Pistons 84-82 Cavaliers (20 May, 2006) Play-by-Play

Detroit Pistons

64-18, 27-14 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DET	20	18	25	21	84
CLE	19	18	24	21	82

Cleveland Cavaliers

50-32, 31-10 home

LeBron James makes driving layup
Ronald Murray misses driving layup
Drew Gooden misses jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes slam dunk
Ronald Murray makes driving layup
Rasheed Wallace blocks Ronald Murray's driving layup
LeBron James makes 16-foot jumper (Ronald Murray assists)
Tayshaun Prince blocks Ronald Murray's layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes slam dunk (Eric Snow assists)
Drew Gooden makes 14-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince blocks Ronald Murray's 17-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes slam dunk (Ronald Murray assists)
Drew Gooden misses 5-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
Drew Gooden misses 16-foot two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper
Ronald Murray misses 19-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 16-foot two point shot
Donyell Marshall makes 11-foot jumper
Damon Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ronald Murray misses jumper
LeBron James misses 6-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall misses tip shot
Tayshaun Prince blocks Damon Jones's 23-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao makes layup (Ronald Murray assists)
Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Ronald Murray misses 23-foot three point jumper
Donyell Marshall makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 18-foot jumper
Eric Snow misses 13-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes 16-foot jumper (Eric Snow assists)
Drew Gooden makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Drew Gooden makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Donyell Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ronald Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Drew Gooden makes slam dunk (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eric Snow makes 22-foot jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Drew Gooden misses 14-foot jumper
LeBron James misses driving layup
Drew Gooden misses 8-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
LeBron James misses 5-foot running jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
LeBron James makes driving dunk
LeBron James makes 23-foot three point jumper (Eric Snow assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 17-foot two point shot (Eric Snow assists)
LeBron James makes driving layup (Eric Snow assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (Eric Snow assists)
LeBron James misses running jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James misses 23-foot three point jumper
Donyell Marshall misses 21-foot jumper
LeBron James misses two point shot
LeBron James makes 7-foot running jumper
Ronald Murray makes 11-foot two point shot
Anderson Varejao misses 18-foot jumper
Damon Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Donyell Marshall makes 24-foot three point jumper (Damon Jones assists)
Rasheed Wallace blocks Eric Snow's layup
LeBron James makes 6-foot two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 5-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 17-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes layup
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eric Snow blocks Chauncey Billups's 17-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Rasheed Wallace misses 15-foot two point shot
Richard Hamilton misses 16-foot jumper
Ben Wallace makes slam dunk (Richard Hamilton assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Richard Hamilton's 20-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton makes two point shot (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Richard Hamilton makes 16-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes 6-foot two point shot (Rasheed Wallace assists)
Richard Hamilton misses layup
Tayshaun Prince makes 20-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton makes 11-foot two point shot (Rasheed Wallace assists)
Richard Hamilton misses 16-foot two point shot
Richard Hamilton makes layup
Tayshaun Prince misses 15-foot jumper
Lindsey Hunter makes two point shot
Ben Wallace misses layup
Tayshaun Prince misses layup
Tony Delk misses 21-foot jumper
Antonio McDyess makes 17-foot two point shot (Rasheed Wallace assists)
Antonio McDyess makes layup (Lindsey Hunter assists)
Antonio McDyess misses 19-foot jumper
Lindsey Hunter misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lindsey Hunter assists)
Antonio McDyess makes 16-foot jumper (Ben Wallace assists)
Antonio McDyess misses 15-foot two point shot
Richard Hamilton makes 13-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 10-foot two point shot
Rasheed Wallace misses 28-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 13-foot two point shot
Rasheed Wallace misses 16-foot two point shot
Tayshaun Prince makes 11-foot two point shot
Richard Hamilton makes 17-foot jumper (Ben Wallace assists)
Tayshaun Prince misses 15-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes 15-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 4-foot running jumper
Richard Hamilton makes layup (Rasheed Wallace assists)
Richard Hamilton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Tayshaun Prince's layup
Chauncey Billups makes 24-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Richard Hamilton misses 8-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton misses 16-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses 15-foot two point shot
Rasheed Wallace makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lindsey Hunter assists)
LeBron James blocks Ben Wallace's two point shot
Lindsey Hunter misses layup
Tayshaun Prince misses tip shot
Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ben Wallace misses tip shot
Tayshaun Prince makes layup
Rasheed Wallace makes 19-foot two point shot
Donyell Marshall blocks Antonio McDyess's layup
Rasheed Wallace misses 25-foot three point jumper
Lindsey Hunter misses 21-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 19-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton misses 14-foot two point shot
Tayshaun Prince makes driving layup
Rasheed Wallace makes 7-foot two point shot (Chauncey Billups assists)
Chauncey Billups makes 23-foot jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Richard Hamilton misses 16-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 8-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups makes 21-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses 14-foot jumper

