Cavaliers 97-89 Hornets (28 Feb, 2007) Play-by-Play

NO/Oklahoma City Hornets

27-30, 9-19 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	18	25	22	24	89
CLE	25	27	25	20	97

Cleveland Cavaliers

33-24, 21-8 home

Drew Gooden makes layup
LeBron James makes layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Drew Gooden misses 14-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 11-foot hook shot
Drew Gooden misses 6-foot two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 16-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 6-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 7-foot running jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
LeBron James makes 18-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 16-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler blocks Anderson Varejao's layup
Sasha Pavlovic makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
LeBron James makes 17-foot two point shot (Eric Snow assists)
Donyell Marshall makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 23-foot three point jumper
Linton Johnson blocks Anderson Varejao's layup
Donyell Marshall makes 11-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Larry Hughes misses 21-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes 17-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Larry Hughes misses driving layup
LeBron James makes driving dunk
David West blocks Drew Gooden's layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes two point shot
Larry Hughes misses three point jumper
Daniel Gibson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes makes 5-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Bobby Jackson blocks Larry Hughes's layup
Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes dunk
Sasha Pavlovic makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Anderson Varejao misses layup
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes 5-foot two point shot
Tyson Chandler blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's 4-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 16-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 16-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses hook shot
Daniel Gibson makes layup
Daniel Gibson misses 15-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 16-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 19-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes layup (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes makes 4-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 18-foot jumper
LeBron James makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
Drew Gooden makes 16-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anderson Varejao assists)
Drew Gooden misses 16-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler blocks Daniel Gibson's layup
Donyell Marshall misses 22-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 16-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 22-foot jumper (Eric Snow assists)
LeBron James misses 16-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper
Donyell Marshall misses 12-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes layup
Sasha Pavlovic misses 15-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes tip shot
Larry Hughes misses layup
Sasha Pavlovic misses 23-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses two point shot
LeBron James makes 18-foot jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Daniel Gibson misses 16-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 20-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)
LeBron James makes two point shot (Daniel Gibson assists)
LeBron James misses jumper
LeBron James misses two point shot
Daniel Gibson makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
Desmond Mason misses 4-foot two point shot
Tyson Chandler makes tip shot
Desmond Mason makes slam dunk (Devin Brown assists)
Desmond Mason misses 13-foot two point shot
Tyson Chandler misses 15-foot jumper
David West misses tip shot
Desmond Mason makes 3-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Desmond Mason misses 8-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler makes dunk (David West assists)
David West misses 15-foot two point shot
Chris Paul misses 16-foot jumper
David West misses 17-foot jumper
David West misses 18-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes layup
Larry Hughes blocks Tyson Chandler's jumper
David West misses 18-foot jumper
Bobby Jackson makes 18-foot jumper (Desmond Mason assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Chris Paul's layup
Linton Johnson makes 14-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Bobby Jackson misses 16-foot jumper
Bobby Jackson misses 22-foot jumper
Desmond Mason makes layup
LeBron James blocks Desmond Mason's jumper
Jannero Pargo makes 18-foot jumper
Linton Johnson makes 21-foot jumper (Jannero Pargo assists)
Hilton Armstrong makes dunk (Bobby Jackson assists)
Rasual Butler misses 18-foot jumper
Bobby Jackson makes 19-foot jumper (Hilton Armstrong assists)
Linton Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bobby Jackson assists)
Jannero Pargo misses 16-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 23-foot three point jumper
David West makes layup
David West makes 4-foot two point shot
David West makes layup
David West misses 16-foot jumper
David West makes 9-foot two point shot
David West misses 16-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses layup
David West makes tip shot
Linton Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bobby Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Desmond Mason misses 9-foot two point shot
Devin Brown misses 13-foot jumper
David West makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes layup
David West misses 21-foot jumper
Desmond Mason makes two point shot (David West assists)
Tyson Chandler misses 7-foot jumper
Devin Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
Desmond Mason makes layup (David West assists)
Bobby Jackson misses three point jumper
Tyson Chandler makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses layup
David West makes 9-foot two point shot
Desmond Mason makes 11-foot running jumper (David West assists)
Tyson Chandler makes dunk
Larry Hughes blocks Bobby Jackson's 17-foot jumper
Desmond Mason makes two point shot (Bobby Jackson assists)
Desmond Mason makes layup
Linton Johnson misses 21-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo misses 5-foot running jumper
Tyson Chandler makes tip shot
Jannero Pargo misses 18-foot jumper
David West misses 19-foot jumper
Linton Johnson makes 1-foot two point shot (Jannero Pargo assists)
Linton Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bobby Jackson makes layup
David West misses jumper
Bobby Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bobby Jackson makes layup (David West assists)
David West makes 6-foot running jumper
David West makes dunk (Bobby Jackson assists)
Bobby Jackson misses 23-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo makes 19-foot jumper
David West makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (David West assists)
Jannero Pargo misses 21-foot jumper
David West misses 16-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo misses 24-foot three point jumper
Desmond Mason misses layup
Tyson Chandler makes tip shot
Chris Paul makes 9-foot two point shot

