Time of possession in a statistic usually associated with football and soccer, but the Cleveland Cavaliers have made it an issue in these Finals.

The Cavaliers have slowed down the pace to prevent the Golden State Warriors' offense to get going.

Based on play-by-play data, Cleveland has possessed the ball for 87 minutes -- compared to 67 minutes for Golden State -- and held the ball more than 55.9 percent of the time in all three games. 

Extrapolating from SportVU player tracking of player time of possession available on NBA.com/Stats, the Cavaliers have the highest time of possession of any team in the postseason, while Golden State ranks 13th of the 16 playoff teams.

Offensive rebounding is one factor beyond milking the shot clock.

According to Seth Partnow of Nylon Calculus, SportVU data shows James has possessed the ball for approximately 12.7 minutes per game in this series, including an incredible 14.7 minutes in Game 2 -- 29 percent of the time he was on the court.