NBA Finals 2015: Updated Odds, Schedule for Warriors vs. Cavaliers Series
Oh, how things have changed.
After Game 1 of the NBA Finals, which was played under a week ago, the majority of fans and media members declared the Cleveland Cavaliers dead. The Golden State Warriors were too mighty, too dominant to lose to a team without its second-best player in Kyrie Irving.
Or so they said.
LeBron James and the motivated Cavaliers have made every single one of those folks eat their words. The King has totaled 123 points through the first three games of the series, which is an all-time record.
Cleveland will head into Game 4 with a 2-1 lead, mere inches away from the franchise’s first championship.
Maybe then—and only then, it seems—will people learn not to doubt LBJ. Check out the schedule and odds for the rest of the series below.
Odds
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 7-4 |
| Golden State Warriors | 10-21 |
How to Watch
| 4 | June 11 | Warriors at Cavaliers | 9 p.m. | ABC |
| 5 | June 14 | Cavaliers at Warriors | 8 p.m. | ABC |
| 6* | June 16 | Warriors at Cavaliers | 9 p.m. | ABC |
| 7* | June 19 | Cavaliers at Warriors | 9 p.m. | ABC |
Has Anyone Seen Draymond Green?
First off, yes—that was 100 percent supposed to rhyme.
Secondly, it was a serious question. Draymond Green, Golden State’s wild-card forward who isn’t great at anything but is good at everything, has been absent through the Finals’ first three contests.
Aside from a subtle double-double in Game 2 (10 points and 10 boards), the 25-year-old forward has come up unbelievably small. Green totaled a meager seven points during 30 minutes of action in Game 3, which led reporters to ask Stephen Curry whether he’d need to give Green encouragement before Game 4.
Yikes.
Could he be hurting? That might be the only explanation. According to Warriors sideline reporter Rosalyn Gold-Onwude, Green is playing through a back injury:
David Lee, who had played a total of 11 minutes—11!—in Golden State’s last seven playoff games (including three DNPs), logged 13 minutes in Game 3.
ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne talked to Green after Tuesday night’s loss and indicated that his injury might have opened the door for Lee’s uptick in playing time:
You have to respect Green for playing through pain, but that can only hold water for so long.
Pretty soon, with his team needing him now more than ever, the versatile pit bull of a forward will have to translate that toughness into numbers.
Otherwise, the Dubs are in deep, deep trouble.
Stats are accurate courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com.
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