Cavaliers 101-97 Pistons (8 Mar, 2007) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

36-25, 13-17 away

101

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
CLE	34	18	18	23	8	101
DET	24	26	20	23	4	97

Detroit Pistons

37-22, 19-12 home

Chris Webber misses layup
Chris Webber makes hook shot
Richard Hamilton makes 19-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Richard Hamilton misses 7-foot running jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 9-foot hook shot
Tayshaun Prince misses 6-foot hook shot
Chris Webber misses tip shot
Rasheed Wallace makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Webber assists)
Richard Hamilton makes 17-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Richard Hamilton makes 19-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Richard Hamilton misses 19-foot jumper
Chris Webber makes dunk (Chauncey Billups assists)
Tayshaun Prince makes 14-foot jumper (Chris Webber assists)
Chris Webber misses 17-foot jumper
Chris Webber makes two point shot (Chauncey Billups assists)
Richard Hamilton makes 11-foot running jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Jason Maxiell misses 7-foot hook shot
Antonio McDyess makes layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
Chauncey Billups misses 27-foot three point jumper
Richard Hamilton makes driving layup (Carlos Delfino assists)
Richard Hamilton misses 12-foot running jumper
Antonio McDyess misses 19-foot jumper
Antonio McDyess makes 16-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Antonio McDyess makes two point shot (Chauncey Billups assists)
Chauncey Billups misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Webber misses 9-foot hook shot
Richard Hamilton makes layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
Chris Webber misses two point shot
Rasheed Wallace makes 11-foot two point shot (Chauncey Billups assists)
Rasheed Wallace makes 15-foot two point shot
Chris Webber misses 8-foot hook shot
Tayshaun Prince misses 17-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses layup
Chris Webber misses tip shot
Chris Webber makes tip shot
Richard Hamilton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Webber assists)
Chris Webber makes layup (Rasheed Wallace assists)
Chris Webber misses 17-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes 7-foot hook shot
Antonio McDyess misses 18-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton misses 19-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes 9-foot hook shot
Chauncey Billups makes 20-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Webber assists)
Chris Webber makes 12-foot hook shot
Ronald Murray makes 17-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes 13-foot jumper (Jason Maxiell assists)
Richard Hamilton misses 17-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Jason Maxiell's 9-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses two point shot
Richard Hamilton misses 15-foot jumper
Chris Webber misses jumper
Chris Webber makes dunk
Chauncey Billups misses 26-foot three point jumper
Richard Hamilton makes layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
Richard Hamilton makes running jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Richard Hamilton misses 16-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton makes 16-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Chauncey Billups misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James blocks Richard Hamilton's layup
Rasheed Wallace misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Webber misses 10-foot hook shot
Rasheed Wallace misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chauncey Billups misses two point shot
Rasheed Wallace misses three point jumper
Richard Hamilton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes makes driving layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 9-foot hook shot (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes makes 18-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 15-foot two point shot
Drew Gooden makes 12-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
LeBron James makes layup (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Drew Gooden makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes misses 15-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Drew Gooden makes 17-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Larry Hughes misses layup
LeBron James makes layup
Drew Gooden misses layup
Sasha Pavlovic makes driving layup
Drew Gooden misses jumper
Larry Hughes makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 20-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Drew Gooden makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
LeBron James makes 21-foot two point shot
Donyell Marshall misses three point jumper
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
Donyell Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Eric Snow makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
Anderson Varejao makes 15-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses two point shot
LeBron James misses 11-foot running jumper
Shannon Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
Eric Snow misses 16-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 20-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 7-foot hook shot
Drew Gooden makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Antonio McDyess blocks LeBron James's layup
Sasha Pavlovic misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 17-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes 18-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Eric Snow misses 17-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses 19-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 20-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses 16-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 9-foot running jumper
Anderson Varejao misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
Richard Hamilton blocks Larry Hughes's 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Drew Gooden makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 20-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses 9-foot hook shot
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes 20-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 8-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
Sasha Pavlovic misses three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Sasha Pavlovic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes makes layup (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Drew Gooden misses 8-foot hook shot
Drew Gooden misses tip shot
Drew Gooden misses 10-foot hook shot
LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James makes layup
Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shannon Brown misses 12-foot running jumper
Larry Hughes makes 14-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 15-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes driving layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes misses 10-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 6-foot hook shot
Drew Gooden makes slam dunk (LeBron James assists)
Drew Gooden makes 7-foot hook shot (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 16-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 14-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes layup (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
LeBron James makes 17-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 16-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James makes driving dunk
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 18-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Drew Gooden makes dunk (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
LeBron James misses 32-foot three point jumper
Chris Webber blocks Larry Hughes's 17-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper

