Cavaliers 117-92 Bulls (3 Jan, 2009) Play-by-Play

Chicago Bulls

14-19, 4-15 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	17	30	25	20	92
CLE	32	29	28	28	117

Cleveland Cavaliers

27-5, 17-0 home

117

Ben Wallace misses layup
Mo Williams misses layup
Anderson Varejao makes 1-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes layup (Ben Wallace assists)
Anderson Varejao makes 8-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 1-foot two point shot
Ben Wallace makes dunk (Mo Williams assists)
Ben Wallace misses layup
Ben Wallace makes tip shot
Anderson Varejao misses 19-foot jumper
Ben Wallace makes layup (Delonte West assists)
Daniel Gibson misses 19-foot jumper
Ben Wallace makes driving dunk (Daniel Gibson assists)
Delonte West misses 14-foot jumper
J.J. Hickson makes 1-foot two point shot
Delonte West makes 22-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
J.J. Hickson makes driving layup (Daniel Gibson assists)
Daniel Gibson makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Mo Williams misses 15-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes 22-foot jumper
Darnell Jackson misses 20-foot jumper
Thabo Sefolosha blocks Darnell Jackson's 9-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes driving dunk
Anderson Varejao misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James misses two point shot
Daniel Gibson misses 16-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses 17-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes two point shot (Delonte West assists)
Delonte West misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams makes driving layup
Delonte West makes 23-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Anderson Varejao makes 6-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Mo Williams makes 16-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Mo Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 8-foot hook shot
Ben Wallace makes two point shot
Delonte West makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Delonte West misses layup
Ben Wallace makes tip shot
LeBron James misses 28-foot three point jumper
Ben Wallace misses 23-foot jumper
Ben Wallace misses layup
Anderson Varejao makes two point shot
Anderson Varejao misses 1-foot two point shot
Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mo Williams assists)
Anderson Varejao makes layup (Delonte West assists)
Mo Williams misses layup
Delonte West makes jumper
Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper
J.J. Hickson makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 13-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses 17-foot jumper
Delonte West makes 14-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes slam dunk (LeBron James assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses 9-foot hook shot
J.J. Hickson misses 16-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
J.J. Hickson misses 9-foot two point shot
Delonte West misses 16-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 8-foot running jumper (LeBron James assists)
Anderson Varejao makes slam dunk (Daniel Gibson assists)
Anderson Varejao misses layup
Ben Wallace misses tip shot
LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
J.J. Hickson misses jumper
Lorenzen Wright makes two point shot
Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 27-foot three point jumper
J.J. Hickson makes 19-foot jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)
Lorenzen Wright makes 18-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
J.J. Hickson makes 16-foot jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)
Wally Szczerbiak makes 21-foot jumper
Tarence Kinsey misses layup
Sasha Pavlovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Thabo Sefolosha makes 3-foot two point shot (Ben Gordon assists)
Thabo Sefolosha makes 24-foot jumper (Aaron Gray assists)
Ben Gordon misses 6-foot running jumper
Aaron Gray makes 7-foot two point shot
Larry Hughes misses 16-foot jumper
Aaron Gray misses 11-foot two point shot
LeBron James blocks Thabo Sefolosha's 13-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 17-foot two point shot
Thabo Sefolosha makes 16-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Tyrus Thomas makes 14-foot jumper (Thabo Sefolosha assists)
Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Andres Nocioni misses 7-foot two point shot
Andres Nocioni makes 21-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes misses 21-foot jumper
LeBron James blocks Joakim Noah's 13-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
Andres Nocioni misses layup
Lindsey Hunter misses 26-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Lindsey Hunter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Joakim Noah misses tip shot
J.J. Hickson blocks Larry Hughes's layup
Andres Nocioni misses 25-foot three point jumper
Thabo Sefolosha makes two point shot
Derrick Rose misses 21-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes driving layup
Tyrus Thomas misses layup
Ben Gordon makes two point shot (Derrick Rose assists)
Tyrus Thomas misses 22-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson blocks Joakim Noah's layup
Ben Gordon makes 17-foot jumper
Derrick Rose makes driving layup
Joakim Noah makes slam dunk (Tyrus Thomas assists)
Ben Gordon makes 8-foot two point shot
Thabo Sefolosha misses 17-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas misses 15-foot jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Joakim Noah's two point shot
Thabo Sefolosha misses layup
Ben Wallace blocks Cedric Simmons's layup
Aaron Gray misses 6-foot two point shot
Ben Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses layup
Cedric Simmons misses tip shot
Cedric Simmons makes dunk (Aaron Gray assists)
Cedric Simmons makes slam dunk (Lindsey Hunter assists)
Ben Gordon makes 16-foot jumper
Ben Gordon makes 13-foot jumper
LeBron James blocks Derrick Rose's layup
Ben Gordon misses 18-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas misses 19-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Andres Nocioni misses driving layup
Joakim Noah makes dunk
Derrick Rose misses layup
Joakim Noah makes two point shot
Ben Gordon misses layup
Ben Gordon makes 8-foot two point shot (Derrick Rose assists)
Derrick Rose misses layup
Ben Gordon makes 14-foot running jumper
Andres Nocioni misses 24-foot three point jumper
J.J. Hickson blocks Cedric Simmons's layup
Lindsey Hunter makes 24-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Lindsey Hunter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Cedric Simmons makes two point shot (Ben Gordon assists)
Thabo Sefolosha misses jumper
Lindsey Hunter makes layup
Cedric Simmons misses 16-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 14-foot jumper
Lindsey Hunter makes 24-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Lindsey Hunter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 8-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 23-foot three point jumper (Thabo Sefolosha assists)
Thabo Sefolosha misses 24-foot three point jumper
Lindsey Hunter misses 22-foot jumper
Thabo Sefolosha misses layup
Joakim Noah misses 8-foot running jumper
Cedric Simmons makes slam dunk
Lindsey Hunter makes 26-foot three point jumper (Thabo Sefolosha assists)
Lindsey Hunter misses 21-foot jumper
Joakim Noah makes layup
Thabo Sefolosha misses 25-foot three point jumper

