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Thursday, June 4, 2015Playoffs · 1 game
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1 game, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed CLE by 10 after the first quarter and won 108–100.

Final · OT · Finals · G1 · Box score
Cavs100
Warriors108
Q1 GSW -10; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 Warriors 0; Q4 Warriors 0; OT1 GSW +8
The lead · NBA Finals · Game 1 · Cavs-Warriors

Golden State takes Game 1, leads Cleveland 1–0

LeBron James goes for 44 points

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-10-300+8GSW AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Cavs292222252100
Warriors1929252510108
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 18, 32, 34, 33, 40, 23, 26, 26GSW26 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 21, 20, 15, 13, 17, 24, 20, 21GSW21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 25, 38, 15, 31, 30, 37, 23, 44CLE44 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 21, 11, 12, 25, 6, 10, 16, 23CLE23 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Final · Cavs-Warriors
Cavs 100Warriors 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Cavs292222252100
Warriors1929252510108
The story
Stephen Curry had 26 points and 8 assists as Golden State beat Cleveland 108-100 in OT

Timofey Mozgov led Cleveland with 16 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 26 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB · 10-20 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

The Warriors won the overtime 10-2.

GSW lead by quarter
200 −10−300+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.4points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
25.3Reg. season avg34.7Last 3 playoff games

34.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 25.3 in the regular season (69 games). Today: 44 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.4minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
36.4Reg. season avg31.0Last 3 playoff games

31.0 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 36.4 in the regular season (75 games). Today: 23 points in 44 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Reg. season avg47.1Today

47 minutes today, against 26.8 a game in the regular season (82 games). Line: 2 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 44

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 25, 38, 15, 31, 30, 37, 23, 44Cavs-Warriors · L
28.7 PPG playoffs to date · +16.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: James Harden HOU, Feb 4, 2019: 44 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Season high44 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 18, 32, 34, 33, 40, 23, 26, 26Warriors-Cavs · W
29.0 PPG playoffs to date · −3.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 21, 11, 12, 25, 6, 10, 16, 23Cavs-Warriors · L
19.0 PPG playoffs to date · +4.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 21, 20, 15, 13, 17, 24, 20, 21Warriors-Cavs · W
19.8 PPG playoffs to date · +1.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Timofey MozgovPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 15, 1, 7, 10, 10, 9, 14, 16Cavs-Warriors · L
9.6 PPG playoffs to date · +6.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 16, 9, 4, 6, 6, 13, 6, 15Warriors-Cavs · W
8.4 PPG playoffs to date · +7.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
15 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Lead changes
Cavs-Warriors13