Bullets 85-81 Cavaliers (20 Apr, 1997) Box Score

Washington Bullets

44-38, 19-22 away

	1	2	3	4	T
WSH	23	12	29	21	85
CLE	27	17	22	15	81

Cleveland Cavaliers

42-40, 25-16 home

Washington Bullets

starters
J. Howard
H. Grant
C. Webber
R. Strickland
C. Cheaney
bench
T. Murray
G. Muresan
L. Williams
C. Whitney
J. Jackson
T. Legler
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
45	4-14	0-0	3-5	0	5	5	2	1	0	3	4	0	11
10	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
43	9-16	3-6	2-4	5	12	17	4	1	1	1	4	0	23
45	7-16	0-1	5-6	1	1	2	9	1	0	5	3	0	19
26	4-9	0-0	1-1	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	4	0	9
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	4-9	0-2	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
21	4-7	0-0	4-6	6	2	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	12
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
12	0-2	0-2	1-2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
	33-75	3-12	16-24	17	29	46	18	3	5	12	22		85
	44.0%	25.0%	66.7%

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
T. Hill
D. Ferry
C. Mills
T. Brandon
B. Sura
bench
B. Phills
V. Potapenko
M. West
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	2-7	0-0	3-5	2	5	7	0	0	1	2	4	0	7
35	5-12	1-3	0-0	2	4	6	1	1	2	0	3	0	11
46	4-9	0-1	1-1	2	5	7	2	2	0	1	2	0	9
40	13-26	0-2	2-3	2	1	3	4	1	0	2	3	0	28
42	3-7	0-3	4-6	1	2	3	11	3	2	1	4	0	10
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	5-11	0-0	2-2	2	3	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	12
9	2-3	0-0	0-1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
	34-76	1-9	12-18	12	24	36	22	8	6	10	20		81
	44.7%	11.1%	66.7%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 3-1

Cavaliers
98
Bullets
96

Game 1

3/11

Cavaliers
95
Bullets
106

Game 2

12/12

Bullets
98
Cavaliers
85

Game 3

12/1

Bullets
85
Cavaliers
81

Game 4

20/4

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

8:30 PM, 20 April 1997

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,193

Referees:
Hugh Evans
Dan Crawford
Joe DeRosa

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	8	0	1.000	-	W8
Chicago	3	4	.429	4.5	L2
Indiana	3	4	.429	4.5	W1
Detroit	3	5	.375	5	W2
Milwaukee	1	6	.143	6.5	L6

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WSH wins 3-1

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