Bulls 100-95 Cavaliers (11 Apr, 2008) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

43-36, 17-23 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	33	14	18	30	95
CHI	25	28	29	18	100

Chicago Bulls

31-48, 19-20 home

100

Luol Deng misses 23-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes 6-foot hook shot
Luol Deng misses 23-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 23-foot jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Joakim Noah's layup
Tyrus Thomas makes 9-foot hook shot
Larry Hughes misses 14-foot jumper
Delonte West blocks Kirk Hinrich's 17-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 19-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes 23-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Joakim Noah makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Tyrus Thomas misses 20-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 17-foot jumper
Thabo Sefolosha misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tyrus Thomas misses 16-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 22-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes two point shot (Ben Gordon assists)
Larry Hughes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses layup
Joakim Noah misses layup
Tyrus Thomas makes layup (Ben Gordon assists)
Anderson Varejao blocks Aaron Gray's layup
Ben Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Chris Duhon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyrus Thomas assists)
Tyrus Thomas makes 15-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Ben Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon misses 17-foot jumper
Aaron Gray makes two point shot
Ben Gordon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Andres Nocioni misses 12-foot jumper
Aaron Gray makes 9-foot hook shot (Chris Duhon assists)
Andres Nocioni misses two point shot
Luol Deng makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Ben Gordon makes driving layup
Chris Duhon misses 27-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng misses 13-foot jumper
Joakim Noah makes tip shot
Andres Nocioni makes layup (Ben Gordon assists)
Ben Gordon misses three point jumper
Chris Duhon makes 17-foot jumper
Ben Gordon makes two point shot (Tyrus Thomas assists)
Ben Wallace blocks Tyrus Thomas's 17-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 20-foot jumper
Chris Duhon misses 24-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Tyrus Thomas makes dunk (Joakim Noah assists)
Larry Hughes makes layup (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Larry Hughes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Luol Deng makes 19-foot jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Luol Deng's layup
Tyrus Thomas makes 17-foot two point shot (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Luol Deng misses 26-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 21-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Luol Deng misses 19-foot jumper
Joakim Noah makes slam dunk (Larry Hughes assists)
Joakim Noah makes driving dunk
Anderson Varejao blocks Joakim Noah's layup
Tyrus Thomas makes dunk
Tyrus Thomas misses 20-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes dunk (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Tyrus Thomas misses 16-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 19-foot jumper (Tyrus Thomas assists)
Kirk Hinrich misses 25-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 36-foot three point jumper
Andres Nocioni misses 17-foot jumper
Ben Gordon makes 21-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng misses jumper
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 22-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes two point shot
Chris Duhon makes layup
Tyrus Thomas misses 14-foot jumper
Joe Smith blocks Tyrus Thomas's layup
Luol Deng misses 20-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich blocks Delonte West's 9-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (Devin Brown assists)
LeBron James makes driving layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 21-foot jumper
Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (Devin Brown assists)
LeBron James makes layup (Devin Brown assists)
Joakim Noah blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup
LeBron James makes jumper (Delonte West assists)
Devin Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Delonte West assists)
Tyrus Thomas blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses tip shot
LeBron James makes dunk (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Ben Wallace misses 9-foot jumper
Joakim Noah blocks Devin Brown's layup
LeBron James makes 18-foot two point shot
Daniel Gibson misses 23-foot jumper
LeBron James makes two point shot
LeBron James makes layup (Joe Smith assists)
LeBron James makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anderson Varejao assists)
LeBron James makes jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)
LeBron James makes 23-foot three point jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)
Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 23-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 19-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 22-foot jumper
Joe Smith misses 20-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 17-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses jumper
Joe Smith makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
Joe Smith makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
Joakim Noah blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup
Anderson Varejao misses layup
Delonte West misses 23-foot three point jumper
Devin Brown misses 15-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
LeBron James makes layup (Joe Smith assists)
Joe Smith misses 11-foot jumper
Joakim Noah blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 16-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
Devin Brown makes layup (Delonte West assists)
Devin Brown misses 17-foot jumper
Devin Brown makes layup
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 20-foot jumper
Delonte West makes layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper
LeBron James misses layup
Joe Smith misses 12-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas blocks Joe Smith's layup
Wally Szczerbiak misses 13-foot jumper
Joe Smith makes two point shot
Daniel Gibson misses 10-foot jumper
Joe Smith makes two point shot
Wally Szczerbiak makes 20-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
Joe Smith makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
Delonte West makes two point shot
Joe Smith makes 8-foot hook shot
Joe Smith misses 10-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper
Joe Smith makes slam dunk (LeBron James assists)
Joe Smith misses 15-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas blocks LeBron James's layup
Joe Smith makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Delonte West makes layup
Delonte West misses layup
Devin Brown makes layup
Joe Smith misses 17-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses layup
LeBron James makes layup
Devin Brown misses layup
Delonte West makes layup
LeBron James makes two point shot
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng blocks Delonte West's layup
Joe Smith makes 11-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)

