Cavaliers 97-73 Pacers (6 Dec, 2008) Play-by-Play

Indiana Pacers

7-12, 2-8 away

	1	2	3	4	T
IND	20	18	16	19	73
CLE	21	31	18	27	97

Cleveland Cavaliers

16-3, 11-0 home

Delonte West misses 16-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes 16-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes 17-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 21-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
LeBron James makes 20-foot jumper
Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mo Williams assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 21-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 23-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses 22-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 6-foot two point shot
Daniel Gibson makes 22-foot jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Daniel Gibson misses 21-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 19-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Wally Szczerbiak misses three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 23-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes slam dunk (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
LeBron James misses 12-foot two point shot
Wally Szczerbiak misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 15-foot jumper (Mo Williams assists)
Anderson Varejao makes dunk (Daniel Gibson assists)
Mo Williams makes 5-foot running jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 24-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Delonte West misses 10-foot running jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 17-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
Anderson Varejao makes 19-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes two point shot
Anderson Varejao makes 19-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Daniel Gibson makes 18-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Anderson Varejao makes 20-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 19-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Delonte West assists)
Mo Williams makes 12-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 16-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 21-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes running jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 20-foot jumper (Mo Williams assists)
Delonte West misses 14-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes 9-foot two point shot (Delonte West assists)
LeBron James misses 11-foot two point shot
Ben Wallace makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 8-foot hook shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 9-foot two point shot
Delonte West misses 20-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 19-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 17-foot jumper
Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anderson Varejao assists)
Daniel Gibson makes 10-foot two point shot (Anderson Varejao assists)
LeBron James misses layup
Delonte West misses 19-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams misses 19-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 16-foot two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 13-foot jumper (Mo Williams assists)
Mo Williams makes 17-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 20-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 21-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 22-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 23-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 21-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Darnell Jackson makes dunk
Rasho Nesterovic misses 21-foot jumper
Rasho Nesterovic misses 12-foot jumper
T.J. Ford makes driving layup
Ben Wallace blocks Rasho Nesterovic's layup
Danny Granger makes 17-foot jumper
Rasho Nesterovic makes layup (Danny Granger assists)
Marquis Daniels makes 11-foot jumper (Danny Granger assists)
Troy Murphy misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rasho Nesterovic makes layup (Danny Granger assists)
Ben Wallace blocks Rasho Nesterovic's layup
Marquis Daniels misses 11-foot jumper
Rasho Nesterovic misses tip shot
Troy Murphy makes 21-foot jumper (Rasho Nesterovic assists)
Rasho Nesterovic makes two point shot (Troy Murphy assists)
T.J. Ford makes layup (Troy Murphy assists)
T.J. Ford makes 20-foot jumper
Roy Hibbert misses 15-foot jumper
Stephen Graham makes 13-foot jumper (Marquis Daniels assists)
Stephen Graham misses 21-foot jumper
Marquis Daniels misses 9-foot jumper
Jeff Foster misses two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Jeff Foster's 9-foot jumper
Stephen Graham makes 17-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao blocks Stephen Graham's 9-foot jumper
Troy Murphy makes 16-foot jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)
Jarrett Jack misses 21-foot jumper
Stephen Graham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Marquis Daniels assists)
Marquis Daniels makes 16-foot jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)
Danny Granger misses 17-foot jumper
Jarrett Jack makes 9-foot running jumper
Jeff Foster makes 2-foot two point shot (Danny Granger assists)
Jarrett Jack misses 11-foot two point shot
Stephen Graham makes driving dunk (T.J. Ford assists)
Troy Murphy makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rasho Nesterovic assists)
Troy Murphy misses three point jumper
Danny Granger misses layup
Troy Murphy makes 19-foot jumper (Marquis Daniels assists)
Marquis Daniels misses 18-foot jumper
T.J. Ford makes 10-foot jumper (Danny Granger assists)
Marquis Daniels misses 5-foot two point shot
Rasho Nesterovic makes tip shot
Troy Murphy misses 17-foot jumper
Brandon Rush makes 24-foot three point jumper (Roy Hibbert assists)
Stephen Graham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jarrett Jack makes 8-foot two point shot
LeBron James blocks Stephen Graham's layup
Jeff Foster misses 2-foot two point shot
LeBron James blocks Brandon Rush's 16-foot jumper
Danny Granger misses 18-foot jumper
Jeff Foster misses jumper
Danny Granger misses 23-foot three point jumper
Troy Murphy makes 26-foot three point jumper (T.J. Ford assists)
Troy Murphy makes layup (Jeff Foster assists)
Marquis Daniels misses 25-foot three point jumper
Danny Granger makes 19-foot jumper
Danny Granger misses 29-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks T.J. Ford's 16-foot jumper
T.J. Ford misses 25-foot three point jumper
Troy Murphy misses 22-foot jumper
LeBron James blocks T.J. Ford's layup
T.J. Ford misses 18-foot jumper
Roy Hibbert makes 1-foot two point shot
T.J. Ford misses layup
Roy Hibbert misses two point shot
J.J. Hickson blocks Stephen Graham's layup
Josh McRoberts makes driving layup
Josh McRoberts misses 27-foot three point jumper
Stephen Graham misses 19-foot jumper
Stephen Graham makes 12-foot jumper
Jarrett Jack misses layup
Sasha Pavlovic blocks Roy Hibbert's layup
Jarrett Jack misses 20-foot jumper

