Bulls 101-98 Cavaliers (4 Apr, 2008) Play-by-Play

Chicago Bulls

30-45, 12-26 away

101

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	26	19	32	24	101
CLE	26	29	30	13	98

Cleveland Cavaliers

42-34, 25-12 home

Delonte West misses 23-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 21-foot jumper
Ben Wallace makes layup (Delonte West assists)
LeBron James misses jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
Delonte West makes two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 8-foot two point shot (Delonte West assists)
Devin Brown misses 17-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
Devin Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tyrus Thomas blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup
LeBron James misses two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
Ben Wallace makes two point shot (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Tyrus Thomas blocks Delonte West's 4-foot jumper
Joe Smith misses layup
Joe Smith makes 6-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
LeBron James makes 19-foot jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)
LeBron James misses 7-foot running jumper
LeBron James makes layup (Daniel Gibson assists)
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 19-foot jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)
Anderson Varejao misses 16-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 18-foot two point shot
Devin Brown makes 10-foot two point shot
Wally Szczerbiak makes 15-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 16-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes dunk (Devin Brown assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 12-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
Delonte West makes 9-foot running jumper (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (LeBron James assists)
Tyrus Thomas blocks Delonte West's layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper
Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (Devin Brown assists)
LeBron James makes layup
LeBron James makes 24-foot three point jumper (Joe Smith assists)
Ben Wallace makes dunk (Delonte West assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 8-foot two point shot
Delonte West makes running jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (Delonte West assists)
Ben Wallace misses 7-foot hook shot
LeBron James misses 28-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Delonte West assists)
Devin Brown makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Delonte West makes 9-foot running jumper
LeBron James misses 7-foot jumper
Delonte West misses three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
LeBron James makes 1-foot two point shot (Devin Brown assists)
Ben Wallace misses 4-foot jumper
Devin Brown makes two point shot
LeBron James makes 20-foot jumper
Joe Smith makes slam dunk (Anderson Varejao assists)
Thabo Sefolosha blocks LeBron James's layup
Joe Smith misses 14-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes layup (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Andres Nocioni blocks Anderson Varejao's 8-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 21-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 17-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 13-foot jumper
Joe Smith misses 17-foot two point shot
Devin Brown misses 21-foot jumper
Joakim Noah blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (Devin Brown assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 21-foot jumper (Devin Brown assists)
Joakim Noah blocks LeBron James's 9-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 22-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses layup
LeBron James misses 23-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
Luol Deng blocks Delonte West's layup
Anderson Varejao makes two point shot
Larry Hughes blocks Wally Szczerbiak's 20-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses layup
Ben Wallace misses dunk
LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 20-foot jumper
Joakim Noah blocks LeBron James's layup
Daniel Gibson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng makes layup (Tyrus Thomas assists)
Tyrus Thomas misses 17-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 22-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Ben Wallace blocks Luol Deng's 13-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 15-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes 18-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Ben Wallace blocks Joakim Noah's layup
Tyrus Thomas misses layup
Larry Hughes misses layup
Luol Deng makes 20-foot jumper (Joakim Noah assists)
Larry Hughes makes layup (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Kirk Hinrich misses 19-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes layup (Joakim Noah assists)
Andres Nocioni makes layup (Ben Gordon assists)
Ben Gordon makes 19-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Ben Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Tyrus Thomas makes slam dunk (Larry Hughes assists)
Andres Nocioni misses three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 12-foot running jumper
Andres Nocioni misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Andres Nocioni misses 6-foot running jumper
LeBron James blocks Andres Nocioni's 9-foot jumper
Aaron Gray misses 12-foot hook shot
Ben Gordon misses 16-foot jumper
Aaron Gray misses two point shot
Andres Nocioni misses layup
Larry Hughes makes two point shot
Andres Nocioni makes 8-foot running jumper
Ben Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Aaron Gray misses 16-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 19-foot jumper
Luol Deng misses 17-foot jumper
Ben Gordon makes 12-foot two point shot (Joakim Noah assists)
Joakim Noah makes layup (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Joakim Noah makes 5-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng makes 15-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Larry Hughes makes 21-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Larry Hughes makes driving layup
Larry Hughes makes 23-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Tyrus Thomas misses 12-foot two point shot
Luol Deng misses 13-foot two point shot
Luol Deng makes layup (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Joakim Noah makes slam dunk (Larry Hughes assists)
Kirk Hinrich makes 25-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Kirk Hinrich misses 26-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes makes 21-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
LeBron James blocks Luol Deng's layup
Larry Hughes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Andres Nocioni assists)
Larry Hughes makes 21-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni makes 20-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Thabo Sefolosha makes 2-foot two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes misses 6-foot jumper
Thabo Sefolosha makes 21-foot jumper (Andres Nocioni assists)
Andres Nocioni makes three point jumper (Thabo Sefolosha assists)
Ben Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Andres Nocioni makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Andres Nocioni misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon makes 4-foot running jumper
Larry Hughes makes slam dunk
Ben Gordon makes 12-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 15-foot jumper (Joakim Noah assists)
Andres Nocioni misses layup
Ben Gordon makes 24-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 21-foot jumper
Joakim Noah makes layup (Ben Gordon assists)
Thabo Sefolosha misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Thabo Sefolosha's layup
Ben Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper

