Bobcats 97-86 Pistons (21 Apr, 2005) Play-by-Play

Detroit Pistons

54-28, 22-19 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DET	25	24	21	16	86
CHA	24	33	23	17	97

Charlotte Bobcats

18-64, 14-27 home

Melvin Ely made layup.
Keith Bogans made layup. Assisted by Melvin Ely.
Emeka Okafor missed 10 ft two point shot.
Gerald Wallace made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Emeka Okafor missed 16 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans's layup blocked by Ben Wallace.
Keith Bogans made 14 ft jumper. Assisted by Gerald Wallace.
Melvin Ely missed 5 ft hook shot.
Emeka Okafor made two point shot. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Brevin Knight made 19 ft jumper.
Melvin Ely made 3 ft hook shot.
Emeka Okafor made layup. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Melvin Ely missed layup.
Emeka Okafor made layup.
Gerald Wallace missed 21 ft jumper.
Emeka Okafor missed 17 ft jumper.
Brevin Knight's layup blocked by Ben Wallace.
Brevin Knight missed 11 ft jumper.
Malik Allen made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Jason Kapono made driving layup.
Jason Hart's 20 ft jumper blocked by Ben Wallace.
Jason Kapono missed 20 ft jumper.
Matt Carroll missed tip shot.
Malik Allen made layup.
Malik Allen missed 15 ft jumper.
Matt Carroll made layup. Assisted by Jason Kapono.
Jason Kapono made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Jason Hart missed 17 ft jumper.
Matt Carroll missed 12 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans made 7 ft jumper. Assisted by Emeka Okafor.
Jason Kapono made layup. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Jason Kapono made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Brevin Knight made 18 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans missed 23 ft three point jumper.
Melvin Ely made 5 ft hook shot. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Gerald Wallace missed layup.
Emeka Okafor missed layup.
Keith Bogans made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Brevin Knight made 19 ft jumper.
Brevin Knight made jumper.
Emeka Okafor made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Melvin Ely made layup.
Gerald Wallace's 21 ft jumper blocked by Tayshaun Prince.
Keith Bogans missed jumper.
Keith Bogans's layup blocked by Ben Wallace.
Gerald Wallace made dunk. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Emeka Okafor missed 18 ft jumper.
Gerald Wallace's layup blocked by Tayshaun Prince.
Emeka Okafor made 15 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Keith Bogans made layup. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Brevin Knight missed 18 ft jumper.
Emeka Okafor missed 11 ft jumper.
Malik Allen missed 15 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans made 12 ft two point shot.
Jason Kapono made jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Keith Bogans made 26 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Malik Allen.
Melvin Ely missed 9 ft hook shot.
Melvin Ely made layup. Assisted by Jason Kapono.
Malik Allen made 15 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Kapono.
Melvin Ely's layup blocked by Darko Milicic.
Matt Carroll missed 23 ft three point jumper.
Emeka Okafor missed 20 ft jumper.
Matt Carroll missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Malik Allen made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Emeka Okafor missed 14 ft jumper.
Malik Allen missed 17 ft jumper.
Malik Allen missed 15 ft jumper.
Emeka Okafor missed jumper.
Gerald Wallace made slam dunk. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Brevin Knight made 10 ft running jumper.
Brevin Knight missed layup.
Melvin Ely missed dunk.
Emeka Okafor made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Gerald Wallace.
