Cavaliers 97-84 Pistons (31 Dec, 2005) Play-by-Play

Detroit Pistons

24-4, 12-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DET	20	20	23	21	84
CLE	21	33	27	16	97

Cleveland Cavaliers

18-10, 13-3 home

Ben Wallace blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's dunk
Drew Gooden misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses tip shot
Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Eric Snow misses driving layup
Drew Gooden makes slam dunk (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses two point shot
Larry Hughes makes 18-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 21-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 14-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James makes driving layup
Donyell Marshall misses 25-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes makes driving layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 6-foot two point shot
Ira Newble makes slam dunk (LeBron James assists)
Donyell Marshall makes 25-foot three point jumper (Damon Jones assists)
Donyell Marshall makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes layup
Damon Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes slam dunk (Damon Jones assists)
Damon Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Damon Jones misses running jumper
Ira Newble misses 20-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 9-foot jumper (Eric Snow assists)
Larry Hughes makes layup (Donyell Marshall assists)
Ben Wallace blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup
Ben Wallace blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
Donyell Marshall misses layup
Eric Snow misses 16-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Drew Gooden makes slam dunk (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 23-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
LeBron James misses 34-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 15-foot two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 10-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses layup
Eric Snow makes jumper
Larry Hughes makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Rasheed Wallace blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's jumper
Eric Snow makes 19-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
LeBron James misses jumper
Larry Hughes makes driving layup
LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 5-foot running jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James misses layup
Drew Gooden makes layup
Donyell Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Damon Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 5-foot two point shot
Donyell Marshall misses layup
LeBron James misses driving layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper
Donyell Marshall makes 24-foot three point jumper (Damon Jones assists)
Donyell Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Donyell Marshall makes 1-foot two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)
Donyell Marshall misses 17-foot jumper
Ben Wallace blocks LeBron James's 9-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes layup (Eric Snow assists)
Donyell Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
Drew Gooden misses layup
LeBron James makes 25-foot three pointer
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 5-foot hook shot (LeBron James assists)
Eric Snow misses 19-foot jumper
Eric Snow misses 19-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall misses driving dunk
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Tayshaun Prince misses 21-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses 10-foot running jumper
Richard Hamilton makes 5-foot running jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 13-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses layup
Chauncey Billups misses 15-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
Richard Hamilton makes driving layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
Richard Hamilton misses 10-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton misses 11-foot jumper
LeBron James blocks Richard Hamilton's driving layup
Rasheed Wallace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Chauncey Billups misses driving layup
Ben Wallace makes two point shot
Rasheed Wallace misses layup
Rasheed Wallace misses two point shot
Drew Gooden blocks Chauncey Billups's two point shot
Richard Hamilton makes 18-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Antonio McDyess makes 17-foot two point shot (Chauncey Billups assists)
Ben Wallace makes layup
Antonio McDyess misses 17-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton misses jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
Carlos Arroyo misses 19-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton misses 16-foot jumper
Carlos Arroyo misses 22-foot jumper
Antonio McDyess makes 17-foot jumper (Carlos Arroyo assists)
Carlos Arroyo makes two point shot (Rasheed Wallace assists)
Antonio McDyess makes 16-foot two point shot (Carlos Arroyo assists)
Antonio McDyess misses 17-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes 6-foot jumper (Rasheed Wallace assists)
Tayshaun Prince misses jumper
Maurice Evans misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ben Wallace misses 1-foot two point shot
Antonio McDyess misses 16-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 18-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 19-foot jumper
Ben Wallace misses layup
Richard Hamilton misses driving layup
Rasheed Wallace makes layup
Richard Hamilton misses layup
Richard Hamilton misses 16-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 7-foot two point shot
Rasheed Wallace misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 17-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chauncey Billups makes 24-foot three point jumper (Richard Hamilton assists)
Richard Hamilton misses driving layup
Ben Wallace makes two point shot
Rasheed Wallace makes 17-foot two point shot (Richard Hamilton assists)
Richard Hamilton makes layup (Ben Wallace assists)
Larry Hughes blocks Richard Hamilton's 8-foot jumper
Ben Wallace misses two point shot
Richard Hamilton makes tip shot
Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
Richard Hamilton makes driving layup (Carlos Arroyo assists)
Richard Hamilton makes driving layup
Maurice Evans misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses 24-foot three point jumper
Antonio McDyess misses 17-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 16-foot two point shot
Rasheed Wallace makes 16-foot two point shot
Maurice Evans misses layup
Antonio McDyess makes layup
Rasheed Wallace makes 23-foot three point jumper (Maurice Evans assists)
Rasheed Wallace misses 25-foot three point jumper
Maurice Evans misses 23-foot three point jumper
Chauncey Billups makes 17-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes slam dunk (Ben Wallace assists)
Carlos Delfino misses 18-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Carlos Delfino assists)
Carlos Delfino misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 15-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ben Wallace makes two point shot (Richard Hamilton assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Chauncey Billups's layup

