Cleveland Cavaliers @ Washington Wizards

EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND - GAME 3 • CLE leads series 2-1

45-37, 18-23 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Cavaliers CLE	17	16	18	21	72
Wizards WSH	21	28	28	31	108

Washington WizardsWizardsWSH

43-39, 25-16 Home

108

43-39, 25-16 Home

LeBron James blocks Caron Butler's 4-foot jumper
Caron Butler misses 17-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 10-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison makes driving layup (DeShawn Stevenson assists)
Brendan Haywood makes 4-foot two point shot
DeShawn Stevenson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Gilbert Arenas misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeShawn Stevenson misses 20-foot jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Brendan Haywood's 6-foot jumper
DeShawn Stevenson misses layup
Brendan Haywood makes dunk (Gilbert Arenas assists)
Gilbert Arenas makes driving layup
Caron Butler misses 18-foot jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Antawn Jamison's 7-foot jumper
Antonio Daniels makes 8-foot running jumper
Caron Butler makes 18-foot two point shot
Darius Songaila misses layup
Andray Blatche makes 5-foot two point shot (Antonio Daniels assists)
Antonio Daniels makes driving layup
Roger Mason misses layup
Darius Songaila misses 21-foot jumper
Roger Mason makes 25-foot three point jumper
Roger Mason makes 21-foot jumper
Roger Mason makes layup (Brendan Haywood assists)
Roger Mason misses 21-foot jumper
Andray Blatche makes slam dunk (Roger Mason assists)
Andray Blatche misses 15-foot jumper
Antonio Daniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
Roger Mason misses 14-foot jumper
Caron Butler makes slam dunk (Gilbert Arenas assists)
Roger Mason misses 25-foot three point jumper
Caron Butler makes 19-foot jumper
Brendan Haywood makes 8-foot two point shot (Gilbert Arenas assists)
Brendan Haywood makes 2-foot two point shot (Caron Butler assists)
DeShawn Stevenson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Antawn Jamison assists)
Roger Mason makes driving layup (Caron Butler assists)
Caron Butler makes 8-foot two point shot
Caron Butler makes driving layup
Antawn Jamison misses 24-foot three point jumper
Andray Blatche misses 38-foot three point jumper
Antonio Daniels misses 19-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison makes 21-foot jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)
Caron Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
Antawn Jamison makes 25-foot three point jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)
Antawn Jamison makes 16-foot jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)
DeShawn Stevenson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brendan Haywood assists)
DeShawn Stevenson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Antonio Daniels assists)
DeShawn Stevenson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brendan Haywood makes layup
Caron Butler misses 18-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses layup
Antawn Jamison makes layup (Antonio Daniels assists)
Caron Butler makes driving dunk
Caron Butler misses 27-foot three point jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 10-foot jumper
Roger Mason makes 13-foot running jumper
Darius Songaila misses jumper
Andray Blatche misses layup
Darius Songaila makes 7-foot running jumper
Roger Mason misses 19-foot jumper
Caron Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
Darius Songaila makes 1-foot two point shot (Caron Butler assists)
DeShawn Stevenson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Caron Butler assists)
DeShawn Stevenson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brendan Haywood assists)
Caron Butler makes driving dunk
Roger Mason makes 17-foot jumper
Roger Mason makes 25-foot three point jumper
Andray Blatche makes slam dunk (Dominic McGuire assists)
Nick Young misses 25-foot three point jumper
Roger Mason misses layup
Nick Young misses 18-foot jumper
Roger Mason makes 21-foot jumper
Oleksiy Pecherov misses 18-foot jumper
LeBron James misses jumper
LeBron James makes layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 4-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 18-foot two point shot
Wally Szczerbiak misses 15-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes dunk (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Wally Szczerbiak makes 17-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 6-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 19-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes dunk (Ben Wallace assists)
Delonte West misses layup
Wally Szczerbiak misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses layup
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Joe Smith misses 16-foot jumper
Andray Blatche blocks Devin Brown's 6-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson makes 18-foot jumper (Devin Brown assists)
Daniel Gibson misses 14-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 6-foot two point shot
Andray Blatche blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's 4-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Delonte West makes 16-foot jumper
Devin Brown misses 7-foot jumper
Ben Wallace makes dunk (Anderson Varejao assists)
Antawn Jamison blocks Ben Wallace's 4-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
Joe Smith makes 14-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 12-foot two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 7-foot jumper
Joe Smith misses 19-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 17-foot two point shot
Joe Smith makes 7-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison blocks LeBron James's 4-foot jumper
LeBron James misses jumper
Ben Wallace misses layup
Wally Szczerbiak misses 20-foot jumper
Ben Wallace makes two point shot (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
LeBron James makes layup (Delonte West assists)
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 17-foot jumper
Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 18-foot two point shot (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Daniel Gibson misses 22-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Daniel Gibson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Joe Smith misses 10-foot jumper
Joe Smith makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
Devin Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
Joe Smith makes 3-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes slam dunk (Daniel Gibson assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
Anderson Varejao makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes two point shot
LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson makes driving layup
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 18-foot jumper (Devin Brown assists)
Devin Brown misses 21-foot jumper
Joe Smith misses jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 17-foot jumper
Devin Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Damon Jones assists)
Billy Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Devin Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
Damon Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Damon Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dominic McGuire blocks Devin Brown's 6-foot jumper
Damon Jones misses three point jumper
Devin Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anderson Varejao assists)

