the chaos as much as you can."

For Curry, keeping things normal Wednesday meant a haircut and some sun by his pool. And he knows James will be prepared, just as he once instructed Curry.

"He's a gamer," Curry said. "You know he's going to ready for big moments."

Other things to watch in the NBA Finals:

KYRIE'S CONDITION: Irving, who missed two games in the East finals with knee and foot injuries, plans to play, while realizing he won't be at his best.

"It's an adjustment, but it's what it is at this point," he said. "But I'm just going to go out there and will myself to play."

CLEVELAND CONNECTION: Kerr played 3 1/2 seasons in Cleveland and will try to join Phil Jackson, whose Lakers beat the Nets in 2002, as the only coaches to beat a team they played for in the finals. He understands why it hasn't been a desired destination for players, saying "let's face it, it's cold," but said he enjoyed the experience.

"I used to go to Indians games and Browns games, and you felt the passion of the sports community there," he said. "The fans loved all their teams. So I'm really happy for the city of Cleveland, for them to be in the finals."

BEEN THERE, DONE THAT: Though also in his first year as an NBA coach, David Blatt has reminded reporters all season that he's no rookie after his long, successful career overseas. The coach of 2014 Euroleague champion Maccabi Tel Aviv repeated that message Wednesday, saying he didn't "find this at all imposing."

"So it's thrilling and it's exciting, and it's joyful to be in this situation," he added. "Is it all unusual or uncomfortable for me? No. I've been in situations like this before many times."

KLAY'S OK: Klay Thompson wasn't cleared to play until Tuesday after suffering a concussion in Game 5 of the West finals, but never feared missing the opener.

"I had some nagging headaches that night, but when I got some good sleep and some good rest I was all right," he said. "So I really knew that Game 1 was never in jeopardy."

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Follow Brian Mahoney on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Briancmahoney


Last Updated: 3/19/2024 5:32:05 AM EST.


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