PREVIEW: 2015 NBA Finals, Game 6: Golden State Warriors (3-2) At Cleveland Cavaliers (2-3) – Closing Out Is The Toughest

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Golden State Warriors (2-2) at Cleveland Cavaliers (2-2)

Tip-off: Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 – 6:00PM PDT

Location: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH

TV: ABC | Radio: KTCT 1050 AM, KGO 810 AM, ESPN Radio

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors #LetsGoWarriorsLive

Projected Starting Lineups:

Warriors

Career Playoff Averages

PG: Stephen Curry (25.9 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 7.2 APG)

SG: Klay Thompson (17.5 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.5 APG)

SF: Andre Iguodala (12.9 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 4.4 APG)

PF: Harrison Barnes (11.8 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 1.4 APG)

C: Draymond Green (10.9 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 3.5 APG)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (15-5, .750)

Cavaliers

Career Playoff Averages

PG: Matthew Dellavedova (10.8 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 3.9 APG)

SG: Iman Shumpert (8.9 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.2 APG)

SF: LeBron James (28.2 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 6.7 APG)

PF: Tristan Thompson (9.3 PPG, 10.7 RPG, 0.5 APG)

C: Timofey Mozgov (8.6 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 0.5 APG)

Head Coach: David Blatt (14-5, .737)

Series Game Recap/Schedule

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

Game 2: Sun. June 7, Cleveland 95, Golden State 93 (OT) – 1st half 2nd half

Game 3: Tue. June 9, Cleveland 96, Golden State 91 – 1st half 2nd half

Game 4: Thu. June 11, Golden State 103, Cleveland 82 – 1st half 2nd half

Game 5: Sun. June 14, Golden State 104, Cleveland 91 – 1st half 2nd half

Game 7 *: Fri, June 19, Cleveland at Golden State, 9 p.m. ET, ABC

Game Notes

  • “Forgot to mention that now that Iguodala is starting, the #Warriors starting 5 is averaging double-digit PPG. Pretty rare.” — Poor Man’s Commish, LetsGoWarriors
  • “LeBron: averaging 31.9 pts in 14 career elimination games, highest in NBA history (min. 5 such games)” — Elias Sports Bureau
  • “Harrison Barnes has played in every game this year — tonight his 103rd of season — 188 straight dating back to last year.” — Carl Steward, Bay Area News Group
  • “The Warriors are 6-3 on the road in the postseason so far. That’s really, really strong.” — Tim Kawakami, Bay Area News Group
  • “In the Finals, LeBron James has 44 assists and 15 turnovers. All other Cavs have 37 assists and 42 turnovers.” — Tom Haberstroh, ESPN.com
  • “Steph Curry avgs in 5 career closeout games on road: 28.4 pts 43.4 FG% 24-for-48 3FG 8.0 ast 5.0 reb 2.6 TOs 40.8 min” — Marcus Thompson, Bay Area News Group
  • “Steve Kerr on Andrew Bogut: ‘Bogues could very well play..He’s ready if we need him, and we’ll see how the game goes.'” — Diamond Leung, Bay Area News Group
  • “Kerr says Andre Iguodala is prepared for being fouled. ‘The majority of teams that go to the Hack-a-Whatever, they lose.'” — Ethan J. Skolnick, BleacherReport
  • “LeBron says he has to be “as dominant as I can be” in Game 6.” — Tom Withers, AP
  • “LeBron James says they will start the same starting lineup and see what happens from there.” — Chris B. Haynes, Cleveland Plain-Dealer

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

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