Cavaliers 109-108 Hornets (29 Mar, 2005) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

36-32, 11-23 away

109

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
CLE	24	18	21	38	8	109
NO	28	25	25	23	7	108

New Orleans Hornets

16-54, 11-24 home

108

Dan Dickau made 16 ft jumper.
Jamaal Magloire made 7 ft hook shot. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
J.R. Smith made two point shot. Assisted by Lee Nailon.
Lee Nailon missed 16 ft jumper.
J.R. Smith made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Jamaal Magloire.
P.J. Brown missed 12 ft jumper.
Dan Dickau made three point jumper. Assisted by Lee Nailon.
J.R. Smith missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Lee Nailon made layup.
Jamaal Magloire made two point shot. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
Jamaal Magloire made dunk. Assisted by P.J. Brown.
Dan Dickau missed 9 ft running jumper.
Lee Nailon made jumper. Assisted by P.J. Brown.
J.R. Smith missed 17 ft jumper.
Chris Andersen missed layup.
Lee Nailon made dunk. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
P.J. Brown missed layup.
Dan Dickau missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Lee Nailon made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by J.R. Smith.
J.R. Smith made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Chris Andersen.
Chris Andersen missed 18 ft jumper.
Chris Andersen made dunk. Assisted by Bostjan Nachbar.
David West missed 16 ft jumper.
Bostjan Nachbar made 26 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Chris Andersen.
David West made dunk. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
Bostjan Nachbar made layup.
Bostjan Nachbar made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.
J.R. Smith made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.
J.R. Smith made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.
J.R. Smith missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Bostjan Nachbar made 9 ft two point shot.
P.J. Brown made driving layup.
Speedy Claxton missed layup.
Lee Nailon missed 17 ft jumper.
P.J. Brown missed 16 ft jumper.
P.J. Brown missed 11 ft jumper.
Jamaal Magloire made 9 ft hook shot. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
J.R. Smith missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Dan Dickau missed 7 ft running jumper.
Jamaal Magloire missed 16 ft jumper.
J.R. Smith missed 15 ft jumper.
P.J. Brown made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
Lee Nailon's layup blocked by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
Lee Nailon missed 16 ft jumper.
Dan Dickau missed layup.
P.J. Brown missed layup.
P.J. Brown missed 16 ft jumper.
Dan Dickau made jumper.
J.R. Smith missed two point shot.
Lee Nailon made layup. Assisted by J.R. Smith.
J.R. Smith made layup. Assisted by P.J. Brown.
Chris Andersen made driving layup. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.
J.R. Smith made dunk. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.
Chris Andersen made dunk. Assisted by Bostjan Nachbar.
David West missed layup.
David West made tip shot.
Bostjan Nachbar missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Speedy Claxton missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Chris Andersen made dunk. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.
Casey Jacobsen missed 18 ft jumper.
Casey Jacobsen missed layup.
Bostjan Nachbar made 26 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.
Jamaal Magloire's 4 ft hook shot blocked by Anderson Varejao.
Speedy Claxton made layup. Assisted by David West.
J.R. Smith missed 17 ft jumper.
Jamaal Magloire made layup. Assisted by J.R. Smith.
Dan Dickau missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Jamaal Magloire missed 5 ft hook shot.
J.R. Smith missed tip shot.
Jamaal Magloire made dunk. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
Dan Dickau missed 21 ft jumper.
Lee Nailon made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
Lee Nailon made 8 ft jumper. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
Dan Dickau missed layup.
