Corey Kluber, the Indians' No.1 starter, evened his record at 6-6 with a victory over the Angels on Friday night. It's the first time since 2014 that he hasn't had a losing record.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Wins for starting pitchers are passe. The stat heads tell us that every day.

To a certain extent they're right. A starting pitcher's main job is to pitch deep into a game and give his team a chance to win. Who cares who gets credit for the victory? There are so many other ways to measure a pitcher's effectiveness other than the fragile difference between victory and defeat.

If that is the case, why don't you see Carlos Santana or Mike Napoli get a W or L printed next to their name based on how they played? Individual wins and losses are the exclusive realm of the pitcher. To a large portion of baseball fans it is still the quickest and easiest way to tell if that pitcher is having a good or bad year.

Josh Tomlin's 8-1 record needs little explanation because 8-1 is 8-1 no matter how much you dissect his WHIP, ERA+, FIP or WAR.

So it was good to see Corey Kluber pitch the Indians to a 6-2 victory over the Angels on Friday night at Anaheim Stadium. The win evened Kluber's record at 6-6 with a 3.65 ERA. This is the first time Kluber has had a .500 record or better since his last start of the 2014 season when he finished 18-9 and was the surprise winner of the AL Cy Young Award.

While last season might have been a success in the eyes of stat crunchers everywhere, Kluber still went 9-16 and the Indians still missed the postseason. He tied for the AL lead in losses after being named the league's best pitcher 12 months earlier. Not all his fault, for sure, but 9-16 is 9-16 no matter how much you factor in the lack of offensive support.

Kluber lost his first five decisions of 2015 and four of his last five. In between the story was pretty much the same. He finished the year second in the league in innings pitched, third in strikeouts, tied for first in complete games, third in WHIP and sixth in WAR.

Tribe gives Kluber room to work vs. Angels

Things are going better for Kluber and the Indians this year. Friday's victory was his second complete game of the season. He's 4-1 with a 2.72 ERA in his last five starts with victories over Boston, AL Central rivals Chicago and Kansas City and the Angels. He has 27 strikeouts and six walks in 36 1/3 innings in that stretch.

While the offense has still left him high and dry at times, Kluber has dangled a tempting piece of fruit in front of his teammates. When they score four or more runs for him, he's 33-1 with a 2.73 ERA in 44 career starts. How that's for an incentive-based stat?

Right now, here's how the rotation lines up in terms of wins and losses: Tomlin (8-1, 3.48), Danny Salazar (6-3, 2.24), Trevor Bauer (4-2, 3.88), Carlos Carrasco (2-1, 3.48) and Kluber (6-6, 3.65). They rank third in ERA among AL rotations at 3.99, second in strikeouts and 13^th in walks.

While Carrasco is just two starts removed from the disabled list and Kluber is surging, the big question is Salazar. The Indians skipped his start against Seattle earlier in the week because of a sore right shoulder. His Sunday start will be a good indication of whether he's recovered or headed for the disabled list.

Danny Salazar rests tired right shoulder

Overall, the Indians are 8-2 in June following a 16-13 showing in May. Among the six division leaders, their run differential of +43 in the best in the AL and third-best overall behind the Cubs (+145) and Nationals (+67).

The Tribe's 31/2-game lead in the AL Central following Friday night's win is its largest since May 24, 2012. Overall, they're 18-7 in the Central with seven straight victories.

The offense is probably the biggest surprise for manager Terry Francona. They rank fifth in the AL in runs and first in the AL Central. They've done it with Michael Brantley on the disabled list for all but 11 games and losing outfielders Abraham Almonte and Marlon Byrd to suspensions for performance enhancing drugs.

Friday night they scored six runs in the first two innings, including four with two out in the first. Napoli, who leads the Indians with 14 homers and 44 RBI, doubled home the first run. Jose Ramirez singled home the third.

Ramirez is hitting .407 (11-for-27) and Napoli .375 (9-for-24) with two outs and runners in scoring position. Along with Kluber moving toward the right side of .500, that's the way the Indians have been winning games.

It's not hard to imagine that RG3 will be one sliding into the starting QB slot come August.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- In his fourth year as a pro, Robert Griffin III is not quite an old dog, but he has been practicing, at the insistence of coach Hue Jackson, some new tricks like sliding and throwing the ball away.

These are two techniques that will hopefully help protect Griffin from injuries and interceptions. Plus, go a long way towards helping to rejuvenate his career.

Coach Jackson has not yet named a starter at quarterback, so the job will remain open going into training camp. But if Griffin continues to improve, it's not hard to imagine that RG3 will be the one sliding into the starting quarterback slot come August.

Crowquill, by Plain Dealer artist Ted Crow, appears three times a week on cleveland.com.

Lydia Ko has a one-shot lead heading into today's final round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lydia Ko will be after her third straight major championship today in the final round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington.

NBC will have live coverage of today's final round from 4:30-6 p.m. and Golf Channel will pick up live coverage from 6-8:30 p.m. You can follow the live leaderboard and get tee times here.

Ko, 19, shot a 1-under 70 in Saturday's third round to stand 2-under for the tournament. Brittany Lincicome and Gerina Piller are tied for second, one shot back.

Second-round leaders Brooke Henderson and Mirim Lee each shot 73 to drop into the group at even par. Ariya Jutanugarn, the winner of her last three tournaments, shot a 68, leaving her even par along with Amy Yang (66), Chella Choi (69) and Atlantic City winner Anna Nordqvist (69).

