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One down, 15 to go...
Time: 7:00 PM ET
Venue: Quicken Loans Arena
TV: TNT, FSOH
Coaches:
BOS - Brad Stevens (40-42, 0-1)
CLE - David Blatt (53-29, 1-0)
BENCHES
CELTICS
Jonas Jerebko - Kelly Olynyk - Jared Sullinger - Jae Crowder - Luigi Datome - Gerald Wallace - James Young - Chris Babb - Isaiah Thomas - Phil Pressey
CAVALIERS
Tristan Thompson - Shawn Marion - Kendrick Perkins - Brendan Haywood - James Jones - Mike Miller - Iman Shumpert - Joe Harris - Matthew Dellavedova
PLAYOFF TRIVIA
- LeBron James (9-0) has never lost a first round playoff series.
- David Blatt is one of four coaches in the playoffs this year in his first year with his team. The others are Steve Kerr (Warriors), Lionel Hollins (Nets), and Jason Kidd (Bucks).
- The Cavs are the favorites in Vegas to win the NBA Finals at 9-4 odds. FiveThirtyEight rates them as 21% likely to win the NBA Finals, a distant second to the Warriors (48%).
- The Celtics are one of two teams (the other being the Brooklyn Nets) that qualified for the postseason despite having a losing record (40-42).
- The Celtics are making their 52nd postseason appearance in franchise history. The Cavaliers are making their 19th.
- The Celtics have won 17 of the 21 NBA Finals in which they have appeared.
- This is the sixth time the Cavs and Celtics have met in the postseason. Boston has won four of the first five meetings, with the most recent being in the Eastern Conference semifinals in 2010 (4-2). The Cavs' lone series win came in 1992, when they upset the 2 seeded Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals, 4-3.
- The Cavaliers have been a 2 seed only one time since the merger, during the 2007 playoffs - their lone appearance in the NBA Finals in franchise history.
LADIES
LET'S GO CABS!!!
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