It’s May 1 and the #Guardians are in first place atop the AL Central Division. Terrific start for the club.

(In other news, the Minnesota Twins have won nine-straight games?!?!)

A lot of people asking 'what if' about a Eastern Conference Semifinal series schedule IF the Celtics win Game 5 tonight.

The next piece of the puzzle would then be Game 6 for the Cavs and Magic in Orlando Friday night...

Oddsmakers open the #Cavs as a 3.5-point underdog for Game 6 on Friday in Orlando.

(via ESPN BET)

Oddsmakers open the #Cavs as a 3.5-point underdog for Game 6 on Friday in Orlando.

(via ESPN BET)

The Baltimore Orioles have tied the Cleveland Guardians for the AL’s best record (19-10) as May begins.

MLB Network

Final:

#Cavs 104
Magic 103

Cleveland wins the tightest game of this series in front of their hometown fans. The Wine and Gold take a 3-2 series lead.

Phew!

Estevan Florial completes an impressive comeback. Huge homer.

New game in Houston, all tied up at 8-8.

#Guardians

As of 2018, teams that win Game 5 of a 2-2 best-of-seven series go on to win the series 82.8% of the time.

A monumental final quarter of basketball here for the #Cavs .

End of 3 quarters here in Cleveland…

#Cavs 75
Magic 70

Cleveland takes a 5-point edge into the final 12 minutes of Game 5.

#Cavs can still take control of this game. The Magic have not played that well at all here.

Cleveland up 72-67…

All these games have been blowouts. Game 1. Game 2. Game 3. Game 4.

Game 5 will be super tight.

#Cavs #Magic

That escalated quickly in Houston…

Sheesh.

#Guardians

Halftime:

#Cavs 48
Magic 47

Ummm…Cleveland is up. But that’s all I got right now. This is an ugly basketball game.

For a Game 5, that weighs so heavy on this series…

That was EXACTLY the first quarter you wanted to see from the #Cavs tonight.

Jarrett Allen is out tonight for the #Cavs .

Game 5 set to tip-off now.

J.B. Bickerstaff on Jarrett Allen and if he can play tonight…

“We’ll see.”

Said he injured his ribs taking an elbow in Game 4. WKYC 3News 3 Sports

Getting you set up for Game 5 between the #Cavs and Magic here at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on WKYC 3News. Join us!

Odds to draft Bronny James courtesy Raphael Esparza…

Lakers -150
Cavaliers +1200                
Knicks +1200               
76ers +1200                
Thunder +1400                
Hawks +1600
Clippers +1600
Heat +1600
Bulls +2000
Bucks +2000
Grizzlies +2200
Suns +2200

The #Cavs have moved to a 5.5-point favorite for tonight’s Game 5 vs. Orlando.

Cleveland had been a 4.5-point favorite since Saturday night.

(via ESPN BET)

Whoever wins tonight’s Game 5, probably wins the series.

Simple as that. #Cavs have played well on their home floor all series. Magic have definitely given themselves some extra confidence, but Cleveland still in position to win this series despite all the negative noise.