CAVALIERS

WIZARDS

TIME		CLE	WSH
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Brendan Haywood (LeBron James gains possession)	0	0
11:37	LeBron James misses jumper	0	0
11:36	Antawn Jamison defensive rebound	0	0
11:33	LeBron James blocks Caron Butler's 4-foot jumper	0	0
11:33	Washington offensive rebound	0	0
11:29	Caron Butler misses 17-foot jumper	0	0
11:27	Wally Szczerbiak defensive rebound	0	0
11:19	LeBron James makes layup	2	0
11:02	Antawn Jamison misses 10-foot jumper	2	0
11:00	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	2	0
10:48	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 4-foot jumper	2	0
10:47	Brendan Haywood defensive rebound	2	0
10:37	Antawn Jamison makes driving layup (DeShawn Stevenson assists)	2	2
10:21	Wally Szczerbiak makes 18-foot two point shot	4	2
10:06	Brendan Haywood makes 4-foot two point shot	4	4
9:45	Wally Szczerbiak misses 15-foot jumper	4	4
9:45	Cleveland defensive rebound	4	4
9:27	Zydrunas Ilgauskas shooting foul (Brendan Haywood draws the foul)	4	4
9:27	Brendan Haywood double technical foul	4	4
9:27	Brendan Haywood makes free throw 1 of 2	4	5
9:27	Brendan Haywood makes free throw 2 of 2	4	6
9:23	Ben Wallace bad pass (DeShawn Stevenson steals)	4	6
9:18	DeShawn Stevenson misses 24-foot three point jumper	4	6
9:18	LeBron James defensive rebound	4	6
9:14	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes dunk (Wally Szczerbiak assists)	6	6
8:52	Gilbert Arenas misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	6
8:51	Washington offensive rebound	6	6
8:51	Ben Wallace personal foul (DeShawn Stevenson draws the foul)	6	6
8:41	DeShawn Stevenson misses 20-foot jumper	6	6
8:41	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	6	6
8:22	Wally Szczerbiak makes 17-foot jumper	8	6
8:10	Ben Wallace blocks Brendan Haywood's 6-foot jumper	8	6
8:07	Brendan Haywood offensive rebound	8	6
8:04	DeShawn Stevenson misses layup	8	6
8:03	LeBron James defensive rebound	8	6
7:54	LeBron James offensive foul (Caron Butler draws the foul)	8	6
7:54	LeBron James turnover	8	6
7:39	Brendan Haywood makes dunk (Gilbert Arenas assists)	8	8
7:31	LeBron James bad pass (Antawn Jamison steals)	8	8
7:24	Delonte West personal foul (Gilbert Arenas draws the foul)	8	8
7:13	Caron Butler bad pass	8	8
7:00	Wally Szczerbiak misses 6-foot jumper	8	8
6:58	Gilbert Arenas defensive rebound	8	8
6:50	Gilbert Arenas makes driving layup	8	10
6:30	LeBron James makes 19-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)	10	10
6:09	Caron Butler misses 18-foot jumper	10	10
6:07	LeBron James defensive rebound	10	10
5:56	Zydrunas Ilgauskas bad pass (Antawn Jamison steals)	10	10
5:56	Ben Wallace personal foul (Antawn Jamison draws the foul)	10	10
5:56	Washington full timeout	10	10
5:56	Antonio Daniels enters the game for Gilbert Arenas	10	10
5:41	Caron Butler turnover	10	10
5:26	LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper	10	10
5:18	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	10	10
5:16	LeBron James makes dunk (Ben Wallace assists)	12	10
5:01	Ben Wallace blocks Antawn Jamison's 7-foot jumper	12	10
5:01	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	12	10
4:56	Delonte West misses layup	12	10
4:54	Antonio Daniels defensive rebound	12	10
4:41	Antonio Daniels makes 8-foot running jumper	12	12
4:22	Wally Szczerbiak misses 17-foot jumper	12	12
