Detroit Pistons @ Cleveland Cavaliers
PLAYOFFS • CLE leads series 4-2
53-29, 27-14 Away
82
53-29, 27-14 Away
50-32, 30-11 Home
98
50-32, 30-11 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Rasheed Wallace makes 10-foot two point shot (Tayshaun Prince assists)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 11-foot jumper
- Rasheed Wallace misses two point shot
- Richard Hamilton misses 12-foot jumper
- Chris Webber makes 3-foot hook shot
- Chauncey Billups makes 15-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden makes jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Chris Webber misses layup
- Sasha Pavlovic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Sasha Pavlovic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tayshaun Prince blocks Sasha Pavlovic's layup
- Larry Hughes makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Richard Hamilton makes layup (Rasheed Wallace assists)
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Chris Webber makes jumper (Richard Hamilton assists)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 4-foot two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)
- Richard Hamilton makes driving layup
- Tayshaun Prince misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Larry Hughes makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Rasheed Wallace makes slam dunk (Richard Hamilton assists)
- Sasha Pavlovic makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
- Tayshaun Prince misses running jumper
- Rasheed Wallace blocks Drew Gooden's layup
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
- Richard Hamilton makes 19-foot jumper (Rasheed Wallace assists)
- Rasheed Wallace misses 19-foot jumper
- Chauncey Billups makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)
- Sasha Pavlovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
- Antonio McDyess misses jumper
- Carlos Delfino misses 14-foot jumper
- LeBron James makes technical free throw
- Richard Hamilton misses 18-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Richard Hamilton misses 17-foot jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic misses layup
- LeBron James misses tip shot
- Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)
- Chris Webber makes layup (Antonio McDyess assists)
- Anderson Varejao makes layup
- Anderson Varejao makes free throw 1 of 1
- Donyell Marshall blocks Nazr Mohammed's 14-foot jumper
- LeBron James blocks Carlos Delfino's three point jumper
- Larry Hughes misses layup
- Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Daniel Gibson makes free throw 1 of 3
- Daniel Gibson makes free throw 2 of 3
- Daniel Gibson misses free throw 3 of 3
- Donyell Marshall misses 17-foot jumper
- Tayshaun Prince misses 13-foot jumper
- Donyell Marshall makes 24-foot three point jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)
- Chauncey Billups misses technical free throw
- Rasheed Wallace makes 18-foot jumper
- Anderson Varejao misses two point shot
- Daniel Gibson misses 18-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses dunk
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Antonio McDyess makes two point shot
- Antonio McDyess misses free throw 1 of 1
- Donyell Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Richard Hamilton makes layup (Tayshaun Prince assists)
- Damon Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anderson Varejao misses jumper
- Rasheed Wallace blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup
- Rasheed Wallace makes 17-foot jumper (Lindsey Hunter assists)
- Rasheed Wallace makes free throw 1 of 1
- Daniel Gibson makes 4-foot running jumper
- Daniel Gibson makes free throw 1 of 1
- Rasheed Wallace misses 21-foot jumper
- Tayshaun Prince misses layup
- Sasha Pavlovic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Sasha Pavlovic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Richard Hamilton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Richard Hamilton makes free throw 2 of 2
- Richard Hamilton makes 6-foot running jumper
- Tayshaun Prince makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tayshaun Prince misses free throw 2 of 2
- Daniel Gibson makes technical free throw
- Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
- Rasheed Wallace misses two point shot
- Rasheed Wallace makes slam dunk
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Richard Hamilton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Richard Hamilton makes free throw 2 of 2
- Larry Hughes misses jumper
- Richard Hamilton makes 9-foot two point shot
- Drew Gooden misses running jumper
