Bulls 107-96 Cavaliers (6 Mar, 2008) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

35-27, 16-17 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	17	34	16	29	96
CHI	21	26	34	26	107

Chicago Bulls

25-36, 14-15 home

107

Luol Deng misses 6-foot jumper
Joakim Noah misses tip shot
Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng makes layup (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Luol Deng makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Kirk Hinrich misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng misses jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Joakim Noah's layup
Ben Wallace blocks Joakim Noah's layup
Joakim Noah makes layup
Delonte West blocks Kirk Hinrich's layup
Drew Gooden makes driving layup
Luol Deng misses 18-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes 18-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Larry Hughes misses 18-foot two point shot
Luol Deng misses driving layup
Joakim Noah makes two point shot
Ben Gordon makes two point shot
Drew Gooden misses 13-foot jumper
Joe Smith blocks Luol Deng's layup
Luol Deng misses layup
Ben Gordon misses 22-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao blocks Luol Deng's layup
Drew Gooden misses 10-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 14-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes layup (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Andres Nocioni misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon makes 13-foot two point shot
Andres Nocioni misses 22-foot three point jumper
Aaron Gray makes hook shot (Luol Deng assists)
Luol Deng makes layup (Ben Gordon assists)
Kirk Hinrich misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses layup
Aaron Gray makes layup
Ben Gordon makes 15-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dwayne Jones blocks Andres Nocioni's layup
Andres Nocioni misses 22-foot jumper
Luol Deng misses 20-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon misses 9-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 19-foot two point shot
Drew Gooden misses 11-foot jumper
Joakim Noah makes two point shot
Kirk Hinrich makes 16-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 21-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Drew Gooden misses jumper
LeBron James blocks Larry Hughes's layup
Ben Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Ben Gordon misses 11-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses tip shot
Larry Hughes makes jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Kirk Hinrich misses 20-foot jumper
Delonte West blocks Kirk Hinrich's 9-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 26-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes makes 21-foot jumper (Joakim Noah assists)
Drew Gooden makes layup (Luol Deng assists)
Kirk Hinrich misses 18-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 13-foot two point shot
Joakim Noah misses tip shot
Joakim Noah makes tip shot
Larry Hughes makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Drew Gooden makes 7-foot hook shot
Larry Hughes makes 18-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes two point shot (Drew Gooden assists)
Drew Gooden makes layup (Joakim Noah assists)
Luol Deng makes jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes misses 18-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses tip shot
Ben Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Ben Gordon makes driving layup
Ben Gordon makes 26-foot three pointer
LeBron James blocks Drew Gooden's layup
Drew Gooden misses two point shot
Luol Deng makes 19-foot two point shot
Luol Deng makes 7-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Luol Deng misses 14-foot jumper
LeBron James blocks Ben Gordon's jumper
Andres Nocioni makes three point jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Luol Deng makes 8-foot running jumper
Andres Nocioni makes layup (Ben Gordon assists)
Joe Smith blocks Luol Deng's layup
Ben Gordon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Ben Gordon makes two point shot
Kirk Hinrich misses 21-foot jumper
Joakim Noah makes two point shot
Andres Nocioni makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Andres Nocioni misses layup
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andres Nocioni makes two point shot (Aaron Gray assists)
Cedric Simmons misses 10-foot jumper
Delonte West misses 19-foot jumper
Devin Brown makes 16-foot jumper
Drew Gooden blocks Anderson Varejao's layup
LeBron James makes two point shot (Delonte West assists)
Delonte West misses two point shot
Devin Brown misses two point shot
Anderson Varejao misses two point shot
LeBron James makes 17-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 18-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ben Wallace misses 9-foot two point shot
Devin Brown makes 13-foot running jumper
LeBron James misses 12-foot two point shot
Devin Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes layup (Devin Brown assists)
Delonte West makes 18-foot jumper (Devin Brown assists)
Joe Smith misses 5-foot hook shot
Anderson Varejao misses 7-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 11-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 34-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes layup (Devin Brown assists)
Damon Jones misses 22-foot jumper
Devin Brown misses 16-foot jumper
Aaron Gray blocks Damon Jones's 25-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 18-foot jumper
Devin Brown makes three point jumper (Damon Jones assists)
Damon Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Devin Brown assists)
Wally Szczerbiak misses 23-foot three point jumper
Devin Brown makes layup (Damon Jones assists)
Ben Wallace makes layup (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Ben Wallace misses layup
LeBron James makes layup
LeBron James makes 11-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 14-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 28-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes two point shot
Anderson Varejao makes two point shot
Ben Wallace misses layup
Anderson Varejao misses layup
Anderson Varejao misses layup
Anderson Varejao misses layup
LeBron James makes 8-foot two point shot
Anderson Varejao misses 18-foot jumper
Delonte West misses 13-foot jumper
Devin Brown misses 21-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 14-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 13-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao misses layup
Anderson Varejao misses tip shot
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 20-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 9-foot jumper
Damon Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 26-foot three point jumper (Joe Smith assists)
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper
Joe Smith misses 20-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 16-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses 18-foot two point shot
Devin Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
LeBron James makes 9-foot two point shot
Damon Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses two point shot
Damon Jones makes 24-foot three pointer (LeBron James assists)
Joe Smith makes jumper (Damon Jones assists)
Joe Smith misses jumper
LeBron James misses 16-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 24-foot three point jumper
Devin Brown misses 13-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Devin Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ben Wallace assists)
Joakim Noah blocks Devin Brown's 14-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses three point jumper
Luol Deng blocks Dwayne Jones's layup
Billy Thomas makes 23-foot three point jumper (Delonte West assists)
Kaniel Dickens makes 17-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Delonte West makes driving layup
Shannon Brown blocks Kaniel Dickens's layup
Wally Szczerbiak makes 10-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)

