PREVIEW: 2015 NBA Finals, Game 2: Cleveland Cavaliers (0-1) At Golden State Warriors (1-0) – Not Letting Up Despite Cavs Loss Of Kyrie Irving

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Cleveland Cavaliers (0-1) at Golden State Warriors (1-0)

Tip-off: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 – 5:00PM PDT

Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA

TV: ESPN | Radio: KNBR 680 AM

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive

Projected Starting Lineups:

Cavaliers

Career Playoff Averages

PG: Matthew Dellavedova (6.5 PPG, 1.7 RPG, 2.7 APG)

SG: Iman Shumpert (9.3 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 1.3 APG)

SF: LeBron James (28.0 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 6.6 APG)

PF: Tristan Thompson (8.9 PPG, 10.2 RPG, 0.5 APG)

C: Timofey Mozgov (7.8 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 0.5 APG)

Head Coach: David Blatt (12-3, .800)

Warriors

Career Playoff Averages

PG: Stephen Curry (25.9 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 7.4 APG)

SG: Klay Thompson (17.5 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.6 APG)

SF: Harrison Barnes (12.3 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.5 APG)

PF: Draymond Green (10.7 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 3.5 APG)

C: Andrew Bogut (6.4 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 2.2 APG)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (13-3, .813)

Series Game Recap/Schedule

Game 1: Thu. June 4, Golden State 108, Cleveland 100 – 1st half 2nd half

Game 2: Sun. June 7, Cleveland at Golden State, 8 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 3: Tue. June 9, Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 4: Thu. June 11, Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 5 *: Sun, June 14, Cleveland at Golden State, 8 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 6 *: Tue, June 16, Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 7 *: Fri, June 19, Cleveland at Golden State, 9 p.m. ET, ABC

Game Notes

  • “LeBron: ‘I don’t know how much more aggressive you want me to get at this point.'” — Tim Kawakami, Bay Area News Group
  • “Asked how many minutes he’s good for, LeBron says 40, 41, 42 — at NBA Finals pace.” — Monte Poole, CSN Bay Area
  • “Blatt says his interpretation of the injury is that Kyrie Irving was kneed by Klay Thompson, resulting in the fracture.” — Chris B. Haynes, Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • “Adams says it’s a ‘fairy tale’ to think Finals over due to Kyrie’s injury. Worried bout Cavs getting more cohesive.” — Marc Spears, Yahoo Sports
  • “Asked if the Warriors could face a let down without having to play vs. Kyrie, Kerr basically said, ‘Come on?!? Really?!?'” — Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle

(Photo: @letsgowarriors Instagram account via NBAE/Getty)

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