Hornets 104-92 Cavaliers (2 Nov, 2008) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

1-2, 0-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	27	21	24	20	92
NO	19	30	24	31	104

New Orleans Hornets

3-0, 1-0 home

104

Morris Peterson makes 11-foot jumper (Rasual Butler assists)
David West misses 19-foot jumper
Ben Wallace blocks David West's layup
Rasual Butler misses 24-foot three point jumper
David West misses 12-foot jumper
Morris Peterson makes 16-foot jumper (Rasual Butler assists)
David West makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Hilton Armstrong makes dunk (Morris Peterson assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Chris Paul's layup
Morris Peterson misses 21-foot jumper
James Posey makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mike James assists)
Mike James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Morris Peterson misses 19-foot jumper
Mike James misses 22-foot jumper
Mike James misses layup
Melvin Ely misses 5-foot hook shot
Rasual Butler makes 21-foot jumper (Mike James assists)
Mike James misses layup
Melvin Ely makes tip shot
Rasual Butler misses 20-foot jumper
Devin Brown makes two point shot
Melvin Ely makes 7-foot hook shot (James Posey assists)
Devin Brown misses jumper
James Posey makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes driving layup
James Posey makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
J.J. Hickson blocks David West's layup
David West makes 7-foot two point shot
Hilton Armstrong makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Julian Wright misses layup
David West makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 15-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes layup (Rasual Butler assists)
Hilton Armstrong makes dunk (David West assists)
Chris Paul misses 12-foot jumper
Morris Peterson misses 24-foot jumper
Morris Peterson misses 18-foot jumper
David West makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Morris Peterson misses 38-foot three point jumper
David West misses 11-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 7-foot jumper
David West makes 14-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Hilton Armstrong makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 16-foot jumper
David West makes 16-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes layup
Chris Paul misses 28-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes layup
Rasual Butler misses 23-foot jumper
David West makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 18-foot jumper
David West misses 16-foot jumper
Rasual Butler makes 27-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
James Posey misses 23-foot jumper
Melvin Ely misses layup
Melvin Ely misses layup
David West misses 15-foot jumper
Mike James misses 9-foot running jumper
David West makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Hilton Armstrong's layup
Devin Brown misses layup
Chris Paul misses tip shot
Devin Brown makes layup
Chris Paul makes two point shot
David West misses 16-foot jumper
Devin Brown misses tip shot
Chris Paul makes 14-foot jumper
Rasual Butler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
James Posey makes dunk
David West makes 18-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses layup
James Posey makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
James Posey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rasual Butler makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes layup (James Posey assists)
Ben Wallace makes layup (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Mo Williams misses 22-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes 20-foot jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 15-foot hook shot (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Mo Williams misses 19-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 21-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Daniel Gibson misses 23-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 19-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Melvin Ely blocks Wally Szczerbiak's layup
Wally Szczerbiak misses layup
Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Anderson Varejao makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes jumper
LeBron James misses 14-foot jumper
LeBron James makes layup
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
J.J. Hickson misses jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mo Williams assists)
J.J. Hickson makes jumper (Mo Williams assists)
Mo Williams misses 18-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses layup
Daniel Gibson makes 20-foot jumper (Ben Wallace assists)
Mo Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 18-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 11-foot jumper
Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper
Ben Wallace makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
Daniel Gibson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 11-foot two point shot
Mo Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mo Williams assists)
Anderson Varejao misses 14-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 19-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Mo Williams makes 21-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses layup
LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Morris Peterson blocks Delonte West's layup
Mo Williams misses 21-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses 23-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
LeBron James makes dunk
Daniel Gibson makes 19-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 12-foot two point shot
Daniel Gibson misses 18-foot jumper
LeBron James makes layup
Wally Szczerbiak makes 16-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson makes 18-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mo Williams assists)
Mo Williams makes layup
Daniel Gibson misses 21-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams misses 15-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 7-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 16-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Mo Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 24-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James misses 22-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams makes driving layup
Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper

CAVALIERS

HORNETS

TIME		CLE	NO
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Hilton Armstrong (Ben Wallace gains possession)	0	0
11:48	Ben Wallace makes layup (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)	2	0
11:32	Morris Peterson makes 11-foot jumper (Rasual Butler assists)	2	2
11:10	Mo Williams misses 22-foot jumper	2	2
11:07	Morris Peterson defensive rebound	2	2
10:59	David West misses 19-foot jumper	2	2
10:56	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	2	2
10:40	Delonte West bad pass (Rasual Butler steals)	2	2
10:30	Chris Paul traveling	2	2
10:17	Mo Williams makes 20-foot jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)	4	2
9:57	Mo Williams shooting foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	4	2
9:57	Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2	4	3
9:57	Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2	4	4
9:45	David West shooting foul (Ben Wallace draws the foul)	4	4
9:45	Ben Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2	4	4
9:45	Cleveland offensive rebound	4	4
9:45	Ben Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2	4	4
9:45	Hilton Armstrong defensive rebound	4	4
9:34	Ben Wallace blocks David West's layup	4	4
9:33	Delonte West defensive rebound	4	4
9:22	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper	4	4
9:22	Chris Paul defensive rebound	4	4
9:11	Rasual Butler misses 24-foot three point jumper	4	4
9:08	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	4	4
8:55	LeBron James makes 15-foot hook shot (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)	6	4
8:41	David West misses 12-foot jumper	6	4
8:40	New Orleans offensive rebound	6	4
8:36	Morris Peterson makes 16-foot jumper (Rasual Butler assists)	6	6
8:18	Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	9	6
7:58	David West makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	9	8
7:33	Delonte West offensive foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	9	8
7:33	Delonte West turnover	9	8
7:33	Cleveland full timeout	9	8
7:16	Hilton Armstrong makes dunk (Morris Peterson assists)	9	10
7:01	Mo Williams misses 19-foot jumper	9	10
7:00	Hilton Armstrong defensive rebound	9	10
6:46	David West loose ball foul (Ben Wallace draws the foul)	9	10
6:46	David West turnover	9	10
6:46	James Posey enters the game for David West	9	10
6:26	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 21-foot jumper	9	10
6:24	Morris Peterson defensive rebound	9	10
6:16	Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Chris Paul's layup	9	10
6:13	Delonte West defensive rebound	9	10
6:05	Mo Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	12	10
5:50	Morris Peterson misses 21-foot jumper	12	10
5:50	LeBron James defensive rebound	12	10
5:31	Hilton Armstrong shooting foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul)	12	10
5:31	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses free throw 1 of 2	12	10
5:31	Cleveland offensive rebound	12	10
5:31	Mike James enters the game for Chris Paul	12	10
5:31	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes free throw 2 of 2	13	10
5:15	James Posey makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mike James assists)	13	13
5:01	Mo Williams offensive foul (James Posey draws the foul)	13	13
5:01	Mo Williams turnover	13	13
5:01	Melvin Ely enters the game for Hilton Armstrong	13	13
5:01	Daniel Gibson enters the game for Ben Wallace	13	13
5:01	Wally Szczerbiak enters the game for Mo Williams	13	13
4:46	Zydrunas Ilgauskas personal foul (Melvin Ely draws the foul)	13	13
4:43	James Posey turnover	13	13
4:20	Daniel Gibson misses 23-foot jumper	13	13
4:20	James Posey defensive rebound	13	13
4:05	Mike James misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	13
4:03	LeBron James defensive rebound	13	13
3:55	Wally Szczerbiak misses 19-foot jumper	13	13
3:54	Cleveland defensive rebound	13	13
3:38	Morris Peterson misses 19-foot jumper	13	13
3:36	Rasual Butler offensive rebound	13	13
3:25	Mike James misses 22-foot jumper	13	13
3:24	LeBron James defensive rebound	13	13
3:12	Wally Szczerbiak makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	16	13
2:57	Mike James misses layup	16	13
2:56	Melvin Ely offensive rebound	16	13
2:55	Melvin Ely misses 5-foot hook shot	16	13
2:54	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	16	13
2:47	Melvin Ely blocks Wally Szczerbiak's layup	16	13
2:47	New Orleans full timeout	16	13
2:47	Cleveland offensive rebound	16	13
2:47	Devin Brown enters the game for Morris Peterson	16	13
2:47	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	16	13
2:47	Jumpball: Wally Szczerbiak vs. Melvin Ely (Cleveland gains possession)	16	13
2:36	Wally Szczerbiak misses layup	16	13
2:33	LeBron James offensive rebound	16	13
2:29	Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper	19	13
2:11	LeBron James shooting foul (Rasual Butler draws the foul)	19	13
2:11	Rasual Butler makes free throw 1 of 2	19	14
2:11	Rasual Butler makes free throw 2 of 2	19	15
1:58	Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)	21	15
1:43	Rasual Butler makes 21-foot jumper (Mike James assists)	21	17
1:30	Anderson Varejao makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)	23	17
1:30	Mike James shooting foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	23	17
1:30	Anderson Varejao misses free throw 1 of 1	23	17
1:28	Mike James defensive rebound	23	17
1:16	Melvin Ely offensive foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	23	17
1:16	Melvin Ely turnover	23	17
1:04	LeBron James makes jumper	25	17
49.4	Mike James misses layup	25	17
48.7	Melvin Ely offensive rebound	25	19
48.7	Melvin Ely makes tip shot	25	19
35.9	LeBron James misses 14-foot jumper	25	19
35.1	LeBron James offensive rebound	25	19
34.6	LeBron James makes layup	27	19
14.9	Rasual Butler misses 20-foot jumper	27	19
13.6	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	27	19
0.0	LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper	27	19
0.0	Cleveland offensive rebound	27	19
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	19

Regular Season Series

NO leads 1-0

Cavaliers
92
Hornets
104

Game 1

2/11

Hornets
78
Cavaliers
92

Game 2

17/1

Smoothie King Center

12:00 AM, 2 November 2008

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 18,150

Referees:
Sean Corbin
Derrick Collins
Gary Zielinski

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

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