Washington Wizards @ Cleveland Cavaliers

PLAYOFFS • CLE leads series 1-0

41-41, 15-26 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Wizards WSH	20	21	26	15	82
Cavaliers CLE	27	21	26	23	97

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Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 12-foot two point shot
Drew Gooden makes 12-foot two point shot
Drew Gooden makes 15-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes driving layup (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Sasha Pavlovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 1-foot two point shot
Drew Gooden misses 12-foot two point shot
Sasha Pavlovic makes layup (Drew Gooden assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses driving layup
LeBron James makes 16-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 21-foot jumper (Drew Gooden assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 22-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses layup
Sasha Pavlovic makes tip shot
Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Drew Gooden makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 7-foot running jumper
Drew Gooden misses 17-foot jumper
Eric Snow misses 17-foot jumper
Eric Snow misses 40-foot three point jumper
DeShawn Stevenson blocks Larry Hughes's 17-foot jumper
Eric Snow makes driving layup
Larry Hughes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes makes driving layup
LeBron James misses 15-foot two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes slam dunk
Ira Newble misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 9-foot two point shot
Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao misses tip shot
LeBron James misses 10-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Donyell Marshall makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 11-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses 12-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes makes 20-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 23-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Drew Gooden assists)
Larry Hughes makes 16-foot two point shot
DeShawn Stevenson blocks Larry Hughes's 12-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 11-foot running jumper
Drew Gooden makes 16-foot two point shot
Drew Gooden misses 15-foot two point shot
Etan Thomas blocks Sasha Pavlovic's 5-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes layup
Drew Gooden makes 20-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Drew Gooden misses two point shot
Larry Hughes makes 15-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Larry Hughes makes 17-foot jumper (Anderson Varejao assists)
Donyell Marshall misses three point jumper
Antawn Jamison blocks Larry Hughes's layup
Donyell Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 65-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes makes 22-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 9-foot running jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 14-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 13-foot jumper
Eric Snow misses 16-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (Eric Snow assists)
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes hook shot
Eric Snow makes layup (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 12-foot two point shot (Eric Snow assists)
Anderson Varejao misses layup
Daniel Gibson misses 21-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison makes 11-foot two point shot
Etan Thomas misses 9-foot two point shot
Antawn Jamison misses 24-foot three point jumper
Etan Thomas makes layup (Jarvis Hayes assists)
Antawn Jamison misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeShawn Stevenson makes driving layup
Jarvis Hayes makes 24-foot three point jumper (DeShawn Stevenson assists)
Antonio Daniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeShawn Stevenson misses 20-foot jumper
Jarvis Hayes makes 15-foot jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)
Brendan Haywood misses 13-foot two point shot
Antawn Jamison misses layup
Drew Gooden blocks Antawn Jamison's layup
Jarvis Hayes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Antawn Jamison makes two point shot (Jarvis Hayes assists)
Darius Songaila makes 14-foot jumper (Antawn Jamison assists)
Antawn Jamison makes 20-foot jumper
Jarvis Hayes misses 15-foot two point shot
Antonio Daniels misses 16-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 12-foot two point shot
DeShawn Stevenson misses driving layup
Darius Songaila makes jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)
Antawn Jamison makes 11-foot two point shot
Etan Thomas misses 7-foot two point shot
Antawn Jamison makes driving layup
Antawn Jamison makes 18-foot jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)
Antawn Jamison misses 26-foot three point jumper
Etan Thomas misses dunk
Andray Blatche misses 16-foot jumper
DeShawn Stevenson misses 18-foot jumper
DeShawn Stevenson misses layup
Michael Ruffin misses tip shot
Antawn Jamison misses 24-foot three point jumper
Antonio Daniels makes 19-foot jumper
DeShawn Stevenson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)
Antawn Jamison misses 8-foot running jumper
Antawn Jamison misses layup
Antonio Daniels makes driving layup
DeShawn Stevenson misses 17-foot jumper
Jarvis Hayes misses 18-foot two point shot
Antawn Jamison misses tip shot
Antawn Jamison makes 2-foot two point shot (Antonio Daniels assists)
Jarvis Hayes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jarvis Hayes misses 9-foot jumper
DeShawn Stevenson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jarvis Hayes makes 7-foot two point shot (Antonio Daniels assists)
Jarvis Hayes makes three point jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)
Antawn Jamison makes 16-foot jumper
Antonio Daniels misses 25-foot three point jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 22-foot jumper
Jarvis Hayes makes 9-foot jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks DeShawn Stevenson's 4-foot jumper
DeShawn Stevenson misses three point jumper
Darius Songaila makes 2-foot two point shot
Antawn Jamison makes 21-foot jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)
Jarvis Hayes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Roger Mason makes 25-foot three point jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)
Jarvis Hayes misses 14-foot running jumper
Antonio Daniels makes 20-foot jumper
Darius Songaila misses 20-foot jumper
Antonio Daniels misses 14-foot jumper
Roger Mason makes layup
Roger Mason misses 21-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 22-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 3-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison makes 25-foot three point jumper (Darius Songaila assists)
Darius Songaila misses 25-foot three point jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jarvis Hayes misses 17-foot two point shot
Jarvis Hayes makes 21-foot jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)
DeShawn Stevenson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Antawn Jamison assists)
Antawn Jamison misses 18-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 15-foot jumper
Larry Hughes blocks Jarvis Hayes's 8-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses layup
Donell Taylor misses 16-foot jumper
DeShawn Stevenson misses 21-foot jumper
Donell Taylor misses 20-foot jumper
Andray Blatche makes tip shot