- Rasheed Wallace misses 9-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Webber makes layup (Richard Hamilton assists)
- Chris Webber makes free throw 1 of 1
- Larry Hughes makes 6-foot two point shot
- Chris Webber makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Webber makes free throw 2 of 2
- Richard Hamilton misses 18-foot running jumper
- Chauncey Billups blocks Anderson Varejao's layup
- Drew Gooden misses 8-foot jumper
- Tayshaun Prince misses two point shot
- Larry Hughes misses 1-foot two point shot
- Anderson Varejao misses free throw 1 of 2
- Anderson Varejao misses free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James blocks Richard Hamilton's layup
- Larry Hughes misses free throw 1 of 2
- Larry Hughes makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tayshaun Prince makes layup
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lindsey Hunter misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 16-foot jumper
- Rasheed Wallace misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 19-foot jumper
- Chris Webber makes layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Drew Gooden makes 19-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
- Chauncey Billups makes 16-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden misses 1-foot two point shot
- Richard Hamilton makes driving layup
- Drew Gooden misses 1-foot hook shot
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses tip shot
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
- Chris Webber misses 18-foot jumper
- Sasha Pavlovic misses 1-foot two point shot
- Tayshaun Prince makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tayshaun Prince makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tayshaun Prince misses 18-foot jumper
- LeBron James makes layup (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1
- Tayshaun Prince misses layup
- Antonio McDyess misses 20-foot jumper
- Drew Gooden misses 14-foot jumper
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes free throw 1 of 1
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Rasheed Wallace's layup
- LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
- Antonio McDyess makes 6-foot two point shot (Tayshaun Prince assists)
- Daniel Gibson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Daniel Gibson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Drew Gooden makes 13-foot two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)
- Richard Hamilton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)
- Larry Hughes misses three point jumper
- Tayshaun Prince misses jumper
- Antonio McDyess makes free throw 1 of 2
- Antonio McDyess makes free throw 2 of 2
- Antonio McDyess misses jumper
- Chauncey Billups misses 14-foot two point shot
- Drew Gooden misses free throw 1 of 2
- Drew Gooden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Richard Hamilton misses 20-foot jumper
- Richard Hamilton misses 14-foot two point shot
- Antonio McDyess misses layup
- Daniel Gibson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Damon Jones assists)
- Richard Hamilton misses 17-foot jumper
- Antonio McDyess misses 17-foot jumper
- Antonio McDyess blocks Anderson Varejao's layup
- Daniel Gibson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Daniel Gibson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anderson Varejao misses 20-foot jumper
- Lindsey Hunter makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ronald Murray assists)
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Ronald Murray misses layup
- Damon Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Lindsey Hunter misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Daniel Gibson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Damon Jones assists)
- Lindsey Hunter makes technical free throw
- Daniel Gibson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Damon Jones assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1
- Rasheed Wallace misses 14-foot two point shot
- Rasheed Wallace misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Daniel Gibson makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Richard Hamilton makes driving layup
- Donyell Marshall misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Richard Hamilton misses 18-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 9-foot jumper
- Daniel Gibson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Daniel Gibson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Daniel Gibson makes technical free throw
- Daniel Gibson misses technical free throw
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 2