KPMG WOMEN'S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Sammamish, Wash.
Course: Sahalee Country Club. Yards: 6,668. Par: 73.
Purse: $3.5 million. (First prize: $525,000)
Television: NBC Sports 4:30-6 p.m.; Golf Channel 6-8:30 p.m.
Defending champion: Inbee Park.
Last week: Anna Nordqvist won the ShopRite LPGA Classic for the second straight year.
Notes: Park has withdrawn after the first round of her last two events because of a thumb injury. ... The tournament began as the LPGA Championship in 1955, making it the second-oldest major behind the U.S. Women's Open. ... The strongest field in LPGA history is expected to play, with the top 100 from the LPGA money list. ... Sahalee hosted the 1998 PGA Championship won by Vijay Singh, and a 2002 World Golf Championship won by Craig Parry. ... Ariya Jutanugarn will try to become the first LPGA player with four straight victories since Lorena Ochoa in 2008. ... Lydia Ko will be going after her third straight major. She won the Evian Championship in France at the end of last year, and the ANA Inspiration in April.
Next week: Meijer Classic in Belmont, Mich.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report)

Tony Stewart has his best starting this season -- third -- and now goes for a top-10 finish at today's NASCAR Sprint Cup FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- There is a relatively new face near the top of the grid for Sunday's FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

Starting in the second row behind polesitter Joey Logana and Martin Trueux Jr. is the retiring Tony Stewart. This is the highest starting spot of Stewart's swan song season. The next challenge is to get his first top-five finish.

Today's 1 p.m. race will be televised on FS1, and you can follow along live at NASCAR's Race Center.

For the second straight year, Michigan International Speedway will be a test for NASCAR's latest new rules. NASCAR is trying a new rules package that does seem to make the drivers happy, unlike last season when everything failed. But the down side to all of this tweaking throughout the season has been a lot of penalties handed down, to the point NASCAR is suspected of going 'nuts'.

Here is NASCAR's schedule for the day.

SPRINT CUP

FIREKEEPERS CASINO 400
Site: Brooklyn, Michigan
Schedule: Sunday, race, 1 p.m. (FS1).
Track: Michigan International Speedway (oval, 2 miles).
Race distance: 400 miles, 200 laps.
Last year: Despite leading just six laps, Kurt Busch held off Dale Earnhardt Jr. for his second win of the season.
Last week: Busch proved masterful in saving fuel, conserving just enough to give Stewart-Haas Racing the win in Pocono.
Fast facts: Brad Keselowski goes for his first win in his home state. If Keselowski pulls it off, he'll be the eighth active driver with such a victory. ... NASCAR will debut rules package tweaks this weekend, including spoilers shortened by an inch. ... Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Joey Logano are the only winners from 2015 still searching for a victory in 2016.
Next race: Toyota Save-Mart 350, Sunday, June 26, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

Cleveland Cavaliers are down 3-1 in the NBA Finals. They know no team has come back from that deficit to win a title. How will they react in Game 5? Watch video

OAKLAND, Calif. -- What Cavaliers team will show up for Game 5 of the NBA Finals?

I'm really curious about that.

Will the Cavs play hard and with poise? Will they make a serious attempt to force a Game 6?

Or will Golden State run them out of Oracle Arena, as the Warriors have done to so many teams this season.

That is a legitimate fear. The Cavs can easily decide, "We're not going to win a  title this year, let's get it over with."

Other teams have done just that, and been embarrassed.

"My mindset is get one," said LeBron James. "We've got to get one. It's not about overlooking this. It's about getting one on their home floor where they've been very successful."

Like James, most Cavs fans know the score. Their team is down 3-1 in the best-of-seven NBA Finals. In Finals history, there have been 32 teams that were behind 3-1...

None came back to win.

So that's 0-for-32.

James has been involved in the last two Finals where a team was down 3-1.

In 2014, James was with Miami. The Heat were down 3-1. They went to San Antonio and were wiped out 104-87, a game that wasn't even close.

In 2012 also with Miami, James and the Heat were in front, 3-1. Oklahoma City came to Miami and lost 121-106. That also was a blowout.

So not only is history against the Cavs, it indicates the Warriors are likely to win their second consecutive title in a rout.

That's especially true at the Oracle, where the Warriors are 10-1 in the playoffs after a 39-2 regular season home record.

"If you don't think we can win, don't get on the plane," Tyronn Lue said. "I just think we have to come back anyway, so we might as well come back and play (Game 6 at Quicken Loans Arena)."

The Cavs coach said that was the message he gave his team after Friday's loss to the Warriors.

Furthermore, the NBA just suspended Draymond Green for Game 5 -- another reason for the Cavs to go out and make their own statement.

A STRANGE TEAM

The Cavs have been a very good team this season, but a strange one.

Part of the reason general manager David Griffin fired former coach David Blatt at midseason was the funky mood of the team. Griffin called it, "the temperature in the room."

Too often, the players seemed distant and disconnected -- even with the 30-11 record under Blatt.

Griffin never said it, but many of the players had major doubts about Blatt. One of the factors in the firing of Blatt was to take the coaching excuse away from the players.

They liked Lue and believed he was ready to be the head coach.

And all was well until the Cavs ran into the Warriors.

Lue did a good job rallying the team after they lost two games in Toronto, making the Eastern Conference Finals 2-2. The Cavs won the next two games decisively.

But the Finals have been discouraging. The Cavs had a powerhouse performance in Game 3's 110-77 victory at Quicken Loans Arena. But that's been the only bright spot.

The Cavs returned to many of their early season bad habits in Game 4's 108-97 loss to the Warriors.

Isolation basketball led to stagnation on offense, and it also seemed to carry over to defense. The Cavs were outscored, 58-42, in the second half on their home floor.

The team was very depressed after the game, knowing the opportunity that was lost.

A REAL TEST

Steve Kerr has been warning his team about this game.

"I've already told our guys that Game 5 will be the hardest game of the series," said the Golden State coach. "Every closeout game is difficult. But when you're at home, for a strange reason, it's even more difficult. You've got everybody in your ear. You've got friends and family who want to come to the game and want to discuss everything. We have to understand this series is not over."

If the Cavs can pull a major upset and win this game in Oakland, it will say a lot of good things about Lue and the veteran player leadership.

"We already got to take a flight home back," said James. "We might as well come home with a win and play on our home floor again. Being a confident bunch, we feel like the chips have been stacked up against us all year anyway."

Not sure what James means about the "chips have been stacked up against us all year anyway."

Yes, the Cavs have faced some adversity, but much of it was self-created. This is not like the 2015 playoffs where the Cavs were without Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving for many of the games.

The inability of Irving, Love and James to blend together some nights isn't any chips stacked against the Cavs. It's a struggle for talented players to figure out what is the best way for them to play together and win.

Will that be an issue Monday?

Will the Cavs play like they wish they never had to take the charter flight to Oakland? Do they just want the season to be over?