WIZARDS

CAVALIERS

TIME		WSH	CLE
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Etan Thomas vs. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Larry Hughes gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 12-foot two point shot	0	0
11:41	DeShawn Stevenson defensive rebound	0	0
11:25	Antawn Jamison makes 11-foot two point shot	2	0
11:00	Drew Gooden makes 12-foot two point shot	2	2
10:33	Etan Thomas misses 9-foot two point shot	2	2
10:30	LeBron James defensive rebound	2	2
10:25	Drew Gooden makes 15-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)	2	4
10:03	Antawn Jamison misses 24-foot three point jumper	2	4
10:00	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	2	4
9:52	LeBron James makes driving layup (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)	2	6
9:36	Etan Thomas makes layup (Jarvis Hayes assists)	4	6
9:15	Sasha Pavlovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	4	9
8:57	Antawn Jamison misses 24-foot three point jumper	4	9
8:56	LeBron James defensive rebound	4	9
8:48	LeBron James makes 1-foot two point shot	4	11
8:41	Washington full timeout	4	11
8:30	DeShawn Stevenson makes driving layup	6	11
8:11	Drew Gooden misses 12-foot two point shot	6	11
8:07	Etan Thomas defensive rebound	6	11
7:58	Jarvis Hayes makes 24-foot three point jumper (DeShawn Stevenson assists)	9	11
7:58	LeBron James shooting foul (Jarvis Hayes draws the foul)	9	11
7:58	Jarvis Hayes makes free throw 1 of 1	10	11
7:43	Sasha Pavlovic makes layup (Drew Gooden assists)	10	13
7:24	Antonio Daniels misses 24-foot three point jumper	10	13
7:22	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	10	13
7:15	Sasha Pavlovic misses driving layup	10	13
7:13	Antawn Jamison defensive rebound	10	13
7:01	DeShawn Stevenson misses 20-foot jumper	10	13
6:58	LeBron James defensive rebound	10	13
6:52	LeBron James makes 16-foot jumper	10	15
6:31	Antawn Jamison offensive foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	10	15
6:31	Antawn Jamison turnover	10	15
6:05	Larry Hughes makes 21-foot jumper (Drew Gooden assists)	10	17
5:46	Jarvis Hayes makes 15-foot jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)	12	17
5:22	Sasha Pavlovic misses two point shot	12	17
5:18	Etan Thomas defensive rebound	12	17
5:05	Larry Hughes shooting foul (DeShawn Stevenson draws the foul)	12	17
5:05	DeShawn Stevenson misses free throw 1 of 2	12	17
5:05	Washington offensive rebound	12	17
5:05	Brendan Haywood enters the game for Etan Thomas	12	17
5:05	DeShawn Stevenson makes free throw 2 of 2	13	17
4:50	Larry Hughes misses 22-foot jumper	13	17
4:48	Brendan Haywood defensive rebound	13	17
4:35	Brendan Haywood misses 13-foot two point shot	13	17
4:33	Antawn Jamison offensive rebound	13	17
4:31	Antawn Jamison misses layup	13	17
4:30	Antawn Jamison offensive rebound	13	17
4:28	Drew Gooden blocks Antawn Jamison's layup	13	17
4:26	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	13	17
4:09	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper	13	17
4:07	Antonio Daniels defensive rebound	13	17
4:00	Jarvis Hayes misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	17
