New Jersey Nets @ Cleveland Cavaliers
PLAYOFFS • CLE leads series 1-0
41-41, 17-24 Away
77
41-41, 17-24 Away
50-32, 30-11 Home
81
50-32, 30-11 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
- Mikki Moore makes 15-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 17-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
- Vince Carter misses 18-foot jumper
- Jason Kidd misses 21-foot jumper
- Mikki Moore makes two point shot
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 12-foot two point shot
- Mikki Moore misses 19-foot jumper
- Mikki Moore makes layup (Jason Kidd assists)
- Larry Hughes makes 16-foot jumper
- Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jason Collins blocks Sasha Pavlovic's layup
- Vince Carter makes layup
- Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jason Kidd misses 22-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper
- Richard Jefferson misses jumper
- Larry Hughes misses two point shot
- Jason Collins makes dunk (Mikki Moore assists)
- LeBron James makes 13-foot two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)
- Larry Hughes misses 20-foot jumper
- Richard Jefferson makes jumper (Vince Carter assists)
- Sasha Pavlovic makes 4-foot running jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
- Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Drew Gooden misses layup
- Drew Gooden makes tip shot
- Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 16-foot jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic blocks Vince Carter's layup
- Vince Carter makes layup
- Vince Carter misses 18-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden blocks Jason Collins's layup
- LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden misses layup
- LeBron James misses tip shot
- LeBron James makes tip shot
- Sasha Pavlovic makes 22-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
- Richard Jefferson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
- Anderson Varejao misses 18-foot jumper
- Mikki Moore misses jumper
- Drew Gooden makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Drew Gooden misses jumper
- Mikki Moore misses 17-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden makes two point shot (Eric Snow assists)
- Josh Boone makes layup (Vince Carter assists)
- Donyell Marshall blocks Josh Boone's layup
- Anderson Varejao misses 69-foot three point jumper
- Vince Carter makes two point shot
- LeBron James misses 16-foot jumper
- Donyell Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Eric Snow blocks Josh Boone's 6-foot jumper
- Vince Carter makes 17-foot jumper (Marcus Williams assists)
- Daniel Gibson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses jumper
- Donyell Marshall makes layup
- Vince Carter makes three point jumper (Bostjan Nachbar assists)
- Larry Hughes misses 21-foot jumper
- Anderson Varejao misses tip shot
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses tip shot
- Bostjan Nachbar makes dunk (Marcus Williams assists)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper
- Josh Boone makes layup (Vince Carter assists)
- Daniel Gibson makes 20-foot jumper (Eric Snow assists)
- Marcus Williams misses three point jumper
- Marcus Williams misses layup
- Larry Hughes makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Marcus Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes makes 14-foot jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 17-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
- Bostjan Nachbar makes 22-foot jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Bostjan Nachbar makes 15-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
- Sasha Pavlovic makes two point shot
- Sasha Pavlovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Drew Gooden blocks Jason Collins's 4-foot jumper
- Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Vince Carter blocks Sasha Pavlovic's 5-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden misses 20-foot jumper
- Vince Carter misses layup
- Sasha Pavlovic makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Vince Carter makes 18-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
- LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Vince Carter misses 21-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden misses jumper
- Larry Hughes makes 18-foot jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 15-foot two point shot
- Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Vince Carter misses 15-foot jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Jason Kidd misses 23-foot jumper
- Jason Collins makes 18-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
- Richard Jefferson misses 5-foot jumper
- Vince Carter misses 22-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 7-foot running jumper
- Drew Gooden misses tip shot
- Richard Jefferson makes 1-foot two point shot
- Jason Kidd blocks LeBron James's 12-foot jumper
- Mikki Moore misses 18-foot jumper
