Cavaliers 112-108 Bulls (31 Mar, 2007) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

44-29, 17-19 away

112

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
CLE	26	33	24	17	12	112
CHI	30	23	20	27	8	108

Chicago Bulls

43-31, 28-10 home

108

Luol Deng misses 10-foot hook shot
Kirk Hinrich makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Ben Gordon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
P.J. Brown makes 17-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Luol Deng misses driving layup
Kirk Hinrich misses 12-foot jumper
Luol Deng misses 16-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses two point shot
Ben Gordon misses 19-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes driving layup (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Tyrus Thomas makes dunk (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Luol Deng misses layup
Tyrus Thomas makes two point shot
Tyrus Thomas makes dunk (Luol Deng assists)
Ben Gordon makes jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Ben Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Kirk Hinrich makes 20-foot jumper
Chris Duhon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes dunk (Chris Duhon assists)
Ben Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 5-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas misses tip shot
Anderson Varejao blocks Luol Deng's 6-foot jumper
Chris Duhon makes layup (Ben Wallace assists)
Kirk Hinrich makes jumper
Viktor Khryapa misses jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 11-foot jumper
Chris Duhon misses layup
Malik Allen makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Luol Deng makes 8-foot jumper
Luol Deng misses 18-foot jumper
Ben Gordon makes 15-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 15-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 13-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Ben Gordon makes 18-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes 5-foot two point shot (Ben Gordon assists)
Ben Gordon makes driving layup
Ben Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng makes driving layup
Luol Deng misses 20-foot jumper
Ben Gordon makes 21-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Ben Gordon makes 21-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Ben Gordon misses 22-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 23-foot three point jumper (P.J. Brown assists)
Kirk Hinrich misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tyrus Thomas misses 10-foot two point shot
Luol Deng makes layup
Ben Gordon makes 21-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon makes layup
Ben Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses layup
Luol Deng misses 21-foot jumper
Drew Gooden blocks Kirk Hinrich's layup
Ben Gordon misses 10-foot jumper
Chris Duhon makes driving layup (Tyrus Thomas assists)
Tyrus Thomas makes 15-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Tyrus Thomas makes slam dunk (Chris Duhon assists)
Ben Gordon makes 16-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Ben Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Ben Gordon misses 21-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 20-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 21-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 17-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes jumper (Ben Wallace assists)
Tyrus Thomas makes dunk (Ben Gordon assists)
Ben Gordon misses layup
Tyrus Thomas makes slam dunk (Ben Wallace assists)
Drew Gooden blocks Kirk Hinrich's layup
Ben Gordon misses layup
Ben Gordon misses 18-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes two point shot
Luol Deng misses 18-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 19-foot jumper
Ben Gordon makes 22-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Ben Gordon misses 11-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Drew Gooden misses layup
Larry Hughes makes 16-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 17-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Sasha Pavlovic makes layup
Drew Gooden misses 14-foot jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's 12-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 21-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Sasha Pavlovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Larry Hughes misses 19-foot jumper
Ben Gordon blocks Larry Hughes's 19-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 14-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson makes layup (Eric Snow assists)
LeBron James misses 16-foot two point shot
Donyell Marshall makes 23-foot three point jumper (Eric Snow assists)
Anderson Varejao makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
Donyell Marshall makes 26-foot three point jumper (Eric Snow assists)
LeBron James makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
Donyell Marshall misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James makes layup
LeBron James makes 20-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall makes 23-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes makes three point jumper (Drew Gooden assists)
Larry Hughes makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses driving layup
Sasha Pavlovic makes tip shot
Sasha Pavlovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses layup
Sasha Pavlovic makes layup
LeBron James misses 14-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 20-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 18-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 14-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 21-foot jumper (Drew Gooden assists)
Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
Larry Hughes makes 10-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 17-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 13-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
LeBron James makes 21-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Drew Gooden misses 18-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Larry Hughes misses layup
Sasha Pavlovic misses 23-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses layup
Sasha Pavlovic makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes jumper (Eric Snow assists)
LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper (Eric Snow assists)
LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
Tyrus Thomas blocks Sasha Pavlovic's layup
Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Tyrus Thomas blocks Sasha Pavlovic's layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 16-foot two point shot
Sasha Pavlovic misses 22-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 20-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 23-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Sasha Pavlovic's layup
Anderson Varejao makes driving layup
LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
Donyell Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tyrus Thomas blocks Donyell Marshall's layup
LeBron James makes layup
LeBron James misses 28-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 10-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 10-foot two point shot

