New Jersey Nets @ Cleveland Cavaliers
23-21, 10-15 Away
85
23-21, 10-15 Away
27-17, 17-5 Home
91
27-17, 17-5 Home
Shot Chart
- Drew Gooden makes two point shot
- Drew Gooden makes 16-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James makes 17-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes driving dunk (Eric Snow assists)
- Eric Snow misses 16-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 15-foot jumper
- Vince Carter blocks Sasha Pavlovic's 13-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 16-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 18-foot two point shot
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Drew Gooden makes 7-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James makes 17-foot two point shot
- Anderson Varejao makes layup (Luke Jackson assists)
- Donyell Marshall misses 13-foot running jumper
- Luke Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Luke Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Luke Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James misses 16-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 13-foot jumper
- Donyell Marshall misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
- Sasha Pavlovic makes layup
- Damon Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 23-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden makes 13-foot jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic makes 21-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Eric Snow makes 17-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 23-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes layup (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
- LeBron James misses layup
- Drew Gooden makes 16-foot jumper
- Eric Snow makes layup
- Drew Gooden misses 4-foot two point shot
- Drew Gooden makes 15-foot two point shot
- Eric Snow misses 15-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
- Drew Gooden makes 21-foot jumper (Eric Snow assists)
- Eric Snow makes driving layup
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 21-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses layup
- Eric Snow makes 19-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Damon Jones misses layup
- LeBron James misses 3-foot jumper
- Donyell Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 19-foot jumper (Luke Jackson assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Damon Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James makes layup (Donyell Marshall assists)
- Damon Jones makes 27-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James makes layup
- Damon Jones misses 19-foot jumper
- Donyell Marshall makes 8-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Donyell Marshall makes driving layup
- Donyell Marshall misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Damon Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nenad Krstic blocks Donyell Marshall's layup
- LeBron James misses layup
- Donyell Marshall misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Damon Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Eric Snow misses 20-foot jumper
- LeBron James makes layup (Eric Snow assists)
- Sasha Pavlovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic makes 22-foot jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
- Nenad Krstic misses 15-foot two point shot
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Nenad Krstic's layup
- Vince Carter misses 21-foot jumper
- Vince Carter misses 8-foot jumper
- Jason Collins misses 18-foot jumper
- Jason Kidd makes 19-foot jumper
- Richard Jefferson misses 7-foot jumper
- Vince Carter makes 17-foot two point shot
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Nenad Krstic's layup
- Jason Kidd misses 16-foot jumper
- Nenad Krstic makes 15-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
- Jason Kidd misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Clifford Robinson misses 21-foot jumper
- Jason Kidd misses 3-foot jumper
- Vince Carter makes layup
- Richard Jefferson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nenad Krstic makes slam dunk (Vince Carter assists)
- Nenad Krstic misses 3-foot hook shot
- Jacque Vaughn misses 17-foot jumper
- Vince Carter misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Scott Padgett misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jacque Vaughn makes layup
- Scott Padgett misses 22-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Clifford Robinson's 15-foot jumper
- Vince Carter makes 12-foot jumper
- Vince Carter makes 3-foot two point shot (Richard Jefferson assists)
- Jacque Vaughn misses 20-foot jumper
- Clifford Robinson misses 22-foot jumper
