Cavaliers 103-97 Nets (8 Dec, 2004) Play-by-Play

New Jersey Nets

5-13, 1-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NJ	23	21	32	21	97
CLE	28	25	26	24	103

Cleveland Cavaliers

12-6, 8-1 home

103

Drew Gooden missed 16 ft jumper.
Ira Newble made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Drew Gooden.
Jeff McInnis made two point shot. Assisted by Ira Newble.
LeBron James made 18 ft jumper.
Drew Gooden missed jumper.
Jeff McInnis missed 16 ft jumper.
Jeff McInnis missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas made two point shot. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 15 ft two point shot.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 12 ft jumper.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 6 ft hook shot.
Drew Gooden made 7 ft two point shot. Assisted by LeBron James.
LeBron James's layup blocked by Jason Collins.
Drew Gooden made layup. Assisted by LeBron James.
Lucious Harris made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
LeBron James made two point shot. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 14 ft jumper. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
Lucious Harris missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Drew Gooden made layup.
LeBron James made 18 ft jumper.
Drew Gooden missed 13 ft two point shot.
Jeff McInnis made jumper.
Robert Traylor missed 18 ft jumper.
Jeff McInnis missed 21 ft jumper.
LeBron James missed 20 ft jumper.
Eric Snow made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
Eric Snow missed 15 ft jumper.
Robert Traylor made two point shot.
LeBron James made 17 ft two point shot.
LeBron James made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Eric Snow.
Jeff McInnis missed 4 ft two point shot.
LeBron James missed 17 ft jumper.
LeBron James missed 13 ft jumper.
LeBron James made two point shot. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
LeBron James made slam dunk. Assisted by Drew Gooden.
Jeff McInnis missed jumper.
Lucious Harris made layup. Assisted by LeBron James.
Jeff McInnis made two point shot.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup blocked by Jason Collins.
Ira Newble missed 19 ft jumper.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 18 ft jumper.
LeBron James made 20 ft jumper.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 16 ft jumper.
Jeff McInnis made layup. Assisted by LeBron James.
LeBron James made two point shot.
Drew Gooden missed 16 ft jumper.
Drew Gooden made layup. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
Jeff McInnis made 13 ft jumper. Assisted by Eric Snow.
Drew Gooden made layup. Assisted by LeBron James.
Robert Traylor made 9 ft two point shot. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
Jeff McInnis missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Anderson Varejao made layup.
LeBron James missed 21 ft jumper.
Anderson Varejao missed 18 ft jumper.
LeBron James missed 7 ft two point shot.
Lucious Harris missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Anderson Varejao made 23 ft jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.
LeBron James missed 21 ft jumper.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.
Jeff McInnis missed 25 ft three point jumper.
LeBron James missed 9 ft two point shot.
Lucious Harris missed 16 ft jumper.
LeBron James missed 25 ft three point jumper.
LeBron James missed two point shot.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas made tip shot.
LeBron James missed 1 ft two point shot.
Jeff McInnis made 4 ft two point shot.
LeBron James made two point shot. Assisted by Eric Snow.
Eric Snow's 8 ft jumper blocked by Richard Jefferson.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 7 ft hook shot.
Jeff McInnis made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Drew Gooden.
Drew Gooden missed 18 ft jumper.
LeBron James made slam dunk.
Jeff McInnis missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Lucious Harris made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.
Alonzo Mourning missed two point shot.
Alonzo Mourning made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Eric Williams.
Jason Kidd made three point jumper. Assisted by Eric Williams.
Jason Kidd missed 1 ft two point shot.
Jason Kidd missed 14 ft jumper.
Richard Jefferson made 18 ft jumper.
Alonzo Mourning made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Richard Jefferson.
Travis Best made jumper. Assisted by Richard Jefferson.
Eric Williams made 13 ft jumper. Assisted by Richard Jefferson.
Jason Collins made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Eric Williams.
Nenad Krstic's two point shot blocked by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
Richard Jefferson missed 19 ft jumper.
Richard Jefferson made 14 ft jumper. Assisted by Travis Best.
Travis Best made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Rodney Buford.
Travis Best missed layup.
Rodney Buford made 11 ft jumper. Assisted by Jacque Vaughn.
Brian Scalabrine missed 22 ft jumper.
Alonzo Mourning made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Jacque Vaughn.
Jacque Vaughn made 21 ft jumper.
Alonzo Mourning missed 4 ft two point shot.
Rodney Buford missed 2 ft two point shot.
Richard Jefferson missed 23 ft jumper.
Alonzo Mourning made 6 ft two point shot. Assisted by Jason Kidd.
Alonzo Mourning made 15 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Kidd.
Jason Kidd made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Richard Jefferson.
Travis Best missed 17 ft jumper.
Jason Kidd missed 14 ft jumper.
Jason Kidd missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Richard Jefferson missed 19 ft jumper.
Richard Jefferson's 2 ft two point shot blocked by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
Rodney Buford missed 14 ft jumper.
Travis Best missed 18 ft jumper.
Jason Collins made slam dunk. Assisted by Brian Scalabrine.
Richard Jefferson made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Rodney Buford.
Alonzo Mourning made slam dunk. Assisted by Richard Jefferson.
Travis Best missed layup.
Jason Collins made tip shot.
Alonzo Mourning made 17 ft jumper.
Jason Collins made slam dunk. Assisted by Travis Best.
Alonzo Mourning made layup.
Alonzo Mourning missed 21 ft jumper.
Travis Best made 17 ft jumper.
Richard Jefferson missed 20 ft jumper.
Richard Jefferson made two point shot.
Rodney Buford missed jumper.
Rodney Buford missed layup.
Jason Collins made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Richard Jefferson.
Jason Collins missed 18 ft jumper.
Rodney Buford made layup.
Nenad Krstic's 9 ft jumper blocked by Robert Traylor.
Jason Kidd missed 21 ft jumper.
Jason Collins's layup blocked by Anderson Varejao.
Nenad Krstic made slam dunk.
Nenad Krstic missed 14 ft two point shot.
Jason Kidd missed 43 ft three point jumper.
Jason Collins made slam dunk. Assisted by Eric Williams.
Richard Jefferson made two point shot. Assisted by Eric Williams.
Alonzo Mourning missed 8 ft hook shot.
Richard Jefferson made 19 ft jumper.
Travis Best made two point shot.
Jason Collins made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Travis Best.
Richard Jefferson made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Eric Williams.
Brian Scalabrine missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Eric Williams's layup blocked by Eric Snow.
Alonzo Mourning missed layup.
Alonzo Mourning missed 6 ft two point shot.
Alonzo Mourning missed 5 ft hook shot.
Jason Kidd made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Richard Jefferson.
Travis Best missed 23 ft three point jumper.
Richard Jefferson missed layup.
Jason Collins made tip shot.