It's very tempting for players in the Cavs position to say, "We've made The Finals. We're not going to win it this year. We've played 101 games (regular and post season). Let's go home."

It's up to James to rally the key players, and for the Cavs to show that's not their attitude. Because if it is, they are farther from a title than they even know.

After Saturday's rain delay IndyCar gets back on the track today for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The rains came at Texas Motor Speedway Saturday and postponed the Firestone 600 until today at 2 p.m. on NBCSN. The green flag is scheduled to drop at 2:15.  You can follow along live at IndyCar's Race Control.

The grid remains the same as Carlos Munoz won his first career pole spot by averaging 217.137 mph for two laps over the 1.455-mile track. Defending race winner Scott Dixon was second in a Chevrolet at 216.901.

Helio Castroneves in a Chevy was third and Takuma Sato in a Honda was fourth. Series points leader Simon Pagenaud (Chevy) qualified sixth and Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi (Honda) was ninth. Go here for complete qualifying results.

Here is today's open-wheel racing schedule:

VERIZON INDYCAR
FIRESTONE 600

Site: Fort Worth, Texas
Schedule:  Sunday, race, 2 p.m., NBCSN.
Track: Texas Motor Speedway (oval, 1.45 miles).
Race distances: 360.84 miles, 248 laps.
Last year: Scott Dixon beat Tony Kanaan by nearly eight seconds in a race with just two cautions.
Last week: Sebastien Bourdais and Will Power each won a race in Detroit.
Fast facts: There have been six different winners in eight races so far this season. Simon Pagenaud is the only driver with more than one win. He has three and leads the point standings by 80. ... Power has won three consecutive poles in Texas, the third of five oval races in 2016. ... Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi will make his Texas debut this weekend.
Next race: Kohler Grand Prix, June 26, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

FORMULA ONE
CANADIAN GRAND PRIX

Site: Montreal
Schedule: Sunday, race, 2 p.m., NBC.
Track: Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve (road, 2.7 miles).
Race distances: 189.7 miles, 70 laps.
Last year: Lewis Hamilton held off Nico Rosberg in a close finish that saw Mercedes cross first and second.
Last race: Hamilton broke his winless drought in Monte Carlo. Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Perez joined Hamilton on the podium.
Fast facts: Rosberg's lead in the championship, which once seemed nearly insurmountable, is down to 24 points. He has 106, followed by Hamilton (82) and Ricciardo (66). ... The Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve has been reconfigured seven times since its F1 debut in 1978. The last change came in 2002. ... No driver has won in Montreal after starting outside the top 10.
Next race: Grand Prix of Europe, June 19, Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan.

NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING
SUMMERNATIONALS

Site: Englishtown, New Jersey.
Schedule:  Sunday, finals, 3:55 p.m.
Track: Old Bridge Township Raceway.
Last year: Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) claimed wins at the track just south of New York City.
Last race: Brown notched his second Top Fuel victory of the season at the New England Nationals.
Fast facts: Brown has won 56 events in his career, but last week's victory was his first in New England. It also helped cut Brown's deficit to series leader Doug Kalitta to just 46 points. ... Courtney Force has a 15-point lead in Funny Car, while Jason Line is up nearly 100 points on the field in Pro Stock.
Next race: Thunder Valley Nationals, June 17-19, Bristol Dragway, Bristol, Tennessee.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report)

After struggling to crack the top-50 mark in a PGA Tour event this season, D.A. Points is tied for second at 7-under through three rounds at the FedEx St. Jude Classic.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Daniel Berger continues to lead the FedEx St. Jude Classic thanks to a round of 1-under 69. Berger takes a three-shot lead over Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker and D.A. Points into today's final round.

Action resumes today and the Golf Channel will have live coverage from 1-2:30 p.m., with CBS picking up from 3-6 p.m.

Points, who has not cracked the top-50 in a PGA Tour event this season, is tied for second with a 7-under.

Three years ago, Points had three top-10 finishes. He won the Shell Houston Open and he was runner-up at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. He came into this week's tournament ranked 808th in the 2016 official world golf rankings.

You can find today's pairings and tee times here.

TODAY'S LIVE LEADERBOARD

PGA TOUR FEDEX ST. JUDE CLASSIC

Site: Memphis, Tenn.
Course: TPC Southwind. Yards: 7,244. Par: 70.
Purse: $6.2 million. (First prize: $1.116 million).
Television: CBS, 3-6 p.m.; Golf Channel, 1-2:30 p.m.
Defending champion: Fabian Gomez.
Last week: William McGirt won the Memorial for his first PGA Tour victory.
Notes: The top 60 in the world after the FedEx St. Jude Classic will get into the U.S. Open if not already exempt. ... Fabian Gomez has won twice in the last 12 months, at the St. Jude Classic and the Sony Open, and still is not exempt for the U.S. Open. ... Dustin Johnson (No. 6) is the only player from the top 10 in the world ranking in the field. Johnson won in 2012. ... Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els also are in the field. ... Kyle Reifers has not missed a tournament for which he is eligible since the Northern Trust Open at Riviera on Feb. 21. He said workers are trying to remove mold from his house in Charlotte, North Carolina, and he would have to stay in a hotel if he went home. ... Carlos Ortiz of Mexico has missed the cut in eight of his last nine events and has fallen out of the top 60 in the Olympic ranking with one month to go before qualifying ends. He at least qualified for the U.S. Open on Monday ... Lee McCoy, who tied for fourth at the Valspar Championship, makes his pro debut after graduating Georgia. Also playing as a pro for the first time are Robby Shelton of Alabama and Matt NeSmith of South Carolina.
Next week: U.S. Open.
Online: www.pgatour.com

(The Associated Press contributed to this report)

Bryan Shaw has carried a heavy load as the Indians set-up man for the last three plus seasons. Is it finally catching up to him?

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Bryan Shaw's inconsistent season continued Saturday night at Angel Stadium. There have been stretches of solid production interrupted by loud failures.

There are two ways to view this -- Bryan Shaw is a normal reliever going through the ups and downs of a season or manager Terry Francona and the Indians should start looking for another setup man in or outside the organization if they want to continue their stay atop the AL Central.

