Wizards 104-92 Cavaliers (16 Apr, 2006) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

48-32, 18-22 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	17	24	21	30	92
WSH	25	28	35	16	104

Washington Wizards

40-40, 26-14 home

104

Caron Butler misses 7-foot jumper
Caron Butler misses 7-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison makes 20-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses layup
Brendan Haywood misses layup
Brendan Haywood makes layup
Caron Butler makes 22-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 3-foot jumper
Jared Jeffries misses 20-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison makes 23-foot jumper (Gilbert Arenas assists)
Brendan Haywood misses layup
Gilbert Arenas misses 21-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses layup
Gilbert Arenas makes jumper
Caron Butler misses jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 22-foot jumper
Gilbert Arenas misses layup
Caron Butler misses 11-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jared Jeffries assists)
Jared Jeffries makes driving dunk (Brendan Haywood assists)
Gilbert Arenas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brendan Haywood makes dunk (Gilbert Arenas assists)
Jared Jeffries makes layup (Gilbert Arenas assists)
Gilbert Arenas makes driving layup
Gilbert Arenas makes 17-foot jumper
Gilbert Arenas misses 27-foot three point jumper
Gilbert Arenas misses 20-foot jumper
Antonio Daniels misses 17-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison makes slam dunk (Jared Jeffries assists)
Antawn Jamison misses layup
Michael Ruffin misses layup
Antawn Jamison misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jared Jeffries misses 26-foot three point jumper
Caron Butler misses jumper
Gilbert Arenas misses jumper
Caron Butler makes 6-foot two point shot
Gilbert Arenas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Michael Ruffin assists)
Antonio Daniels makes 25-foot three point jumper (Gilbert Arenas assists)
Caron Butler misses 21-foot jumper
Antonio Daniels misses layup
Brendan Haywood makes layup
Caron Butler makes driving layup (Antonio Daniels assists)
Gilbert Arenas makes 19-foot jumper (Antawn Jamison assists)
Gilbert Arenas makes 22-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison makes two point shot
Antawn Jamison misses 18-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison makes 25-foot three point jumper (Gilbert Arenas assists)
Caron Butler misses 18-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses jumper
Gilbert Arenas misses 9-foot jumper
Caron Butler misses 17-foot jumper
Gilbert Arenas makes driving layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Caron Butler's 3-foot jumper
Caron Butler makes layup
Jared Jeffries makes driving layup
Caron Butler makes 15-foot two point shot
Gilbert Arenas makes 22-foot jumper
Jared Jeffries makes driving layup
Caron Butler misses 5-foot jumper
Gilbert Arenas makes 21-foot jumper (Caron Butler assists)
Antawn Jamison misses 22-foot jumper
LeBron James blocks Antawn Jamison's 6-foot jumper
Gilbert Arenas misses layup
Gilbert Arenas makes driving layup
Antawn Jamison misses 23-foot three point jumper
Antonio Daniels makes 25-foot three point jumper
Antonio Daniels makes 20-foot jumper
Antonio Daniels makes driving layup
Jared Jeffries misses 24-foot three point jumper
Caron Butler makes 5-foot two point shot
Caron Butler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)
Caron Butler misses 16-foot jumper
Antonio Daniels misses 19-foot jumper
Billy Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Antonio Daniels misses layup
Gilbert Arenas misses layup
Antawn Jamison misses 21-foot jumper
Gilbert Arenas misses 4-foot jumper
Gilbert Arenas misses 21-foot jumper
Caron Butler makes 5-foot jumper
Gilbert Arenas makes 20-foot jumper (Caron Butler assists)
Caron Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
Gilbert Arenas makes two point shot
Antawn Jamison makes dunk (Caron Butler assists)
Gilbert Arenas makes 21-foot two point shot (Jared Jeffries assists)
Gilbert Arenas makes 16-foot two point shot
Gilbert Arenas misses 28-foot three point jumper
Caron Butler misses 22-foot jumper
Antonio Daniels makes driving dunk
Eric Snow misses 13-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 7-foot running jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper
LeBron James misses 18-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 19-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 15-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Drew Gooden misses 5-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes tip shot
LeBron James misses layup
LeBron James makes driving layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 16-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Brendan Haywood blocks LeBron James's 5-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes layup
LeBron James makes 23-foot jumper
Brendan Haywood blocks Drew Gooden's layup
Flip Murray misses 21-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving dunk
LeBron James misses 15-foot jumper
Damon Jones misses 27-foot three point jumper
Flip Murray misses 16-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall makes 27-foot three point jumper (Flip Murray assists)
Michael Ruffin blocks Flip Murray's 6-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall makes 23-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 3-foot hook shot
Larry Hughes misses 6-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes hook shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 13-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Drew Gooden misses 13-foot jumper
Eric Snow misses 16-foot jumper
Eric Snow misses 4-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
Larry Hughes makes driving layup
Larry Hughes makes layup
Larry Hughes misses 39-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes makes driving layup
Larry Hughes makes 10-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 19-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 6-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses layup
Brendan Haywood blocks Drew Gooden's jumper
LeBron James misses jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Eric Snow misses layup
LeBron James makes 21-foot jumper (Drew Gooden assists)
Larry Hughes misses 14-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper
Flip Murray misses 19-foot jumper
LeBron James makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes misses 15-foot jumper
Damon Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Flip Murray makes 6-foot two point shot
Donyell Marshall misses 27-foot three point jumper
Flip Murray makes 10-foot two point shot
Donyell Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
Damon Jones misses 20-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 4-foot jumper (Damon Jones assists)
Flip Murray makes driving layup
Flip Murray makes 10-foot two point shot
Donyell Marshall misses 19-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall misses layup
Damon Jones makes layup
Damon Jones makes 3-foot jumper
Flip Murray makes 6-foot jumper
Flip Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes driving layup
Anderson Varejao makes layup (Flip Murray assists)
Caron Butler blocks Flip Murray's jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 16-foot jumper (Flip Murray assists)
Flip Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 13-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes layup
Ira Newble makes layup
Flip Murray misses layup
Anderson Varejao misses layup
Anderson Varejao misses layup
Sasha Pavlovic makes driving dunk (Flip Murray assists)
Flip Murray misses 23-foot three point jumper
Alan Henderson misses 4-foot jumper

