Watch Chicago Bulls vs Cleveland Cavaliers 5/4/15 Playoffs Game 1 Full Game Replay

Playoffs 2nd Round Game 1 Chicago Bulls vs Cleveland Cavaliers at the Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio.. Chicago Bulls lead series (1-0) against Cavaliers.. Game 2 played on Thu, May 7.

The teams face each other in the Eastern Conference semi-finals, with the first game taking place at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena. The Cavaliers won all three of their regular season games against the Bulls this season. The Chicago Bulls enter this highly anticipated matchup with no injury concerns to speak of and that should give them an advantage over the shorthanded Cavaliers.

The second seeded Cleveland Cavaliers looked very impressive during their four game sweep over the Boston Celtics in the first round. However, the win proved costly as the Cavaliers will be without Kevin Love for the rest of the postseason with a shoulder injury suffered in the Game Four win. Cleveland will also be without SG J.R. Smith for the first two games of this series as the result of a suspension for striking Boston’s Jae Crowder in the face.

It will be interesting to see if there is any rust for the Cavaliers, after being off for the last eight days. In last Sunday’s 101-93 closeout victory, LeBron James led the way with 27 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists.

The third seeded Bulls are coming off a 4-2 series win over Milwaukee in the first round. Chicago raced to a 3-0 lead in the series, before dropping two consecutive games to the scrappy Bucks. In Game Six, the Bulls quieted their doubters with a 120-66 demolition of Milwaukee to close out the series on the road.

All five starters scored in double figures for Chicago, led by Mike Dunleavy’s 20 point night. The Bulls knocked down 15 from 30 from behind the three point line and held the Bucks to just 21 percent from distance.