Shaw instigated the Tribe's fifth walk-off loss of the season by allowing a broken-bat, game-winning single to Yunel Escobar with one out in the ninth inning in the Angels' 4-3 victory. The Indians, despite suffering another walk-off loss, continued to show that they are a team that could be in this for the long haul.

Trevor Bauer pitched eight good innings in a no-decision effort, allowing three runs, two earned, and displaying body language that, like Shaw's pitching, is open for interpretation.

He was not happy when teammates Lonnie Chisenhall and Mike Napoli made errors behind him and wasn't afraid to show it on the mound. Chisenhall's bobble of a Mike Trout single led to an unearned run and a 1-0 lead in the fourth. It was just the second error by Chisenhall since he moved to right field in the second half of last season. Napoli's failure to catch a low throw from third baseman Juan Uribe in the fifth did no damage.

The Angels added two more runs in the seventh and Bauer continued to emote. Johnny Giavotella blooped a single into center field with one out and Bauer spread his arms in disbelief. Jeff Bandy dribbled a hit-and-run single through the vacant left side of the infield - shortstop Jose Ramirez broke to cover second - to put Giavotella on third. Bauer retired Gregorio Petit on a bouncer back to the mound, freezing Giavotella in the process, for the second out.

But he walked Escobar and gave up a two-run bloop single to Kole Calhoun to short left field. Ramirez - Francisco Lindor didn't start the game - was playing near second base and couldn't run the ball down. Bauer, steaming at that point, ended the inning by striking out Trout on a 95 mph fastball and screaming in frustration as he left the mound.

When he got to the dugout, Bauer fired his glove and hat against the wall. In the past that might not have played well in the dugout, but Francona sent him back out for the eighth inning and Bauer retired the side in order.

"I thought he pitched his heart out," Francona told reporters at Angel Stadium. "He really pitched well. He's been fantastic in his last two starts."

The Indians have staged 13 comeback wins this season. They almost made it 14 Saturday night and one guy was once again involved at the critical moment - rookie outfielder Tyler Naquin.

It was Naquin who hit the two-run homer Thursday night off Seattle's Joaquin Benoit in the eighth inning at Safeco Field to break a 2-2 tie and propel the Tribe to a 6-3 win. Naquin homered on a Benoit pitch that was about three inches off the ground. Benoit might still be in a state of shock that he was able to hit that pitch.

Naquin's power helps give Tribe 3-game lead in AL Central

In the ninth inning Saturday, Ramirez and Napoli singled with one out off closer Huston Street. Santana made it 3-1 with a single off the right field wall that barely missed being a three-run homer. Chisenhall followed with a sacrifice fly to score Napoli and make it 3-2. Lindor, pinch-hitting, worked Street for a walk and Naquin pulled a 1-0 pitch into right field for a game-tying single.

The Indians still need help in the outfield, but Naquin is making a case for himself. He's hitting .322 (28-for-87) with four homers, 10 RBI, and a .906 OPS.

Shaw is 0-2 with a 5.18 ERA (14 earned runs in 24 1/3 innings) in 29 appearances. He was 0-1 with a 9.64 ERA in April with four holds. In May, he went 0-0 with a 1.54 ERA (two earned runs in 11 2/3 innings) and five holds. In June, he's 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA (two earned run in 3 1/3 innings) with two holds.

Nine of Shaw's 14 earned runs came in two appearances in April. It usually takes a reliever half a season to get his stats under control after those kind of appearances. The key is not having another one.

Shaw suffers double whammy in loss to Chicago

In his last two outings, Shaw has allowed runs at sensitive times - Escobar's game-winning hit and Robinson Cano's homer in the eighth inning Thursday that took some of the sizzle off Naquin's homer.

Shaw's workload over the last three years is well documented (224 appearances from 2013-2015). After 29 appearances last year, Shaw was 0-1 with a 2.53 ERA (six earned runs in 21 1/3 innings). Could he be flaming out?

Shaw's velo is up so what's the problem?

Francona has a standard answer when asked about changing a player's role. Who do you replace him with, he'll ask? Is there another set-up man in the Tribe's bullpen among Zach McAllister, Tommy Hunter, Dan Otero, Joba Chamberlain, Jeff Manship or Tom Gorzelanny? At the moment you'd have to say no, but things can change quickly in baseball.

Columbus Blue Jackets president John Davidson says championship and young talent on the Calder Cup champion Lake Erie Monsters means the future is bright for the parent club.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Saturday's Lake Erie Monsters Calder Cup title celebration on the ice at The Q gave John Davidson confirmation of the Columbus Blue Jackets future.

And Davidson, president of hockey operations for the Blue Jackets, likes the view.

"As an organization we are thrilled," Davidson said. "The future is bright [for the organization]. We just have to understand that there's always a very tough process of getting there, but if you do it right you should be a good team for a long time. [Winning the Calder Cup] is a part of that process and hopefully winning this makes it even go a little quicker."

Oliver Bjorkstrand's quickness decided the final outcome against the Hershey Bears when he scored with 1.9 seconds left in overtime to give the Monsters a 1-0 victory to complete the four-game sweep.

The Monsters won nine straight postseason games, 15 out of 17 playoff games and finished 5-0 in overtime in the postseason. The victory gave Cleveland its first professional sports title since the 1998-99 Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League, and the first for a professional hockey team in this city since the 1964 Barons.

The victory also gives Cleveland 10 Calder Cup titles, one behind all-time leader Hershey.

The Monsters will host a Calder Cup celebration free to the public at 6 p.m. Tuesday on Gateway Plaza.

Saturday's victory also may have confirmed a legitimate shot for Bjorkstrand to make the Blue Jackets' roster this fall.

The #CalderCup is back in Cleveland thanks to this OT game winner by @OBjorkstrand! #SCTop10 #BattleTogetherhttps://t.co/OJGfVMvGwD

-- Lake Erie Monsters (@monstershockey) June 12, 2016

Bjorkstrand, 21, was a third-round selection in the 2013 NHL Draft. His postseason play earned him the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the MVP of the Calder Cup playoffs. Bjorkstrand had 10 goals and six assists for 16 points in 17 games. And Bjorkstrand tied an AHL record with six game-winning goals. He also set a new mark with three overtime goals in the postseason.

