Cavaliers 94-83 Bobcats (4 Jan, 2005) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

18-12, 7-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	27	27	24	16	94
CHA	32	20	15	16	83

Charlotte Bobcats

7-21, 6-8 home

Primoz Brezec made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Emeka Okafor made 5 ft two point shot.
Emeka Okafor missed 19 ft jumper.
Emeka Okafor made 15 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Emeka Okafor made dunk. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Brevin Knight made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Keith Bogans.
Gerald Wallace missed layup.
Keith Bogans missed 6 ft jumper.
Gerald Wallace made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Primoz Brezec made 18 ft two point shot.
Gerald Wallace missed 16 ft jumper.
Emeka Okafor made tip shot.
Kareem Rush missed jumper.
Primoz Brezec missed 11 ft jumper.
Primoz Brezec made layup. Assisted by Kareem Rush.
Kareem Rush made dunk. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Emeka Okafor made 11 ft two point shot. Assisted by Kareem Rush.
Emeka Okafor missed 16 ft jumper.
Theron Smith missed 16 ft jumper.
Primoz Brezec missed layup.
Kareem Rush made 20 ft jumper.
Melvin Ely made hook shot. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Kareem Rush missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Jason Hart made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Keith Bogans.
Keith Bogans missed 16 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Jason Kapono missed 16 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans's layup blocked by Anderson Varejao.
Jason Hart missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Jason Kapono made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Jason Kapono missed 15 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans missed tip shot.
Keith Bogans missed 20 ft jumper.
Jason Kapono made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Kareem Rush missed 17 ft jumper.
Jason Kapono missed 27 ft three point jumper.
Jason Kapono missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Kareem Rush missed 5 ft jumper.
Emeka Okafor made 11 ft jumper.
Brevin Knight missed 19 ft jumper.
Kareem Rush made driving dunk.
Melvin Ely made 9 ft two point shot.
Kareem Rush made 26 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Kareem Rush's layup blocked by Drew Gooden.
Theron Smith made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Melvin Ely missed 4 ft hook shot.
Theron Smith missed 51 ft three point jumper.
Primoz Brezec made 7 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Primoz Brezec missed 12 ft jumper.
Gerald Wallace missed 19 ft jumper.
Brevin Knight missed 5 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans missed 22 ft jumper.
Gerald Wallace missed 19 ft jumper.
Theron Smith missed three point jumper.
Melvin Ely missed 5 ft hook shot.
Emeka Okafor missed 10 ft jumper.
Kareem Rush missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Melvin Ely missed 17 ft jumper.
Emeka Okafor missed 5 ft jumper.
Theron Smith missed layup.
Jahidi White missed two point shot.
Jason Kapono made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Melvin Ely.
Jason Kapono made 25 ft three point jumper.
Jason Kapono missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Kareem Rush made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Jason Hart made 9 ft jumper.
Jason Hart made 7 ft jumper.
Kareem Rush missed 20 ft jumper.
Jason Hart's layup blocked by Drew Gooden.
Jason Hart missed 17 ft jumper.
Primoz Brezec missed 19 ft jumper.
Emeka Okafor missed 15 ft jumper.
Primoz Brezec missed tip shot.
Jason Kapono missed 5 ft jumper.
Jason Kapono made layup.
Kareem Rush made jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Kareem Rush missed 18 ft jumper.
Jason Kapono missed 5 ft jumper.
Jason Kapono missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Emeka Okafor's layup blocked by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
Keith Bogans's layup blocked by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
Kareem Rush made driving layup. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Jason Hart missed 19 ft jumper.
Jason Kapono missed 19 ft jumper.
Jason Kapono made layup. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Jason Hart made 26 ft three point jumper.
Ira Newble made two point shot. Assisted by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 7 ft hook shot.
Drew Gooden missed 8 ft hook shot.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 13 ft jumper.
Drew Gooden made tip shot.
Jeff McInnis made 4 ft running jumper.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed layup.
Jeff McInnis made jumper.
Ira Newble made jumper. Assisted by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
Ira Newble made jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.
Drew Gooden made dunk.
LeBron James made two point shot. Assisted by Ira Newble.
Drew Gooden missed jumper.
Jeff McInnis made 22 ft jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.
Robert Traylor made 9 ft two point shot.
Drew Gooden missed 16 ft jumper.
Jeff McInnis missed jumper.
Drew Gooden missed tip shot.
Drew Gooden made layup. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
Sasha Pavlovic missed layup.
Ira Newble missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Eric Snow made 8 ft running jumper.
Drew Gooden missed layup.
Eric Snow missed three point jumper.
LeBron James missed 7 ft jumper.
LeBron James made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Anderson Varejao.
LeBron James missed 23 ft three point jumper.
LeBron James made slam dunk.
Anderson Varejao made layup.
Eric Snow's layup blocked by Jason Hart.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 18 ft jumper.
LeBron James made layup.
Lucious Harris made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Eric Snow.
Eric Snow made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
LeBron James made driving layup.
LeBron James made layup.
Jeff McInnis missed 20 ft jumper.
Jeff McInnis missed 8 ft jumper.
LeBron James missed layup.
Robert Traylor made 7 ft two point shot. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
Drew Gooden made dunk.
LeBron James made 21 ft jumper. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
LeBron James made slam dunk. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
Drew Gooden made two point shot. Assisted by LeBron James.
LeBron James missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Jeff McInnis made layup.
Ira Newble made dunk. Assisted by LeBron James.
Jeff McInnis missed 26 ft three point jumper.
LeBron James missed layup.
Ira Newble missed three point jumper.
Drew Gooden made dunk. Assisted by Ira Newble.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 16 ft jumper.
Drew Gooden made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.
Ira Newble's layup blocked by Jahidi White.
Ira Newble missed layup.
Jeff McInnis missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Robert Traylor's 7 ft jumper blocked by Melvin Ely.
Drew Gooden made two point shot. Assisted by Robert Traylor.
LeBron James missed 19 ft jumper.
Drew Gooden missed 9 ft jumper.
LeBron James missed 16 ft jumper.
LeBron James made layup.
Robert Traylor missed 50 ft three point jumper.
Lucious Harris missed 23 ft three point jumper.
Drew Gooden missed layup.
Robert Traylor missed 15 ft jumper.
LeBron James made 15 ft two point shot.
LeBron James made two point shot. Assisted by Eric Snow.
Lucious Harris missed 17 ft jumper.
Drew Gooden's 5 ft jumper blocked by Emeka Okafor.
Jeff McInnis missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Anderson Varejao's 4 ft jumper blocked by Emeka Okafor.
Eric Snow made jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 16 ft jumper.
Jeff McInnis made layup. Assisted by Eric Snow.
Jeff McInnis missed 20 ft jumper.
LeBron James missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Eric Snow.
Sasha Pavlovic missed 19 ft jumper.
Luke Jackson missed 15 ft jumper.
Sasha Pavlovic missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 18 ft jumper.
Anderson Varejao made layup. Assisted by Eric Snow.
Luke Jackson made 16 ft jumper.

