Pistons 113-86 Cavaliers (7 May, 2006) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

50-32, 19-22 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	16	32	15	23	86
DET	26	43	25	19	113

Detroit Pistons

64-18, 37-4 home

113

Rasheed Wallace makes layup (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Richard Hamilton makes 16-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Rasheed Wallace misses 13-foot two point shot
Tayshaun Prince misses layup
Rasheed Wallace misses tip shot
Chauncey Billups makes two point shot
Chauncey Billups misses 17-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton makes 8-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Tayshaun Prince makes 13-foot jumper (Ben Wallace assists)
Tayshaun Prince misses 9-foot hook shot
Richard Hamilton misses 17-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall blocks Tayshaun Prince's layup
Tayshaun Prince makes layup
Richard Hamilton misses 11-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton makes driving layup
Tayshaun Prince makes 26-foot three point jumper
Chauncey Billups makes 26-foot three point jumper
Chauncey Billups makes 28-foot three point jumper
Antonio McDyess makes driving layup (Richard Hamilton assists)
Ben Wallace misses 12-foot jumper
Maurice Evans makes layup
Antonio McDyess makes 16-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Antonio McDyess misses 14-foot two point shot
Antonio McDyess makes two point shot (Rasheed Wallace assists)
Rasheed Wallace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tony Delk assists)
Tayshaun Prince misses layup
Lindsey Hunter misses 27-foot three point jumper
Lindsey Hunter makes 28-foot three point jumper
Richard Hamilton misses layup
Tayshaun Prince makes 25-foot three point jumper
Antonio McDyess makes 17-foot jumper (Richard Hamilton assists)
Ben Wallace makes two point shot (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Lindsey Hunter makes 26-foot three point jumper
Lindsey Hunter makes 26-foot three point jumper
Lindsey Hunter makes 25-foot three point jumper
Antonio McDyess makes 19-foot jumper (Richard Hamilton assists)
Tayshaun Prince misses 12-foot two point shot
Rasheed Wallace misses 13-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes dunk (Chauncey Billups assists)
Rasheed Wallace makes 14-foot two point shot
Tayshaun Prince makes layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
Tayshaun Prince misses 18-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton makes jumper (Ben Wallace assists)
Rasheed Wallace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Chauncey Billups misses 16-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton makes 18-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton makes layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
Rasheed Wallace misses layup
Tayshaun Prince misses 16-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton misses 25-foot three point jumper
Richard Hamilton misses 15-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton misses 15-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton makes driving layup
Richard Hamilton makes dunk
Donyell Marshall blocks Richard Hamilton's layup
Tayshaun Prince makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Tayshaun Prince misses jumper
Richard Hamilton makes 15-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Richard Hamilton misses 18-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao blocks Richard Hamilton's layup
Maurice Evans makes two point shot
Maurice Evans makes three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Ben Wallace misses 13-foot two point shot
Tony Delk misses jumper
Antonio McDyess misses 16-foot jumper
Ben Wallace misses layup
Tony Delk makes 25-foot three point jumper (Antonio McDyess assists)
Tony Delk makes jumper
Maurice Evans misses 27-foot three point jumper
Tony Delk misses 23-foot jumper
Lindsey Hunter misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kelvin Cato makes jumper (Lindsey Hunter assists)
Dale Davis misses 17-foot jumper
Tony Delk misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kelvin Cato makes 15-foot jumper (Lindsey Hunter assists)
Dale Davis misses two point shot
Lindsey Hunter misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kelvin Cato misses 18-foot jumper
Carlos Delfino makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tony Delk assists)
Tony Delk misses 27-foot three point jumper
Dale Davis misses 15-foot two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 15-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 18-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes 5-foot hook shot
LeBron James makes layup (Drew Gooden assists)
Eric Snow makes 13-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes driving layup
Drew Gooden misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 7-foot hook shot
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Drew Gooden's layup
Drew Gooden misses 12-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 12-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 13-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses tip shot
Donyell Marshall misses 17-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper
LeBron James makes tip shot
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 16-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes driving dunk
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
Donyell Marshall makes jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes misses layup
LeBron James makes driving layup
Donyell Marshall makes layup (Ronald Murray assists)
LeBron James makes running jumper
Donyell Marshall makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 11-foot hook shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses two point shot
Tayshaun Prince blocks LeBron James's layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
Eric Snow makes driving layup
Eric Snow makes 17-foot jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
LeBron James makes 24-foot three point jumper
Antonio McDyess blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup
LeBron James makes driving layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 6-foot hook shot (Eric Snow assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 11-foot two point shot
Drew Gooden makes 17-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 8-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses jumper
Larry Hughes makes 19-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
Drew Gooden misses 16-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (Eric Snow assists)
Drew Gooden misses 14-foot jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Larry Hughes's layup
LeBron James misses 28-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
Anderson Varejao misses 16-foot jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Donyell Marshall's jumper
LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Larry Hughes makes driving layup
LeBron James misses 63-foot three point jumper
Chauncey Billups blocks Ronald Murray's 9-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 15-foot jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Larry Hughes's layup
Anderson Varejao makes dunk (Ronald Murray assists)
Anderson Varejao makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Damon Jones misses 17-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall makes dunk (Ronald Murray assists)
Damon Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
Antonio McDyess blocks Alan Henderson's layup
Antonio McDyess blocks Alan Henderson's layup
Ronald Murray misses layup
Anderson Varejao makes 4-foot hook shot
Ira Newble makes 17-foot jumper (Ronald Murray assists)
Ronald Murray misses 15-foot jumper
Ronald Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ira Newble makes layup
Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ronald Murray misses jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses jumper
Ronald Murray misses 12-foot running jumper
Ronald Murray misses layup
Ira Newble makes 25-foot three point jumper