CAVALIERS

BULLS

TIME		CLE	CHI
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Ben Wallace vs. Joakim Noah (Drew Gooden gains possession)	0	0
11:34	shot clock violation	0	0
11:15	Delonte West misses 19-foot jumper	0	0
11:14	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	0	0
11:00	Luol Deng misses 6-foot jumper	0	0
10:59	Joakim Noah offensive rebound	0	0
10:59	Joakim Noah misses tip shot	0	0
10:56	Luol Deng offensive rebound	0	0
10:52	Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	0
10:52	Luol Deng offensive rebound	0	0
10:41	Luol Deng makes layup (Kirk Hinrich assists)	0	2
10:41	Anderson Varejao shooting foul (Luol Deng draws the foul)	0	2
10:41	Luol Deng misses free throw 1 of 1	0	2
10:40	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	0	2
10:23	LeBron James lost ball (Luol Deng steals)	0	2
10:19	Luol Deng makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)	0	4
9:57	Devin Brown makes 16-foot jumper	2	4
9:45	Kirk Hinrich bad pass	2	4
9:32	Drew Gooden blocks Anderson Varejao's layup	2	4
9:30	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	2	4
9:22	Kirk Hinrich misses 24-foot three point jumper	2	4
9:22	Delonte West defensive rebound	2	4
9:10	LeBron James makes two point shot (Delonte West assists)	4	4
8:55	Luol Deng misses jumper	4	4
8:53	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	4	4
8:36	LeBron James lost ball (Kirk Hinrich steals)	4	4
8:34	Delonte West personal foul (Luol Deng draws the foul)	4	4
8:21	Luol Deng lost ball (LeBron James steals)	4	4
8:15	Delonte West misses two point shot	4	4
8:15	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	4	4
8:08	Ben Wallace blocks Joakim Noah's layup	4	4
8:07	Joakim Noah offensive rebound	4	4
8:06	Ben Wallace blocks Joakim Noah's layup	4	4
8:03	Joakim Noah offensive rebound	4	6
8:03	Joakim Noah makes layup	4	6
7:43	Devin Brown misses two point shot	4	6
7:41	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	4	6
7:35	Luol Deng bad pass (Anderson Varejao steals)	4	6
7:33	Larry Hughes personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	4	6
7:22	Anderson Varejao misses two point shot	4	6
7:20	Kirk Hinrich defensive rebound	4	6
7:13	Delonte West blocks Kirk Hinrich's layup	4	6
7:13	Chicago offensive rebound	4	6
7:09	Drew Gooden makes driving layup	4	8
6:50	LeBron James makes 17-foot two point shot	6	8
6:33	Luol Deng misses 18-foot jumper	6	8
6:33	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	6	8
6:22	LeBron James makes 18-foot jumper	8	8
6:09	Drew Gooden makes 18-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)	8	10
5:58	Delonte West lost ball (Kirk Hinrich steals)	8	10
5:52	Larry Hughes misses 18-foot two point shot	8	10
5:50	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	8	10
5:39	LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	10
5:37	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	8	10
5:33	Devin Brown shooting foul (Larry Hughes draws the foul)	8	10
5:33	Chicago full timeout	8	10
5:33	Ben Gordon enters the game for Kirk Hinrich	8	10
5:33	Larry Hughes makes free throw 1 of 2	8	11
5:33	Larry Hughes makes free throw 2 of 2	8	12
5:09	Ben Wallace misses 9-foot two point shot	8	12
5:07	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	8	12
4:56	Larry Hughes personal foul (Devin Brown draws the foul)	8	12