CAVALIERS

BOBCATS

TIME		CLE	CHA
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Emeka Okafor. Jeff McInnis gains possession.	0	0
11:41	Ira Newble made two point shot. Assisted by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.	2	0
11:26	Primoz Brezec made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.	2	2
11:12	Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 7 ft hook shot.	2	2
11:10	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound.	2	2
11:00	Emeka Okafor made 5 ft two point shot.	2	4
10:41	Drew Gooden missed 8 ft hook shot.	2	4
10:41	Cleveland offensive rebound.	2	4
10:36	Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 13 ft jumper.	2	4
10:33	Drew Gooden offensive rebound.	4	4
10:33	Drew Gooden made tip shot.	4	4
10:19	Emeka Okafor missed 19 ft jumper.	4	4
10:18	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound.	4	4
10:12	Jeff McInnis made 4 ft running jumper.	6	4
9:51	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Shooting Foul. Ilgauskas's 1st Personal Foul, Cleveland's 1st Team Foul.	6	4
9:51	Keith Bogans made Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	5
9:51	Keith Bogans missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	5
9:48	Drew Gooden defensive rebound.	6	5
9:37	Jeff McInnis Bad Pass. Stolen by Emeka Okafor.	6	5
9:29	Emeka Okafor made 15 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.	6	7
9:15	Ira Newble Bad Pass. Stolen by Brevin Knight.	6	7
9:11	Emeka Okafor made dunk. Assisted by Brevin Knight.	6	9
8:59	Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed layup.	6	9
8:57	Primoz Brezec defensive rebound.	6	9
8:44	Brevin Knight made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Keith Bogans.	6	11
8:30	Jeff McInnis made jumper.	8	11
8:14	Gerald Wallace missed layup.	8	11
8:11	Jeff McInnis defensive rebound.	8	11
8:08	Primoz Brezec Shooting Foul. Brezec's 1st Personal Foul, Charlotte's 1st Team Foul.	8	11
8:08	Drew Gooden made Free Throw 1 of 2.	9	11
8:08	Drew Gooden made Free Throw 2 of 2.	10	11
7:52	Keith Bogans missed 6 ft jumper.	10	11
7:50	Drew Gooden defensive rebound.	10	11
7:43	Ira Newble made jumper. Assisted by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.	12	11
7:30	Gerald Wallace made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.	12	13
7:16	Ira Newble made jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.	14	13
7:03	Primoz Brezec made 18 ft two point shot.	14	15
6:54	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Offensive Foul. Ilgauskas's 3rd Personal Foul, Cleveland's 2nd Team Foul.	14	15
6:54	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Foul	14	15
6:54	Kareem Rush enters the game for Keith Bogans.	14	15
6:54	Robert Traylor enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas.	14	15
6:30	Gerald Wallace missed 16 ft jumper.	14	15
6:28	Emeka Okafor offensive rebound.	14	17
6:28	Emeka Okafor made tip shot.	14	17
6:22	Gerald Wallace Shooting Foul. Wallace's 1st Personal Foul, Charlotte's 2nd Team Foul.	14	17
6:22	Jeff McInnis made Free Throw 1 of 2.	15	17
6:22	Theron Smith enters the game for Gerald Wallace.	15	17
6:22	Jeff McInnis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	15	17
6:18	Drew Gooden offensive rebound.	17	17
6:18	Drew Gooden made dunk.	17	17
6:09	Kareem Rush missed jumper.	17	17
6:05	Drew Gooden defensive rebound.	17	17
6:03	LeBron James made two point shot. Assisted by Ira Newble.	19	17
6:01	Charlotte Full Timeout.	19	17
5:43	Primoz Brezec missed 11 ft jumper.	19	17
5:43	Charlotte offensive rebound.	19	17
5:43	Ira Newble Loose Ball Foul. Newble's 1st Personal Foul, Cleveland's 3rd Team Foul.	19	17
