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By the Numbers: Cruising Past the Conference

Cavs.com breaks down Cleveland's Eastern Conference run with some interesting integers in today's installment of "By the Numbers" presented by FanDuel.

78.0 … combined points per game by the Big Three in the Eastern Conference Finals

.622, .500, .917 … Kyrie Irving’s field goal, three-point and free throw percentages, respectively, against Boston in the Eastern Conference Finals

30.0 … average margin of victory by the Cavaliers in their three victories over the Celtics in Boston

10.4 … rebounds that Kevin Love is averaging in the 2017 Playoffs – best among all active players

5,995 … points that LeBron James has scored during his Playoff career – most in NBA history

525 … rebounds Tristan Thompson has grabbed in his postseason as a Cavalier – passing Zydrunas Ilgauskas for 2nd place in franchise history

36-5 … Cavaliers’ record against the Eastern Conference in the postseason over the past three years

13 … straight wins by the Cavaliers in series-clinching Playoff games – the longest streak in NBA history

13.6 | 16.3 … average margin of victory by the Cavaliers and Warriors in their respective 2017 Conference brackets

20 … individual quarters during the 2017 postseason that LeBron James has scored double-digit points

.415 … Kyle Korver’s three-point shooting percentage in the 2017 Playoffs

0 … postseason road games the Cavaliers dropped in the 2017 Playoffs

.542, .500, .909 … Deron Williams’ field goal, three-point and free throw percentages, respectively, in the 2017 Playoffs

70 … Playoff games in which LeBron James has tallied at least 30 points, five boards and five assists – most in league history

120.4 … points that the Cavaliers averaged in the Eastern Conference Finals – a franchise record for points in a series

.526 … Channing Frye’s three-point shooting percentage in the 2017 postseason – good for 4th in the NBA

35 … Playoff games – of the 47 he’s played during his career – that Kyrie Irving has scored at least 20 points

22.6, 12.4 … Kevin Love’s scoring and rebounding averages against the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals – shooting .486 from the floor, .535 from long-range and .870 from the stripe

.900 … Cavaliers’ winning percentage against the Eastern Conference Playoffs over the last three seasons at The Q

55 … offensive rebounds that Tristan Thompson has grabbed in the 2017 postseason – tops in the NBA