CAVALIERS

BULLS

TIME		CLE	CHI
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Joakim Noah (Chicago gains possession)	0	0
12:00	Zydrunas Ilgauskas lane violation	0	0
11:48	Luol Deng misses 23-foot jumper	0	0
11:47	Devin Brown defensive rebound	0	0
11:41	Tyrus Thomas shooting foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul)	0	0
11:41	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes free throw 1 of 2	1	0
11:41	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses free throw 2 of 2	1	0
11:40	Tyrus Thomas defensive rebound	1	0
11:25	Tyrus Thomas makes 6-foot hook shot	1	2
11:04	Kirk Hinrich blocks Delonte West's 9-foot jumper	1	2
11:03	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	1	2
10:52	Luol Deng misses 23-foot jumper	1	2
10:49	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	1	2
10:42	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes jumper (Devin Brown assists)	3	2
10:19	Larry Hughes misses 23-foot jumper	3	2
10:18	LeBron James defensive rebound	3	2
10:03	LeBron James turnover	3	2
9:48	Ben Wallace blocks Joakim Noah's layup	3	2
9:45	LeBron James defensive rebound	3	2
9:42	Luol Deng shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	3	2
9:42	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	4	2
9:42	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	5	2
9:32	Joakim Noah lost ball (LeBron James steals)	5	2
9:22	LeBron James makes driving layup	7	2
9:08	Tyrus Thomas makes 9-foot hook shot	7	4
8:51	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 21-foot jumper	7	4
8:49	Tyrus Thomas defensive rebound	7	4
8:42	Larry Hughes misses 14-foot jumper	7	4
8:41	Devin Brown defensive rebound	7	4
8:36	Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (Devin Brown assists)	10	4
8:23	Delonte West blocks Kirk Hinrich's 17-foot jumper	10	4
8:21	Devin Brown defensive rebound	10	4
8:19	Devin Brown bad pass (Kirk Hinrich steals)	10	4
8:15	Kirk Hinrich misses 19-foot jumper	10	4
8:14	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	10	4
8:08	Zydrunas Ilgauskas lost ball (Kirk Hinrich steals)	10	4
8:08	Zydrunas Ilgauskas personal foul (Kirk Hinrich draws the foul)	10	4
7:52	Luol Deng makes 23-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)	10	6
7:41	LeBron James makes layup (Devin Brown assists)	12	6
7:41	Luol Deng shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	12	6
7:41	Thabo Sefolosha enters the game for Luol Deng	12	6
7:41	LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 1	12	6
7:39	Tyrus Thomas defensive rebound	12	6
7:28	Joakim Noah makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)	12	8
7:13	Joakim Noah blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup	12	8
7:11	Kirk Hinrich defensive rebound	12	8
7:05	Tyrus Thomas misses 20-foot jumper	12	8
7:03	Devin Brown defensive rebound	12	8
6:47	LeBron James makes jumper (Delonte West assists)	14	8
6:33	Kirk Hinrich misses 17-foot jumper	14	8
6:31	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	14	8
6:18	Devin Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Delonte West assists)	17	8
6:13	Chicago full timeout	17	8
6:13	Ben Gordon enters the game for Kirk Hinrich	17	8
6:03	Thabo Sefolosha misses 26-foot three point jumper	17	8
6:01	Tyrus Thomas offensive rebound	17	8
5:46	Tyrus Thomas misses 16-foot jumper	17	8
5:45	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	17	8
5:35	Tyrus Thomas blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup	17	8
5:31	Tyrus Thomas defensive rebound	17	8
5:31	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	21	14
5:31	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses tip shot	21	14
5:26	Joakim Noah bad pass (Zydrunas Ilgauskas steals)	17	8
5:22	LeBron James makes dunk (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)	19	8
5:07	Larry Hughes makes 22-foot jumper	19	10
4:39	Ben Wallace misses 9-foot jumper	19	10
4:39	Cleveland defensive rebound	19	10
4:28	Tyrus Thomas makes two point shot (Ben Gordon assists)	19	12
4:07	Joakim Noah blocks Devin Brown's layup	19	12
4:07	Cleveland defensive rebound	19	12
4:07	Daniel Gibson enters the game for Ben Wallace	19	12
4:07	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Devin Brown	19	12
3:55	Larry Hughes misses 24-foot three point jumper	19	12
3:54	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	19	12
3:36	LeBron James makes 18-foot two point shot	21	12
3:23	Larry Hughes misses layup	21	12
3:19	Joakim Noah offensive rebound	21	12
3:18	Joakim Noah misses layup	21	12
3:17	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	21	12
3:06	Anderson Varejao bad pass (Joakim Noah steals)	21	12
2:55	Tyrus Thomas makes layup (Ben Gordon assists)	21	14
2:48	Cleveland full timeout	21	14
2:48	Aaron Gray enters the game for Joakim Noah	21	14
2:48	Chris Duhon enters the game for Larry Hughes	21	14
2:48	Wally Szczerbiak enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	21	14
2:48	Joe Smith enters the game for Delonte West	21	14
2:32	Daniel Gibson misses 23-foot jumper	21	14
2:30	Tyrus Thomas defensive rebound	21	14
2:14	Anderson Varejao blocks Aaron Gray's layup	21	14
2:12	LeBron James defensive rebound	21	14
2:03	LeBron James makes two point shot	23	14
1:49	Ben Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Duhon assists)	23	17
1:34	LeBron James makes layup (Joe Smith assists)	25	17
1:34	Aaron Gray shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	25	17
1:34	LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 1	25	17
1:31	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	25	17
1:28	LeBron James makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anderson Varejao assists)	28	17
1:09	Chris Duhon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyrus Thomas assists)	28	20
55.0	LeBron James makes jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)	30	20
43.0	Tyrus Thomas makes 15-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)	30	22
28.5	LeBron James makes 23-foot three point jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)	33	22
5.0	Ben Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper	33	25
0.0	Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper	33	25
0.0	Cleveland offensive rebound	33	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	33	25

Regular Season Series

CHI wins 3-1

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, 11 April 2008

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 22,084

Referees:
Jim Clark
James Capers
Eli Roe

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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