CAVALIERS

PISTONS

TIME		CLE	DET
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Ben Wallace (Drew Gooden gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Eric Snow bad pass (Chauncey Billups steals)	0	0
11:30	Rasheed Wallace makes layup (Tayshaun Prince assists)	0	2
11:12	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 15-foot jumper	2	2
10:49	Richard Hamilton makes 16-foot jumper	2	4
10:30	LeBron James misses 18-foot jumper	2	4
10:29	Drew Gooden offensive rebound	2	4
10:26	Drew Gooden makes 5-foot hook shot	4	4
10:08	Richard Hamilton bad pass (Zydrunas Ilgauskas steals)	4	4
10:02	LeBron James makes layup (Drew Gooden assists)	6	4
9:41	Tayshaun Prince makes three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)	6	7
9:25	Eric Snow makes 13-foot two point shot	8	7
9:07	Rasheed Wallace misses 13-foot two point shot	8	7
9:04	LeBron James defensive rebound	8	7
8:55	LeBron James makes driving layup	10	7
8:34	Rasheed Wallace bad pass	10	7
8:17	Drew Gooden misses layup	10	7
8:15	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	10	7
8:15	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot	12	7
8:10	Detroit full timeout	12	7
7:58	Tayshaun Prince misses layup	12	7
7:58	Rasheed Wallace offensive rebound	12	7
7:56	Rasheed Wallace misses tip shot	12	7
7:54	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	12	7
7:37	Zydrunas Ilgauskas turnover	12	7
7:24	Chauncey Billups makes two point shot	12	9
7:05	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 7-foot hook shot	12	9
7:03	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	12	9
6:58	Chauncey Billups misses 17-foot jumper	12	9
6:56	LeBron James defensive rebound	12	9
6:41	LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper	12	9
6:39	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	12	9
6:24	Richard Hamilton makes 8-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)	12	11
6:07	Ben Wallace blocks Drew Gooden's layup	12	11
6:05	Cleveland defensive rebound	12	11
5:47	Larry Hughes personal foul (Richard Hamilton draws the foul)	12	11
5:43	Richard Hamilton bad pass	12	11
5:24	Drew Gooden misses 12-foot jumper	12	11
5:22	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	12	11
5:11	Tayshaun Prince makes 13-foot jumper (Ben Wallace assists)	12	13
4:50	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 12-foot jumper	12	13
4:47	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound	12	13
4:46	Zydrunas Ilgauskas shooting foul (Tayshaun Prince draws the foul)	12	13
4:46	Tayshaun Prince misses free throw 1 of 2	12	13
4:46	Detroit offensive rebound	12	13
4:46	Donyell Marshall enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	12	13
4:46	Tayshaun Prince makes free throw 2 of 2	12	14
4:37	Larry Hughes misses 13-foot jumper	12	14
4:35	Larry Hughes offensive rebound	12	14
4:35	Larry Hughes misses tip shot	12	14
4:33	Drew Gooden offensive rebound	12	14
4:33	Drew Gooden offensive foul (Ben Wallace draws the foul)	12	14