The Calder Cup trophy and MVP award almost overwhelmed Bjorkstrand.

"To get an overtime winner in the final game is an amazing feeling," Bjorkstrand said. "Doing it is something that every kid dreams of. Winning the MVP is a huge honor. A lot of guys on the team could've gotten it. I'm not too worried about the MVP because winning the Calder Cup is on my mind."

Possibilities of winning the Calder Cup started to develop in the last quarter of the season. Not only did winning become more consistent but so did the development of the younger players.

"They found away some nights when they weren't as good as they normally are, and other nights they were just fantastic," said Davidson about the Monsters. "We appreciate what the veteran players have done in helping the younger players understand what it means to be a pro. The young players were a big part of this, they just weren't passengers. We can't say enough how this season has worked out."

Record night

The sellout crowd of 19,665 at The Q on Saturday was the largest crowd to see a professional hockey game in the state of Ohio, and the second-largest postseason crowd in American Hockey League history.

Goal stopper

Anton Forsberg made 23 saves in Game 4. He finished the postseason with a 9-0 record in 10 appearances with a 1.34 goals-against average and a .949 save percentage.

This guy with a SHUTOUT tonight!#BattleTogether #CalderCupChampshttps://t.co/oQKtZVhXfj

-- Lake Erie Monsters (@monstershockey) June 12, 2016

Happy return

Josh Anderson returned to the ice Saturday for the first time since Game 3 of the Monsters' Western Conference Finals against Ontario. Anderson said he was out because of an upper body injury.

"It was hard watching the boys from the stands and you want to get healthy as fast as you can," Anderson said. "The doctors did a great job of getting me healthy and winning is a great feeling."

Sometimes, the NBA Finals look like the basketball of tomorrow against the basketball of yesteryear. When the game is close, the Cleveland Cavaliers are on the wrong side of the premise.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- "Follow my lead," LeBron James will say when the Cleveland Cavaliers' season is on the line on Must-Win Monday.

Some Cavaliers might wonder what's the use.

The Cavs, down, 3-1 to the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals, make their last stand Monday night at Oracle Arena.

Lack of ball distribution, with James and Kyrie Irving taking 33 of the Cavs' 38 field-goal attempts in the second half of the loss to Golden State on Friday, is the last and often worst resort of the Cavs.

The offense devolves into the age-old one-on-five game of James, relieved occasionally by the one-on-one, I'll-show-you game of Irving.

Predictable by the Cavs has become defensible by the Warriors. The Cavs in the crunch are on the wrong side of the way basketball is being played.

Throughout the Finals, James has been either -- choose one -- out of synch, playing right into the Warriors' grabby hands, getting hosed by the refs, or declining as a player before our very eyes.

Out of synch

James says he looks at the efficiency statistics of field-goal percentage and assists-to-turnovers first in the box score.

His overall shooting percentage (41 of 85, 48.2 percent) is good, but on the critical three-ball, James must privately know, as reader Michael Salem notes, "His jump shot has been a mess for two years."

James has tried only 16 threes in the Finals and made only five (31.2 percent). He has occasional hot streaks, but they are statistical outliers. He regresses to the mean he has established soon enough.

He at times appears to be almost too eager to make a play, mishandling the ball by rushing, on both breakaways and drives in traffic. It is admirable that he wants it so much, but not really excusable for a veteran on that ground.

Playing into the Warriors' hands

The rim area is stacked with defenders shading toward the paint when James runs the one-four set. They dare him to shoot threes. Usually, he declines unless it is a transition shot in which he has space to step into it.

His assists to turnovers ratio of 33-23 is a drab 1.5 to 1.

Coach Tyronn Lue said this of Irving, but it applies to James even more when the offense bogs down, particularly into the Chinese water torture of the one-four set:

"He has to be quicker on the attack rather than letting ... trying to go four, five, six seconds and then they're loading up their defense and he's trying to attack. So it has to be a little faster."

Hosed by the refs

"He never gets calls. He attacks," said Lue, speaking explicitly of James. "Outside of Russell Westbrook, he's one of the guys that attacks the paint every single play.

"And he doesn't get a fair whistle all the time because of his strength and because of his power and guys bounce off of him," Lue said. "But those are still fouls and we weren't able to get them. But we've got to play through officiating."

Oklahoma City's Westbrook was 50 of 61 at the line in seven games against Golden State, an average of nearly nine per game. James played 45 1/2 minutes in Game 4, lived in the paint, and only got four free throws, making only two. James is getting to the line at less than half of Westbrook's pace per game.

That coincided with one of his occasional relapses in accuracy on foul shots. He is 12 for 17, 70.6 percent, in the Finals.

Declining before our very eyes

The last would be a hard case to make with James falling one assist short of a triple double Friday and one assist and two rebounds short in the series' second game. 

But he also flirted with a quadruple double of sorts in those games. He had seven turnovers in each, often making the classic mistake of leaving his feet before he knew where he wanted the ball to go.

James has never been more than a mediocre 3-point shooter. He is at 34 percent in the regular season and 31.8 percent in the playoffs for his long career.

In today's game, that is where the gold is in Golden State, and in the Larry O'Brien Trophy that goes to the champion.

Magnificent, but . . .

Monday night, if it is close late in the game, James will make his frontal assaults. Three of other Cavs players will stand and wait. Irving will be expecting his turn with the rock on the next possession.

The Warriors will claw and grab and slap and chop until the old King and his style have been beaten down.

It was said of the Charge of the Light Brigade, "It is magnificent, but it is not war."

James plays a brand of basketball that can still be magnificent. But its time, unlike the ball in times of crisis, is passing.

The NBA announced Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is suspended for Mondays Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

OAKLAND, Calif. - The NBA announced Sunday that Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is suspended for Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday at Oracle Arena.

Kiki VanDeWeghe, the NBA's executive vice president of basketball operations, issued Green a Flagrant 1 foul for swiping at Cavaliers forward LeBron James below the belt in the closing minutes of Game 4 on Friday. Standing at four flagrant foul points, Green reached the threshold and triggered an automatic one-game suspension.

A Flagrant 2 would have warranted a two-game suspension. A technical foul would have allowed him to continue playing. He can't attend the game, but will be granted access to the postgame festivities should the Warriors win.