Dan Dickau missed layup.
Bostjan Nachbar made 13 ft two point shot.
Bostjan Nachbar missed 20 ft jumper.
Jamaal Magloire made dunk. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
J.R. Smith made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
Dan Dickau missed 18 ft jumper.
Bostjan Nachbar missed 21 ft jumper.
P.J. Brown made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
Dan Dickau missed layup.
Drew Gooden missed layup.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas made tip shot.
Ira Newble made 25 ft three pointer. Assisted by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
Drew Gooden missed 18 ft jumper.
LeBron James made 16 ft two point shot.
Drew Gooden missed layup.
LeBron James made layup. Assisted by Eric Snow.
Drew Gooden missed 10 ft jumper.
LeBron James missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Drew Gooden made 12 ft two point shot. Assisted by Eric Snow.
LeBron James missed 14 ft jumper.
Ira Newble missed 18 ft jumper.
LeBron James made 22 ft jumper.
LeBron James made layup. Assisted by Drew Gooden.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas made layup. Assisted by Eric Snow.
Ira Newble missed 18 ft jumper.
Drew Gooden made tip shot.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed layup.
LeBron James missed 16 ft jumper.
LeBron James missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Jeff McInnis missed layup.
Jeff McInnis missed layup.
Robert Traylor made 5 ft hook shot. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
Jeff McInnis missed 17 ft jumper.
Jeff McInnis missed layup.
Robert Traylor made dunk.
Robert Traylor made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
Robert Traylor missed 7 ft jumper.
Jeff McInnis missed 11 ft jumper.
LeBron James made layup.
Lucious Harris missed 22 ft jumper.
LeBron James made driving layup.
Anderson Varejao made driving layup. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
Robert Traylor made 9 ft jumper. Assisted by Jeff McInnis.
LeBron James made dunk. Assisted by Robert Traylor.
Anderson Varejao missed 18 ft jumper.
LeBron James missed 29 ft three point jumper.
LeBron James made 23 ft jumper.
LeBron James missed jumper.
Eric Snow's layup blocked by Jamaal Magloire.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas made layup. Assisted by LeBron James.
LeBron James missed 17 ft jumper.
LeBron James made two point shot. Assisted by Eric Snow.
Drew Gooden missed jumper.
LeBron James missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Drew Gooden missed layup.
Drew Gooden's layup blocked by Jamaal Magloire.
LeBron James missed 28 ft three point jumper.
Eric Snow missed layup.
Robert Traylor missed layup.
Robert Traylor made layup.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas made 6 ft jumper.
Robert Traylor missed layup.
Eric Snow missed layup.
LeBron James made layup. Assisted by Anderson Varejao.
Eric Snow missed 25 ft three point jumper.
LeBron James made layup.
Sasha Pavlovic made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Drew Gooden.
LeBron James made 23 ft jumper.
Anderson Varejao made layup. Assisted by LeBron James.
Sasha Pavlovic made 23 ft three point jumper. Assisted by LeBron James.
Anderson Varejao made 4 ft jumper.
Sasha Pavlovic made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Jiri Welsch.
LeBron James made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Anderson Varejao.
Sasha Pavlovic made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Drew Gooden.
LeBron James made three point jumper.
LeBron James made driving layup.
LeBron James missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Jiri Welsch missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed 16 ft jumper.
LeBron James missed three point jumper.
Sasha Pavlovic made layup. Assisted by Eric Snow.
Sasha Pavlovic missed three point jumper.
LeBron James made 26 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Eric Snow.
Sasha Pavlovic missed layup.
Sasha Pavlovic missed layup.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed layup.
LeBron James missed layup.
Drew Gooden made layup.

