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By the Numbers: Road to the Finals

As the Wine and Gold prepare for their second straight trip to the NBA Finals, here's some numbers to show how they arrived in this installment of "By the Numbers" presented by FanDuel.

20.9 … margin of victory for the Cavaliers over their Eastern Conference opponents at The Q during the postseason

255-210 … rebounding average for the Cavaliers over Toronto in the Eastern Conference Finals – outrebounding them by 22 boards in Game 1 and by 21 in Game 5

9 … double-doubles that Kevin Love has posted during the Playoffs – tops in the Eastern Conference (LeBron James was 2nd with 7)

.635, .581 … Channing Frye’s field goal percentage and three-point percentage over the last two rounds of the Playoffs

5 … games in the 2016 Playoffs in which J.R. Smith hit at least five three-pointers, including a pair of games with seven

27.3, 7.3 … points and assists that Kyrie Irving averaged in Cleveland’s three close-out games this postseason

4.2 … offensive rebounds that Tristan Thompson is averaging during the postseason, tops among active players in the Playoffs

.709 … Tyronn Lue’s winning percentage (39-16) – regular season and playoffs – since taking over as head coach on January 23

4.55 … Matthew Dellavedova’s assist-to-turnover ratio in the 2016 Playoffs – best among active players

12 … games during the postseason that LeBron James registered at least two steals

20.5 … average points the Cavaliers are allowing in the fourth quarter during the postseason – best mark in the 2016 Playoffs (after having the best regular season mark of 23.7)

.528 … Richard Jefferson’s field goal percentage during the 2016 Playoffs

+183, +149, +140 … plus/minus numbers for LeBron James, Kevin Love and J.R. Smith, respectively, during the postseason – the top three ranking players in the 2016 Playoffs

12 … occasions during Cleveland’s 14-game postseason run that Kyrie Irving has topped the 20-point mark, topping the 30-point mark in three contests

49 … three-pointers that J.R. Smith has hit during the 2016 Playoffs – tops in the Eastern Conference

4, 6, 11 … LeBron James’ all-time NBA Playoff rankings in scoring (5,364), three-pointers made (274) and rebounds (1,679)

28.5 … average margin of victory by the Cavaliers in their four wins over Toronto in the Eastern Conference Finals

79 … Playoff games between Richard Jefferson’s last trip to the NBA Finals in 2003 and his next one beginning Thursday night

.857 … Cavaliers’ winning percentage (24-4) in the Eastern Conference Playoffs over the past two seasons

25.3, 10.6 / 19.3, 12.6 … LeBron James’ and Kevin Love’s scoring and rebounding numbers, respectively, in the Wine and Gold’s three postseason close-out games