5:35	Primoz Brezec made layup. Assisted by Kareem Rush.	19	19
5:24	Jeff McInnis Bad Pass. Stolen by Primoz Brezec.	19	19
5:20	Kareem Rush made dunk. Assisted by Brevin Knight.	19	21
5:03	Drew Gooden missed jumper.	19	21
5:01	Primoz Brezec defensive rebound.	19	21
4:52	Emeka Okafor made 11 ft two point shot. Assisted by Kareem Rush.	19	23
4:30	Jeff McInnis made 22 ft jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.	21	23
4:20	LeBron James Shooting Foul. James's 1st Personal Foul, Cleveland's 4th Team Foul.	21	23
4:20	Kareem Rush made Free Throw 1 of 2.	21	24
4:20	Sasha Pavlovic enters the game for LeBron James.	21	24
4:20	Kareem Rush made Free Throw 2 of 2.	21	25
3:58	Robert Traylor made 9 ft two point shot.	23	25
3:33	Emeka Okafor missed 16 ft jumper.	23	25
3:32	Primoz Brezec offensive rebound.	23	25
3:32	Robert Traylor Personal Foul. Traylor's 1st Personal Foul, Cleveland's 5th Team Foul.	23	25
3:23	Theron Smith missed 16 ft jumper.	23	25
3:23	Primoz Brezec offensive rebound.	23	25
3:23	Robert Traylor Personal Foul. Traylor's 3rd Personal Foul, Cleveland's 6th Team Foul.	23	25
3:23	Primoz Brezec made Free Throw 1 of 2.	23	26
3:23	DeSagana Diop enters the game for Robert Traylor.	23	26
3:23	Primoz Brezec made Free Throw 2 of 2.	23	27
3:12	Drew Gooden missed 16 ft jumper.	23	27
3:10	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound.	23	27
2:54	Primoz Brezec missed layup.	23	27
2:51	Drew Gooden defensive rebound.	23	27
2:41	Jeff McInnis missed jumper.	23	27
2:38	Drew Gooden offensive rebound.	23	27
2:38	Drew Gooden missed tip shot.	23	27
2:35	DeSagana Diop offensive rebound.	23	27
2:31	Drew Gooden made layup. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.	25	27
2:17	Kareem Rush Lost Ball. Stolen by Sasha Pavlovic.	25	27
2:13	Ira Newble Bad Pass	25	27
2:13	Cleveland Full Timeout.	25	27
2:13	Melvin Ely enters the game for Primoz Brezec.	25	27
1:54	Kareem Rush made 20 ft jumper.	25	29
1:37	Sasha Pavlovic missed layup.	25	29
1:36	Theron Smith defensive rebound.	25	29
1:25	DeSagana Diop Shooting Foul. Diop's 1st Personal Foul, Cleveland's 7th Team Foul.	25	29
1:25	Jason Hart enters the game for Brevin Knight.	25	29
1:25	Melvin Ely missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	25	29
1:25	Charlotte offensive rebound.	25	29
1:25	Eric Snow enters the game for Jeff McInnis.	25	29
1:25	Melvin Ely made Free Throw 2 of 2.	25	30
1:00	Ira Newble missed 25 ft three point jumper.	25	30
57.7	Cleveland defensive rebound.	25	30
37.0	Melvin Ely made hook shot. Assisted by Jason Hart.	25	32
28.2	Eric Snow made 8 ft running jumper.	27	32
6.9	Kareem Rush missed 24 ft three point jumper.	27	32
5.8	Charlotte defensive rebound.	27	32
0.9	Drew Gooden missed layup.	27	32
0.3	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound.	27	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	27	32

Regular Season Series

CLE leads 3-0

Cavaliers
106
Bobcats
89

Game 1

19/11

Bobcats
84
Cavaliers
100

Game 2

21/11

Cavaliers
94
Bobcats
83

Game 3

4/1

Bobcats
98
Cavaliers
100

Game 4

12/1

Charlotte Coliseum

12:00 AM, 4 January 2005

Charlotte, NC

Attendance: 12,690

Referees:
Joe DeRosa
Scott Wall
Mark Ayotte

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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Brown scores 31 points to help the Celtics outlast the Wizards 108-96 for a key NBA Cup victory

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Damian Lillard tosses one up to Giannis Antetokounmpo for a high-flying alley-oop jam.

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