BULLS

CAVALIERS

TIME		CHI	CLE
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Joakim Noah vs. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Tyrus Thomas gains possession)	0	0
11:42	Luol Deng makes layup (Tyrus Thomas assists)	2	0
11:18	Delonte West misses 23-foot three point jumper	2	0
11:18	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	2	0
11:04	Tyrus Thomas misses 17-foot jumper	2	0
11:03	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	2	0
10:56	Tyrus Thomas shooting foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul)	2	0
10:56	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes free throw 1 of 2	2	1
10:56	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses free throw 2 of 2	2	1
10:56	Tyrus Thomas defensive rebound	2	1
10:37	Larry Hughes makes 22-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)	4	1
10:19	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 21-foot jumper	4	1
10:18	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	4	1
10:11	Ben Wallace blocks Luol Deng's 13-foot jumper	4	1
10:08	LeBron James defensive rebound	4	1
9:57	Ben Wallace makes layup (Delonte West assists)	4	3
9:45	Larry Hughes misses 15-foot jumper	4	3
9:42	Joakim Noah offensive rebound	4	3
9:36	Luol Deng makes 18-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)	6	3
9:23	LeBron James misses jumper	6	3
9:22	Luol Deng defensive rebound	6	3
9:14	Joakim Noah traveling	6	3
9:00	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup	6	3
9:00	Kirk Hinrich defensive rebound	6	3
8:53	Ben Wallace blocks Joakim Noah's layup	6	3
8:52	Delonte West defensive rebound	6	3
8:47	Delonte West makes two point shot	6	5
8:30	Larry Hughes lost ball (Delonte West steals)	6	5
8:30	Larry Hughes personal foul (Delonte West draws the foul)	6	5
8:17	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 8-foot two point shot (Delonte West assists)	6	7
7:54	Tyrus Thomas misses layup	6	7
7:52	Tyrus Thomas offensive rebound	6	7
7:48	Tyrus Thomas backcourt	6	7
7:31	Devin Brown misses 17-foot jumper	6	7
7:30	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	6	9
7:30	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup	6	9
7:22	Larry Hughes misses layup	6	9
7:22	Chicago offensive rebound	6	9
7:22	Zydrunas Ilgauskas loose ball foul (Joakim Noah draws the foul)	6	9
7:15	Delonte West shooting foul (Kirk Hinrich draws the foul)	6	9
7:15	Kirk Hinrich misses free throw 1 of 2	6	9
7:15	Chicago offensive rebound	6	9
7:15	Kirk Hinrich makes free throw 2 of 2	7	9
7:03	Zydrunas Ilgauskas traveling	7	9
6:48	Luol Deng makes 20-foot jumper (Joakim Noah assists)	9	9
6:31	Devin Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper	9	9
6:31	Tyrus Thomas defensive rebound	9	9
6:26	Larry Hughes makes layup (Kirk Hinrich assists)	11	9
6:13	Tyrus Thomas blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup	11	9
6:13	Cleveland offensive rebound	11	9
6:07	LeBron James misses two point shot	11	9
6:05	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	11	9
6:05	Joakim Noah shooting foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul)	11	9
6:05	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes free throw 1 of 2	11	10
6:05	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes free throw 2 of 2	11	11
5:54	Kirk Hinrich misses 19-foot jumper	11	11
5:52	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	11	11
5:41	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup	11	11
5:39	Tyrus Thomas defensive rebound	11	11
5:30	Luol Deng makes layup (Joakim Noah assists)	13	11
5:09	Ben Wallace makes two point shot (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)	13	13
5:03	Chicago full timeout	13	13
5:03	Daniel Gibson enters the game for Devin Brown	13	13
5:03	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	13	13
5:03	Andres Nocioni enters the game for Joakim Noah	13	13