PACERS

CAVALIERS

TIME		IND	CLE
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Rasho Nesterovic vs. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Delonte West gains possession)	0	0
11:52	Delonte West misses 16-foot jumper	0	0
11:51	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	0	0
11:30	Mo Williams makes 16-foot jumper	0	2
11:15	Rasho Nesterovic misses 21-foot jumper	0	2
11:14	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	0	2
11:03	T.J. Ford shooting foul (Mo Williams draws the foul)	0	2
11:03	Mo Williams makes free throw 1 of 2	0	3
11:03	Mo Williams makes free throw 2 of 2	0	4
10:55	Rasho Nesterovic misses 12-foot jumper	0	4
10:53	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	0	4
10:41	Mo Williams makes 17-foot jumper	0	6
10:33	T.J. Ford makes driving layup	2	6
10:11	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 21-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)	2	8
9:47	Ben Wallace blocks Rasho Nesterovic's layup	2	8
9:45	T.J. Ford offensive rebound	2	8
9:45	shot clock violation	2	8
9:27	LeBron James makes 20-foot jumper	2	10
9:03	Danny Granger makes 17-foot jumper	4	10
8:37	Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mo Williams assists)	4	13
8:14	Rasho Nesterovic makes layup (Danny Granger assists)	6	13
7:58	Zydrunas Ilgauskas bad pass (Marquis Daniels steals)	6	13
7:56	Delonte West personal foul (Marquis Daniels draws the foul)	6	13
7:41	Marquis Daniels makes 11-foot jumper (Danny Granger assists)	8	13
7:22	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 21-foot jumper	8	13
7:22	Troy Murphy defensive rebound	8	13
7:13	Troy Murphy misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	13
7:11	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	8	13
7:01	LeBron James misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	13
7:01	Cleveland defensive rebound	8	13
6:47	Rasho Nesterovic makes layup (Danny Granger assists)	10	13
6:28	Delonte West misses 22-foot jumper	10	13
6:28	Rasho Nesterovic defensive rebound	10	13
6:20	Ben Wallace blocks Rasho Nesterovic's layup	10	13
6:18	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	10	13
6:01	Mo Williams misses three point jumper	10	13
6:00	T.J. Ford defensive rebound	10	13
5:46	Delonte West personal foul (T.J. Ford draws the foul)	10	13
5:46	Cleveland full timeout	10	13
5:46	Sasha Pavlovic enters the game for Delonte West	10	13
5:37	Marquis Daniels misses 11-foot jumper	10	13
5:33	Rasho Nesterovic offensive rebound	10	13
5:33	Rasho Nesterovic misses tip shot	10	13
5:30	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	10	13
5:11	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper	10	13
5:11	T.J. Ford defensive rebound	10	13
5:00	Troy Murphy makes 21-foot jumper (Rasho Nesterovic assists)	12	13
4:39	LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper	12	13
4:37	Troy Murphy defensive rebound	12	13
4:28	Rasho Nesterovic bad pass	12	13
4:28	Wally Szczerbiak enters the game for Ben Wallace	12	13
4:28	Daniel Gibson enters the game for Mo Williams	12	13