PISTONS

CAVALIERS

TIME		DET	CLE
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Ben Wallace vs. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Chauncey Billups gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Tayshaun Prince makes jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)	2	0
11:15	LeBron James bad pass	2	0
11:00	Tayshaun Prince misses 21-foot jumper	2	0
10:59	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	2	0
10:52	Tayshaun Prince misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	0
10:51	LeBron James defensive rebound	2	0
10:40	Rasheed Wallace shooting foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul)	2	0
10:40	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes free throw 1 of 2	2	1
10:40	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes free throw 2 of 2	2	2
10:18	Rasheed Wallace misses 10-foot running jumper	2	2
10:15	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	2	2
10:14	Ben Wallace blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's dunk	2	2
10:11	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound	2	2
9:51	Richard Hamilton makes 5-foot running jumper	4	2
9:27	Drew Gooden misses layup	4	2
9:26	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	4	2
9:26	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses tip shot	4	2
9:23	Larry Hughes offensive rebound	4	2
9:22	Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	2
9:19	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	4	2
9:07	Chauncey Billups bad pass (Larry Hughes steals)	4	2
9:03	Eric Snow misses driving layup	4	2
9:00	Cleveland defensive rebound	4	2
8:41	Tayshaun Prince misses 13-foot jumper	4	2
8:40	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	4	2
8:33	Drew Gooden makes slam dunk (LeBron James assists)	4	4
8:15	Tayshaun Prince misses layup	4	4
8:11	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	4	4
8:00	LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper	4	6
7:43	Chauncey Billups misses 15-foot jumper	4	6
7:41	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	4	6
7:37	Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	6
7:35	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	4	6
7:31	LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper	4	6
7:30	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	4	6
7:16	Richard Hamilton makes driving layup (Chauncey Billups assists)	6	6
6:58	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses two point shot	6	6
6:56	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	6	6
6:47	Richard Hamilton misses 10-foot jumper	6	6
6:45	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	6	6
6:35	Larry Hughes makes 18-foot jumper	6	8
6:13	Richard Hamilton misses 11-foot jumper	6	8
6:11	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	6	8
6:11	LeBron James blocks Richard Hamilton's driving layup	6	8
6:07	LeBron James defensive rebound	6	8
6:01	Larry Hughes misses 21-foot jumper	6	8
5:58	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	6	8
5:58	Richard Hamilton offensive foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul)	6	8
5:58	Richard Hamilton turnover	6	8
5:58	Cleveland full timeout	6	8
5:58	Donyell Marshall enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	6	8
5:58	Damon Jones enters the game for Eric Snow	6	8
5:37	LeBron James misses 14-foot jumper	6	8
5:35	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	6	8
5:16	Rasheed Wallace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)	9	8
5:03	Drew Gooden makes jumper (LeBron James assists)	9	10
4:46	Chauncey Billups misses driving layup	9	10
4:43	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	11	10
4:43	Ben Wallace makes two point shot	11	10
4:31	Chauncey Billups shooting foul (Drew Gooden draws the foul)	11	10
4:31	Drew Gooden makes free throw 1 of 2	11	11
4:31	Drew Gooden makes free throw 2 of 2	11	12
4:18	Chauncey Billups bad pass (Donyell Marshall steals)	11	12
4:11	LeBron James makes driving layup	11	14
3:54	Rasheed Wallace misses layup	11	14
3:51	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	11	14
3:46	LeBron James makes driving layup	11	16
3:26	Rasheed Wallace misses two point shot	11	16
3:24	Detroit offensive rebound	11	16
3:24	Antonio McDyess enters the game for Rasheed Wallace	11	16
3:11	Drew Gooden blocks Chauncey Billups's two point shot	11	16
3:08	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	11	16
3:03	Donyell Marshall misses 25-foot three point jumper	11	16
3:01	Richard Hamilton defensive rebound	11	16
2:49	Richard Hamilton makes 18-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)	13	16
2:39	Larry Hughes makes driving layup	13	18
2:19	Antonio McDyess makes 17-foot two point shot (Chauncey Billups assists)	15	18
2:03	Detroit full timeout	15	18
2:03	Carlos Delfino enters the game for Tayshaun Prince	15	18
2:03	Zydrunas Ilgauskas enters the game for Drew Gooden	15	18
2:01	Damon Jones bad pass (Ben Wallace steals)	15	18
1:59	Ben Wallace makes layup	17	18
1:34	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 6-foot two point shot	17	18
1:31	Antonio McDyess defensive rebound	17	18
1:21	Damon Jones shooting foul (Richard Hamilton draws the foul)	17	18
1:21	Richard Hamilton makes free throw 1 of 2	18	18
1:21	Ira Newble enters the game for Larry Hughes	18	18
1:21	Richard Hamilton makes free throw 2 of 2	19	18
1:07	Carlos Delfino shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	19	18
1:07	LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2	19	18
1:07	Cleveland offensive rebound	19	18
1:07	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	19	19
52.9	Antonio McDyess misses 17-foot jumper	19	19
51.7	Ira Newble defensive rebound	19	19
43.9	Ira Newble makes slam dunk (LeBron James assists)	19	21
27.9	Richard Hamilton misses jumper	19	21
27.1	Detroit offensive rebound	19	21
27.1	LeBron James loose ball foul (Ben Wallace draws the foul)	19	21
27.1	Ben Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2	19	21
27.1	Detroit offensive rebound	19	21
27.1	Ben Wallace makes free throw 2 of 2	20	21
8.9	LeBron James bad pass	20	21
0.0	Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	21
0.0	Detroit offensive rebound	20	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	20	21

Regular Season Series

CLE leads 1-0

Pistons
84
Cavaliers
97

Game 1

31/12

Cavaliers
78
Pistons
90

Game 2

26/2

Pistons
84
Cavaliers
72

Game 3

28/2

Cavaliers
73
Pistons
96

Game 4

13/4

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

6:30 PM, 31 December 2005

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,562

Referees:
Luis Grillo
Eddie F. Rush
David Guthrie

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	17	1	.944	-	W2
Milwaukee	8	9	.471	8.5	W4
Indiana	8	10	.444	9	W2
Detroit	8	11	.421	9.5	W1
Chicago	7	11	.389	10	L1

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