Bulls 103-96 Cavaliers (31 Dec, 2006) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

17-12, 4-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	27	26	14	29	96
CHI	32	24	22	25	103

Chicago Bulls

19-12, 14-2 home

103

Thabo Sefolosha misses 17-foot jumper
Luol Deng misses 21-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes two point shot (Ben Wallace assists)
Andres Nocioni misses three point jumper
Andres Nocioni makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Thabo Sefolosha misses layup
Andres Nocioni makes tip shot
Eric Snow blocks Ben Wallace's layup
Andres Nocioni misses layup
Ben Gordon makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Chris Duhon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Andres Nocioni misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon makes 20-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Ben Gordon makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Luol Deng makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Ben Wallace makes 8-foot two point shot
Luol Deng makes 19-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Chris Duhon makes 7-foot two point shot
Ben Gordon misses 19-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Ben Gordon misses 22-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes 16-foot jumper
Mike Sweetney makes two point shot (Chris Duhon assists)
P.J. Brown makes layup (Chris Duhon assists)
Adrian Griffin misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Tyrus Thomas's layup
Mike Sweetney makes dunk
Chris Duhon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Adrian Griffin makes 7-foot hook shot (Mike Sweetney assists)
Tyrus Thomas makes dunk (Adrian Griffin assists)
Ben Gordon misses 20-foot jumper
Mike Sweetney makes 12-foot two point shot
Ben Gordon misses layup
Luol Deng makes 21-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
P.J. Brown makes 19-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
P.J. Brown misses 16-foot jumper
P.J. Brown makes jumper (Thabo Sefolosha assists)
Luol Deng misses jumper
P.J. Brown misses 19-foot jumper
Ben Wallace misses 15-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes driving layup
Luol Deng makes 17-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni misses 21-foot jumper
Thabo Sefolosha misses 20-foot jumper
Chris Duhon misses layup
Luol Deng makes 21-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Luol Deng's layup
Drew Gooden blocks Andres Nocioni's layup
Ben Wallace misses 9-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni misses 17-foot jumper
Ben Gordon makes 21-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 22-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses 18-foot jumper
Chris Duhon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng makes 20-foot jumper
Malik Allen misses 8-foot jumper
Malik Allen makes jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Ben Gordon misses 22-foot jumper
Chris Duhon misses layup
Malik Allen makes tip shot
Chris Duhon makes layup
Luol Deng makes 15-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Malik Allen makes 15-foot jumper (P.J. Brown assists)
Ben Gordon misses jumper
P.J. Brown misses layup
Luol Deng makes tip shot
P.J. Brown misses layup
Luol Deng makes 22-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Ben Gordon makes driving layup
Chris Duhon misses 31-foot three point jumper
Malik Allen makes 20-foot jumper
Malik Allen makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Ben Gordon makes layup
Luol Deng misses 15-foot jumper
Malik Allen misses layup
P.J. Brown misses tip shot
Ben Gordon misses 16-foot jumper
Malik Allen misses 19-foot jumper
P.J. Brown makes dunk (Chris Duhon assists)
Ben Gordon makes driving layup
P.J. Brown makes 17-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Drew Gooden blocks Chris Duhon's layup
Luol Deng makes 18-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Ben Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Malik Allen misses 22-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes 20-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Ben Gordon misses 21-foot jumper
Ben Gordon makes driving layup
LeBron James makes 17-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (Eric Snow assists)
LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni blocks LeBron James's layup
Larry Hughes misses 22-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 20-foot jumper
LeBron James makes layup
Drew Gooden makes 11-foot hook shot (Donyell Marshall assists)
Donyell Marshall makes 8-foot hook shot (Damon Jones assists)
LeBron James makes 20-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James makes 15-foot two point shot
Donyell Marshall makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Mike Sweetney blocks LeBron James's layup
LeBron James makes layup
Donyell Marshall misses 25-foot three point jumper
Damon Jones makes 18-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes driving layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 7-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall misses 19-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup
Larry Hughes misses layup
Mike Sweetney blocks Donyell Marshall's layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
Donyell Marshall misses layup
Donyell Marshall misses 10-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall makes layup
LeBron James makes 19-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes layup (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 9-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper
LeBron James makes 8-foot two point shot
Sasha Pavlovic makes three point jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 18-foot jumper
LeBron James makes two point shot
LeBron James makes layup
Daniel Gibson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes makes 19-foot jumper
Eric Snow misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 21-foot jumper (Eric Snow assists)
LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper (Eric Snow assists)
LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper
Eric Snow misses layup
Larry Hughes makes 22-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 15-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses tip shot
Larry Hughes misses 23-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses 18-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 11-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
Damon Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 7-foot jumper
LeBron James misses layup
Anderson Varejao misses 6-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 19-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Malik Allen blocks Larry Hughes's jumper
Larry Hughes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 21-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 8-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes two point shot
Larry Hughes misses layup
Drew Gooden makes tip shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Donyell Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses layup
Drew Gooden misses tip shot
Donyell Marshall makes layup (Daniel Gibson assists)
Drew Gooden makes 18-foot jumper (Donyell Marshall assists)
Donyell Marshall makes 25-foot three point jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)
Larry Hughes misses layup
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James makes 24-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes makes layup (Donyell Marshall assists)
LeBron James misses layup
Drew Gooden misses tip shot
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson makes layup

