the cavaliers defeated the warriors 112–97 in game 5 to narrow the warriors' series lead to 3–2. james and irving each scored 41 points to become the first teammates in finals history to score 40 or more in the same game. james also added 16 rebounds. after game 4, green was assessed a flagrant foul 1 for his contact with james that was ruled "unnecessary" and "retaliatory", and james was given a technical foul for taunting. having accumulated his fourth flagrant foul point in the playoffs, green was suspended for game 5, becoming the first player to be suspended from playing in a finals game since jerry stackhouse in 2006. green watched the game from a luxury box in the nearby oakland alameda coliseum, where the oakland athletics were also playing a game at the same time, hosting the texas rangers.