- Damon Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chris Webber misses 18-foot jumper
- Daniel Gibson makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Richard Hamilton makes layup (Ronald Murray assists)
- Daniel Gibson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Daniel Gibson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Richard Hamilton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Richard Hamilton makes free throw 2 of 2
- Damon Jones makes layup (Daniel Gibson assists)
- Richard Hamilton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Richard Hamilton makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
- Richard Hamilton misses 20-foot jumper
- Ronald Murray misses tip shot
- LeBron James misses layup
- Daniel Gibson makes 7-foot running jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Antonio McDyess misses 18-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ronald Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ronald Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Antonio McDyess misses free throw 1 of 2
- Antonio McDyess makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anderson Varejao makes layup (Damon Jones assists)
- Lindsey Hunter misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chauncey Billups misses 15-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes 19-foot two point shot
- Tayshaun Prince misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Damon Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anderson Varejao misses layup
- Ronald Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Daniel Gibson misses 15-foot jumper
- Ronald Murray makes 3-foot jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)
- Damon Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | | Jumpball: Rasheed Wallace vs. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Chris Webber gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:45 | | Rasheed Wallace makes 10-foot two point shot (Tayshaun Prince assists) | 2 | 0 |
| 11:29 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 11-foot jumper | 2 | 0 |
| 11:26 | | Tayshaun Prince defensive rebound | 2 | 0 |
| 11:19 | | Sasha Pavlovic personal foul (Chris Webber draws the foul) | 2 | 0 |
| 11:04 | | Rasheed Wallace misses two point shot | 2 | 0 |
| 11:02 | | Chris Webber offensive rebound | 2 | 0 |
| 11:00 | | Richard Hamilton misses 12-foot jumper | 2 | 0 |
| 10:56 | | Chris Webber offensive rebound | 4 | 0 |
| 10:56 | | Chris Webber makes 3-foot hook shot | 4 | 0 |
| 10:47 | | Drew Gooden bad pass (Rasheed Wallace steals) | 4 | 0 |
| 10:41 | | Chauncey Billups makes 15-foot jumper | 6 | 0 |
| 10:17 | | Drew Gooden makes jumper (LeBron James assists) | 6 | 2 |
| 9:57 | | Chris Webber misses layup | 6 | 2 |
| 9:56 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound | 6 | 2 |
| 9:48 | | Chris Webber shooting foul (Sasha Pavlovic draws the foul) | 6 | 2 |
| 9:48 | | Sasha Pavlovic misses free throw 1 of 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 9:48 | | Cleveland offensive rebound | 6 | 2 |
| 9:48 | | Sasha Pavlovic makes free throw 2 of 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 9:33 | | Richard Hamilton bad pass (Zydrunas Ilgauskas steals) | 6 | 3 |
| 9:26 | | Tayshaun Prince blocks Sasha Pavlovic's layup | 6 | 3 |
| 9:23 | | Richard Hamilton defensive rebound | 6 | 3 |
| 9:18 | | Richard Hamilton bad pass (Larry Hughes steals) | 6 | 3 |
| 9:11 | | Larry Hughes makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists) | 6 | 6 |
| 8:49 | | Richard Hamilton makes layup (Rasheed Wallace assists) | 8 | 6 |
| 8:30 | | Sasha Pavlovic misses 23-foot three point jumper | 8 | 6 |
| 8:29 | | Chris Webber defensive rebound | 8 | 6 |
| 8:27 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas personal foul (Chris Webber draws the foul) | 8 | 6 |
| 8:15 | | Chris Webber makes jumper (Richard Hamilton assists) | 10 | 6 |
| 8:02 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 4-foot two point shot (Larry Hughes assists) | 10 | 8 |
| 7:37 | | Richard Hamilton makes driving layup | 12 | 8 |
| 7:09 | | Sasha Pavlovic bad pass (Chauncey Billups steals) | 12 | 8 |
| 6:56 | | Tayshaun Prince misses 23-foot three point jumper | 12 | 8 |
| 6:54 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 12 | 8 |
| 6:39 | | Larry Hughes makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists) | 12 | 11 |
| 6:18 | | Rasheed Wallace makes slam dunk (Richard Hamilton assists) | 14 | 11 |
| 5:54 | | Sasha Pavlovic makes driving layup (LeBron James assists) | 14 | 13 |
| 5:35 | | Tayshaun Prince misses running jumper | 14 | 13 |