4:22	Brendan Haywood defensive rebound	12	12
4:09	Caron Butler makes 18-foot two point shot	12	14
3:48	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	12	14
3:48	Joe Smith enters the game for Ben Wallace	12	14
3:45	LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper	12	14
3:44	Caron Butler defensive rebound	12	14
3:44	Joe Smith personal foul (Caron Butler draws the foul)	12	14
3:44	Caron Butler makes free throw 1 of 2	12	15
3:44	Daniel Gibson enters the game for Delonte West	12	15
3:44	Caron Butler makes free throw 2 of 2	12	16
3:19	Anderson Varejao misses layup	12	16
3:18	Caron Butler defensive rebound	12	16
3:15	Caron Butler offensive foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	12	16
3:15	Caron Butler turnover	12	16
3:15	Andray Blatche enters the game for Brendan Haywood	12	16
3:15	Darius Songaila enters the game for Caron Butler	12	16
2:53	LeBron James bad pass (DeShawn Stevenson steals)	12	16
2:47	Andray Blatche offensive foul (Daniel Gibson draws the foul)	12	16
2:47	Andray Blatche turnover	12	16
2:47	Cleveland full timeout	12	16
2:47	Devin Brown enters the game for Wally Szczerbiak	12	16
2:33	Daniel Gibson bad pass (Andray Blatche steals)	12	16
2:18	Darius Songaila misses layup	12	16
2:18	Washington offensive rebound	12	16
1:59	Andray Blatche makes 5-foot two point shot (Antonio Daniels assists)	12	18
1:44	LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper	12	18
1:43	Antonio Daniels defensive rebound	12	18
1:39	Antonio Daniels makes driving layup	12	20
1:39	Anderson Varejao shooting foul (Antonio Daniels draws the foul)	12	20
1:39	Roger Mason enters the game for DeShawn Stevenson	12	20
1:39	Antonio Daniels makes free throw 1 of 1	12	21
1:23	Joe Smith misses 16-foot jumper	12	21
1:23	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	12	21
1:22	Darius Songaila personal foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	12	21
1:15	Andray Blatche blocks Devin Brown's 6-foot jumper	12	21
1:15	Cleveland offensive rebound	12	21
1:00	Daniel Gibson makes 18-foot jumper (Devin Brown assists)	14	21
37.9	Darius Songaila bad pass	14	21
30.9	Daniel Gibson misses 14-foot jumper	14	21
29.9	Joe Smith offensive rebound	14	21
9.4	LeBron James makes 6-foot two point shot	16	21
9.4	Darius Songaila shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	16	21
9.4	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1	17	21
1.0	Roger Mason misses layup	17	21
0.0	Washington offensive rebound	17	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	17	21

Wizards
86
Cavaliers
93

Game 1

19/4

Wizards
86
Cavaliers
116

Game 2

22/4

Cavaliers
72
Wizards
108

Game 3

25/4

Cavaliers
100
Wizards
97

Game 4

27/4

Wizards
88
Cavaliers
87

Game 5

30/4

Cavaliers
105
Wizards
88

Game 6

3/5

Capital One Arena

1:00 AM, 25 April 2008

Washington, DC

Attendance: 20,173

Referees:
Jim Clark
Eddie F. Rush
Sean Corbin

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	24	6	.800	-	W3
Cleveland	17	15	.531	8	L1
Chicago	14	15	.483	9.5	W4
Milwaukee	12	18	.400	12	W1
Indiana	6	24	.200	18	L6

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Orlando	17	13	.567	-	W1
Miami	15	15	.500	2	L3
Atlanta	15	16	.484	2.5	L4
Charlotte	10	20	.333	7	W1
Washington	5	23	.179	11	L2

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