CAVALIERS

BULLS

TIME		CLE	CHI
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Ben Wallace (Luol Deng gains possession)	0	0
11:37	Thabo Sefolosha misses 17-foot jumper	0	0
11:34	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	0	0
11:18	LeBron James makes 17-foot jumper	2	0
10:57	Luol Deng misses 21-foot jumper	2	0
10:56	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	2	0
10:48	Drew Gooden misses jumper	2	0
10:45	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	4	0
10:45	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot	4	0
10:33	Luol Deng makes two point shot (Ben Wallace assists)	4	2
10:11	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (Eric Snow assists)	6	2
9:42	Andres Nocioni misses three point jumper	6	2
9:41	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	6	2
9:37	LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper	6	2
9:37	Cleveland defensive rebound	6	2
9:26	Andres Nocioni makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)	6	4
9:06	Andres Nocioni blocks LeBron James's layup	6	4
9:06	Jumpball: LeBron James vs. Andres Nocioni (Thabo Sefolosha gains possession)	6	4
9:06	Cleveland defensive rebound	6	4
8:57	Thabo Sefolosha misses layup	6	4
8:55	Andres Nocioni offensive rebound	6	6
8:55	Andres Nocioni makes tip shot	6	6
8:38	Thabo Sefolosha personal foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul)	6	6
8:30	Thabo Sefolosha personal foul (Larry Hughes draws the foul)	6	6
8:30	Ben Gordon enters the game for Thabo Sefolosha	6	6
8:30	Ben Gordon personal foul (Eric Snow draws the foul)	6	6
8:23	Drew Gooden offensive foul (Andres Nocioni draws the foul)	6	6
8:23	Drew Gooden turnover	6	6
8:11	Eric Snow blocks Ben Wallace's layup	6	6
8:08	Andres Nocioni offensive rebound	6	6
8:07	Andres Nocioni misses layup	6	6
8:07	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	6	6
8:00	Zydrunas Ilgauskas 3 second	6	6
7:50	Ben Gordon makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)	6	8
7:50	Eric Snow shooting foul (Ben Gordon draws the foul)	6	8
7:50	Ben Gordon makes free throw 1 of 1	6	9
7:30	Larry Hughes misses 22-foot jumper	6	9
7:28	Ben Gordon defensive rebound	6	9
7:24	Chris Duhon misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	9
7:22	Andres Nocioni offensive rebound	6	9
7:16	Andres Nocioni misses 24-foot three point jumper	6	9
7:13	LeBron James defensive rebound	6	9
7:03	LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper	6	9
7:01	Andres Nocioni defensive rebound	6	9
6:54	Ben Gordon makes 20-foot jumper	6	11
6:33	Larry Hughes misses 20-foot jumper	6	11
6:31	Andres Nocioni defensive rebound	6	11
6:22	Andres Nocioni makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)	6	13
6:15	Cleveland full timeout	6	13
6:03	LeBron James makes layup	8	13
5:48	Ben Gordon makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)	8	15
5:35	Andres Nocioni shooting foul (Eric Snow draws the foul)	8	15
5:35	Donyell Marshall enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	8	15
5:35	Damon Jones enters the game for Larry Hughes	8	15
5:35	Eric Snow makes free throw 1 of 2	9	15
5:35	Eric Snow makes free throw 2 of 2	10	15
5:18	Luol Deng makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)	10	17
5:00	Drew Gooden makes 11-foot hook shot (Donyell Marshall assists)	12	17
