Cavaliers 99-78 Pistons (23 Feb, 2009) Box Score

Detroit Pistons

27-27, 13-12 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DET	17	17	24	20	78
CLE	31	36	21	11	99

Cleveland Cavaliers

43-11, 25-1 home

Detroit Pistons

starters
A. McDyess
R. Wallace
T. Prince
R. Stuckey
A. Iverson
bench
J. Maxiell
W. Heinrich
W. Sharpe
A. Johnson
K. Brown
W. Bynum
R. Hamilton
A. Afflalo
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	2-8	0-0	0-1	3	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	-12	4
27	2-5	1-1	0-0	2	6	8	1	0	1	0	2	-21	5
30	5-10	0-1	0-0	1	4	5	1	0	0	1	1	-22	10
28	3-9	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	3	0	0	3	1	-20	8
26	6-16	0-2	2-3	1	1	2	5	1	0	1	3	-18	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	3-5	0-0	5-7	3	6	9	0	0	1	1	2	-7	11
18	5-15	3-8	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	-2	13
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	4	6	1	1	0	0	2	+9	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	0-5	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	+9	0
28	5-11	1-3	0-0	0	3	3	6	0	0	1	1	-13	11
9	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	-8	2
	32-86	5-16	9-13	16	31	47	21	2	2	11	15		78
	37.2%	31.3%	69.2%

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
B. Wallace
L. James
Z. Ilgauskas
M. Williams
D. West
bench
L. Wright
D. Jackson
A. Varejao
J. Hickson
E. Snow
W. Szczerbiak
S. Pavlovic
D. Gibson
T. Kinsey
T. Johnson
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	2-7	0-0	0-0	3	4	7	1	0	0	0	1	+20	4
31	6-13	0-3	8-10	0	5	5	9	2	1	0	0	+22	20
23	7-14	0-1	2-2	2	6	8	1	0	2	1	2	+17	16
25	4-9	2-3	1-1	0	3	3	4	2	0	0	2	+15	11
33	8-11	5-5	4-4	1	4	5	4	1	0	1	3	+21	25
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	0-3	0-0	0-2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	-8	0
20	1-3	0-0	1-1	3	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	+20	3
12	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	-9	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	6-8	2-2	1-2	0	4	4	1	1	0	1	4	+2	15
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	1-6	1-3	0-0	0	4	4	2	2	2	1	0	+13	3
8	0-3	0-1	2-2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	-8	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	35-77	10-18	19-24	10	35	45	24	9	6	6	13		99
	45.5%	55.6%	79.2%

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

Regular Season Series

CLE leads 2-1

Cavaliers
89
Pistons
96

Game 1

20/11

Cavaliers
90
Pistons
80

Game 2

1/2

Pistons
78
Cavaliers
99

Game 3

23/2

Pistons
73
Cavaliers
79

Game 4

1/4

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

1:00 AM, 23 February 2009

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,562

Referees:
Joe Forte
Gary Zielinski
Eric Dalen

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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