Hornets 95-89 Cavaliers (12 Dec, 2006) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

12-8, 3-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	25	26	22	16	89
NO	21	30	21	23	95

NO/Oklahoma City Hornets

10-10, 5-3 home

Desmond Mason misses two point shot
Tyson Chandler makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Cedric Simmons makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Cedric Simmons misses 16-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 16-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jannero Pargo makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Desmond Mason misses 4-foot two point shot
Desmond Mason makes 9-foot two point shot
Jannero Pargo misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 5-foot jumper
Marc Jackson misses 17-foot jumper
Desmond Mason makes slam dunk (Jannero Pargo assists)
Desmond Mason makes 3-foot hook shot
Desmond Mason misses layup
Chris Paul misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jannero Pargo makes 16-foot jumper (Marc Jackson assists)
Marc Jackson makes two point shot
Desmond Mason makes layup (Jannero Pargo assists)
Marc Jackson misses 12-foot two point shot
Rasual Butler misses 17-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo makes driving layup
Cedric Simmons makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler misses 24-foot three point jumper
Marc Jackson makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
Marc Jackson makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Marc Jackson misses 4-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo misses layup
Desmond Mason misses 6-foot hook shot
Chris Paul misses 22-foot three point jumper
Hilton Armstrong makes 17-foot jumper (Desmond Mason assists)
Chris Paul makes 22-foot jumper (Jannero Pargo assists)
Hilton Armstrong makes driving layup (Chris Paul assists)
Jannero Pargo misses 24-foot three point jumper
Hilton Armstrong makes dunk
Hilton Armstrong misses 14-foot jumper
Hilton Armstrong makes 15-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 12-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Desmond Mason assists)
Rasual Butler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Desmond Mason misses 4-foot two point shot
Desmond Mason makes two point shot
Chris Paul makes 18-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses 6-foot hook shot
Chris Paul makes 6-foot two point shot
Cedric Simmons misses 18-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 9-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes layup (Tyson Chandler assists)
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Chris Paul misses 8-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo makes 16-foot jumper (Desmond Mason assists)
Chris Paul misses jumper
Chris Paul makes 21-foot jumper
Marc Jackson makes 22-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes driving layup (Desmond Mason assists)
Jannero Pargo misses jumper
Marc Jackson makes layup
Jannero Pargo misses 13-foot jumper
Hilton Armstrong makes layup
Marc Jackson makes 4-foot two point shot (Desmond Mason assists)
Marc Jackson misses 20-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Jannero Pargo misses 25-foot three point jumper
Marc Jackson makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Jannero Pargo makes 8-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jannero Pargo misses three point jumper
Desmond Mason misses layup
Chris Paul makes 16-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo makes jumper
LeBron James makes slam dunk (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 6-foot hook shot
LeBron James makes two point shot (Eric Snow assists)
Anderson Varejao makes 4-foot two point shot
Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 6-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
Tyson Chandler blocks Eric Snow's layup
Anderson Varejao makes 22-foot jumper (Eric Snow assists)
Daniel Gibson misses layup
Eric Snow misses 16-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 15-foot two point shot
Anderson Varejao makes driving layup
Donyell Marshall misses layup
Damon Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler blocks Anderson Varejao's layup
Damon Jones misses layup
LeBron James makes layup
Donyell Marshall makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Damon Jones makes driving layup
Daniel Gibson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (Damon Jones assists)
Daniel Gibson makes driving layup
Cedric Simmons blocks Larry Hughes's 13-foot jumper
Damon Jones misses 22-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 15-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Damon Jones assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses two point shot
Damon Jones misses 20-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 4-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Donyell Marshall makes 22-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Daniel Gibson makes three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (Eric Snow assists)
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 11-foot jumper
LeBron James misses tip shot
Larry Hughes misses 19-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 17-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
Eric Snow makes driving layup
LeBron James misses layup
Eric Snow makes driving layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 16-foot jumper (Eric Snow assists)
Daniel Gibson misses three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 14-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper (Eric Snow assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 16-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 7-foot two point shot
Tyson Chandler blocks Anderson Varejao's 7-foot jumper
Eric Snow misses 18-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
Damon Jones misses 22-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao makes layup
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 11-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall misses 5-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson makes layup
Donyell Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 9-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 22-foot jumper (Damon Jones assists)
Donyell Marshall makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
Larry Hughes makes jumper
Damon Jones makes 6-foot running jumper
Donyell Marshall misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 9-foot jumper
Damon Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 14-foot jumper
Damon Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Eric Snow misses jumper
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson makes three point jumper (Eric Snow assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 14-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Eric Snow assists)
Tyson Chandler blocks LeBron James's layup
Donyell Marshall misses 16-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall misses three point jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Damon Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper

