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2016-17 · Eastern Conference Finals Game 2 · May 19, 2017

#3 Cleveland Cavaliers vs #1 Boston Celtics

Cleveland visited Boston seeking a 2–0 conference-finals lead before the series moved to Ohio.

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Home starting five
Boston Celtics
StarterAHAl Horford
StarterABAvery Bradley
StarterGGGerald Green
StarterITIsaiah Thomas

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Defending champion Cleveland had swept its first two playoff rounds and opened the conference finals with another comfortable win in Boston. The top-seeded Celtics needed a home response to prove the East was not merely a clear runway back to the Finals for LeBron James.

  • Cleveland led 1–0 and had not lost a game during the postseason.
  • Boston's Isaiah Thomas was playing through a hip injury after an emotionally and physically demanding playoff run.

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Starter
JCJae Crowder
Away starting five
Cleveland Cavaliers
StarterJSJR Smith
StarterKLKevin Love
StarterKIKyrie Irving
StarterLJLeBron James
StarterTTTristan Thompson

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.