Nets 105-97 Cavaliers (15 Dec, 2007) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

10-13, 5-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	25	32	21	19	97
NJ	21	29	30	25	105

New Jersey Nets

10-13, 5-9 home

105

Malik Allen misses 17-foot jumper
Malik Allen misses 7-foot two point shot
Richard Jefferson makes 22-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Malik Allen misses 19-foot jumper
Josh Boone misses layup
Josh Boone misses tip shot
Vince Carter misses tip shot
Richard Jefferson misses 19-foot jumper
Josh Boone misses tip shot
Josh Boone misses dunk
Jason Kidd misses 21-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Vince Carter makes 20-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes 19-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Josh Boone makes layup (Sean Williams assists)
Vince Carter makes driving dunk (Jason Kidd assists)
Vince Carter makes 15-foot jumper
Sean Williams makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Richard Jefferson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Darrell Armstrong misses 64-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 12-foot running jumper
Bostjan Nachbar makes 23-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Bostjan Nachbar makes two point shot (Antoine Wright assists)
Sean Williams makes layup (Darrell Armstrong assists)
Sean Williams makes two point shot (Vince Carter assists)
Vince Carter makes driving layup (Darrell Armstrong assists)
Vince Carter misses 18-foot jumper
Bostjan Nachbar misses 25-foot three point jumper
Richard Jefferson misses 21-foot jumper
Richard Jefferson makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Kidd misses 22-foot jumper
Antoine Wright misses 22-foot three point jumper
Bostjan Nachbar makes driving dunk (Jason Kidd assists)
Richard Jefferson misses two point shot
Vince Carter makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Vince Carter misses driving layup
Richard Jefferson makes two point shot
Richard Jefferson makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Josh Boone makes dunk (Vince Carter assists)
Antoine Wright misses 23-foot three point jumper
Richard Jefferson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses layup
Richard Jefferson makes layup (Jason Kidd assists)
Josh Boone makes dunk (Vince Carter assists)
Sean Williams makes jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Jason Kidd makes 24-foot three point jumper
Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Richard Jefferson makes 20-foot jumper
Josh Boone makes driving dunk (Richard Jefferson assists)
Sean Williams misses 6-foot hook shot
Vince Carter misses 15-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Kidd makes three point jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
Josh Boone makes dunk (Richard Jefferson assists)
Sean Williams misses driving layup
Jason Kidd misses 24-foot three point jumper
Richard Jefferson misses 18-foot jumper
Bostjan Nachbar misses 24-foot three point jumper
Bostjan Nachbar makes two point shot
Vince Carter makes driving layup (Jason Kidd assists)
Vince Carter makes 18-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes 19-foot jumper
Bostjan Nachbar misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jamaal Magloire makes dunk (Antoine Wright assists)
Bostjan Nachbar makes two point shot (Darrell Armstrong assists)
Vince Carter makes driving layup
Bostjan Nachbar misses 25-foot three point jumper
Richard Jefferson misses driving layup
Josh Boone makes tip shot
Bostjan Nachbar misses two point shot
Antoine Wright makes 16-foot jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
Josh Boone misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Richard Jefferson's layup
Vince Carter misses 16-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 12-foot two point shot
Richard Jefferson makes tip shot
Vince Carter misses 6-foot two point shot
Jason Kidd misses 27-foot three point jumper
Richard Jefferson misses three point jumper
LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Drew Gooden misses 15-foot two point shot
Drew Gooden makes 8-foot two point shot
Drew Gooden makes two point shot (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Drew Gooden misses 18-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes two point shot
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson makes three point jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup (Daniel Gibson assists)
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Drew Gooden misses driving layup
LeBron James misses driving layup
Anderson Varejao makes 19-foot jumper (Damon Jones assists)
Sean Williams blocks Larry Hughes's two point shot
LeBron James misses two point shot
Anderson Varejao makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
Damon Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ira Newble misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ira Newble makes driving layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Shannon Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
Bostjan Nachbar blocks Larry Hughes's 15-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes layup (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Damon Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper
Larry Hughes makes 22-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes layup (Eric Snow assists)
Larry Hughes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 8-foot running jumper
Eric Snow makes 15-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Anderson Varejao makes two point shot
Daniel Gibson makes 24-foot three point jumper
Drew Gooden makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Larry Hughes makes 20-foot jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Daniel Gibson makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Larry Hughes makes three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 18-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 21-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes driving layup (Daniel Gibson assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 16-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
Sasha Pavlovic misses 20-foot jumper
LeBron James misses two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 20-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 21-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses driving layup
Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 23-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Anderson Varejao misses 16-foot jumper
Damon Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses layup
Ira Newble misses jumper
Damon Jones makes 14-foot jumper (Eric Snow assists)
Larry Hughes misses 20-foot jumper
LeBron James makes jumper
Anderson Varejao misses layup
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bostjan Nachbar blocks Larry Hughes's layup
LeBron James misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 15-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 18-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 15-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 24-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 20-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 24-foot three point jumper
Drew Gooden makes jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup (Damon Jones assists)
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper

CAVALIERS

NETS

TIME		CLE	NJ
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Jason Collins (Drew Gooden gains possession)	0	0
11:42	Richard Jefferson personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	0	0
11:33	LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper	0	0
11:32	Jason Kidd defensive rebound	0	0
11:15	Malik Allen misses 17-foot jumper	0	0
11:15	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	0	0
11:00	Jason Collins illegal defense foul (1st personal foul)	0	0
11:00	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes technical free throw	1	0
10:45	LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper	1	0
10:44	Jason Kidd defensive rebound	1	0
10:34	Zydrunas Ilgauskas shooting foul (Jason Collins draws the foul)	1	0
10:34	Jason Collins misses free throw 1 of 2	1	0
10:34	New Jersey offensive rebound	1	0
10:34	Jason Collins misses free throw 2 of 2	1	0
10:33	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	1	0
10:23	Drew Gooden misses 15-foot two point shot	1	0
10:22	Cleveland offensive rebound	1	0
10:22	Jason Collins loose ball foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul)	1	0
10:07	Drew Gooden makes 8-foot two point shot	3	0
9:47	Malik Allen misses 7-foot two point shot	3	0
9:45	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	3	0
9:30	Drew Gooden makes two point shot (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)	5	0
9:15	Richard Jefferson makes 22-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)	5	2
8:55	Drew Gooden misses 18-foot jumper	5	2
8:53	Jason Collins defensive rebound	5	2
8:41	Malik Allen traveling	5	2
8:27	LeBron James makes driving layup (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)	7	2
8:23	LeBron James shooting foul (Richard Jefferson draws the foul)	7	2
8:23	Richard Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2	7	3
8:23	Richard Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2	7	4
8:04	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes two point shot	9	4
7:50	Malik Allen bad pass (LeBron James steals)	9	4
7:50	Malik Allen personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	9	4
7:33	LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	4
7:31	Vince Carter defensive rebound	9	4
7:20	Malik Allen misses 19-foot jumper	9	4
7:20	LeBron James defensive rebound	9	4
7:15	Jason Collins personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	9	4
7:15	Josh Boone enters the game for Jason Collins	9	4
7:00	Daniel Gibson makes three point jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)	12	4
6:45	Josh Boone misses layup	12	4
6:43	Josh Boone offensive rebound	12	4
6:43	Josh Boone misses tip shot	12	4
6:41	Vince Carter offensive rebound	12	4
6:41	Vince Carter misses tip shot	12	4
6:39	New Jersey offensive rebound	12	4
6:35	Richard Jefferson misses 19-foot jumper	12	4
6:35	Josh Boone offensive rebound	12	4
6:33	Josh Boone misses tip shot	12	4
6:33	Josh Boone offensive rebound	12	4
6:31	Josh Boone misses dunk	12	4
6:31	New Jersey offensive rebound	12	4
6:31	Drew Gooden loose ball foul (Josh Boone draws the foul)	12	4
6:18	Jason Kidd misses 21-foot jumper	12	4
6:16	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	12	4
6:05	LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper	15	4
6:05	New Jersey full timeout	15	4
6:05	Sean Williams enters the game for Malik Allen	15	4
5:48	Vince Carter makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)	15	6
5:39	LeBron James makes driving layup (Daniel Gibson assists)	17	6
