PREVIEW: 2015 NBA Finals, Game 3: Golden State Warriors (1-1) At Cleveland Cavaliers (1-1) – Stephen Curry Breakout?

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

Tip-off: Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 – 6:00PM PDT

Location: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH

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 (13-3, .813)

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 (13-4, .765)

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 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

  • “Klay Thompson says it’s just a charley horse he was being iced for…Again, Klay Thompson says he was being iced, not limping.” — Diamond Leung, Bay Area News Group
  • “Anything being wrong with Klay Thompson discounted by Steve Kerr “as far as I know everything is fine.” — Sarah Todd, SFBay.ca
  • “Kerr on Klay, who was spotted with a wrapped knee and a limp coming off the team bus: everything is fine, as far as I know.” — Dieter Kurtenbach, KNBR
  • “Klay was kneed in thigh last game, but he’s fine & it wasn’t enough of a concern to put on the injury report,source says” — Marc Spears, Yahoo Sports

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

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