Pistons 79-61 Cavaliers (21 May, 2006) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

50-32, 19-22 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	15	23	10	13	61
DET	21	19	18	21	79

Detroit Pistons

64-18, 37-4 home

Tayshaun Prince makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ben Wallace assists)
Richard Hamilton makes jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes 8-foot two point shot
Tayshaun Prince misses 8-foot two point shot
Tayshaun Prince misses layup
Tayshaun Prince makes layup
Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 10-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups makes 24-foot three point jumper
Richard Hamilton makes jumper (Ben Wallace assists)
Ben Wallace makes two point shot (Richard Hamilton assists)
Ben Wallace makes 6-foot two point shot (Chauncey Billups assists)
Richard Hamilton misses 17-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 13-foot two point shot
Rasheed Wallace misses 12-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 14-foot two point shot
Richard Hamilton misses 15-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 8-foot hook shot
Rasheed Wallace misses 11-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes layup
Antonio McDyess makes layup (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Antonio McDyess misses 15-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 18-foot jumper
Tony Delk misses 7-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses layup
Antonio McDyess makes two point shot
Chauncey Billups misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 9-foot hook shot (Richard Hamilton assists)
Chauncey Billups makes 16-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 18-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton makes layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Rasheed Wallace's 8-foot two point shot
Rasheed Wallace misses tip shot
Tony Delk misses 17-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses layup
Tayshaun Prince makes 17-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton misses jumper
Chauncey Billups makes jumper
Richard Hamilton misses 24-foot three point jumper
Richard Hamilton misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 27-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses two point shot
Richard Hamilton makes jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Rasheed Wallace misses two point shot
Tayshaun Prince misses layup
Rasheed Wallace misses 22-foot jumper
Lindsey Hunter makes 20-foot jumper
Lindsey Hunter makes driving layup
Ben Wallace makes layup (Rasheed Wallace assists)
Rasheed Wallace misses 27-foot three point jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes driving layup
Lindsey Hunter misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
Lindsey Hunter makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Tayshaun Prince misses layup
Tayshaun Prince makes tip shot
Tayshaun Prince misses 6-foot hook shot
Lindsey Hunter misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses 27-foot three point jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 13-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton makes 11-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Chauncey Billups misses 18-foot two point shot
Rasheed Wallace makes 8-foot hook shot
Rasheed Wallace misses 13-foot two point shot
Chauncey Billups makes 17-foot running jumper
Ben Wallace misses 18-foot jumper
Maurice Evans misses layup
Antonio McDyess makes dunk
Ronald Murray misses 23-foot three point jumper
Eric Snow misses 18-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses tip shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Drew Gooden misses 15-foot jumper
Ronald Murray misses 20-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
Ben Wallace blocks Drew Gooden's layup
LeBron James makes driving layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 12-foot jumper
Eric Snow misses jumper
LeBron James makes 15-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes driving dunk
LeBron James misses 18-foot jumper
LeBron James makes two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes misses layup
Damon Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James makes two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)
Donyell Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
Damon Jones misses 16-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses layup
LeBron James misses tip shot
Anderson Varejao makes layup
Donyell Marshall misses layup
LeBron James makes layup
Anderson Varejao makes dunk (Larry Hughes assists)
LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes makes two point shot
LeBron James makes two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)
LeBron James makes 6-foot two point shot (Damon Jones assists)
Richard Hamilton blocks Damon Jones's 15-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 19-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 13-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 13-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses layup
LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper
Eric Snow misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 10-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
Ronald Murray makes 16-foot jumper
Ronald Murray misses 19-foot jumper
Eric Snow makes driving layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Drew Gooden's layup
Tayshaun Prince blocks Eric Snow's layup
Ben Wallace blocks Larry Hughes's layup
Rasheed Wallace blocks Donyell Marshall's 21-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 12-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 26-foot three point jumper (Damon Jones assists)
LeBron James misses jumper
LeBron James misses 23-foot three point jumper