Emeka Okafor's 4 ft jumper blocked by Elden Campbell.
Keith Bogans missed driving layup.
Ben Wallace missed 7 ft jumper.
Ben Wallace made layup.
Darko Milicic missed 12 ft jumper.
Carlos Delfino missed two point shot.
Tayshaun Prince made driving dunk.
Tayshaun Prince made 18 ft jumper.
Tayshaun Prince made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Chauncey Billups.
Darko Milicic missed 7 ft hook shot.
Tayshaun Prince made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Chauncey Billups.
Darko Milicic made two point shot. Assisted by Tayshaun Prince.
Tayshaun Prince made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Chauncey Billups.
Darko Milicic made 15 ft jumper. Assisted by Tayshaun Prince.
Ben Wallace made 7 ft jumper.
Ben Wallace made 8 ft two point shot.
Chauncey Billups's layup blocked by Gerald Wallace.
Darko Milicic missed layup.
Carlos Delfino made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Tayshaun Prince.
Ben Wallace missed two point shot.
Antonio McDyess's layup blocked by Malik Allen.
Ben Wallace made 19 ft jumper.
Carlos Delfino missed 65 ft three point jumper.
Lindsey Hunter missed 18 ft jumper.
Antonio McDyess made 14 ft two point shot.
Antonio McDyess missed 10 ft jumper.
Horace Jenkins made driving layup. Assisted by Lindsey Hunter.
Elden Campbell made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Lindsey Hunter.
Ronald Dupree made two point shot. Assisted by Lindsey Hunter.
Horace Jenkins missed 16 ft jumper.
Elden Campbell missed 16 ft jumper.
Antonio McDyess made 15 ft jumper. Assisted by Lindsey Hunter.
Antonio McDyess missed 7 ft jumper.
Carlos Arroyo made 17 ft jumper.
Lindsey Hunter made dunk.
Ronald Dupree made two point shot. Assisted by Carlos Arroyo.
Elden Campbell missed 16 ft jumper.
Carlos Arroyo made jumper.
Ronald Dupree missed 19 ft jumper.
Lindsey Hunter missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Lindsey Hunter's layup blocked by Emeka Okafor.
Darko Milicic missed 19 ft jumper.
Ben Wallace made driving layup.
Chauncey Billups missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Ben Wallace missed layup.
Tayshaun Prince made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Chauncey Billups.
Ben Wallace missed 17 ft jumper.
Tayshaun Prince missed 16 ft jumper.
Chauncey Billups missed 20 ft jumper.
Carlos Delfino's 12 ft jumper blocked by Emeka Okafor.
Ben Wallace missed layup.
Ben Wallace made tip shot.
Ben Wallace missed 14 ft jumper.
Antonio McDyess made jumper. Assisted by Lindsey Hunter.
Antonio McDyess missed 7 ft jumper.
Carlos Arroyo missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Ronald Dupree made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Lindsey Hunter.
Lindsey Hunter made 9 ft two point shot.
Ronald Dupree made slam dunk. Assisted by Carlos Arroyo.
Carlos Arroyo made 22 ft jumper. Assisted by Ronald Dupree.
Horace Jenkins's 10 ft jumper blocked by Jason Hart.
Elden Campbell missed 14 ft jumper.
Elden Campbell missed 7 ft jumper.
Antonio McDyess missed jumper.
Horace Jenkins missed 14 ft jumper.
Antonio McDyess missed jumper.
Elden Campbell missed jumper.
Antonio McDyess's 9 ft jumper blocked by Malik Allen.
Carlos Delfino made tip shot.
Elden Campbell made dunk. Assisted by Darko Milicic.
Horace Jenkins's 26 ft three point jumper blocked by Gerald Wallace.
Elden Campbell made driving layup.
Horace Jenkins's layup blocked by Melvin Ely.
Elden Campbell missed 13 ft jumper.
Horace Jenkins missed layup.
Darko Milicic missed jumper.
Horace Jenkins made 22 ft jumper.
Elden Campbell missed 15 ft jumper.
Horace Jenkins missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Darko Milicic missed 21 ft jumper.
Ronald Dupree made layup.
Carlos Delfino missed three point jumper.