CAVALIERS

HORNETS

TIME		CLE	NO
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Jamaal Magloire. Lee Nailon gains possession.	0	0
11:41	Jamaal Magloire Bad Pass. Stolen by Drew Gooden.	0	0
11:37	Drew Gooden missed layup.	0	0
11:36	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound.	2	0
11:36	Zydrunas Ilgauskas made tip shot.	2	0
11:08	Dan Dickau made 16 ft jumper.	2	2
10:48	Ira Newble made 25 ft three pointer. Assisted by Zydrunas Ilgauskas.	5	2
10:26	Jamaal Magloire made 7 ft hook shot. Assisted by Dan Dickau.	5	4
10:07	Drew Gooden missed 18 ft jumper.	5	4
10:06	Jamaal Magloire defensive rebound.	5	4
9:57	Dan Dickau Bad Pass. Stolen by LeBron James.	5	4
9:53	Ira Newble Bad Pass	5	4
9:44	J.R. Smith made two point shot. Assisted by Lee Nailon.	5	6
9:18	LeBron James made 16 ft two point shot.	7	6
8:59	Lee Nailon missed 16 ft jumper.	7	6
8:57	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound.	7	6
8:49	Drew Gooden missed layup.	7	6
8:49	Jamaal Magloire Shooting Foul. His 2nd Personal Foul.	7	6
8:49	Drew Gooden made Free Throw 1 of 2.	8	6
8:49	Drew Gooden made Free Throw 2 of 2.	9	6
8:36	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	9	6
8:36	Jamaal Magloire made Free Throw 1 of 2.	9	7
8:36	Jamaal Magloire missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	9	7
8:33	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound.	9	7
8:19	LeBron James made layup. Assisted by Eric Snow.	11	7
8:19	J.R. Smith Shooting Foul. His 2nd Personal Foul.	11	7
8:19	LeBron James made Free Throw 1 of 1.	12	7
8:06	J.R. Smith made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Jamaal Magloire.	12	10
7:39	Drew Gooden missed 10 ft jumper.	12	10
7:39	LeBron James offensive rebound.	12	10
7:35	LeBron James missed 24 ft three point jumper.	12	10
7:31	Lee Nailon defensive rebound.	12	10
7:13	P.J. Brown missed 12 ft jumper.	12	10
7:11	Dan Dickau offensive rebound.	12	10
7:07	Dan Dickau made three point jumper. Assisted by Lee Nailon.	12	13
6:48	Drew Gooden made 12 ft two point shot. Assisted by Eric Snow.	14	13
6:26	J.R. Smith missed 25 ft three point jumper.	14	13
6:22	Lee Nailon offensive rebound.	14	15
6:22	Lee Nailon made layup.	14	15
6:07	Drew Gooden Traveling	14	15
5:54	Jamaal Magloire made two point shot. Assisted by Dan Dickau.	14	17
5:30	LeBron James missed 14 ft jumper.	14	17
5:28	Jamaal Magloire defensive rebound.	14	17
5:28	New Orleans Full Timeout.	14	17
5:18	Jamaal Magloire made dunk. Assisted by P.J. Brown.	14	19
4:56	Ira Newble missed 18 ft jumper.	14	19
4:56	P.J. Brown defensive rebound.	14	19
4:48	Dan Dickau missed 9 ft running jumper.	14	19
4:48	Ira Newble defensive rebound.	14	19
4:35	LeBron James made 22 ft jumper.	16	19
4:13	Lee Nailon made jumper. Assisted by P.J. Brown.	16	21
3:54	LeBron James made layup. Assisted by Drew Gooden.	18	21
3:46	Speedy Claxton enters the game for Dan Dickau.	18	21
3:46	Chris Andersen enters the game for Jamaal Magloire.	18	21
3:46	Eric Snow Jump Ball	18	21
3:36	J.R. Smith missed 17 ft jumper.	18	21
3:34	Drew Gooden defensive rebound.	18	21
3:18	Zydrunas Ilgauskas made layup. Assisted by Eric Snow.	20	21
3:02	Eric Snow Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	20	21
3:02	Chris Andersen made Free Throw 1 of 2.	20	22
3:02	Chris Andersen missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	20	22
3:01	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound.	20	22
2:54	Ira Newble missed 18 ft jumper.	20	22
2:51	Drew Gooden offensive rebound.	22	22
2:51	Drew Gooden made tip shot.	22	22
2:51	Dan Dickau enters the game for Speedy Claxton.	22	22
2:36	Chris Andersen missed layup.	22	22
2:35	Drew Gooden defensive rebound.	22	22
2:32	Cleveland Full Timeout.	22	22
2:14	Zydrunas Ilgauskas missed layup.	22	22
2:13	Cleveland defensive rebound.	22	22
1:57	Lee Nailon made dunk. Assisted by Dan Dickau.	22	24
1:36	LeBron James missed 16 ft jumper.	22	24
1:34	Dan Dickau defensive rebound.	22	24
1:28	P.J. Brown missed layup.	22	24
1:27	New Orleans offensive rebound.	22	24
1:27	Jeff McInnis enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas.	22	24
1:27	Robert Traylor enters the game for Eric Snow.	22	24
1:23	Dan Dickau missed 24 ft three point jumper.	22	24
1:22	Drew Gooden defensive rebound.	22	24
1:08	New Orleans offensive rebound.	22	24
1:05	Cleveland defensive rebound.	22	24
53.7	Lee Nailon made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by J.R. Smith.	22	26
39.7	David West Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	22	26
39.7	Drew Gooden made Free Throw 1 of 2.	23	26
39.7	Drew Gooden made Free Throw 2 of 2.	24	26
29.2	J.R. Smith made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Chris Andersen.	24	28
13.9	LeBron James missed 25 ft three point jumper.	24	28
12.5	Cleveland defensive rebound.	24	28
6.0	Jeff McInnis Personal Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	24	28
0.6	Chris Andersen missed 18 ft jumper.	24	28
0.0	New Orleans offensive rebound.	24	28
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	24	28

Regular Season Series

CLE wins 2-0

Hornets
91
Cavaliers
100

Game 1

27/12

Cavaliers
109
Hornets
108

Game 2

29/3

Smoothie King Center

1:00 AM, 29 March 2005

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 16,118

Referees:
Ken Mauer
Bill Kennedy
Jason Phillips

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	49	33	.598	-	L2
Cleveland	48	34	.585	1	L1
Indiana	47	35	.573	2	W1
Chicago	39	43	.476	10	L1
Detroit	14	68	.171	35	L1

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