Cavaliers 107-104 Nets (28 Mar, 2004) Play-by-Play

New Jersey Nets

42-30, 18-19 away

104

	1	2	3	4	T
NJ	28	24	26	26	104
CLE	24	20	31	32	107

TIME	NJ	CLE
12:00	Jumpball. Jason Collins vs. Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Carlos Boozer gains possession.	0	0
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	42	38
11:45	Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 6 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Eric Williams.	0	2
11:21	Jason Collins made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Richard Jefferson.	2	2
10:59	Kevin Ollie missed 16 ft Jumper.	2	2
10:57	Rodney Rogers Defensive Rebound.	2	2
10:44	Kerry Kittles missed Two Point Shot.	2	2
10:42	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Defensive Rebound.	2	2
10:27	Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Ollie.	2	4
10:06	Rodney Rogers missed Two Point Shot.	2	4
10:04	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Defensive Rebound.	2	4
9:57	Eric Williams missed 7 ft Jumper.	2	4
9:56	Jason Collins Defensive Rebound.	2	4
9:41	Lucious Harris made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jason Collins.	4	4
9:22	Kevin Ollie Lost Ball. Stolen by Rodney Rogers.	4	4
9:15	Kerry Kittles made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Rodney Rogers.	6	4
9:03	Eric Williams made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.	6	6
8:45	Lucious Harris made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Richard Jefferson.	9	6
8:29	Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 15 ft Jumper.	9	6
8:27	Kerry Kittles Defensive Rebound.	9	6
8:23	Kerry Kittles Bad Pass. Stolen by Kevin Ollie.	9	6
8:23	Lucious Harris Personal Foul	9	6
8:11	Carlos Boozer made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Ollie.	9	8
7:52	Richard Jefferson made 19 ft Two Point Shot.	11	8
7:37	Carlos Boozer missed 14 ft Jumper.	11	8
7:37	Kerry Kittles Defensive Rebound.	11	8
7:33	Rodney Rogers made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Kerry Kittles.	13	8
6:52	Lucious Harris made 19 ft Jumper.	15	8
6:33	Eric Williams made Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Ollie.	15	10
6:18	Jason Collins Offensive Foul	15	10
6:18	Jason Collins Foul	15	10
6:05	Eric Williams missed Layup.	15	10
6:05	Rodney Rogers Defensive Rebound.	15	10
5:47	Jason Collins made Layup. Assisted by Rodney Rogers.	17	10
5:31	LeBron James missed 14 ft Jumper.	17	10
5:31	Richard Jefferson Defensive Rebound.	17	10
5:18	Rodney Rogers missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	17	10
5:16	Kevin Ollie Defensive Rebound.	17	10
5:11	Carlos Boozer missed 4 ft Two Point Shot.	17	10
5:07	Kerry Kittles Defensive Rebound.	17	10
5:03	Richard Jefferson missed 17 ft Jumper.	17	10
5:01	Kevin Ollie Defensive Rebound.	17	10
4:54	Kevin Ollie Bad Pass. Stolen by Richard Jefferson.	17	10
4:50	Kerry Kittles made Layup. Assisted by Richard Jefferson.	19	10
4:48	Cleveland Full Timeout.	19	10
4:24	LeBron James missed Jumper.	19	10
4:22	Carlos Boozer Offensive Rebound.	19	12
4:22	Carlos Boozer made Layup.	19	12
4:05	Lucious Harris made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kerry Kittles.	21	12
3:42	Eric Williams made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Carlos Boozer.	21	14
3:20	Jason Collins missed 6 ft Jumper. Blocked by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.	21	14
3:20	New Jersey Offensive Rebound.	21	14
3:20	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Personal Foul	21	14
3:15	Kerry Kittles made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Lucious Harris.	23	14
2:53	Carlos Boozer 3 second	23	14
2:53	New Jersey Full Timeout.	23	14
2:53	Kedrick Brown enters the game for Kevin Ollie.	23	14
2:40	Lucious Harris Bad Pass	23	14
2:29	LeBron James missed Two Point Shot.	23	14
2:27	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Offensive Rebound.	23	16
2:27	Zydrunas Ilgauskas made Tip Shot.	23	16
2:12	Richard Jefferson Traveling	23	16
2:00	Kedrick Brown made Slam Dunk. Assisted by LeBron James.	23	18
1:43	Rodney Rogers missed 1 ft Two Point Shot.	23	18
1:38	Carlos Boozer Defensive Rebound.	23	18
1:32	Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.	23	20
1:32	New Jersey Full Timeout.	23	20
1:17	Richard Jefferson missed Two Point Shot.	23	20
1:15	Carlos Boozer Defensive Rebound.	23	20
1:10	Richard Jefferson Shooting Foul	23	20
1:10	Aaron Williams enters the game for Jason Collins.	23	20
1:10	Carlos Boozer made Free Throw 1 of 2.	23	21
1:10	Carlos Boozer made Free Throw 2 of 2.	23	22
50.5	Kerry Kittles made 21 ft Jumper.	25	22
39.9	LeBron James Bad Pass. Stolen by Kerry Kittles.	25	22
38.0	Kedrick Brown Personal Foul	25	22
30.4	Richard Jefferson made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rodney Rogers.	28	22
6.0	LeBron James made 13 ft Jumper.	28	24
0.0	Kerry Kittles missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	28	24
0.0	Carlos Boozer Defensive Rebound.	28	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	28	24

LeBron's breakaway dunk caps first 40-point game

0:21

Regular Season Series

NJ wins 2-1

Cavaliers
82
Nets
97

Game 1

3/1

Nets
105
Cavaliers
85

Game 2

12/2

Nets
104
Cavaliers
107

Game 3

28/3

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

12:30 AM, 28 March 2004

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,562

Referees:
James Capers
Dick Bavetta
Bennie Adams

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

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