3:58	Sasha Pavlovic defensive rebound	13	17
3:51	Sasha Pavlovic misses layup	13	17
3:49	Sasha Pavlovic offensive rebound	13	19
3:49	Sasha Pavlovic makes tip shot	13	19
3:28	Drew Gooden shooting foul (Antawn Jamison draws the foul)	13	19
3:28	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	13	19
3:28	Antawn Jamison misses free throw 1 of 2	13	19
3:28	Washington offensive rebound	13	19
3:28	Darius Songaila enters the game for DeShawn Stevenson	13	19
3:28	Antawn Jamison makes free throw 2 of 2	14	19
3:17	Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)	14	21
2:58	Antawn Jamison makes two point shot (Jarvis Hayes assists)	16	21
2:48	Drew Gooden makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)	16	23
2:36	Cleveland full timeout	16	23
2:36	Eric Snow enters the game for Sasha Pavlovic	16	23
2:30	Darius Songaila makes 14-foot jumper (Antawn Jamison assists)	18	23
1:58	LeBron James makes 7-foot running jumper	18	25
1:58	Darius Songaila shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	18	25
1:58	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1	18	26
1:40	Antawn Jamison makes 20-foot jumper	20	26
1:17	Drew Gooden misses 17-foot jumper	20	26
1:16	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	20	26
1:16	Brendan Haywood shooting foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	20	26
1:16	Anderson Varejao misses free throw 1 of 2	20	26
1:16	Cleveland offensive rebound	20	26
1:16	Anderson Varejao makes free throw 2 of 2	20	27
1:00	Jarvis Hayes misses 15-foot two point shot	20	27
58.8	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	20	27
40.9	Eric Snow misses 17-foot jumper	20	27
38.8	Antonio Daniels defensive rebound	20	27
33.9	Antonio Daniels misses 16-foot jumper	20	27
31.7	Washington defensive rebound	20	27
18.6	Brendan Haywood shooting foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	20	27
18.6	Anderson Varejao misses free throw 1 of 2	20	27
18.6	Cleveland offensive rebound	20	27
18.6	Ira Newble enters the game for LeBron James	20	27
18.6	Anderson Varejao misses free throw 2 of 2	20	27
17.8	Darius Songaila defensive rebound	20	27
2.9	Antawn Jamison misses 12-foot two point shot	20	27
1.0	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	20	27
0.0	Eric Snow misses 40-foot three point jumper	20	27
0.0	Cleveland offensive rebound	20	27
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	20	27

Wizards
82
Cavaliers
97

Game 1

22/4

Wizards
102
Cavaliers
109

Game 2

26/4

Cavaliers
98
Wizards
92

Game 3

28/4

Cavaliers
97
Wizards
90

Game 4

1/5

Rocket Arena

5:30 PM, 22 April 2007

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,562

Referees:
Joe DeRosa
Luis Grillo
Tom Washington

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Orlando	17	13	.567	-	W1
Miami	15	15	.500	2	L3
Atlanta	15	16	.484	2.5	L4
Charlotte	10	20	.333	7	W1
Washington	5	23	.179	11	L2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	24	6	.800	-	W3
Cleveland	17	14	.548	7.5	W2
Chicago	14	15	.483	9.5	W4
Milwaukee	12	18	.400	12	W1
Indiana	6	24	.200	18	L6

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