PISTONS

CAVALIERS

TIME		DET	CLE
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Ben Wallace vs. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Drew Gooden gains possession)	0	0
11:42	Richard Hamilton shooting foul (Drew Gooden draws the foul)	0	0
11:42	Drew Gooden misses free throw 1 of 2	0	0
11:42	Cleveland offensive rebound	0	0
11:42	Drew Gooden makes free throw 2 of 2	0	1
11:26	Eric Snow blocks Chauncey Billups's 17-foot jumper	0	1
11:23	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	0	1
11:12	LeBron James makes driving layup	0	3
10:52	Rasheed Wallace makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)	3	3
10:36	Ronald Murray misses driving layup	3	3
10:33	Drew Gooden offensive rebound	3	3
10:32	Drew Gooden misses jumper	3	3
10:30	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	3	3
10:18	Ronald Murray shooting foul (Ben Wallace draws the foul)	3	3
10:18	Ben Wallace makes free throw 1 of 2	4	3
10:18	Ben Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2	4	3
10:15	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	4	3
9:56	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper	4	3
9:53	Drew Gooden offensive rebound	4	5
9:53	Drew Gooden makes slam dunk	4	5
9:38	Chauncey Billups bad pass (Ronald Murray steals)	4	5
9:34	Ronald Murray makes driving layup	4	7
9:08	Rasheed Wallace misses 15-foot two point shot	4	7
9:07	LeBron James defensive rebound	4	7
8:57	Rasheed Wallace blocks Ronald Murray's driving layup	4	7
8:57	Cleveland offensive rebound	4	7
8:55	LeBron James makes 16-foot jumper (Ronald Murray assists)	4	9
8:30	Chauncey Billups bad pass (Ronald Murray steals)	4	9
8:25	Tayshaun Prince blocks Ronald Murray's layup	4	9
8:23	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound	4	9
8:18	Richard Hamilton misses 16-foot jumper	4	9
8:17	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	4	9
8:07	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes slam dunk (Eric Snow assists)	4	11
8:06	Detroit full timeout	4	11
7:50	Ben Wallace makes slam dunk (Richard Hamilton assists)	6	11
7:26	Drew Gooden makes 14-foot jumper	6	13
6:58	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	6	13
6:54	Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Richard Hamilton's 20-foot jumper	38	37
6:54	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	38	37
6:52	Eric Snow bad pass (Chauncey Billups steals)	38	37
6:31	Tayshaun Prince bad pass	6	13
6:11	Tayshaun Prince blocks Ronald Murray's 17-foot jumper	6	13
6:09	Tayshaun Prince defensive rebound	6	13
6:07	Richard Hamilton makes two point shot (Tayshaun Prince assists)	8	13
5:52	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes slam dunk (Ronald Murray assists)	8	15
5:33	Richard Hamilton makes 16-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)	10	15
5:20	Drew Gooden misses 5-foot jumper	10	15
5:15	Richard Hamilton defensive rebound	10	15
5:11	Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	15
5:09	Detroit defensive rebound	10	15
4:48	LeBron James bad pass (Ben Wallace steals)	10	15
4:33	Tayshaun Prince makes 6-foot two point shot (Rasheed Wallace assists)	12	15
4:18	LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper	12	15
4:15	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	12	17
4:15	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup	12	17
3:55	Richard Hamilton misses layup	12	17
3:51	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	12	17
3:48	Drew Gooden turnover	12	17
3:27	Tayshaun Prince makes 20-foot jumper	14	17
2:59	Drew Gooden misses 16-foot two point shot	14	17
2:57	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound	14	17
2:45	Richard Hamilton makes 11-foot two point shot (Rasheed Wallace assists)	16	17
2:39	Cleveland full timeout	16	17
2:39	Donyell Marshall enters the game for Drew Gooden	16	17
2:21	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper	16	17
2:19	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	16	17
2:03	Richard Hamilton misses 16-foot two point shot	16	17
2:01	Richard Hamilton offensive rebound	16	17
2:00	Richard Hamilton makes layup	18	17
1:35	Ronald Murray misses 19-foot jumper	18	17
1:32	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	18	17
1:16	Tayshaun Prince misses 15-foot jumper	18	17
1:15	LeBron James defensive rebound	18	17
1:05	Richard Hamilton personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	18	17
1:05	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	18	17
1:05	Lindsey Hunter enters the game for Richard Hamilton	18	17
1:05	Damon Jones enters the game for Eric Snow	18	17
55.9	LeBron James misses 16-foot two point shot	18	17
53.5	Lindsey Hunter defensive rebound	18	17
49.9	Lindsey Hunter makes two point shot	20	17
41.2	Lindsey Hunter personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	20	17
41.2	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	20	18
41.2	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	20	19
20.9	Ben Wallace misses layup	20	19
18.9	Damon Jones defensive rebound	20	19
15.9	Damon Jones bad pass (Tayshaun Prince steals)	20	19
0.0	Tayshaun Prince misses layup	20	19
0.0	LeBron James defensive rebound	20	19
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	20	19

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

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

12:00 AM, 20 May 2006

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,562

Referees:
Bernie Fryer
Ron Garretson
Joe Forte

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	16	1	.941	-	W1
Detroit	7	10	.412	9	L2
Indiana	6	9	.400	9	L2
Milwaukee	6	9	.400	9	W2
Chicago	6	10	.375	9.5	L1

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