James was assessed a technical for his role in instigating and stepping over Green. He will be in uniform on Monday. During the contest, both players were just hit with double fouls. Interviews with the parties involved were conducted on Saturday and a decision was made this morning.

Green has had a postseason history of kicking and flailing his legs without receiving proper punishment. This ruling comes as a surprise to many. A league source told cleveland.com that the Cavaliers pushed for the league to come down hard on Green, but a team official claims they never lobbied.

The Warriors are up 3-1 in the series and will look to close it out on Monday, but without their best playmaker, it will be a difficult task.

The NBA announced Sunday that Warriors F Draymond Green will miss Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

The NBA announced Sunday that Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green will miss Game 5 of the NBA Finals after he was retroactively issued a Flagrant 1 foul, triggering a suspension.

Fans reacted to the news immediately on social media, some criticizing the league for "being soft" while others noted that Green's history in this postseason might have played a role in the decision.

Here is a sampling of reactions to the news on Twitter.

Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue has been fined $25,000 for public criticism of the officiating crew following Cleveland's 108-97 loss on Friday night during Game 4 of the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors, a game that pushed his team to the brink of elimination.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue has been fined $25,000 for public criticism of the officiating crew following Cleveland's 108-97 loss on Friday night during Game 4 of the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors, a game that pushed his team to the brink of elimination.

Lue and the Cavaliers were upset with the physical contact and lack of calls for LeBron James, who took four free throws in the loss. 

"He never gets calls," Lue said. "I mean, he attacks. He's one of the most -- outside of Russell Westbrook, he's one of the guys that attacks the paint every single play. And he doesn't get a fair whistle all the time because of his strength and because of his power and guys bounce off of him. But those are still fouls and we weren't able to get them. But we've got to play through officiating."

The disparaging comments are out of character for Lue. He has repeatedly said he won't politick for whistles or try to pick up technical fouls just to get the officials' attention.

But James' lack of free throws has been bothersome during this series, as Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green have kept James from getting a clear path to the rim. James is averaging 4.3 free throws per game in The Finals. 

"Well, it's been like that all year for the most part," James said about taking contact. "I'm not quite sure what I can do personally to get to the free-throw line, but I've got to continue to be aggressive for our team. I'm getting hit, but the refs are not seeing it that way, on my drives. But I've got to continue to be aggressive for our team. That's who I am, that's what opens up the floor for a lot of our shooters, and just worry about the results afterwards.

"You know, it's tough playing 46 minutes and only going to the line four times, as much as I attack the rim. So it's just a tough situation for our team."

The Cavs trail the best-of-seven series, 3-1, with Game 5 Monday night at Oracle Arena. 

Vote if the NBA suspending Draymond Green for Game 5 was the right decision after an altercation with LeBron James. Watch video

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green will miss Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Oakland.

So was the decision the right one and do you think the NBA felt pressure because it was against LeBron James? Vote and share your thoughts in the comments section.

On Sunday, the NBA assessed Green's altercation with Cavaliers forward LeBron James late in Game 4 ruling it a Flagrant Foul 1, which adds to three additional flagrant points picked up during the course of the playoffs. Green was assessed a Flagrant Foul 1 in the opening round against Michael Beasley of the Houston Rockets and then a Flagrant 2 in the Western Conference finals against Steven Adams of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

"The cumulative points system is designed to deter flagrant fouls in our game," said Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations in a statement. "While Draymond Green's actions in Game 4 do not merit a suspension as a standalone act, the number of flagrant points he has earned triggers a suspension for Game 5."

The Flagrant Foul 1 was called after Green struck James in the groin late in the fourth quarter of Game 4. James was also assessed and given a technical foul for a physical taunt. 

Green's suspension comes after the Warriors took a 3-1 lead in the seven-game series against the Cavs. He is averaging 14 points, 9.5 rebounds and 7.4 assists during the playoffs as the Warriors return to Oakland on Monday to face the Cavs.

Under league rules, any player who accumulates four flagrant foul points over the course of the playoffs will be automatically suspended for one game, and every additional flagrant foul will result in either a one-game suspension (for a Flagrant Foul 1) or a two-game suspension (for a Flagrant Foul 2), according to the NBA.

James is the No. 22 prospect in Illinois, according to 247Sports.com.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Jace James, a wide receiver from Glenbard North in Carol Stream, Ill., verbally committed to Northwestern on Sunday, according to 247Sports.com.

James earned his offer while attending camp at Northwestern on Friday.

Northwestern football Class of 2017 so far

James (6-foot-0, 185 pounds)  also has offers from Ball State, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan. He is the No. 22 prospect in Illinois, according to 247Sports.com, but does not have any stars from the website.

Northwestern's Class of 2017 is now up to 14 players, and James is the first wide receiver of the group. 

Vilain is the No. 3 prospect in Virginia, according to 247Sports.com.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Luiji Vilain, a 4-star defensive end from Alexandria, Va., verbally committed to Michigan on Sunday, according to 247Sports.com.

The 6-foot-4, 240-pound Vilain, chose Michigan over Virginia Tech and USC. He has 28 offers, including one from Ohio State.

Michigan football Class of 2017 so far

He is the No. 8 weak-side defensive end in the country and the No. 3 prospect in Virginia, according to 247Sports.com.

Vilain becomes the 14^th commit in Michigan's Class of 2017, and the second defensive end. He's the fifth 4-star player in the group, and the second-highest rated by 247Sports.com, behind 5-star quarterback Dylan McCaffrey of Colorado.

It's Danny Salazar vs. David Huff in the series finale in California.

The Indians and Angels will conclude their three-game series on Sunday afternoon in California. Get scoring updates and participate in a live chat as the clubs square off.

Games 62: Indians (34-27) vs. Angels (27-35)

First pitch: 3:35 p.m.

Broadcast info: SportsTime Ohio, WTAM 1100, Indians Radio Network

Pitching matchup: RHP Danny Salazar (6-3, 2.24 ERA) vs. LHP David Huff (0-1, 12.27 ERA)

Fact du jour: The Indians drafted Huff with the 39th overall pick in 2006.