4:13	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 6-foot two point shot	12	13
4:11	Troy Murphy defensive rebound	12	13
4:00	Rasho Nesterovic makes two point shot (Troy Murphy assists)	14	13
3:40	Daniel Gibson makes 22-foot jumper (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)	14	15
3:33	T.J. Ford bad pass	14	15
3:33	Roy Hibbert enters the game for Rasho Nesterovic	14	15
3:33	Stephen Graham enters the game for Marquis Daniels	14	15
3:33	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	18	17
3:27	Stephen Graham personal foul (Daniel Gibson draws the foul)	14	15
3:18	Daniel Gibson misses 21-foot jumper	14	15
3:17	Troy Murphy defensive rebound	14	15
3:13	T.J. Ford makes layup (Troy Murphy assists)	16	15
3:00	Anderson Varejao makes 19-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)	16	17
2:51	T.J. Ford makes 20-foot jumper	18	17
2:39	Wally Szczerbiak misses three point jumper	18	17
2:36	Roy Hibbert defensive rebound	18	17
2:31	Roy Hibbert misses 15-foot jumper	18	17
2:30	LeBron James defensive rebound	18	17
2:18	Sasha Pavlovic misses 23-foot three point jumper	18	17
2:17	LeBron James offensive rebound	18	17
2:10	LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper	18	17
2:09	Troy Murphy defensive rebound	18	17
2:00	Stephen Graham lost ball (Sasha Pavlovic steals)	18	17
1:53	LeBron James makes slam dunk (Wally Szczerbiak assists)	18	19
1:47	Indiana full timeout	18	19
1:47	Jarrett Jack enters the game for Danny Granger	18	19
1:47	Marquis Daniels enters the game for Troy Murphy	18	19
1:47	Jeff Foster enters the game for T.J. Ford	18	19
1:35	Stephen Graham makes 13-foot jumper (Marquis Daniels assists)	20	19
1:15	Jeff Foster shooting foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	20	19
1:15	Anderson Varejao makes free throw 1 of 2	20	20
1:15	Anderson Varejao makes free throw 2 of 2	20	21
1:00	Stephen Graham misses 21-foot jumper	20	21
59.9	Sasha Pavlovic defensive rebound	20	21
54.8	LeBron James misses 12-foot two point shot	20	21
51.9	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	20	21
37.9	Wally Szczerbiak misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	21
36.9	Stephen Graham defensive rebound	20	21
28.9	Marquis Daniels misses 9-foot jumper	20	21
27.5	Jeff Foster offensive rebound	20	21
23.9	Jeff Foster misses two point shot	20	21
20.9	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	20	21
0.0	LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper	20	21
0.0	Cleveland offensive rebound	20	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	20	21

Regular Season Series

CLE leads 2-0

Pacers
107
Cavaliers
111

Game 1

8/11

Pacers
73
Cavaliers
97

Game 2

6/12

Cavaliers
95
Pacers
96

Game 3

11/2

Cavaliers
117
Pacers
109

Game 4

14/4

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

12:30 AM, 6 December 2008

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 1

Referees:
Joe DeRosa
Luis Grillo
Curtis Blair

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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