NETS

CAVALIERS

TIME		NJ	CLE
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Alonzo Mourning vs. Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Drew Gooden gains possession.	0	0
11:34	Drew Gooden missed 16 ft jumper.	0	0
11:33	Jason Kidd defensive rebound.	0	0
11:21	Alonzo Mourning missed two point shot.	0	0
11:18	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound.	0	0
11:07	Ira Newble made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Drew Gooden.	0	2
10:52	Alonzo Mourning made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Eric Williams.	2	2
10:37	Jeff McInnis made two point shot. Assisted by Ira Newble.	2	4
10:03	LeBron James made 18 ft jumper.	2	6
9:42	Jason Kidd Bad Pass	2	6
9:25	Drew Gooden missed jumper.	2	6
9:23	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound.	2	6
9:23	Jason Collins Personal Foul. Collins's 1st Personal Foul, New Jersey's 1st Team Foul.	2	6
9:12	Jeff McInnis missed 16 ft jumper.	2	6
9:11	Richard Jefferson defensive rebound.	2	6
9:03	Jason Kidd made three point jumper. Assisted by Eric Williams.	5	6
8:45	Jeff McInnis missed 25 ft three point jumper.	5	6
8:44	Jason Kidd defensive rebound.	5	6
8:40	Jason Kidd missed 1 ft two point shot.	5	6
8:38	Drew Gooden defensive rebound.	5	6
8:34	Zydrunas Ilgauskas made two point shot. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.	5	8
8:34	Eric Williams Shooting Foul. Williams's 2nd Personal Foul, New Jersey's 2nd Team Foul.	5	8
8:34	Zydrunas Ilgauskas made Free Throw 1 of 1.	5	9
8:23	Ira Newble Shooting Foul. Newble's 1st Personal Foul, Cleveland's 1st Team Foul.	5	9
8:23	Eric Williams made Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	9
8:23	Eric Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	9
8:22	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Loose Ball Foul. Ilgauskas's 2nd Personal Foul, Cleveland's 2nd Team Foul.	7	9
8:22	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Foul	7	9
8:03	Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 15 ft two point shot.	7	9
8:00	Eric Williams defensive rebound.	7	9
7:56	Jason Kidd missed 14 ft jumper.	7	9
7:54	Drew Gooden defensive rebound.	7	9
7:39	Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 12 ft jumper.	7	9
7:39	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound.	7	9
7:37	Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 6 ft hook shot.	7	11
7:18	Richard Jefferson made 18 ft jumper.	9	11
7:07	LeBron James Bad Pass. Stolen by Alonzo Mourning.	9	11
7:03	Travis Best enters the game for Jason Kidd.	9	11
6:56	Alonzo Mourning made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Richard Jefferson.	11	11
6:37	Drew Gooden made 7 ft two point shot. Assisted by LeBron James.	11	13
6:18	Travis Best made jumper. Assisted by Richard Jefferson.	13	13
6:09	Eric Williams Shooting Foul. Williams's 2nd Personal Foul, New Jersey's 3rd Team Foul.	13	13
6:09	Zydrunas Ilgauskas made Free Throw 1 of 2.	13	14
6:09	Zydrunas Ilgauskas made Free Throw 2 of 2.	13	15
5:58	Ira Newble Personal Foul. Newble's 2nd Personal Foul, Cleveland's 3rd Team Foul.	13	15
5:58	Cleveland Full Timeout.	13	15
5:58	Lucious Harris enters the game for Ira Newble.	13	15
5:58	Nenad Krstic enters the game for Alonzo Mourning.	13	15
5:48	Eric Williams made 13 ft jumper. Assisted by Richard Jefferson.	15	15
5:39	Travis Best Personal Foul. Best's 1st Personal Foul, New Jersey's 4th Team Foul.	15	15
5:30	Jeff McInnis Bad Pass. Stolen by Jason Collins.	15	15