| 5:33 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 14 | 13 |
| 5:26 | | Rasheed Wallace blocks Drew Gooden's layup | 14 | 13 |
| 5:22 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound | 14 | 15 |
| 5:22 | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot | 14 | 15 |
| 5:03 | | Richard Hamilton makes 19-foot jumper (Rasheed Wallace assists) | 16 | 15 |
| 4:45 | | Larry Hughes bad pass (Tayshaun Prince steals) | 16 | 15 |
| 4:37 | | Rasheed Wallace misses 19-foot jumper | 16 | 15 |
| 4:35 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 16 | 15 |
| 4:24 | | Drew Gooden bad pass (Rasheed Wallace steals) | 16 | 15 |
| 4:16 | | Chauncey Billups makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists) | 19 | 15 |
| 4:13 | | Cleveland full timeout | 19 | 15 |
| 4:13 | | Antonio McDyess enters the game for Tayshaun Prince | 19 | 15 |
| 4:13 | | Carlos Delfino enters the game for Rasheed Wallace | 19 | 15 |
| 4:00 | | Sasha Pavlovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists) | 19 | 18 |
| 3:43 | | Antonio McDyess misses jumper | 19 | 18 |
| 3:41 | | Detroit offensive rebound | 19 | 18 |
| 3:41 | | Anderson Varejao enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 19 | 18 |
| 3:31 | | Carlos Delfino misses 14-foot jumper | 19 | 18 |
| 3:29 | | Detroit offensive rebound | 19 | 18 |
| 3:29 | | Chris Webber technical foul (2nd technical foul) | 19 | 18 |
| 3:29 | | Sasha Pavlovic double technical foul | 19 | 18 |
| 3:29 | | LeBron James makes technical free throw | 19 | 19 |
| 3:29 | | Jumpball: Antonio McDyess vs. LeBron James (Chauncey Billups gains possession) | 19 | 19 |
| 3:14 | | Anderson Varejao personal foul (Carlos Delfino draws the foul) | 19 | 19 |
| 3:09 | | Richard Hamilton misses 18-foot jumper | 19 | 19 |
| 3:08 | | Sasha Pavlovic defensive rebound | 19 | 19 |
| 3:02 | | Richard Hamilton shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul) | 19 | 19 |
| 3:02 | | LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2 | 19 | 19 |
| 3:02 | | Cleveland offensive rebound | 19 | 19 |
| 3:02 | | LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2 | 19 | 20 |
| 2:40 | | Richard Hamilton misses 17-foot jumper | 19 | 20 |
| 2:38 | | Detroit defensive rebound | 19 | 20 |
| 2:38 | | Detroit full timeout | 19 | 20 |
| 2:15 | | Sasha Pavlovic misses layup | 19 | 20 |
| 2:14 | | LeBron James offensive rebound | 19 | 20 |
| 2:14 | | LeBron James misses tip shot | 19 | 20 |
| 2:12 | | LeBron James offensive rebound | 19 | 20 |
| 2:12 | | Antonio McDyess personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul) | 19 | 20 |
| 2:12 | | Daniel Gibson enters the game for Sasha Pavlovic | 19 | 20 |
| 2:12 | | Lindsey Hunter enters the game for Richard Hamilton | 19 | 20 |
| 2:00 | | Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists) | 19 | 22 |
| 1:40 | | Chris Webber makes layup (Antonio McDyess assists) | 21 | 22 |
| 1:29 | | Jumpball: Carlos Delfino vs. Larry Hughes (LeBron James gains possession) | 21 | 22 |
| 1:15 | | Anderson Varejao makes layup | 21 | 24 |
| 1:15 | | Chris Webber shooting foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul) | 21 | 24 |
| 1:15 | | Donyell Marshall enters the game for Drew Gooden | 21 | 24 |
| 1:15 | | Nazr Mohammed enters the game for Chris Webber | 21 | 24 |
| 1:15 | | Anderson Varejao makes free throw 1 of 1 | 21 | 25 |
| 1:00 | | Donyell Marshall blocks Nazr Mohammed's 14-foot jumper | 21 | 25 |
| 51.8 | | Carlos Delfino offensive rebound | 21 | 25 |
| 51.8 | | LeBron James blocks Carlos Delfino's three point jumper | 21 | 25 |
| 45.9 | | Daniel Gibson defensive rebound | 21 | 25 |
| 42.9 | | Larry Hughes misses layup | 21 | 25 |
| 38.9 | | Nazr Mohammed defensive rebound | 21 | 25 |
| 32.9 | | Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper | 21 | 25 |
| 30.5 | | Lindsey Hunter offensive rebound | 21 | 25 |
| 21.3 | | Carlos Delfino offensive foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul) | 21 | 25 |
| 21.3 | | Carlos Delfino turnover | 21 | 25 |
| 21.3 | | Damon Jones enters the game for Larry Hughes | 21 | 25 |
| 2.2 | | Eric Snow enters the game for LeBron James | 21 | 25 |
| 2.2 | | Daniel Gibson makes free throw 1 of 3 | 21 | 26 |
| 2.2 | | Daniel Gibson makes free throw 2 of 3 | 21 | 27 |
| 2.2 | | Daniel Gibson misses free throw 3 of 3 | 21 | 27 |
| 2.2 | | Nazr Mohammed shooting foul (Daniel Gibson draws the foul) | 21 | 25 |
| 1.8 | | Antonio McDyess defensive rebound | 21 | 27 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 21 | 27 | |
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