CAVALIERS

HORNETS

TIME		CLE	NO
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Tyson Chandler (LeBron James gains possession)	0	0
11:41	LeBron James makes slam dunk (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)	2	0
11:19	Desmond Mason misses two point shot	2	0
11:18	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	2	0
11:08	LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper	2	0
11:07	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	2	0
10:48	Rasual Butler personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	2	0
10:34	Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)	4	0
10:23	LeBron James shooting foul (Desmond Mason draws the foul)	4	0
10:23	Desmond Mason makes free throw 1 of 2	4	1
10:23	Desmond Mason misses free throw 2 of 2	4	1
10:22	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	4	1
10:15	Daniel Gibson offensive foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	4	1
10:15	Daniel Gibson turnover	4	1
10:00	Tyson Chandler makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)	4	3
9:37	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 6-foot hook shot	4	3
9:34	Cedric Simmons defensive rebound	4	3
9:26	Cedric Simmons makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	4	5
9:10	Zydrunas Ilgauskas 3 second	4	5
8:52	Desmond Mason lost ball (LeBron James steals)	4	5
8:48	LeBron James makes two point shot (Eric Snow assists)	6	5
8:22	Cedric Simmons misses 16-foot jumper	6	5
8:19	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	6	5
8:00	Anderson Varejao makes 4-foot two point shot	8	5
7:47	Rasual Butler misses 16-foot jumper	8	5
7:45	Rasual Butler offensive rebound	8	5
7:39	Zydrunas Ilgauskas shooting foul (Cedric Simmons draws the foul)	8	5
7:39	Cedric Simmons misses free throw 1 of 2	8	5
7:39	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	8	5
7:39	Cedric Simmons makes free throw 2 of 2	8	6
7:18	Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	6
7:16	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	8	6
7:11	Rasual Butler personal foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	8	6
7:11	Jannero Pargo enters the game for Rasual Butler	8	6
7:01	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 6-foot jumper	8	6
6:58	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	8	6
6:58	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup	8	6
6:56	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	8	6
6:56	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot	10	6
6:37	Jannero Pargo misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	6
6:35	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	10	6
6:26	Tyson Chandler blocks Eric Snow's layup	10	6
6:24	Cedric Simmons defensive rebound	10	6
6:18	Jannero Pargo makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	10	8
6:07	Daniel Gibson turnover	10	8
6:07	Marc Jackson enters the game for Cedric Simmons	10	8
5:58	Chris Paul makes driving layup	10	10
5:46	Marc Jackson personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	10	10
5:46	NO/Oklahoma C full timeout	10	10
5:35	Anderson Varejao makes 22-foot jumper (Eric Snow assists)	12	10
5:18	Desmond Mason misses 4-foot two point shot	12	10
5:16	Eric Snow defensive rebound	12	10
5:11	Daniel Gibson misses layup	12	10
5:11	Cleveland offensive rebound	12	10
5:11	Damon Jones enters the game for Daniel Gibson	12	10
5:11	Donyell Marshall enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	12	10
5:01	Eric Snow misses 16-foot jumper	12	10
5:01	Chris Paul defensive rebound	12	10
4:54	Damon Jones shooting foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	12	10
4:54	Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2	12	11
4:54	Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2	12	12
4:33	LeBron James makes 15-foot two point shot	14	12
4:15	Desmond Mason makes 9-foot two point shot	14	14
3:50	Anderson Varejao makes driving layup	16	14
3:42	Eric Snow personal foul (Desmond Mason draws the foul)	16	14
3:31	Jannero Pargo misses 24-foot three point jumper	16	14
3:30	LeBron James defensive rebound	16	14
3:25	Donyell Marshall misses layup	16	14
3:23	Chris Paul defensive rebound	16	14
3:18	Chris Paul makes 5-foot jumper	16	16
3:18	Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 1	16	17
3:18	Donyell Marshall shooting foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	16	17
3:08	LeBron James turnover	16	17
2:53	Larry Hughes enters the game for Eric Snow	16	17
2:44	Marc Jackson misses 17-foot jumper	16	17
2:42	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	16	17
2:31	Desmond Mason makes slam dunk (Jannero Pargo assists)	16	19
2:10	Damon Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	19	19
1:52	Desmond Mason makes 3-foot hook shot	19	21
1:28	Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper	19	21
1:25	Cleveland defensive rebound	19	21
1:01	Desmond Mason misses layup	19	21
1:00	Damon Jones defensive rebound	19	21
46.9	Tyson Chandler blocks Anderson Varejao's layup	19	21
43.9	Donyell Marshall offensive rebound	19	21
38.9	Damon Jones misses layup	19	21
35.9	LeBron James offensive rebound	19	21
33.8	LeBron James makes layup	21	21
33.8	Tyson Chandler shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	21	21
33.8	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1	22	21
8.8	Chris Paul misses 24-foot three point jumper	22	21
8.8	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	22	21
8.8	shot clock violation	22	21
2.1	Donyell Marshall makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	25	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	25	21

Regular Season Series

NO leads 1-0

Cavaliers
89
Hornets
95

Game 1

12/12

Cavaliers
89
Hornets
95

Game 2

12/12

Hornets
89
Cavaliers
97

Game 3

28/2

Hornets
89
Cavaliers
97

Game 4

28/2

Paycom Center

12:00 AM, 12 December 2006

Oklahoma City, OK

Attendance: 19,164

Referees:
Tony Brothers
Ken Mauer
Mark Ayotte

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

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