The Chicago Bulls will play the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday in a massive game in their NBA Playoffs 2015 series. With things tied at 2-2, the teams come into today's Game 5 with the series effectively being reduced to a best of three competition.
Game 5 between the Bulls and Cavaliers will take place from the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, and has a scheduled start time of 7 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast live on TV on the TNT network, but can also be watched online through live stream via the link provided below.
This series is really turning out to be something special, and after four games there is still next to nothing between the two teams. There have already been two buzzer-beating scores to claim dramatic wins, and the tension ramped up to a whole new level when LeBron James helped give the Cavaliers a thrilling victory in Game 4 to square up the series.
Games 3 and 4 were exciting as Derrick Rose helped give the Bulls a 2-1 advantage when he scored a last second three-pointer to hand Chicago a 99-96 win.
However, not to be outdone, LeBron James gave the perfect response in Game 4 when he scored from the corner in the dying moments to help the Cavaliers to an 86-84 victory and move the series to 2-2.
Game 2 also saw James feature prominently in Cleveland's win. He scored 22 points in the first half alone to help the Cavaliers storm out to a massive 19 point lead at the halfway point. It would be a lead that they wouldn't give up as they kept the Bulls well at bay in a 106-91 win.
If the Cavaliers are to win tonight though they will have to nullify the threat posed from Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler. Combined, they scored 45 points in Game 1, and bettered that by scoring an even 50 in Game 3.
However, the Bulls cannot be too reliant on Rose. He has scored more than 30 points on average over the past two games against Cleveland, but even with that mammoth effort from him the Bulls scored their third lowest points total in Sunday's Game 4, only managing 84 points throughout the four quarters.
One big reason for that is the absence of Pau Gasol, who is sidelined with a hamstring injury.
Rose has said, "Pau, the way that he scores, just his presence on the floor, the way that he shoots the ball, rebounds the ball, is huge. But I think the guys who stepped in did their jobs and they played well. We lost the game, for sure, but I love our mentality."
Game 5 between the Chicago Bulls and the Cleveland Cavaliers will start at 7 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the TNT network. The game will also be shown online through live stream by clicking here.