Damon Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Donyell Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 18-foot jumper
LeBron James misses running jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James misses 12-foot two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes dunk (Larry Hughes assists)
Donyell Marshall misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao misses layup
Damon Jones misses 23-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 (Eric Snow gains possession)	0	0
11:34	Ronald Murray misses 23-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:33	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound	0	0
11:08	Tayshaun Prince makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ben Wallace assists)	0	3
10:52	Eric Snow bad pass (Ben Wallace steals)	0	3
10:48	Richard Hamilton makes jumper	0	5
10:30	Rasheed Wallace illegal defense foul (1st personal foul)	0	5
10:30	LeBron James misses technical free throw	0	5
10:30	Cleveland offensive rebound	0	5
10:22	Eric Snow misses 18-foot jumper	0	5
10:18	Drew Gooden offensive rebound	0	5
10:15	Drew Gooden misses tip shot	0	5
10:14	Richard Hamilton defensive rebound	0	5
9:57	Tayshaun Prince makes 8-foot two point shot	0	7
9:37	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (LeBron James assists)	2	7
9:11	Tayshaun Prince misses 8-foot two point shot	2	7
9:10	Tayshaun Prince offensive rebound	2	7
9:07	Tayshaun Prince misses layup	2	7
9:06	Tayshaun Prince offensive rebound	2	7
9:03	Tayshaun Prince makes layup	2	9
8:41	Drew Gooden misses 15-foot jumper	2	9
8:38	Richard Hamilton defensive rebound	2	9
8:30	Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	9
8:30	LeBron James defensive rebound	2	9
8:25	LeBron James traveling	2	9
8:06	Ben Wallace lost ball (Eric Snow steals)	2	9
7:54	Ronald Murray misses 20-foot jumper	2	9
7:52	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	2	9
7:41	Tayshaun Prince misses 10-foot jumper	2	9
7:41	Detroit defensive rebound	2	9
7:28	Richard Hamilton personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	2	9
7:15	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (LeBron James assists)	4	9
6:52	Chauncey Billups makes 24-foot three point jumper	4	12
6:43	Eric Snow bad pass	4	12
6:37	Ronald Murray personal foul (Richard Hamilton draws the foul)	4	12
6:24	Drew Gooden personal foul (Chauncey Billups draws the foul)	4	12
6:20	Richard Hamilton turnover	4	12
5:56	LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	12
5:54	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	4	12
5:39	Richard Hamilton lost ball (Zydrunas Ilgauskas steals)	4	12
5:35	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup	4	12
5:33	Drew Gooden offensive rebound	4	12
5:33	Ben Wallace blocks Drew Gooden's layup	4	12
5:31	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound	4	12
5:24	Richard Hamilton makes jumper (Ben Wallace assists)	4	14
5:16	Cleveland full timeout	4	14
5:16	Donyell Marshall enters the game for Drew Gooden	4	14
5:03	LeBron James makes driving layup	6	14
4:47	Ben Wallace makes two point shot (Richard Hamilton assists)	6	16
4:22	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 12-foot jumper	6	16
4:20	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound	6	16
4:00	Ben Wallace makes 6-foot two point shot (Chauncey Billups assists)	6	18
3:35	Eric Snow misses jumper	6	18
3:34	Richard Hamilton defensive rebound	6	18
3:30	Donyell Marshall shooting foul (Rasheed Wallace draws the foul)	6	18
3:30	Damon Jones enters the game for Ronald Murray	6	18
3:30	Larry Hughes enters the game for Eric Snow	6	18
3:30	Rasheed Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2	6	18
3:30	Detroit offensive rebound	6	18
3:30	Rasheed Wallace makes free throw 2 of 2	6	19
3:09	LeBron James makes 15-foot two point shot	8	19
2:50	Richard Hamilton misses 17-foot jumper	8	19
2:47	LeBron James defensive rebound	8	19
2:41	LeBron James makes driving dunk	10	19
2:29	Detroit full timeout	10	19
2:17	Rasheed Wallace makes 13-foot two point shot	10	21
2:00	LeBron James misses 18-foot jumper	10	21
1:58	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	10	21
1:39	Rasheed Wallace misses 12-foot jumper	10	21
1:39	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	10	21
1:29	LeBron James makes two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)	12	21
1:15	Chauncey Billups misses 14-foot two point shot	12	21
1:12	Damon Jones defensive rebound	12	21
1:09	Chauncey Billups shooting foul (Larry Hughes draws the foul)	12	21
1:09	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	12	21
1:09	Lindsey Hunter enters the game for Chauncey Billups	12	21
1:09	Larry Hughes makes free throw 1 of 2	13	21
1:09	Antonio McDyess enters the game for Rasheed Wallace	13	21
1:09	Larry Hughes misses free throw 2 of 2	13	21
1:08	Lindsey Hunter defensive rebound	13	21
59.9	Richard Hamilton misses 15-foot jumper	13	21
57.8	Damon Jones defensive rebound	13	21
46.9	Larry Hughes misses layup	13	21
45.9	Lindsey Hunter defensive rebound	13	21
41.4	Lindsey Hunter bad pass	13	21
29.8	Damon Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper	13	21
27.9	Donyell Marshall offensive rebound	13	21
17.0	Lindsey Hunter personal foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	13	21
17.0	Anderson Varejao makes free throw 1 of 2	14	21
17.0	Eric Snow enters the game for LeBron James	14	21
17.0	Anderson Varejao makes free throw 2 of 2	15	21
1.0	Tayshaun Prince misses 8-foot hook shot	15	21
0.0	Detroit offensive rebound	15	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	15	21

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, 21 May 2006

Auburn Hills, MI

Attendance: 22,076

Referees:
Joe Crawford
Joe DeRosa
Mike Callahan

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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