The 2015 NBA Playoff Finals is here with some interesting matchups. The championship finals' schedule is out and fans are expecting a good game this season.
In the Eastern conference, Atlanta Hawks, a long time survivor will fight in the home court against number two seeded Cleveland Cavaliers. Although the Cavaliers made it to the finals once in 2007, they had been swept away by the San Antonio Spurs and has famously never won an NBA title, Fox Sports reported.
On the other hand, the Hawks only have one NBA title under their belt, that too way back in 1958. The Eastern Conference finals promises to give a good game as none of the two teams is expected to dominate over other in the final, resulting in a nail biting curiosity till the end.
Meanwhile, the Western conference will have expectedly more action when the top seeded Golden State Warriors will compete against the Houston Rockets, who has crushed Los Angeles Clippers heroically in the semi final with a 3-1 series deficit.
While Warriors owns three NBA titles, with the last one was in 1975, Houston had twice bagged the Larry O'Brien trophy, back to back in 1994 and 1995. Houston's James Harden with 27.4 points and 7 assists, who has shown some extraordinary skills in semis against Los Angeles Clippers, will be giving a tough time to Golden State's Stephen Curry who is averaged 27.4 points and 7 assists.
Here is the complete schedule of the finals, NBA stated. As announced earlier, each series is best-of-seven.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlanta Hawks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
- Game 1 - Wednesday at Atlanta (8:30, TNT)
- Game 2 - Friday at Atlanta (8:30, TNT)
- Game 3 - May 24 at Cleveland (8:30, TNT)
- Game 4 - May 26 at Cleveland (8:30, TNT)
- Game 5 - May 28 at Atlanta* (8:30, TNT)
- Game 6 - May 30 at Cleveland* (8:30, TNT)
- Game 7 - June 1 at Atlanta* (8:30, TNT)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Golden State Warriors vs. Houston Rockets
- Game 1 - Tuesday at Golden State (9, ESPN)
- Game 2 - Thursday at Golden State (9, ESPN)
- Game 3 - Saturday at Houston (9, ESPN)
- Game 4 - May 25 at Houston (9, ESPN)
- Game 5 - May 27 at Golden State* (9, ESPN)
- Game 6 - May 29 at Houston* (9, ESPN)
- Game 7 - May 31 at Golden State* (9, ESPN)