4:33	Drew Gooden turnover	12	14
4:13	Tayshaun Prince misses 9-foot hook shot	12	14
4:11	Tayshaun Prince offensive rebound	12	14
4:09	Richard Hamilton misses 17-foot jumper	12	14
4:07	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	12	14
3:59	Chauncey Billups personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	12	14
3:59	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Drew Gooden	12	14
3:59	Ronald Murray enters the game for Eric Snow	12	14
3:51	Donyell Marshall misses 17-foot jumper	12	14
3:49	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	12	14
3:42	Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper	12	14
3:40	LeBron James offensive rebound	12	14
3:38	LeBron James makes tip shot	14	14
3:17	Donyell Marshall blocks Tayshaun Prince's layup	14	14
3:15	Tayshaun Prince offensive rebound	14	14
3:13	Tayshaun Prince makes layup	14	16
2:49	LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	16
2:48	Donyell Marshall offensive rebound	14	16
2:48	Tayshaun Prince personal foul (Donyell Marshall draws the foul)	14	16
2:48	Cleveland full timeout	14	16
2:33	Larry Hughes misses 16-foot jumper	14	16
2:31	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	14	16
2:19	Richard Hamilton misses 11-foot jumper	14	16
2:17	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	14	16
2:13	LeBron James makes driving layup	16	16
1:57	Anderson Varejao shooting foul (Chauncey Billups draws the foul)	16	16
1:57	Chauncey Billups makes free throw 1 of 2	16	17
1:57	Antonio McDyess enters the game for Rasheed Wallace	16	17
1:57	Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 2	16	18
1:39	LeBron James bad pass (Chauncey Billups steals)	16	18
1:17	Richard Hamilton makes driving layup	16	20
1:07	LeBron James traveling	16	20
51.2	Tayshaun Prince makes 26-foot three point jumper	16	23
27.3	Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	23
27.2	Cleveland defensive rebound	16	23
4.9	Chauncey Billups makes 26-foot three point jumper	16	26
1.6	Richard Hamilton personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	16	26
1.6	Maurice Evans enters the game for Tayshaun Prince	16	26
0.5	LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper	16	26
0.0	Cleveland offensive rebound	16	26
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	16	26

Cavaliers
86
Pistons
113

Game 1

7/5

Cavaliers
91
Pistons
97

Game 2

10/5

Pistons
77
Cavaliers
86

Game 3

13/5

Pistons
72
Cavaliers
74

Game 4

16/5

Cavaliers
86
Pistons
84

Game 5

18/5

Pistons
84
Cavaliers
82

Game 6

20/5

Cavaliers
61
Pistons
79

Game 7

21/5

The Palace of Auburn Hills

8:30 PM, 7 May 2006

Auburn Hills, MI

Attendance: 22,076

Referees:
Joe Crawford
James Capers
Bill Spooner

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	8	0	1.000	-	W8
Chicago	3	4	.429	4.5	L2
Detroit	3	5	.375	5	W2
Indiana	2	4	.333	5	L1
Milwaukee	1	6	.143	6.5	L6

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