12-28, 6-14 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Cavaliers CLE	27	21	22	29	99
Lakers LAL	21	26	37	44	128

Los Angeles LakersLakersLAL

33-7, 16-4 Home

128

33-7, 16-4 Home

Cleveland Cavaliers @ Los Angeles Lakers

Matchups

CLE

LAL win season

1-0

LAL

Game 1@ LAL

Final

128

Game Information

Los Angeles, CA

FxSoTWC SN

Referee:Kevin Cutler

Referee:Dedric Taylor

Referee:Tony Brothers

Eastern Conference

Central	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Indiana	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Detroit	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Chicago	1	1	.500	0.5	L1
Milwaukee	1	1	.500	0.5	W1
Cleveland	0	1	.000	1	L1

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Clippers	1	0	1.000	-	W1
LA Lakers	2	1	.667	-	W1
Golden State	1	2	.333	1	L1
Phoenix	0	2	.000	1.5	L2
Sacramento	0	2	.000	1.5	L2

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