PISTONS

BOBCATS

TIME		DET	CHA
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Ben Wallace vs. Emeka Okafor. Chauncey Billups gains possession.	0	0
11:45	Ben Wallace missed 7 ft jumper.	0	0
11:44	Ben Wallace offensive rebound.	0	0
11:34	Ben Wallace made layup.	2	0
11:12	Melvin Ely made layup.	2	2
10:55	Darko Milicic missed 12 ft jumper.	2	2
10:52	Gerald Wallace defensive rebound.	2	2
10:41	Keith Bogans made layup. Assisted by Melvin Ely.	2	4
10:26	Carlos Delfino missed two point shot.	2	4
10:22	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound.	2	4
10:15	Emeka Okafor missed 10 ft two point shot.	2	4
10:11	Ben Wallace defensive rebound.	2	4
10:07	Emeka Okafor Personal Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	2	4
9:59	Tayshaun Prince made driving dunk.	4	4
9:53	Charlotte 20 Sec. Timeout.	4	4
9:48	Chauncey Billups Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	4	4
9:48	Brevin Knight made Free Throw 1 of 2.	4	5
9:48	Brevin Knight made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	6
9:33	Tayshaun Prince made 18 ft jumper.	6	6
9:19	Gerald Wallace made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.	6	8
9:06	Tayshaun Prince made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Chauncey Billups.	8	8
8:41	Emeka Okafor missed 16 ft jumper.	8	8
8:38	Carlos Delfino defensive rebound.	8	8
8:27	Darko Milicic missed 7 ft hook shot.	8	8
8:26	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound.	8	8
8:21	Keith Bogans's layup blocked by Ben Wallace.	8	8
8:21	Charlotte offensive rebound.	8	8
8:14	Keith Bogans made 14 ft jumper. Assisted by Gerald Wallace.	8	10
7:54	Tayshaun Prince Bad Pass. Stolen by Gerald Wallace.	8	10
7:45	Melvin Ely missed 5 ft hook shot.	8	10
7:41	Ben Wallace defensive rebound.	8	10
7:22	Tayshaun Prince made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Chauncey Billups.	11	10
6:58	Emeka Okafor made two point shot. Assisted by Brevin Knight.	11	12
6:35	Darko Milicic made two point shot. Assisted by Tayshaun Prince.	13	12
6:24	Brevin Knight made 19 ft jumper.	13	14
6:09	Tayshaun Prince made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Chauncey Billups.	15	14
5:50	Melvin Ely made 3 ft hook shot.	15	16
5:30	Darko Milicic made 15 ft jumper. Assisted by Tayshaun Prince.	17	16
5:22	Melvin Ely Offensive Foul. His 2nd Personal Foul.	17	16
5:22	Melvin Ely Turnover	17	16
5:22	Charlotte Full Timeout.	17	16
5:09	Tayshaun Prince Bad Pass. Stolen by Emeka Okafor.	17	16
5:03	Emeka Okafor made layup. Assisted by Brevin Knight.	17	18
4:41	Ben Wallace made 7 ft jumper.	19	18
4:22	Melvin Ely missed layup.	19	18
4:20	Emeka Okafor offensive rebound.	19	20
4:20	Emeka Okafor made layup.	19	20
3:59	Ben Wallace made 8 ft two point shot.	21	20
3:39	Gerald Wallace missed 21 ft jumper.	21	20
3:36	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound.	21	20
3:32	Chauncey Billups's layup blocked by Gerald Wallace.	21	20
3:32	Detroit offensive rebound.	21	20
3:32	Detroit Full Timeout.	21	20
3:32	Malik Allen enters the game for Melvin Ely.	21	20
3:32	Jason Kapono enters the game for Gerald Wallace.	21	20
3:23	Darko Milicic missed layup.	21	20
3:19	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound.	21	20
3:14	Emeka Okafor missed 17 ft jumper.	21	20
3:11	Ben Wallace defensive rebound.	21	20
3:00	Carlos Delfino Bad Pass. Stolen by Jason Kapono.	21	20
2:58	Brevin Knight Bad Pass	21	20
2:38	Carlos Delfino made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Tayshaun Prince.	23	20
2:09	Brevin Knight's layup blocked by Ben Wallace.	23	20
2:08	Carlos Delfino defensive rebound.	23	20
2:08	Horace Jenkins enters the game for Chauncey Billups.	23	20
2:08	Antonio McDyess enters the game for Darko Milicic.	23	20
2:08	Matt Carroll enters the game for Keith Bogans.	23	20
1:54	Ben Wallace missed two point shot.	23	20
1:52	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound.	23	20
1:44	Brevin Knight missed 11 ft jumper.	23	20
1:39	Antonio McDyess defensive rebound.	23	20
1:34	Antonio McDyess's layup blocked by Malik Allen.	23	20
1:31	Malik Allen defensive rebound.	23	20
1:31	Carlos Delfino Jump Ball	23	20
1:31	Jason Hart enters the game for Brevin Knight.	23	20
1:22	Malik Allen made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.	23	22
1:08	Jason Hart Jump Ball	23	22
55.0	Shot Clock Violation	23	22
41.0	Jason Kapono made driving layup.	23	24
32.3	Jason Hart Personal Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	23	24
23.6	Ben Wallace made 19 ft jumper.	25	24
1.8	Jason Hart's 20 ft jumper blocked by Ben Wallace.	25	24
0.9	Carlos Delfino defensive rebound.	25	24
0.3	Carlos Delfino missed 65 ft three point jumper.	25	24
0.0	Detroit offensive rebound.	25	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	25	24

Regular Season Series

CHA wins 2-1

Bobcats
116
Pistons
117

Game 1

21/11

Pistons
89
Bobcats
91

Game 2

24/11

Pistons
86
Bobcats
97

Game 3

21/4

Charlotte Coliseum

12:00 AM, 21 April 2005

Charlotte, NC

Attendance: 18,014

Referees:
Dick Bavetta
Ken Mauer
Eric Lewis

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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