Jordan Spieth blew a five shot lead with a quadruple bogey at the Masters. Dustin Johnson three-putted on the 18th at the U.S. Open. Which was worse? Watch video

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Which was the uglier, more painful collapse, Jordan Spieth at the 2016 Masters or Dustin Johnson at the 2015 U.S. Open?

That would depend largely on whether you were Jordan Spieth or Dustin Johnson.

For everyone else, it's open to debate.

Rory McIlroy, among others, weighed in during the Memorial Tournament recently. Spieth, Johnson, Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller also had interesting perspectives.

But before we get to what they had to say, let's review the horror shows by Spieth and Johnson while both head to the 2016 U.S. Open this week in Pittsburgh:

Dustin Johnson at the 2015 U.S. Open, Chambers Bay

Johnson had a two-shot lead with nine holes to play. Bogeys at 10, 11 and 13 put him three shots behind the surging Spieth until Spieth's double-bogey at 17. Johnson lifted himself back in position with a birdie at 17, while Spieth's birdie 18 kept him a stroke ahead.

At 18, Johnson nailed a booming drive to the center of the fairway on the par-5. He hit a magnificent 5-iron approach shot that rolled past the pin. Johnson faced a 12-foot putt, for eagle, to win the tournament on one of Chambers Bay's notoriously bumpy greens.

It was downhill with a big break. He appeared to strike it well, but the ball rumbled a couple inches left of the hole, and kept going.

Johnson was left with a 3-footer for a tie, which would have forced an 18-hole playoff with Spieth. Johnson missed it low. He three-putted from 12 feet and Spieth won the U.S. Open.

Jordan Spieth at the 2016 Masters, Augusta National

Spieth held a 5-shot lead at the turn, then bogeyed 10 and 11.

His performance at the 12^th hole will live in golf infamy. The 170-yard par-3 plays over Rae's Creek to a steeply pitched green protected by three bunkers.

"He and I have talked about that hole on several occasions (before the 2016 Masters),'' Nicklaus said. "I said, 'The middle of the greens at Augusta are really good, particularly No. 12. You can hit it anywhere left. You can hit it anywhere right.' If he had hit that ball 20 feet left, he'd have on the green.''

Spieth's first shot, a 9-ion, fell short and splashed into the water. He "chunked" his next shot so deep the ball barely reached the water and was far from the green. With two penalty strokes, he was hitting five and still on the wrong side of the pond. His third tee shot landed in the far bunker. An up-and-down resulted in a quadruple-bogey 7 on a hole that, on the day, was among the easiest (2.87 average score).

"Did he hit a bad shot? He hit a really bad shot. Did he hit it at the wrong time? He hit it really at the wrong time. Those things happen,'' Nicklaus said.

Spieth went from a five-shot lead to trailing Danny Willett by one. Willett won by three strokes. Spieth tied for second and, as the defending champion, placed the green jacket on Willett's shoulders.

Spieth vs. Johnson

Johnson, who turned 31 the day after his U.S. Open debacle, has never won a major championship, and the Open was his third runner-up finish (2011 British Open, 2010 PGA)

Johnson owned a two-shot lead on the back nine, hardly a sure thing at a major. He did not blow the lead with the three-putt bogey on 18, but he threw away a chance to at least force a playoff.

Johnson's strength is off the tee, and he is not known for his putting.

Spieth, 22, was the defending Masters champion. He had a five shot lead with nine holes to play, and a three-shot lead when he scored a 7 on the par-3. His 9-iron meltdown was inexplicable for a player whose short game ranked with the best in the world.

Which was worse?

McIlroy, a four-time major winner, had the question framed slightly different at the Memorial last week: Which would be harder to get over?

"I think D.J., yeah, because Jordan didn't have a chance on the last to win the tournament, where D.J. hit two unbelievable shots up there,'' McIlroy said. "His ball couldn't have finished in a worse place. I had that putt about an hour before that, and it's just -- I mean, you couldn't stop it short of the hole.

"Look, D.J. hasn't won a major, and Jordan has. So (Spieth) can at least comfort himself with the fact that he's already got a couple in the bag where D.J. hasn't taken his chances when they've presented themselves a couple of times. So, yeah, I mean, I'd say -- yeah, I'd say it would be tougher for D.J.'

Spieth's and Johnson's perspectives

Spieth watched Johnson's misses at the U.S. Open on television near the 18^th green. He said he expected Johnson to make both putts.

"But at the same time, I mean, that (12-foot) putt, that specific putt was almost luck based with the speed that it had to roll at and, you know, the kind of break that it took,'' Spieth said. "But I still expected it to go in at that point after the two shots he hit, yeah, and the holes he had played prior to that, 16 and 17.''

Johnson was asked if he thinks about the putts. He said he thinks more about the two great shots he hit to get to the green. "Yeah, that's really the only thing I think about. I don't think about those three putts, for sure,'' he said, laughing.

Johnson said he is not haunted by the hole because he still blames, at least in part, the bumpy greens.

"I felt like I did what I was supposed to do in the situation,'' he said. "So, it wasn't really anything to be upset about or to be down on. I hit the shots I needed to hit in the situation and in that moment.

"It was unfortunate the surfaces of those greens weren't as smooth as they should have been, but it is what it is. Everybody was putting on them.''

Spieth agreed about the greens.

"If you told me at the beginning of the week that I would have a four-footer at the U.S. Open to get into a playoff, I'd have said give me that opportunity anywhere else,'' Spieth said. "The greens were not U.S. Open standard that week.''

Spieth said it was difficult dealing with the public after the Masters until his recent win at the Dean & DeLuca Colonial in his home state of Texas, which he said helped prove he can still respond in pressure situations.

Johnson hasn't won since. Spieth called Johnson "arguably the most talented player on the PGA Tour'' and said he'd rather not be in Johnson's shoes.

"I thought that maybe what I had to go through is easier than what Dustin had to go through. It's hard for me to tell. I only experienced one of them, and it wasn't easy. But we've won two majors. And we've won one (Masters) on that course,'' said Spieth.

"I think Dustin's, given it was on the last hole, was really tough. Do I think that, because it was a putt, that's why it might have been harder? Maybe, because it's closer to the hole. But it's not like my 9-iron was that difficult.''