5:03	Ben Gordon enters the game for Kirk Hinrich	13	13
4:56	Andres Nocioni makes layup (Ben Gordon assists)	15	13
4:56	Anderson Varejao shooting foul (Andres Nocioni draws the foul)	15	13
4:56	Andres Nocioni makes free throw 1 of 1	16	13
4:35	Anderson Varejao lost ball (Tyrus Thomas steals)	16	13
4:35	Tyrus Thomas bad pass (LeBron James steals)	16	13
4:33	Luol Deng shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	16	13
4:33	Joe Smith enters the game for Ben Wallace	16	13
4:33	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	16	14
4:33	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	21	15
4:20	Ben Gordon makes 19-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)	18	14
4:01	Tyrus Thomas blocks Delonte West's 4-foot jumper	18	14
4:01	Delonte West offensive rebound	18	14
3:57	Joe Smith misses layup	18	14
3:55	Tyrus Thomas defensive rebound	18	14
3:48	Ben Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)	21	14
3:42	Cleveland full timeout	21	14
3:42	Wally Szczerbiak enters the game for Delonte West	21	15
3:31	Joe Smith makes 6-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)	21	17
3:31	Tyrus Thomas illegal defense	21	17
3:20	Tyrus Thomas makes slam dunk (Larry Hughes assists)	23	17
3:04	LeBron James makes 19-foot jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)	23	19
2:49	Andres Nocioni misses three point jumper	23	19
2:47	LeBron James defensive rebound	23	19
2:40	LeBron James misses 7-foot running jumper	23	19
2:38	Andres Nocioni defensive rebound	23	19
2:32	Larry Hughes misses 12-foot running jumper	23	19
2:28	LeBron James makes layup (Daniel Gibson assists)	23	21
2:28	Andres Nocioni shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	23	21
2:28	LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 1	23	21
2:28	Tyrus Thomas defensive rebound	23	21
2:12	Larry Hughes bad pass (Wally Szczerbiak steals)	23	21
2:10	Ben Gordon shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	23	21
2:10	LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2	23	21
2:10	Cleveland offensive rebound	23	21
2:10	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	23	22
1:58	Andres Nocioni misses 25-foot three point jumper	23	22
1:57	Wally Szczerbiak defensive rebound	23	22
1:47	LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper	23	22
1:47	Ben Gordon defensive rebound	23	22
1:38	Luol Deng makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)	25	22
1:20	LeBron James makes 19-foot jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)	25	24
1:04	Joe Smith shooting foul (Andres Nocioni draws the foul)	25	24
1:04	Andres Nocioni misses free throw 1 of 2	25	24
1:04	Chicago offensive rebound	25	24
1:04	Thabo Sefolosha enters the game for Luol Deng	25	24
1:04	Andres Nocioni makes free throw 2 of 2	26	24
50.9	Anderson Varejao misses 16-foot jumper	26	24
49.9	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	26	24
40.9	Andres Nocioni misses 6-foot running jumper	26	24
38.7	Joe Smith defensive rebound	26	24
25.9	LeBron James makes 18-foot two point shot	26	26
1.0	LeBron James blocks Andres Nocioni's 9-foot jumper	26	26
0.3	LeBron James defensive rebound	26	26
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	26

Regular Season Series

CHI leads 3-2

Bulls
86
Cavaliers
95

Game 1

2/3

Bulls
86
Cavaliers
95

Game 2

2/3

Cavaliers
96
Bulls
107

Game 3

6/3

Cavaliers
96
Bulls
107

Game 4

7/3

Bulls
101
Cavaliers
98

Game 5

4/4

Bulls
101
Cavaliers
98

Game 6

4/4

Cavaliers
95
Bulls
100

Game 7

11/4

Cavaliers
95
Bulls
100

Game 8

12/4

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

1:00 AM, 4 April 2008

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,562

Referees:
Dan Crawford
Matt Boland
Courtney Kirkland

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

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