The Latest: LeBron On Verge Of Passing Another Jordan Record

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James warms up before Game 5 of basketball's NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James warms up before Game 5 of basketball's NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

OAKLAND, Calif. — The latest from Game 5 of the NBA Finals:

4:50 p.m. PDT

LeBron James will surpass Michael Jordan tonight — at least in one postseason category.

James will move past Jordan into 10th place on the career list in postseason minutes played once he plays 5 minutes. Jordan, a six-time champion, played 7,474 minutes in the playoffs.

James, a two-time champion playing in his fifth straight NBA Finals, is rapidly climbing up most individual career lists and is already in the top 10 or even top five in a number of categories.

This is James' 177th postseason game, tying Rasheed Wallace for 18th place. He would tie Jordan's 179 games if the series goes to a Game 7.

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4:15 p.m.

Before Game 4, he lied. Before Game 5, Steve Kerr didn't say much at all.

In a practically Popovich-ian pregame press conference, Kerr had two one-word answers, and another that lasted all of four words — and that's only because he repeated the same two words.

That was a question about whether he would stick with the small lineup he unveiled in Game 4.

"We could," he said. "We could."

Kerr is a former TV analyst and was voted the winner of the Rudy Tomjanovich Award by the Professional Basketball Writers Association, given to a coach for his cooperation with the media and fans, along with excellence on the court.

He was asked Sunday if he felt guilty about lying about his lineup before Game 4 — he doesn't — and if he had a clear conscience.

"Very clear," he said, laughing. "Thanks for asking."

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4:05 p.m. PDT

Stephen Curry is off to a rough start — he missed all five of his pregame "hallway" shots.

Curry airballed his first attempt, twice hit the front of the rim, then the side of the backboard and the back rim on last try. Curry stayed to sign autographs for fans crowding the stands around the tunnel before heading to Golden State's locker room.

Curry had made at least one hallway shot in the previous two home games of the NBA Finals. He ends each his extensive pregame routine with the shot, which is taken about 15 feet behind the Warriors' bench.

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3:50 p.m. PDT

A rare NBA Finals afternoon game — on the West Coast, anyway — changed up some normal pregame routines.

Rather than a morning shootaround, as teams would normally have at home if they didn't play the previous night, the Warriors opted for an afternoon walkthrough at Oracle Arena before the 5 p.m. PDT start.

They sent word Saturday night that from 2:30 to 3 p.m. local time, there would be no non-Warriors basketball personnel allowed into the arena bowl. Media, production crew and staff members had to clear the area.

Normally at the NBA Finals, the floor is already filled with people two hours before game time. So this time, NBA crew members had to get all their work done earlier, and any Cavaliers players that wanted to get in some early work had to wait a little longer.

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Jun. 14, 2015 7:50 PM EDTAP

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AP Basketball Writer Antonio Gonzalez contributed to this report.

 
 

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