- Jason Collins misses 18-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Richard Jefferson's layup
- Scott Padgett makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
- Richard Jefferson makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
- Scott Padgett misses 17-foot jumper
- Jason Kidd misses 23-foot jumper
- Antoine Wright misses 15-foot jumper
- Nenad Krstic makes 17-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
- Vince Carter makes 20-foot jumper
- Vince Carter misses 7-foot hook shot
- Richard Jefferson makes 23-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
- Vince Carter misses 19-foot jumper
- Jason Kidd makes 26-foot three point jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
- Clifford Robinson misses 39-foot three point jumper
- Vince Carter misses 11-foot two point shot
- Richard Jefferson misses 16-foot jumper
- Richard Jefferson makes 15-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
- Nenad Krstic makes 3-foot two point shot
- Vince Carter makes 25-foot three point jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
- Jason Kidd misses 21-foot jumper
- Jason Collins makes 20-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
- Jason Kidd misses 19-foot jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic blocks Richard Jefferson's 2-foot two point shot
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Jason Kidd's layup
- Nenad Krstic makes 18-foot jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
- Jason Kidd makes 25-foot three point jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
- Richard Jefferson misses layup
- Jason Kidd makes 8-foot two point shot
- Luke Jackson blocks Jacque Vaughn's 10-foot jumper
- Richard Jefferson misses 6-foot jumper
- Vince Carter makes driving layup
- Vince Carter misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Scott Padgett makes 27-foot three point jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
- Anderson Varejao blocks Richard Jefferson's layup
- Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Vince Carter misses 23-foot jumper
- Vince Carter makes two point shot
- Nenad Krstic makes 18-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
- Richard Jefferson makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
- Jason Kidd misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Richard Jefferson makes 21-foot jumper
- Richard Jefferson misses 21-foot jumper
- LeBron James blocks Jason Kidd's layup
- Nenad Krstic misses 23-foot jumper
- Richard Jefferson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nenad Krstic assists)
- Jason Kidd misses layup
- Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Vince Carter makes slam dunk
NETS
CAVALIERS
| TIME | PLAY | NJ | CLE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | | Jumpball: Jason Collins vs. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Eric Snow gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:33 | | Drew Gooden makes two point shot | 0 | 2 |
| 11:12 | | Nenad Krstic misses 15-foot two point shot | 0 | 2 |
| 11:11 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 0 | 2 |
| 11:02 | | Drew Gooden makes 16-foot jumper (LeBron James assists) | 0 | 4 |
| 10:41 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Nenad Krstic's layup | 0 | 4 |
| 10:40 | | Drew Gooden defensive rebound | 0 | 4 |
| 10:34 | | Drew Gooden turnover | 0 | 4 |
| 10:18 | | Vince Carter misses 21-foot jumper | 0 | 4 |
| 10:17 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound | 0 | 4 |
| 10:00 | | LeBron James makes 17-foot jumper | 0 | 6 |
| 9:40 | | Richard Jefferson bad pass (LeBron James steals) | 0 | 6 |
| 9:29 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper | 0 | 6 |
| 9:26 | | Jason Collins defensive rebound | 0 | 6 |
| 9:15 | | Vince Carter misses 8-foot jumper | 0 | 6 |
| 9:12 | | Drew Gooden defensive rebound | 0 | 6 |
| 9:10 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes driving dunk (Eric Snow assists) | 0 | 8 |
| 9:07 | | New Jersey full timeout | 0 | 8 |
| 8:52 | | Jason Collins misses 18-foot jumper | 0 | 8 |
| 8:51 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 0 | 8 |
| 8:42 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas turnover | 0 | 8 |
| 8:27 | | Jason Kidd makes 19-foot jumper | 2 | 8 |
| 8:04 | | Eric Snow misses 16-foot jumper | 2 | 8 |
| 8:03 | | Vince Carter defensive rebound | 2 | 8 |
| 7:52 | | Richard Jefferson misses 7-foot jumper | 2 | 8 |
| 7:48 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 2 | 8 |
| 7:43 | | LeBron James misses 15-foot jumper | 2 | 8 |
| 7:41 | | Jason Kidd defensive rebound | 2 | 8 |
| 7:26 | | Eric Snow shooting foul (Vince Carter draws the foul) | 2 | 8 |