4:35	Ben Wallace makes 8-foot two point shot	12	19
4:22	Donyell Marshall makes 8-foot hook shot (Damon Jones assists)	14	19
4:05	Eric Snow shooting foul (Ben Wallace draws the foul)	14	19
4:05	Ben Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2	14	19
4:05	Chicago offensive rebound	14	19
4:05	Daniel Gibson enters the game for Eric Snow	14	19
4:05	Ben Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2	14	19
4:03	Donyell Marshall defensive rebound	14	19
3:58	LeBron James turnover	14	19
3:45	Luol Deng makes 19-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)	14	21
3:32	Luol Deng personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	14	21
3:32	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Drew Gooden	14	21
3:32	LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2	14	21
3:32	Cleveland offensive rebound	14	21
3:32	LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2	14	21
3:30	Andres Nocioni defensive rebound	14	21
3:18	Chris Duhon makes 7-foot two point shot	14	23
2:56	LeBron James makes 20-foot jumper	16	23
2:45	Ben Gordon misses 19-foot jumper	16	23
2:44	LeBron James defensive rebound	16	23
2:36	LeBron James makes driving layup	18	23
2:30	Chicago full timeout	18	23
2:30	P.J. Brown enters the game for Andres Nocioni	18	23
2:23	Luol Deng makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)	18	25
2:15	LeBron James double dribble	18	25
1:58	Ben Gordon misses 22-foot jumper	18	25
1:57	Ben Gordon offensive rebound	18	25
1:57	Mike Sweetney enters the game for Ben Wallace	18	25
1:49	Luol Deng makes 16-foot jumper	18	27
1:37	LeBron James makes 15-foot two point shot	20	27
1:21	Mike Sweetney makes two point shot (Chris Duhon assists)	20	29
1:10	Mike Sweetney personal foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	20	29
1:10	Anderson Varejao makes free throw 1 of 2	21	29
1:10	Anderson Varejao makes free throw 2 of 2	22	29
1:04	Ben Gordon offensive foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	22	29
1:04	Ben Gordon turnover	22	29
1:04	Adrian Griffin enters the game for Ben Gordon	22	29
49.7	Donyell Marshall makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	25	29
41.1	P.J. Brown makes layup (Chris Duhon assists)	25	31
41.1	LeBron James shooting foul (P.J. Brown draws the foul)	25	31
41.1	Tyrus Thomas enters the game for Luol Deng	25	31
41.1	P.J. Brown makes free throw 1 of 1	25	32
23.9	Mike Sweetney blocks LeBron James's layup	25	32
22.5	LeBron James offensive rebound	25	32
21.7	LeBron James makes layup	27	32
1.9	Adrian Griffin misses layup	27	32
0.0	Donyell Marshall defensive rebound	27	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	32

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Bulls
94
Cavaliers
113

Game 1

10/11

Cavaliers
96
Bulls
103

Game 2

31/12

Bulls
84
Cavaliers
78

Game 3

23/2

Cavaliers
112
Bulls
108

Game 4

31/3

United Center

12:30 AM, 31 December 2006

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 22,965

Referees:
Greg Willard
Gary Zielinski
Derek Richardson

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	49	33	.598	-	L2
Cleveland	48	34	.585	1	L1
Indiana	47	35	.573	2	W1
Chicago	39	43	.476	10	L1
Detroit	14	68	.171	35	L1

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