So here's where we are at. The second round series between Bulls and Cavaliers is currently tied at two. Each team has won a game on the road and each team has won a game at the buzzer. Both teams are dealing with injuries, though the Cavaliers a bit more so. They're being forced to play without Kevin Love and now Kyrie Irving can barely walk and Iman Shumpert is dinged up. Chicago, meanwhile was missing Pau Gasol, its best big man and low post scoring threat, in Game 4.
Bulls vs. Cavaliers 2015 live stream: Time, TV schedule and how to watch online
Chicago travels to Cleveland for Game 5 where it will look to bounce back from LeBron James’s Game 4 buzzer beater.
Game 5 will take place Tuesday night in Cleveland. Really, it's Game 1 of a best-of-three series. And with John Wall being forced to watch Wizards games from the bench and the Hawks looking stagnant and very mediocre it certainly seems as if the winner of this Cavaliers-Bulls series will eventually be representing the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals.
Which brings us back to Game 5. Calling it a must-win game would be lazy, but for the Cavaliers it’s also kind of true. Sure, they’ve proven they can win on Chicago’s home floor. But they also don’t want to have to in Game 6.
The series, and Cavaliers' season, is going to come down to LeBron James. How much of the load is he able to carry? Averaging 26 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, which he is against Chicago, is great. Shooting 38 percent is not. The Bulls have turned James back into the player we used to see all the time when Mike Brown was running the show. He's great, but everything is difficult and the efficiency just isn't there.
If that remains the case for the rest of the series Cleveland is going to be in trouble. The team is just too depleted now. The Cavaliers need James to play like the all-time great that he is. Anything less than that will like result in an early end to the team’s season.
Game 5 is scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. ET and TNT will handle the broadcast. That means viewers will also be able to stream the game online using WatchTNT. Subscribers to NBA League Pass can watch the game on their mobile devices by using the NBA GameTime app.
How to watch
Place: Quicken Loans Arena
Time: 7 p.m. ET
TV: TNT
Online: WatchTNT
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