- Mikki Moore blocks Larry Hughes's 5-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 16-foot jumper
- Larry Hughes makes two point shot
- Drew Gooden misses 17-foot jumper
- Richard Jefferson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 20-foot jumper
- Richard Jefferson misses 18-foot jumper
- Jason Kidd makes 24-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
- Larry Hughes misses 9-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
- Richard Jefferson makes driving dunk (Jason Kidd assists)
- LeBron James makes 17-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
- Drew Gooden makes 16-foot two point shot
- Vince Carter makes two point shot
- Mikki Moore makes driving dunk (Vince Carter assists)
- LeBron James makes 17-foot two point shot (Anderson Varejao assists)
- Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Mikki Moore misses 19-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 12-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden makes 16-foot two point shot
- Bostjan Nachbar misses three point jumper
- Bostjan Nachbar blocks Drew Gooden's 12-foot two point shot
- Antoine Wright misses 20-foot jumper
- Jason Kidd misses 31-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anderson Varejao blocks Josh Boone's layup
- Jason Kidd makes three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
- Anderson Varejao makes 7-foot hook shot (Larry Hughes assists)
- Josh Boone misses layup
- Richard Jefferson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bostjan Nachbar assists)
- Bostjan Nachbar misses 12-foot two point shot
- Larry Hughes misses 21-foot jumper
- LeBron James makes 17-foot jumper (Eric Snow assists)
- Bostjan Nachbar makes 19-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
- LeBron James misses 8-foot running jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
- Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 3-foot two point shot
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 16-foot jumper
- Bostjan Nachbar misses 2-foot two point shot
- Drew Gooden makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Vince Carter misses 12-foot running jumper
- LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
- Vince Carter misses two point shot
- Drew Gooden makes 9-foot two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)
- Richard Jefferson makes two point shot
- Larry Hughes misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes makes 23-foot three point jumper (Drew Gooden assists)
- Sasha Pavlovic blocks Vince Carter's layup
- Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 17-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses tip shot
- Vince Carter misses 7-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Bostjan Nachbar makes 21-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
- LeBron James makes 19-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
- Richard Jefferson makes driving layup
- Sasha Pavlovic blocks Jason Kidd's layup
- Larry Hughes makes 21-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James makes 6-foot running jumper
- LeBron James blocks Bostjan Nachbar's 11-foot jumper
- Richard Jefferson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | NJ | CLE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | | Jumpball: Jason Collins vs. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Sasha Pavlovic gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:38 | | LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists) | 0 | 3 |
| 11:25 | | Mikki Moore makes 15-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists) | 2 | 3 |
| 11:08 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 17-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists) | 2 | 5 |
| 10:52 | | Vince Carter misses 18-foot jumper | 2 | 5 |
| 10:51 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 2 | 5 |
| 10:42 | | Sasha Pavlovic turnover | 2 | 5 |
| 10:23 | | Jason Kidd misses 21-foot jumper | 2 | 5 |
| 10:21 | | Mikki Moore offensive rebound | 4 | 5 |
| 10:21 | | Mikki Moore makes two point shot | 4 | 5 |
| 10:06 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 12-foot two point shot | 4 | 5 |
| 10:03 | | Vince Carter defensive rebound | 4 | 5 |
| 9:52 | | Mikki Moore misses 19-foot jumper | 4 | 5 |
| 9:49 | | Jason Kidd offensive rebound | 4 | 5 |
| 9:37 | | Mikki Moore makes layup (Jason Kidd assists) | 6 | 5 |
| 9:21 | | Larry Hughes makes 16-foot jumper | 6 | 7 |
| 8:57 | | Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper | 6 | 7 |
| 8:56 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 6 | 7 |
| 8:47 | | Jason Collins blocks Sasha Pavlovic's layup | 6 | 7 |
| 8:44 | | Jason Kidd defensive rebound | 6 | 7 |
| 8:40 | | Vince Carter makes layup | 8 | 7 |
| 8:25 | | Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper | 8 | 7 |
| 8:22 | | Jason Collins defensive rebound | 8 | 7 |
| 8:17 | | Jason Kidd misses 22-foot jumper | 8 | 7 |
| 8:14 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound | 8 | 7 |