Dustin Johnson's fourth round at 2015 U.S. Open:

Jordan Spieth's fourth round at 2016 Masters:

 

Elder statesmen chime in

Miller, who won the U.S. Open at Oakmont, where it will be played this week, said Spieth has suffered a deep wound to his golf psyche. Miller stopped just short of calling it a "choke.''

"When he hit it in the water twice on 12, I said you have got to be kidding me. What happened to him on the back nine, that will be tough for him to deal with,'' Miller said. "He'll have to overcome the thought on the back nine on a Sunday, 'Am I going to do what I did in 2016 on the back nine of the Masters?' He'll have to overcome that haunting that will come every time he has to win a big championship.''

Nicklaus, who won 18 majors, likened Spieth's collapse to his own meltdown as a 20-year-old phenom. Nicklaus said he folded "like a three-dollar suitcase'' at the 1960 U.S. Open. He said Spieth and Johnson should learn from their failures.

Arnold Palmer, left, winner of the National Open, congratulates Jack Nicklaus, who placed second, in Denver, Co. on June 18, 1960. U.S. amateur champ Nicklaus beat every other pro except Palmer, who had the winning score of 280 to Nicklaus's 282. (AP Photo)ASSOCIATED PRESS 

"The best thing that ever happened to me was not winning the U.S. Open in 1960,'' he said. "I shot 39 the last nine holes. Totally gave the tournament up. That was crazy what I did. You don't realize that until it's over. You had the experience. You learn from it,'' Nicklaus said.

"I look back on it, and I say, you know, I would have loved to have won that tournament, but maybe the best thing that ever happened to me was the learning experience that I had from it. Did it destroy my life? No.''

Asked what he has learned, Johnson viewed the a bigger picture, and looked ahead, not backward as another U.S. Open approaches.

"I'm at a great, great point in my life. I think everything's going really well. My son's healthy. Family's good. So I'm excited about the rest of this year,'' he said.

Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Phil Mickelson headline the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh. Here are the TV schedule, tee times, picks, ticket information, photos and more.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The 2016 U.S. Open is Thursday through Sunday as the USGA championship event and PGA Tour return for the ninth time to Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh. Below are the schedule, TV and live stream details, tee times, ticket information, and our pick to win what is considered among the top events of the season.

U.S. OPEN 2016

• When: Thursday-Sunday
• Where: Oakmont Country Club, Pittsburgh
• Course: Par 70; 7,255 yards; designed by Henry Fownes; opened in 1903.
• Purse: $10 million. Winner's share: $1.8 million
• Defending champion: Jordan Spieth
• Event link: www.usopen.com
• Tickets: ticketing.usga.org
• Twitter: @usopengolf, #usopen #usopen2016
  
• Live stream: foxsportsgo.com and usopen.com.

FORECAST

• Thursday: High 85, 100-percent chance of thunderstorms
• Friday: High 80, 60-percent chance of showers
• Saturday: High 84, mostly sunny
• Sunday: High 86, sunny
• Updates: Weather.com

TV SCHEDULE

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Jason Day: No. 1 in the world and seven victories in his last eight tournaments, including the Players Championship, but he's coming off a tie for 27th at the Memorial Tournament on a course where he's never played well. His superior short game, driving ability and proven ability to win big tournaments make him a strong pick at Oakmont.

Phil Mickelson: He seems renewed since his insider trading/gambling scandal is mostly behind him (the PGA Tour has not announced whether he will be disciplined, and it seems less likely with each passing week). He finished 10-under at the Memorial (20th place) and St. Jude Classic (tied for second) the last two weeks. He has been prepping for Oakmont for a while.

Rory McIlroy: The 2011 U.S. Open was the first of four major championships and he's been on a run of strong play with top-four finishes in four of his last eight starts. He recently fiddled with his putting grip without too much problem, but there's no room for error on Oakmont's green.

Jordan Spieth: After an emotional win at the Dean & DeLuca in his home state of Texas, he suffered a letdown at the Memorial, where he looked tired and flat. Does that matter this week? Probably not. He's the defending U.S. Open champion who has the ability to put together birdie runs on tough courses.

Dustin Johnson: If he has a great week putting, he wins. No one needs this more than Johnson, who blew a chance to win last year's Open when he three-putted from 12 feet.

Brooks Koepka: It's only a matter of time until the 26-year-old from Florida puts together a big run at a major championship. He's coming off second-place finishes in his last two starts.

Others to watch: Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Danny Willett, Sergio Garcia.

Plain Dealer pick: Phi Mickelson

ROUND 1 TEE TIMES THURSDAY

ROUND 2 TEE TIMES FRIDAY

Cleveland sports fans wonder about the Cavs offense under pressure, LeBron's definition of the "high road" and how much blame Draymond Green deserves -- Bud Shaw's You Said It.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- You Said It is based on the premise that the only thing Cleveland sports fans need more than a championship is a sense of humor...

YOU SAID IT

Bud: Is it true LeBron and Kyrie have been chosen to be on the cover of that new video game, Hero Ball II? - Vince G, Cincinnati

Based on how they shared the ball late in Game 4, my guess is it would have to be separate covers.

Bud: What do you think LeBron James meant when he said at Sunday's press conference he was "taking the high road?" - Gerry

I think he meant putting his crotch on the top of Draymond Green's head while stepping over him.

Bud: (Game 4) can be summarized very easily. The Warriors made adjustments at halftime and the Cavs were a complete defensive mess and Tyronn Lue didn't counter. Steve Kerr totally out coached Lue. It's really that simple. Lue should be fired for not doing so. He's not a viable head coach - Mike Cirner

I don't expect Dan Gilbert to make a move if the Cavs fall short against Golden State. Unless he gets word through back channels that Mike Brown is ready for a return to coaching.

Bud: Is Justin Bieber the enforcer that LeBron has been coveting?  -- Joe McCorkle

The Biebs may have looked overmatched and awkward in that fight after Game 3 but no more so than Charles Barkley does swinging a golf club. So he has that going for him.

Bud: How many YSI  comments have you received saying that the Browns front office is "Analytics Retentive"? - Rick, Parma

I anxiously await the second.

Bud: I glanced away when Juan Uribe was injured Sunday. How did Draymond Green get on the field? -- Pat

You Said It winners overcome life's bad bounces.