4:56	Kirk Hinrich enters the game for Larry Hughes	8	12
4:43	Devin Brown makes 13-foot running jumper	10	12
4:18	Luol Deng misses driving layup	10	12
4:18	Joakim Noah offensive rebound	10	14
4:18	Joakim Noah makes two point shot	10	14
4:05	LeBron James misses 12-foot two point shot	10	14
4:03	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	10	14
3:58	Ben Gordon makes two point shot	10	16
3:31	Devin Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	16
3:30	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	10	16
3:14	Drew Gooden misses 13-foot jumper	10	16
3:13	Joakim Noah offensive rebound	10	16
3:13	Ben Wallace shooting foul (Joakim Noah draws the foul)	10	16
3:13	Joe Smith enters the game for Ben Wallace	10	16
3:13	Joakim Noah makes free throw 1 of 2	10	17
3:13	Joakim Noah misses free throw 2 of 2	10	17
3:11	Joe Smith defensive rebound	10	17
2:54	LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper	10	17
2:53	Ben Gordon defensive rebound	10	17
2:47	Joe Smith blocks Luol Deng's layup	10	17
2:46	Devin Brown defensive rebound	10	17
2:41	LeBron James makes layup (Devin Brown assists)	12	17
2:34	Luol Deng misses layup	12	17
2:33	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	12	17
2:28	Delonte West makes 18-foot jumper (Devin Brown assists)	14	17
2:13	Ben Gordon misses 22-foot jumper	14	17
2:12	Luol Deng offensive rebound	14	17
2:12	Anderson Varejao blocks Luol Deng's layup	14	17
2:12	Chicago offensive rebound	14	17
2:12	Cleveland full timeout	14	17
2:12	Wally Szczerbiak enters the game for Devin Brown	14	17
2:12	Andres Nocioni enters the game for Luol Deng	14	17
2:09	Drew Gooden misses 10-foot jumper	14	17
2:08	Delonte West defensive rebound	14	17
1:54	Delonte West offensive foul (Drew Gooden draws the foul)	14	17
1:54	Delonte West turnover	14	17
1:54	Damon Jones enters the game for Delonte West	14	17
1:43	Ben Gordon misses 14-foot jumper	14	17
1:42	LeBron James defensive rebound	14	17
1:27	Joe Smith misses 5-foot hook shot	14	17
1:25	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	14	17
1:17	Drew Gooden makes layup (Kirk Hinrich assists)	14	19
1:02	Anderson Varejao misses 7-foot jumper	14	19
1:00	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	14	19
47.9	Andres Nocioni misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	19
46.2	Chicago defensive rebound	14	19
46.2	Aaron Gray enters the game for Joakim Noah	14	19
33.2	Andres Nocioni personal foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	14	19
23.9	LeBron James misses 11-foot jumper	14	19
22.4	Joe Smith offensive rebound	14	19
18.9	Wally Szczerbiak misses 17-foot jumper	14	19
16.9	Ben Gordon defensive rebound	14	19
3.6	Ben Gordon makes 13-foot two point shot	14	21
0.0	LeBron James makes 34-foot three point jumper	17	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	17	21

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Bulls
86
Cavaliers
95

Game 1

2/3

Cavaliers
96
Bulls
107

Game 2

6/3

Bulls
101
Cavaliers
98

Game 3

4/4

Cavaliers
95
Bulls
100

Game 4

11/4

United Center

11:00 PM, 6 March 2008

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 22,097

Referees:
James Capers
Joe Forte
John Goble

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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