| 7:26 | | Vince Carter makes free throw 1 of 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7:26 | | Vince Carter makes free throw 2 of 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7:13 | | Eric Snow bad pass | 4 | 8 |
| 6:58 | | Drew Gooden personal foul (Jason Collins draws the foul) | 4 | 8 |
| 6:58 | | Jason Collins misses free throw 1 of 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6:58 | | New Jersey offensive rebound | 4 | 8 |
| 6:58 | | Jason Collins makes free throw 2 of 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 6:41 | | Vince Carter blocks Sasha Pavlovic's 13-foot jumper | 5 | 8 |
| 6:39 | | Jason Collins defensive rebound | 5 | 8 |
| 6:30 | | Vince Carter makes 17-foot two point shot | 7 | 8 |
| 6:13 | | LeBron James misses 16-foot jumper | 7 | 8 |
| 6:13 | | Drew Gooden offensive rebound | 7 | 8 |
| 6:07 | | LeBron James misses 18-foot two point shot | 7 | 8 |
| 6:05 | | Jason Collins defensive rebound | 7 | 8 |
| 5:58 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Nenad Krstic's layup | 7 | 8 |
| 5:58 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound | 7 | 8 |
| 5:58 | | Richard Jefferson personal foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul) | 7 | 8 |
| 5:43 | | LeBron James bad pass (Vince Carter steals) | 7 | 8 |
| 5:37 | | Jason Kidd misses 16-foot jumper | 7 | 8 |
| 5:35 | | Eric Snow defensive rebound | 7 | 8 |
| 5:24 | | Sasha Pavlovic misses 24-foot three point jumper | 7 | 8 |
| 5:22 | | Richard Jefferson defensive rebound | 7 | 8 |
| 5:11 | | Nenad Krstic makes 15-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists) | 9 | 8 |
| 5:03 | | Cleveland full timeout | 9 | 8 |
| 5:03 | | Donyell Marshall enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 9 | 8 |
| 5:03 | | Damon Jones enters the game for Sasha Pavlovic | 9 | 8 |
| 4:48 | | Drew Gooden makes 7-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists) | 9 | 10 |
| 4:30 | | Jason Kidd misses 24-foot three point jumper | 9 | 10 |
| 4:28 | | Donyell Marshall defensive rebound | 9 | 10 |
| 4:28 | | LeBron James traveling | 9 | 10 |
| 4:28 | | Clifford Robinson enters the game for Jason Collins | 9 | 10 |
| 4:20 | | Clifford Robinson misses 21-foot jumper | 9 | 10 |
| 4:18 | | Eric Snow defensive rebound | 9 | 10 |
| 4:07 | | Drew Gooden traveling | 9 | 10 |
| 3:56 | | Jason Kidd misses 3-foot jumper | 9 | 10 |
| 3:55 | | Drew Gooden defensive rebound | 9 | 10 |
| 3:55 | | Jason Kidd personal foul (Drew Gooden draws the foul) | 9 | 10 |
| 3:41 | | LeBron James lost ball (Clifford Robinson steals) | 9 | 10 |
| 3:38 | | Drew Gooden shooting foul (Richard Jefferson draws the foul) | 9 | 10 |
| 3:38 | | Richard Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 3:38 | | Jacque Vaughn enters the game for Jason Kidd | 10 | 10 |
| 3:38 | | Anderson Varejao enters the game for Drew Gooden | 10 | 10 |
| 3:38 | | Luke Jackson enters the game for Eric Snow | 10 | 10 |
| 3:38 | | Richard Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2 | 11 | 10 |
| 3:15 | | LeBron James makes 17-foot two point shot | 11 | 12 |
| 2:50 | | Vince Carter makes layup | 13 | 12 |
| 2:31 | | Anderson Varejao makes layup (Luke Jackson assists) | 13 | 14 |
| 2:03 | | Richard Jefferson misses 23-foot three point jumper | 13 | 14 |
| 2:01 | | Luke Jackson defensive rebound | 13 | 14 |
| 1:53 | | Donyell Marshall misses 13-foot running jumper | 13 | 14 |
| 1:51 | | Nenad Krstic defensive rebound | 13 | 14 |
| 1:43 | | Nenad Krstic makes slam dunk (Vince Carter assists) | 15 | 14 |
| 1:23 | | Luke Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper | 15 | 14 |
| 1:21 | | Richard Jefferson defensive rebound | 15 | 14 |
| 1:07 | | Nenad Krstic misses 3-foot hook shot | 15 | 14 |
| 1:06 | | Donyell Marshall defensive rebound | 15 | 14 |
| 59.9 | | Luke Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper | 15 | 14 |
| 57.8 | | Nenad Krstic defensive rebound | 15 | 14 |
| 48.9 | | Jacque Vaughn misses 17-foot jumper | 15 | 14 |
| 46.4 | | Anderson Varejao defensive rebound | 15 | 14 |
| 29.8 | | Luke Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists) | 15 | 17 |
| 13.4 | | LeBron James personal foul (Vince Carter draws the foul) | 15 | 17 |
| 13.4 | | Scott Padgett enters the game for Nenad Krstic | 15 | 17 |
| 3.9 | | Vince Carter misses 26-foot three point jumper | 15 | 17 |
| 1.7 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 15 | 17 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 15 | 17 | |
Regular Season Series
NJ leads 2-1
Game Information
Rocket Arena
12:00 AM, 2 February 2006
Cleveland, OH
Attendance: 19,460
- Referees:
- Monty McCutchen
- Pat Fraher
- Greg Willard
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