HORNETS

CAVALIERS

TIME		NO	CLE
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Tyson Chandler vs. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (David West gains possession)	0	0
11:42	Desmond Mason misses 4-foot two point shot	0	0
11:40	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	2	0
11:40	Tyson Chandler makes tip shot	2	0
11:26	Larry Hughes bad pass (David West steals)	2	0
11:21	Desmond Mason makes slam dunk (Devin Brown assists)	4	0
11:06	Drew Gooden makes layup	4	2
10:48	Desmond Mason misses 13-foot two point shot	4	2
10:44	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	4	2
10:41	LeBron James makes layup	4	4
10:37	Chris Paul offensive foul (Daniel Gibson draws the foul)	4	4
10:37	Chris Paul turnover	4	4
10:22	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (LeBron James assists)	4	6
10:22	Tyson Chandler shooting foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul)	4	6
10:22	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes free throw 1 of 1	4	7
10:11	Tyson Chandler misses 15-foot jumper	4	7
10:10	David West offensive rebound	4	7
10:10	David West misses tip shot	4	7
10:07	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	4	7
10:00	Drew Gooden misses 14-foot jumper	4	7
9:59	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	4	7
9:49	Desmond Mason makes 3-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	6	7
9:30	Devin Brown personal foul (Drew Gooden draws the foul)	6	7
9:18	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 11-foot hook shot	6	7
9:15	Chris Paul defensive rebound	6	7
9:11	Daniel Gibson personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	6	7
9:03	Desmond Mason misses 8-foot jumper	6	7
9:02	NO/Oklahoma C defensive rebound	6	7
8:41	Drew Gooden misses 6-foot two point shot	6	7
8:37	David West defensive rebound	6	7
8:27	Tyson Chandler makes dunk (David West assists)	8	7
8:07	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 16-foot jumper	8	7
8:06	Devin Brown defensive rebound	8	7
7:56	David West misses 15-foot two point shot	8	7
7:52	LeBron James defensive rebound	8	7
7:41	Daniel Gibson bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	8	7
7:33	Drew Gooden shooting foul (David West draws the foul)	8	7
7:33	David West makes free throw 1 of 2	9	7
7:33	David West makes free throw 2 of 2	10	7
7:20	Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper	10	7
7:18	Chris Paul defensive rebound	10	7
7:09	Chris Paul misses 16-foot jumper	10	7
7:07	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	10	7
7:07	LeBron James traveling	10	7
7:01	David West misses 17-foot jumper	10	7
6:56	NO/Oklahoma C defensive rebound	10	7
6:37	Daniel Gibson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)	10	10
6:18	David West misses 18-foot jumper	10	10
6:16	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	10	10
6:13	Larry Hughes makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)	10	12
6:01	Chris Paul makes layup	12	12
5:54	Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper	12	12
5:52	Drew Gooden offensive rebound	12	12
5:47	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 6-foot two point shot	12	14
5:22	Larry Hughes blocks Tyson Chandler's jumper	12	14
5:20	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	12	14
5:13	Larry Hughes misses 7-foot running jumper	12	14
5:09	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	12	16
5:09	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup	12	16
5:03	Daniel Gibson personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	12	16
5:03	Cleveland full timeout	12	16
5:03	Bobby Jackson enters the game for Devin Brown	12	16
5:03	Sasha Pavlovic enters the game for Daniel Gibson	12	16
5:03	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Drew Gooden	12	16
4:52	LeBron James shooting foul (Desmond Mason draws the foul)	12	16
4:52	Desmond Mason misses free throw 1 of 2	12	16
4:52	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	12	16
4:52	Desmond Mason misses free throw 2 of 2	12	16
4:52	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	12	16
4:46	LeBron James makes 18-foot jumper	12	18
4:26	David West misses 18-foot jumper	12	18
4:24	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	12	18
4:11	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 16-foot jumper	12	18
4:07	Desmond Mason defensive rebound	12	18
4:01	Bobby Jackson makes 18-foot jumper (Desmond Mason assists)	14	18
3:38	Sasha Pavlovic bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	14	18
3:20	Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Chris Paul's layup	14	18
3:17	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	14	18
3:12	Chris Paul personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	14	18
3:12	Donyell Marshall enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	14	18
3:12	Linton Johnson enters the game for David West	14	18
2:59	Tyson Chandler blocks Anderson Varejao's layup	14	18
2:58	Linton Johnson defensive rebound	14	18
2:48	Linton Johnson makes 14-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	16	18
2:33	Sasha Pavlovic makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)	16	20
2:18	Tyson Chandler offensive foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	16	20
2:18	Tyson Chandler turnover	16	20
2:18	NO/Oklahoma C full timeout	16	20
2:18	Jannero Pargo enters the game for Chris Paul	16	20
2:18	Hilton Armstrong enters the game for Tyson Chandler	16	20
2:18	Eric Snow enters the game for Larry Hughes	16	20
2:06	Anderson Varejao offensive foul (Hilton Armstrong draws the foul)	16	20
2:06	Anderson Varejao turnover	16	20
1:54	Bobby Jackson misses 16-foot jumper	16	20
1:51	Sasha Pavlovic defensive rebound	16	20
1:40	LeBron James makes 17-foot two point shot (Eric Snow assists)	16	22
1:22	Desmond Mason lost ball (LeBron James steals)	16	22
1:07	Donyell Marshall makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)	16	25
43.9	Bobby Jackson misses 22-foot jumper	16	25
41.2	Desmond Mason offensive rebound	18	25
41.2	Desmond Mason makes layup	18	25
33.9	LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper	18	25
31.4	Bobby Jackson defensive rebound	18	25
18.9	LeBron James blocks Desmond Mason's jumper	18	25
16.2	LeBron James defensive rebound	18	25
0.0	Sasha Pavlovic misses 23-foot three point jumper	18	25
0.0	Cleveland offensive rebound	18	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	18	25

Regular Season Series

NO leads 2-1

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

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

12:00 AM, 28 February 2007

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 19,619

Referees:
Mark Wunderlich
Matt Boland
Pat Fraher

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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