The 2015 NBA playoffs continue on Sunday with Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Atlanta Hawks and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Tipoff is at 8:30 p.m. ET. Watch the live stream or listen to the radio broadcast via the links provided below.
Cleveland won the first two games of the series at Atlanta and heads home with a 2-0 lead. Friday marked Cleveland's second straight win the conference final, following a 94-82 victory. Cavaliers star LeBron James led with 30 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds; guard Iman Shumpert added 16 points; and forward Tristan Thompson chipped in with 16 rebounds as teammate Kyrie Irving sat sidelined with knee tendinitis.
"There's no doubt we have to do a better job defending him, both individually and as a team," Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer told the Associated Press. "We've got to do a better job taking away the passing lanes, a better job arriving on the pass and a better job contesting shots. That's really not any different than what it was coming into the series. But as you see it, experience it, feel it, hopefully we'll get better as the series goes on."
As for Irving, his status for Game 3 is still up in the air.
"If he's able to play, then he'll play," said Cavaliers coach David Blatt said. "He's a big part of the team, and this series is not finished. But if he's not able to play, he won't. That's the determining factor."
Atlanta, meanwhile, was unable to get anything going against Cleveland's stifling defense. Hawks guard Dennis Schroder was the team's high-man with 13 points, and teammates Al Horford, Jeff Teague and Kyle Korver, who suffered a high ankle sprain, all scored 12 points apiece.
"In the playoffs, it takes more," Budenholzer said. "It takes better execution, better screening. You've got to do things harder.
Winning Game 3 is crucial for the Hawks, who'll be without Korver for the remainder of the playoffs.
Watch the live stream HERE, or listen to the radio broadcast HERE (ATL) and HERE (CLE).
