PREVIEW: 2015 NBA Finals, Game 4: Golden State Warriors (1-2) At Cleveland Cavaliers (2-1) – Must-Win Attitude Required

Cleveland Cavaliers (2-1) at Golden State Warriors (1-2)

Tip-off: Thursday, June 11th, 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 (14-3, .824)

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, .722)

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 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

From LetsGoWarriors

• 2015 NBA Finals: The Resurgence Of David Lee

• Kerr: ‘Our biggest adjustment is to be like us.’ video post

X’s & O’s

• ‘allow Curry space to operate vs Dellavedova. No ball screens, no fancy misdirection, just 1-4 low iso’ — Seth Partnow, Basketball Breakdown

• How Cleveland Cavaliers Are Exploiting Stephen Curry’s Defense in the NBA Finals

• “Asked directly whether Andrew Bogut would remain in the starting line-up tonight, Kerr said: ‘Yeah, he’s starting.'” — Tim Kawakami, Bay Area News Group

• Kerr said he isn’t opposed to Steph vs Delly iso’s, but he prefers them to be after 2-3 passes, in the flow.

• “LeBron James said he suffered some cramping in Game 3, as well. He revealed he had IV treatment after the game.” — Chris B. Haynes, Cleveland Plain-Dealer

Mental Approach

• David Lee: ‘I have faith that we’re going to come out and play the right way’ RT @twithersAP: Warriors face ‘urgent’ Game 4

• “Steve Kerr on his players being angry about the series: ‘I concur. I’m angry, too. I may not show it, but I’m not happy.'” — Diamond Leung, Bay Area News Group

• Curry on seeing a few shots go down: ‘It’ll take care of itself if I stay aggressive, stay confident, stay…

• Kerr on Barnes: ‘We lost and he had a bad game…It’s a lonely feeling…The playoffs are all about…

• As far as effort is concerned, Curry says, the Warriors depth ‘doesn’t mean anything’.

• ‘Curry could not match that urgency (of LBJ avoid repeating ’07 pain) & everyone wants to know why’ — Moke Hamilton

• ‘Earlier in the game, (#StephCurry) was trusting his teammates. That trust wasn’t rewarded’ — Ethan Strauss, ESPN.com

• ‘Throughout playoffs Curry has changed tenor of every series by putting on his cape and taking over’ — Marcus Thompson, Bay Area News Group

By The Numbers

• “Warriors have scored < 50 pts in the 1st half in all 3 Finals contests. The last time that happened was in December of 2013” — Tim Roye, Warriors radio broadcaster

• “The Warriors have scored 28 points on 51 possessions in transition during these Finals.” — Matt Moore, CBS Sports

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