The Cleveland Cavaliers will go on the road to play the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night in Game 5 of their NBA Finals 2015 series. With things deadlocked at 2-2, whoever wins tonight will move to within one more victory of claiming the title. The game has a scheduled start time of 8 p.m. ET and takes place from the ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California. The game will be broadcast on TV on the ABC network, but can also be watched online through free live stream via the link below.
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Golden State will feel like they got one over on the Cavaliers in Game 4. They changed their starting line-up significantly and everything seemed to work out perfectly as they won the game and tied the series back to 2-2.
Game 4 saw a big performance for Andre Iguodala, who stood in for Andrew Bogut, and successfully contained LeBron James enough for the Warriors to claim the win. James who has been scoring almost at will through the first three games of this series, was held to just 22 points in Game 4, and not allowing him to get into the 30s or 40s seemed to be the major difference in the Cavaliers claiming in victory.
Tonight's big game will be interesting to see how the Cavaliers react, and especially how James responds to being so well contained in Game 4. It isn't often that James has been held back to well, but the likelihood is that he will be going all out to get Cleveland back out in front again tonight. Whether the Warriors will be able to contain him so well for a second straight game remains to be seen.
Many pundits noticed that there was a distinct lack of energy in some areas of the Cleveland line-up, and they seemed to be tired after three games in five nights. They didn't seem as physical as they have done in previous games, and that allowed the Warriors to take advantage.
But Cleveland have had two full days off since Thursday night's Game 4, and should be well-rested and ready to jump back in tonight. J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert and Matthew Dellavedova should be re-energized and that should help them take some of the weight off James' shoulders.
James has of course been taking a majority of the burden for the Cavaliers in this series, with injuries in the team forcing him to step up even more than usual.
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Golden State may try and replicate what worked so well in Game 4, however, a re-energized Cavaliers team may prove a very different prospect for them to deal with. Especially if James can turn things up a notch more again, the Warriors will really have to raise their game to an even greater level if they are to steal the win today and move to within just one more victory of the NBA title.
Tonight's big Game 5 between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors has a scheduled start time of 8 p.m. ET and the game can be watched on TV on the ABC network, or online through free live stream by clicking here.
