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Cleveland CavaliersVERSUSGolden State Warriors

2017-18 · NBA Finals Game 1 · May 31, 2018

#4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs #2 Golden State Warriors

Cleveland and Golden State opened another Finals series with an all-time individual performance and late confusion.

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Verified starters

Home starting five
Golden State Warriors
StarterDGDraymond Green
StarterKDKevin Durant
StarterKLKevon Looney
StarterKTKlay Thompson

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LeBron James had carried an uneven Cleveland roster through two seven-game series to reach a fourth straight Finals against Golden State. The Cavaliers needed a nearly perfect road performance to challenge the heavily favored defending champions.

  • Game 1 was Cleveland's best chance to steal home court against a Warriors roster featuring four All-Stars.
  • James was producing one of the strongest individual postseasons of his career after the roster was remade at the trade deadline.

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StarterSCStephen Curry
Away starting five
Cleveland Cavaliers
StarterGHGeorge Hill
StarterJSJR Smith
StarterKLKevin Love
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.