CAVALIERS

PISTONS

TIME		CLE	DET
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Rasheed Wallace (Richard Hamilton gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Drew Gooden personal foul (Rasheed Wallace draws the foul)	0	0
11:38	Chris Webber misses layup	0	0
11:37	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	0	0
11:30	Larry Hughes makes driving layup	2	0
11:30	Chris Webber shooting foul (Larry Hughes draws the foul)	2	0
11:30	Larry Hughes makes free throw 1 of 1	3	0
11:10	Chris Webber makes hook shot	3	2
10:51	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 9-foot hook shot (Larry Hughes assists)	5	2
10:26	Chris Webber bad pass (Larry Hughes steals)	5	2
10:22	Larry Hughes makes 18-foot jumper	7	2
10:06	Richard Hamilton makes 19-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)	7	4
9:41	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 15-foot two point shot	7	4
9:38	Drew Gooden offensive rebound	7	4
9:37	Drew Gooden makes 12-foot jumper	9	4
9:22	Richard Hamilton misses 7-foot running jumper	9	4
9:18	Sasha Pavlovic defensive rebound	9	4
9:11	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup	9	4
9:08	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	9	4
8:48	Chauncey Billups misses 9-foot hook shot	9	4
8:45	Sasha Pavlovic defensive rebound	9	4
8:37	LeBron James makes layup (Sasha Pavlovic assists)	11	4
8:11	Tayshaun Prince misses 6-foot hook shot	11	4
8:08	Chris Webber offensive rebound	11	4
8:07	Chris Webber misses tip shot	11	4
8:07	Sasha Pavlovic defensive rebound	11	4
8:03	Drew Gooden makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)	13	4
7:56	Detroit full timeout	13	4
7:35	Rasheed Wallace makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Webber assists)	13	7
7:13	Larry Hughes misses 15-foot jumper	13	7
7:11	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	13	7
7:00	Sasha Pavlovic personal foul (Richard Hamilton draws the foul)	13	7
6:50	Richard Hamilton makes 17-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)	13	9
6:33	LeBron James makes driving layup	15	9
6:33	Rasheed Wallace shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	15	9
6:33	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1	16	9
6:20	Richard Hamilton makes 19-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)	16	11
6:07	Drew Gooden makes 17-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)	18	11
5:52	Richard Hamilton misses 19-foot jumper	18	11
5:50	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	18	11
5:46	Larry Hughes misses layup	18	11
5:43	LeBron James offensive rebound	18	11
5:41	LeBron James makes layup	20	11
5:24	LeBron James shooting foul (Chris Webber draws the foul)	20	11
5:24	Chris Webber misses free throw 1 of 2	20	11
5:24	Detroit offensive rebound	20	11
5:24	Chris Webber misses free throw 2 of 2	20	11
5:24	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	20	11
5:07	Drew Gooden misses layup	20	11
5:05	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	20	11
4:58	Chris Webber makes dunk (Chauncey Billups assists)	20	13
4:37	Sasha Pavlovic makes driving layup	22	13
4:15	Tayshaun Prince makes 14-foot jumper (Chris Webber assists)	22	15
4:01	Drew Gooden misses jumper	22	15
3:59	Cleveland offensive rebound	22	15
3:53	Richard Hamilton personal foul (Sasha Pavlovic draws the foul)	22	15
3:42	Larry Hughes makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	25	15
3:27	Chris Webber bad pass	25	15
3:11	LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper	25	15
3:09	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	25	15
3:03	Larry Hughes shooting foul (Chauncey Billups draws the foul)	25	15
3:03	Chauncey Billups makes free throw 1 of 2	25	16
3:03	Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 2	25	17
2:47	Sasha Pavlovic misses 20-foot jumper	25	17
2:45	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	25	17
2:36	Zydrunas Ilgauskas shooting foul (Chris Webber draws the foul)	25	17
2:36	Cleveland full timeout	25	17
2:36	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	25	17
2:36	Chris Webber makes free throw 1 of 2	25	18
2:36	Chris Webber makes free throw 2 of 2	25	19
2:20	LeBron James makes driving layup	27	19
2:01	Chris Webber misses 17-foot jumper	27	19
2:00	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	27	19
1:54	Drew Gooden makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)	29	19
1:37	Chris Webber makes two point shot (Chauncey Billups assists)	29	21
1:15	LeBron James makes 21-foot two point shot	31	21
1:02	Larry Hughes shooting foul (Chauncey Billups draws the foul)	31	21
1:02	Antonio McDyess enters the game for Rasheed Wallace	31	21
1:02	Chauncey Billups makes free throw 1 of 2	31	22
1:02	Eric Snow enters the game for Larry Hughes	31	22
1:02	Donyell Marshall enters the game for Drew Gooden	31	22
1:02	Chauncey Billups misses free throw 2 of 2	31	22
1:01	Sasha Pavlovic defensive rebound	31	22
44.9	Donyell Marshall misses three point jumper	31	22
42.7	LeBron James offensive rebound	31	22
31.7	LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper	34	22
15.8	Richard Hamilton makes 11-foot running jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)	34	24
3.9	Donyell Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper	34	24
1.8	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound	34	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	34	24

Regular Season Series

DET leads 2-1

Pistons
87
Cavaliers
71

Game 1

22/12

Pistons
90
Cavaliers
78

Game 2

4/2

Cavaliers
101
Pistons
97

Game 3

8/3

Cavaliers
82
Pistons
87

Game 4

8/4

The Palace of Auburn Hills

12:30 AM, 8 March 2007

Auburn Hills, MI

Attendance: 22,076

Referees:
Eddie F. Rush
Ron Olesiak
Matt Boland

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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