CAVALIERS

WIZARDS

TIME		CLE	WSH
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Jared Jeffries (Eric Snow gains possession)	0	0
11:40	Eric Snow misses 13-foot jumper	0	0
11:38	Brendan Haywood defensive rebound	0	0
11:21	Caron Butler misses 7-foot jumper	0	0
11:19	Eric Snow defensive rebound	0	0
11:10	Zydrunas Ilgauskas bad pass (Antawn Jamison steals)	0	0
11:07	Eric Snow personal foul (Gilbert Arenas draws the foul)	0	0
10:59	Caron Butler misses 7-foot jumper	0	0
10:56	LeBron James defensive rebound	0	0
10:44	LeBron James makes 7-foot running jumper	2	0
10:26	Gilbert Arenas bad pass (Drew Gooden steals)	2	0
10:21	Larry Hughes bad pass (Antawn Jamison steals)	2	0
10:11	Antawn Jamison makes 20-foot jumper	2	2
9:49	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper	2	2
9:48	Antawn Jamison defensive rebound	2	2
9:41	Antawn Jamison misses layup	2	2
9:38	Brendan Haywood offensive rebound	2	2
9:38	Brendan Haywood misses layup	2	2
9:37	Brendan Haywood offensive rebound	2	2
9:34	Brendan Haywood makes layup	2	4
9:19	LeBron James misses 18-foot jumper	2	4
9:18	Caron Butler defensive rebound	2	4
9:11	Caron Butler makes 22-foot jumper	2	6
8:49	Larry Hughes misses 19-foot jumper	2	6
8:48	Cleveland defensive rebound	2	6
8:48	Drew Gooden loose ball foul (Antawn Jamison draws the foul)	2	6
8:33	Antawn Jamison misses 3-foot jumper	2	6
8:33	Washington offensive rebound	2	6
8:29	Jared Jeffries misses 20-foot jumper	2	6
8:26	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	2	6
8:14	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 15-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)	4	6
8:03	Antawn Jamison makes 23-foot jumper (Gilbert Arenas assists)	4	8
7:37	Drew Gooden misses 5-foot jumper	4	8
7:35	Drew Gooden offensive rebound	4	8
7:35	Drew Gooden makes tip shot	6	8
7:18	Brendan Haywood misses layup	6	8
7:18	Antawn Jamison offensive rebound	6	8
7:18	Drew Gooden loose ball foul (Antawn Jamison draws the foul)	6	8
7:15	Gilbert Arenas misses 21-foot jumper	6	8
7:13	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	6	8
7:09	LeBron James misses layup	6	8
7:07	Antawn Jamison defensive rebound	6	8
7:03	Jared Jeffries offensive foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul)	6	8
7:03	Jared Jeffries turnover	6	8
6:43	LeBron James makes driving layup	8	8
6:20	Antawn Jamison misses layup	8	8
6:18	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	8	8
6:09	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 16-foot jumper	8	8
6:07	Caron Butler defensive rebound	8	8
6:01	Gilbert Arenas makes jumper	8	10
5:39	LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper	8	10
5:37	Antawn Jamison defensive rebound	8	10
5:28	Caron Butler misses jumper	8	10
5:26	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	8	10
5:16	Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper	8	10
5:15	Cleveland defensive rebound	8	10
5:13	Washington full timeout	8	10
5:13	Flip Murray enters the game for Eric Snow	8	10
4:58	Antawn Jamison misses 22-foot jumper	8	10
4:58	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	8	10
4:39	LeBron James turnover	8	10
4:37	Zydrunas Ilgauskas shooting foul (Caron Butler draws the foul)	8	10