5:26	Travis Best Bad Pass. Stolen by Lucious Harris.	15	15
5:18	LeBron James's layup blocked by Jason Collins.	15	15
5:16	Jason Collins defensive rebound.	15	15
4:52	Jason Collins made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Eric Williams.	17	15
4:41	Nenad Krstic Shooting Foul. Krstic's 1st Personal Foul, New Jersey's 5th Team Foul.	17	15
4:41	Drew Gooden missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	17	15
4:41	Cleveland offensive rebound.	17	15
4:41	Drew Gooden made Free Throw 2 of 2.	17	16
4:22	Drew Gooden Shooting Foul. Gooden's 1st Personal Foul, Cleveland's 4th Team Foul.	17	16
4:22	Jason Collins missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	17	16
4:22	New Jersey offensive rebound.	17	16
4:22	Jason Collins missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	17	16
4:20	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound.	17	16
4:09	Drew Gooden made layup. Assisted by LeBron James.	17	18
3:51	Richard Jefferson Bad Pass. Stolen by Jeff McInnis.	17	18
3:47	Lucious Harris Offensive Foul. Harris's 2nd Personal Foul, Cleveland's 5th Team Foul.	17	18
3:47	Lucious Harris Foul	17	18
3:47	Brian Scalabrine enters the game for Eric Williams.	17	18
3:41	Jason Collins Offensive Foul. Collins's 3rd Personal Foul, New Jersey's 6th Team Foul.	17	18
3:41	Jason Collins Foul	17	18
3:30	Lucious Harris made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.	17	20
3:08	Nenad Krstic's two point shot blocked by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.	17	20
3:06	New Jersey offensive rebound.	17	20
3:06	Aaron Williams enters the game for Jason Collins.	17	20
3:06	New Jersey Full Timeout.	17	20
3:06	Rodney Buford enters the game for Nenad Krstic.	17	20
3:01	Richard Jefferson missed 19 ft jumper.	17	20
3:00	Aaron Williams offensive rebound.	17	20
2:49	Richard Jefferson made 14 ft jumper. Assisted by Travis Best.	19	20
2:30	LeBron James made two point shot. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.	19	22
2:10	Travis Best made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Rodney Buford.	21	22
1:44	Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 14 ft jumper. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.	21	24
1:31	Richard Jefferson Offensive Foul. Jefferson's 2nd Personal Foul, New Jersey's 7th Team Foul.	21	24
1:31	Richard Jefferson Foul	21	24
1:31	Jacque Vaughn enters the game for Richard Jefferson.	21	24
1:12	Lucious Harris missed 24 ft three point jumper.	21	24
1:09	Drew Gooden offensive rebound.	21	24
1:07	Drew Gooden made layup.	21	26
42.9	Travis Best missed layup.	21	26
40.8	New Jersey offensive rebound.	21	26
37.1	Rodney Buford made 11 ft jumper. Assisted by Jacque Vaughn.	23	26
25.2	LeBron James made 18 ft jumper.	23	28
1.2	Shot Clock Violation	23	28
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	23	28

Regular Season Series

CLE leads 1-0

Nets
97
Cavaliers
103

Game 1

8/12

Cavaliers
90
Nets
92

Game 2

23/12

Cavaliers
98
Nets
104

Game 3

27/2

Nets
111
Cavaliers
80

Game 4

6/4

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

12:00 AM, 8 December 2004

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 16,556

Referees:
Derrick Stafford
Joe Forte
Derrick Collins

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	16	1	.941	-	W1
Detroit	7	10	.412	9	L2
Indiana	6	9	.400	9	L2
Milwaukee	6	9	.400	9	W2
Chicago	6	10	.375	9.5	L1

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