| 8:03 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper | 8 | 7 |
| 8:02 | | Vince Carter defensive rebound | 8 | 7 |
| 7:43 | | Richard Jefferson misses jumper | 8 | 7 |
| 7:41 | | Drew Gooden defensive rebound | 8 | 7 |
| 7:33 | | Larry Hughes misses two point shot | 8 | 7 |
| 7:30 | | Jason Kidd defensive rebound | 8 | 7 |
| 7:09 | | Jason Collins makes dunk (Mikki Moore assists) | 10 | 7 |
| 6:52 | | LeBron James makes 13-foot two point shot (Larry Hughes assists) | 10 | 9 |
| 6:39 | | Richard Jefferson offensive foul (LeBron James draws the foul) | 10 | 9 |
| 6:39 | | Richard Jefferson turnover | 10 | 9 |
| 6:18 | | Larry Hughes misses 20-foot jumper | 10 | 9 |
| 6:18 | | Cleveland defensive rebound | 10 | 9 |
| 6:07 | | Richard Jefferson makes jumper (Vince Carter assists) | 12 | 9 |
| 5:56 | | Sasha Pavlovic makes 4-foot running jumper (Larry Hughes assists) | 12 | 11 |
| 5:39 | | Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper | 12 | 11 |
| 5:39 | | New Jersey defensive rebound | 12 | 11 |
| 5:39 | | Jason Collins loose ball foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul) | 12 | 11 |
| 5:39 | | Cleveland full timeout | 12 | 11 |
| 5:22 | | Drew Gooden misses layup | 12 | 11 |
| 5:20 | | Drew Gooden offensive rebound | 12 | 13 |
| 5:20 | | Drew Gooden makes tip shot | 12 | 13 |
| 5:03 | | Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper | 12 | 13 |
| 5:01 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 12 | 13 |
| 4:56 | | LeBron James misses 16-foot jumper | 12 | 13 |
| 4:54 | | Jason Kidd defensive rebound | 12 | 13 |
| 4:43 | | Sasha Pavlovic blocks Vince Carter's layup | 12 | 13 |
| 4:43 | | New Jersey defensive rebound | 12 | 13 |
| 4:28 | | LeBron James bad pass | 12 | 13 |
| 4:09 | | Vince Carter makes layup | 14 | 13 |
| 4:03 | | Drew Gooden bad pass | 14 | 13 |
| 3:47 | | Vince Carter misses 18-foot jumper | 14 | 13 |
| 3:44 | | Jason Collins offensive rebound | 14 | 13 |
| 3:41 | | Drew Gooden blocks Jason Collins's layup | 14 | 13 |
| 3:38 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound | 14 | 13 |
| 3:32 | | LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper | 14 | 13 |
| 3:31 | | Vince Carter defensive rebound | 14 | 13 |
| 3:23 | | Vince Carter lost ball (Larry Hughes steals) | 14 | 13 |
| 3:15 | | Drew Gooden misses layup | 14 | 13 |
| 3:14 | | LeBron James offensive rebound | 14 | 13 |
| 3:14 | | LeBron James misses tip shot | 14 | 13 |
| 3:13 | | LeBron James offensive rebound | 14 | 15 |
| 3:13 | | LeBron James makes tip shot | 14 | 15 |
| 3:11 | | Mikki Moore bad pass | 14 | 15 |
| 3:11 | | Anderson Varejao enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 14 | 15 |
| 3:08 | | Sasha Pavlovic makes 22-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists) | 14 | 18 |
| 2:49 | | Richard Jefferson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists) | 17 | 18 |
| 2:30 | | New Jersey full timeout | 17 | 18 |
| 2:30 | | Josh Boone enters the game for Jason Collins | 17 | 18 |
| 2:23 | | Anderson Varejao misses 18-foot jumper | 17 | 18 |
| 2:20 | | Richard Jefferson defensive rebound | 17 | 18 |
| 1:55 | | Mikki Moore misses jumper | 17 | 18 |
| 1:54 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 17 | 18 |
| 1:47 | | Drew Gooden makes two point shot (LeBron James assists) | 17 | 20 |
| 1:28 | | Drew Gooden shooting foul (Josh Boone draws the foul) | 17 | 20 |
| 1:28 | | Josh Boone makes free throw 1 of 2 | 18 | 20 |
| 1:28 | | Bostjan Nachbar enters the game for Richard Jefferson | 18 | 20 |
| 1:28 | | Josh Boone misses free throw 2 of 2 | 18 | 20 |
| 1:27 | | Anderson Varejao defensive rebound | 18 | 20 |
| 1:15 | | Drew Gooden misses jumper | 18 | 20 |
| 1:14 | | Vince Carter defensive rebound | 18 | 20 |
| 1:10 | | Sasha Pavlovic jump ball | 18 | 20 |
| 1:10 | | Eric Snow enters the game for Sasha Pavlovic | 18 | 20 |
| 1:10 | | Marcus Williams enters the game for Jason Kidd | 18 | 20 |
| 1:00 | | Mikki Moore misses 17-foot jumper | 18 | 20 |
| 58.9 | | Drew Gooden defensive rebound | 18 | 20 |
| 49.9 | | Drew Gooden makes two point shot (Eric Snow assists) | 18 | 22 |
| 32.9 | | Josh Boone makes layup (Vince Carter assists) | 20 | 22 |
| 12.7 | | Mikki Moore shooting foul (Larry Hughes draws the foul) | 20 | 22 |
| 12.7 | | Clifford Robinson enters the game for Mikki Moore | 20 | 22 |
| 12.7 | | Donyell Marshall enters the game for Drew Gooden | 20 | 22 |
| 12.7 | | Larry Hughes misses free throw 1 of 2 | 20 | 22 |
| 12.7 | | Cleveland offensive rebound | 20 | 22 |
| 12.7 | | Daniel Gibson enters the game for LeBron James | 20 | 22 |
| 12.7 | | Larry Hughes makes free throw 2 of 2 | 20 | 23 |
| 0.8 | | Donyell Marshall blocks Josh Boone's layup | 20 | 23 |
| 0.6 | | Anderson Varejao defensive rebound | 20 | 23 |
| 0.0 | | Anderson Varejao misses 69-foot three point jumper | 20 | 23 |
| 0.0 | | Cleveland offensive rebound | 20 | 23 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 20 | 23 | |
Matchups
Game Information
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