4:37	Caron Butler makes free throw 1 of 2	8	11
4:37	Caron Butler makes free throw 2 of 2	8	12
4:15	Gilbert Arenas personal foul (Flip Murray draws the foul)	8	12
4:01	LeBron James bad pass	8	12
3:51	Gilbert Arenas misses layup	8	12
3:50	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	8	12
3:45	LeBron James makes driving layup	10	12
3:26	Caron Butler misses 11-foot jumper	10	12
3:25	Washington defensive rebound	10	12
3:25	Antonio Daniels enters the game for Caron Butler	10	12
3:25	Damon Jones enters the game for Larry Hughes	10	12
3:25	Donyell Marshall enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	10	12
3:06	Brendan Haywood blocks LeBron James's 5-foot jumper	10	12
3:03	Drew Gooden offensive rebound	10	12
3:01	Drew Gooden makes layup	12	12
2:47	Antawn Jamison makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jared Jeffries assists)	12	15
2:36	LeBron James makes 23-foot jumper	14	15
2:29	Jared Jeffries makes driving dunk (Brendan Haywood assists)	14	17
2:06	Brendan Haywood blocks Drew Gooden's layup	14	17
2:04	Antawn Jamison defensive rebound	14	17
1:59	Gilbert Arenas misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	17
1:58	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	14	17
1:54	Drew Gooden lost ball (Gilbert Arenas steals)	14	17
1:49	Brendan Haywood makes dunk (Gilbert Arenas assists)	14	19
1:46	Cleveland full timeout	14	19
1:46	Michael Ruffin enters the game for Brendan Haywood	14	19
1:46	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Drew Gooden	14	19
1:46	Damon Jones enters the game for Larry Hughes	14	19
1:37	Flip Murray misses 21-foot jumper	14	19
1:34	Jared Jeffries defensive rebound	14	19
1:14	Jared Jeffries makes layup (Gilbert Arenas assists)	14	21
1:00	LeBron James makes driving dunk	16	21
52.4	Gilbert Arenas makes driving layup	16	23
52.4	Anderson Varejao shooting foul (Gilbert Arenas draws the foul)	16	23
52.4	Gilbert Arenas misses free throw 1 of 1	16	23
51.7	LeBron James defensive rebound	16	23
37.6	Michael Ruffin shooting foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	16	23
37.6	Anderson Varejao misses free throw 1 of 2	16	23
37.6	Cleveland offensive rebound	16	23
37.6	Anderson Varejao makes free throw 2 of 2	17	23
32.0	Gilbert Arenas makes 17-foot jumper	17	25
11.9	LeBron James misses 15-foot jumper	17	25
9.8	Gilbert Arenas defensive rebound	17	25
0.9	Gilbert Arenas misses 27-foot three point jumper	17	25
0.2	LeBron James defensive rebound	17	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	17	25

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 3-1

Wizards
99
Cavaliers
114

Game 1

16/11

Cavaliers
89
Wizards
101

Game 2

11/2

Wizards
102
Cavaliers
94

Game 3

25/2

Cavaliers
92
Wizards
104

Game 4

16/4

Capital One Arena

11:00 PM, 16 April 2006

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,405

Referees:
Joe Crawford
Scott Wall
Eric Lewis

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Orlando	18	12	.600	-	W1
Miami	13	13	.500	3	L3
Atlanta	14	15	.483	3.5	L3
Charlotte	7	21	.250	10	L4
Washington	4	22	.154	12	L1

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