CAVALIERS

BULLS

TIME		CLE	CHI
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Ben Wallace (Chicago gains possession)	0	0
12:00	Zydrunas Ilgauskas lane violation	0	0
11:45	Luol Deng misses 10-foot hook shot	0	0
11:44	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	0	0
11:25	Sasha Pavlovic misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:22	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	0	0
11:06	Kirk Hinrich makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ben Gordon assists)	0	3
10:41	Drew Gooden misses layup	0	3
10:40	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	0	3
10:34	Sasha Pavlovic personal foul (Ben Gordon draws the foul)	0	3
10:29	Ben Gordon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)	0	6
10:12	Kirk Hinrich personal foul (Larry Hughes draws the foul)	0	6
10:00	Larry Hughes makes 16-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)	2	6
9:48	P.J. Brown makes 17-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)	2	8
9:26	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 17-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)	4	8
9:17	Luol Deng misses driving layup	4	8
9:15	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	4	8
9:07	Sasha Pavlovic makes layup	6	8
9:07	P.J. Brown shooting foul (Sasha Pavlovic draws the foul)	6	8
9:07	Sasha Pavlovic makes free throw 1 of 1	7	8
8:51	Drew Gooden personal foul (P.J. Brown draws the foul)	7	8
8:45	Kirk Hinrich misses 12-foot jumper	7	8
8:44	Chicago defensive rebound	7	8
8:33	Drew Gooden misses 14-foot jumper	7	8
8:32	Ben Gordon defensive rebound	7	8
8:26	Luol Deng misses 16-foot jumper	7	8
8:25	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	7	8
8:17	Zydrunas Ilgauskas traveling	7	8
8:06	P.J. Brown misses two point shot	7	8
8:03	LeBron James defensive rebound	7	8
7:52	P.J. Brown shooting foul (Drew Gooden draws the foul)	7	8
7:52	Drew Gooden misses free throw 1 of 2	7	8
7:52	Cleveland offensive rebound	7	8
7:52	Tyrus Thomas enters the game for P.J. Brown	7	8
7:52	Drew Gooden makes free throw 2 of 2	8	8
7:39	Ben Gordon misses 19-foot jumper	8	8
7:37	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	8	8
7:24	Ben Wallace blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's 12-foot jumper	8	8
7:22	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	8	8
7:22	Larry Hughes personal foul (Kirk Hinrich draws the foul)	8	8
7:11	Luol Deng makes driving layup (Kirk Hinrich assists)	8	10
6:56	Tyrus Thomas shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	8	10
6:56	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	9	10
6:56	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	10	10
6:48	Tyrus Thomas makes dunk (Kirk Hinrich assists)	10	12
6:48	Zydrunas Ilgauskas shooting foul (Tyrus Thomas draws the foul)	10	12
6:48	Tyrus Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1	10	13
6:35	Larry Hughes misses 21-foot jumper	10	13
6:33	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	10	13
6:22	Luol Deng misses layup	10	13
6:20	Tyrus Thomas offensive rebound	10	15
6:20	Tyrus Thomas makes two point shot	10	15
6:09	Larry Hughes makes layup (LeBron James assists)	12	15
6:00	Ben Gordon bad pass	12	15
5:37	Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	15
5:37	Cleveland defensive rebound	12	15
5:37	Chicago full timeout	12	15
5:22	Tyrus Thomas makes dunk (Luol Deng assists)	12	17
4:56	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)	14	17
4:43	Ben Gordon makes jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)	14	19
4:16	Sasha Pavlovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	17	19
4:01	Ben Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)	17	22
3:45	Larry Hughes misses 19-foot jumper	17	22
3:43	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	17	22
3:40	LeBron James bad pass (Tyrus Thomas steals)	17	22
3:33	Kirk Hinrich makes 20-foot jumper	17	24
3:15	Kirk Hinrich personal foul (Larry Hughes draws the foul)	17	24
3:15	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Sasha Pavlovic	17	24
3:15	Eric Snow enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	17	24
3:15	Chris Duhon enters the game for Kirk Hinrich	17	24
3:15	Larry Hughes makes free throw 1 of 2	18	24
3:15	Larry Hughes makes free throw 2 of 2	19	24
3:03	Chris Duhon misses 25-foot three point jumper	19	24
3:01	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	19	24
3:00	Ben Gordon blocks Larry Hughes's 19-foot jumper	19	24
2:57	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	19	24
2:53	Tyrus Thomas makes dunk (Chris Duhon assists)	19	26
2:53	Larry Hughes shooting foul (Tyrus Thomas draws the foul)	19	26
2:53	Cleveland full timeout	19	26
2:53	Daniel Gibson enters the game for Larry Hughes	19	26
2:53	Tyrus Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1	19	27
2:31	LeBron James misses 14-foot jumper	19	27
2:31	Cleveland offensive rebound	19	27
2:31	Donyell Marshall enters the game for Drew Gooden	19	27
2:28	Daniel Gibson makes layup (Eric Snow assists)	21	27
2:03	Tyrus Thomas lost ball (Anderson Varejao steals)	21	27
1:49	Anderson Varejao bad pass (Luol Deng steals)	21	27
1:42	Ben Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper	21	27
1:39	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	21	27
1:19	LeBron James misses 16-foot two point shot	21	27
1:16	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	21	27
1:01	Donyell Marshall makes 23-foot three point jumper (Eric Snow assists)	24	27
41.6	Daniel Gibson personal foul (Luol Deng draws the foul)	24	27
41.6	Luol Deng misses free throw 1 of 2	24	27
41.6	Chicago offensive rebound	24	27
41.6	Luol Deng makes free throw 2 of 2	24	28
27.9	Eric Snow bad pass (Tyrus Thomas steals)	24	28
24.3	Daniel Gibson personal foul (Tyrus Thomas draws the foul)	24	28
24.3	Tyrus Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2	24	29
24.3	Sasha Pavlovic enters the game for Daniel Gibson	24	29
24.3	Tyrus Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2	24	30
1.3	Ben Wallace personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	24	30
1.3	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	25	30
1.3	Daniel Gibson enters the game for Sasha Pavlovic	25	30
1.3	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	26	30
0.0	Luol Deng bad pass (Anderson Varejao steals)	26	30
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	30

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

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

7:00 PM, 31 March 2007

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 22,960

Referees:
Bennett Salvatore
Michael Smith
Zach Zarba

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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