Miami heat basketball schedule for 2015
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The Cavaliers entered the 2014–15 season after firing Mike Brown and replacing him with David Blatt as head coach, signing free agent forward LeBron James, and trading for forward Kevin Love. Main article: 2014–15 Cleveland Cavaliers season In the United States, it was televised on ABC and in Canada on TSN.
#Miami heat basketball schedule for 2015 series#
The series began on June 4, 2015, ending on June 16. Had it been necessary, Game 7 would have been held at Golden State). For the second straight year, the Finals was played in the 2–2–1–1–1 format (Games 1, 2, and 5 were at Golden State, games 3, 4, and 6 were at Cleveland. Kevin Love missed the entire series due to a dislocated shoulder he sustained in the first round of that year’s playoffs, and Kyrie Irving missed the final five games of the series due to a knee injury he suffered in overtime of Game 1. He averaged 35.8 points, 13.3 rebounds, and 8.8 assists for the series, although he shot 39.8% throughout the series. James also became the first player in NBA Finals history to lead both teams in points, assists, and rebounds for the entire series. It was the fifth consecutive finals appearance for James who played for the Miami Heat the previous four seasons, making him the first NBA player since the Boston Celtics dynasty of the 1960s to achieve this accomplishment. This was also the first time that both participating teams had first-year head coaches since the inaugural league finals in 1947, when the NBA was known as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). Both teams entered the series with title droughts of four decades, with the Cavaliers having never won a title since their 1970–71 inception and the Warriors' last title having been in 1975. The Warriors were led by 2014–15 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Stephen Curry, while the Cavaliers featured four-time league MVP LeBron James. Golden State's Andre Iguodala was named the Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP).
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2015 also marked the first Finals since 1998 without either the Los Angeles Lakers, the San Antonio Spurs, or the Miami Heat (the latter two teams are in the previous Finals). The Western ConferenceĬhampion Golden State Warriors defeated the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers in six games (4–2) for the Warriors' first title in 40 years and their fourth in franchise history, becoming the first team since the 1990–91 Chicago Bulls to win a championship without any prior Finals experience from any player on their roster. The 2015 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2014–15 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.