5:39	Sean Williams shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	17	6
5:39	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	17	6
5:39	Larry Hughes enters the game for Sasha Pavlovic	17	6
5:39	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1	18	6
5:20	Vince Carter makes 20-foot jumper	18	8
5:01	Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper	18	8
5:01	Drew Gooden offensive rebound	18	8
4:52	Daniel Gibson bad pass (Josh Boone steals)	18	8
4:33	Larry Hughes personal foul (Vince Carter draws the foul)	18	8
4:30	Vince Carter makes 19-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	18	10
4:07	Drew Gooden misses driving layup	18	10
4:07	Jason Kidd defensive rebound	18	10
3:54	Josh Boone makes layup (Sean Williams assists)	18	12
3:46	Daniel Gibson bad pass (Jason Kidd steals)	18	12
3:43	Vince Carter makes driving dunk (Jason Kidd assists)	18	14
3:34	Cleveland full timeout	18	14
3:25	LeBron James misses driving layup	18	14
3:24	Josh Boone defensive rebound	18	14
3:16	Ira Newble enters the game for Drew Gooden	18	14
3:02	Vince Carter makes 15-foot jumper	18	16
2:46	Larry Hughes bad pass (Jason Kidd steals)	18	16
2:46	Jason Kidd turnover	18	16
2:46	Damon Jones enters the game for Daniel Gibson	18	16
2:32	Anderson Varejao makes 19-foot jumper (Damon Jones assists)	20	16
2:20	Sean Williams makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)	20	18
2:06	Sean Williams blocks Larry Hughes's two point shot	20	18
2:05	Ira Newble offensive rebound	20	18
2:01	LeBron James misses two point shot	20	18
2:00	Cleveland defensive rebound	20	18
2:00	Anderson Varejao loose ball foul (Richard Jefferson draws the foul)	20	18
2:00	Richard Jefferson misses free throw 1 of 2	20	18
2:00	New Jersey offensive rebound	20	18
2:00	Richard Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2	20	19
1:40	Anderson Varejao makes dunk (LeBron James assists)	22	19
1:23	Darrell Armstrong enters the game for Jason Kidd	22	19
1:14	Richard Jefferson misses 24-foot three point jumper	22	19
1:13	LeBron James defensive rebound	22	19
1:06	Damon Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper	22	19
1:05	Vince Carter defensive rebound	22	19
44.9	Ira Newble shooting foul (Richard Jefferson draws the foul)	22	19
44.9	Richard Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2	22	20
44.9	Antoine Wright enters the game for Vince Carter	22	20
44.9	Richard Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2	22	21
24.9	Ira Newble misses 23-foot three point jumper	22	21
23.6	Darrell Armstrong defensive rebound	22	21
2.9	Darrell Armstrong bad pass (Anderson Varejao steals)	22	21
0.5	Ira Newble makes driving layup (Larry Hughes assists)	24	21
0.5	Antoine Wright shooting foul (Ira Newble draws the foul)	24	21
0.5	Shannon Brown enters the game for LeBron James	24	21
0.5	Ira Newble makes free throw 1 of 1	25	21
0.2	Darrell Armstrong misses 64-foot three point jumper	25	21
0.0	New Jersey offensive rebound	25	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	25	21

Regular Season Series

NJ leads 2-0

Nets
100
Cavaliers
79

Game 1

5/12

Cavaliers
97
Nets
105

Game 2

15/12

Cavaliers
99
Nets
104

Game 3

12/3

Nets
83
Cavaliers
104

Game 4

10/4

IZOD Center

1:00 AM, 15 December 2007

East Rutherford, NJ

Attendance: 15,242

Referees:
Joe DeRosa
Eli Roe
Bennie Adams

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	.000	-	-
Cleveland	.000	-	-
Detroit	.000	-	-
Indiana	.000	-	-
Milwaukee	.000	-	-

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