BULLS

CAVALIERS

TIME		CHI	CLE
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Aaron Gray vs. Ben Wallace (Anderson Varejao gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Derrick Rose shooting foul (Mo Williams draws the foul)	0	0
11:45	Mo Williams makes free throw 1 of 2	0	1
11:45	Mo Williams makes free throw 2 of 2	0	2
11:34	Delonte West jump ball	0	2
11:22	Thabo Sefolosha makes 3-foot two point shot (Ben Gordon assists)	2	2
11:04	Ben Wallace misses layup	2	2
11:03	Aaron Gray defensive rebound	2	2
10:56	Thabo Sefolosha makes 24-foot jumper (Aaron Gray assists)	4	2
10:38	Derrick Rose shooting foul (Mo Williams draws the foul)	4	2
10:38	Mo Williams makes free throw 1 of 2	4	3
10:38	Mo Williams makes free throw 2 of 2	4	4
10:25	Ben Gordon misses 6-foot running jumper	4	4
10:22	Ben Gordon offensive rebound	4	4
10:21	Ben Gordon lost ball (Mo Williams steals)	4	4
10:15	Mo Williams misses layup	4	4
10:14	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	4	6
10:14	Anderson Varejao makes 1-foot two point shot	4	6
9:56	Aaron Gray makes 7-foot two point shot	6	6
9:29	Tyrus Thomas shooting foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	6	6
9:29	Anderson Varejao makes free throw 1 of 2	6	7
9:29	Larry Hughes enters the game for Derrick Rose	6	7
9:29	Anderson Varejao misses free throw 2 of 2	6	7
9:27	Tyrus Thomas defensive rebound	6	7
9:15	Thabo Sefolosha lost ball (Ben Wallace steals)	6	7
9:10	LeBron James makes layup (Ben Wallace assists)	6	9
8:56	Larry Hughes misses 16-foot jumper	6	9
8:55	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	6	9
8:49	Ben Gordon shooting foul (Mo Williams draws the foul)	6	9
8:49	Mo Williams makes free throw 1 of 2	6	10
8:49	Mo Williams makes free throw 2 of 2	6	11
8:45	Chicago full timeout	6	11
8:29	Aaron Gray misses 11-foot two point shot	6	11
8:26	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	6	11
8:17	Anderson Varejao makes 8-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)	6	13
8:07	Larry Hughes bad pass (Anderson Varejao steals)	6	13
8:03	Anderson Varejao turnover	6	13
7:39	LeBron James blocks Thabo Sefolosha's 13-foot jumper	6	13
7:35	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	6	13
7:26	LeBron James misses 1-foot two point shot	6	13
7:24	Aaron Gray defensive rebound	6	13
7:16	Ben Gordon misses 17-foot two point shot	6	13
7:13	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	6	13
7:07	Ben Wallace makes dunk (Mo Williams assists)	6	15
6:43	Thabo Sefolosha makes 16-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)	8	15
6:20	Ben Wallace misses layup	8	15
6:18	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	8	17
6:18	Ben Wallace makes tip shot	8	17
5:58	Tyrus Thomas makes 14-foot jumper (Thabo Sefolosha assists)	10	17
5:41	Anderson Varejao misses 19-foot jumper	10	17
5:39	Aaron Gray defensive rebound	10	17
5:26	Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper	10	17
5:24	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	10	17
5:13	Anderson Varejao bad pass (Tyrus Thomas steals)	10	17
5:09	LeBron James clear path foul (Thabo Sefolosha draws the foul)	10	17
5:09	Andres Nocioni enters the game for Aaron Gray	10	17
5:09	Joakim Noah enters the game for Tyrus Thomas	10	17
5:09	Thabo Sefolosha makes free throw	11	17
5:09	Thabo Sefolosha makes free throw	12	17
5:09	Lindsey Hunter enters the game for Thabo Sefolosha	12	17
5:09	J.J. Hickson enters the game for Anderson Varejao	12	17
5:05	Delonte West shooting foul (Ben Gordon draws the foul)	12	17
5:05	Ben Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2	12	17
5:05	Chicago offensive rebound	12	17
5:05	Ben Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2	13	17
4:43	Ben Wallace makes layup (Delonte West assists)	13	19
4:31	Andres Nocioni misses 7-foot two point shot	13	19
4:28	J.J. Hickson defensive rebound	13	19
4:11	J.J. Hickson traveling	13	19
4:11	Daniel Gibson enters the game for Mo Williams	13	19
3:55	Andres Nocioni makes 21-foot jumper (Larry Hughes assists)	15	19
3:31	Daniel Gibson misses 19-foot jumper	15	19
3:30	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	15	19
3:23	Larry Hughes misses 21-foot jumper	15	19
3:21	Joakim Noah offensive rebound	15	19
3:17	LeBron James blocks Joakim Noah's 13-foot jumper	15	19
3:15	Delonte West defensive rebound	15	19
3:00	Ben Wallace makes driving dunk (Daniel Gibson assists)	15	21
2:39	Ben Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper	15	21
2:38	J.J. Hickson defensive rebound	15	21
2:24	Delonte West misses 14-foot jumper	15	21
2:23	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	15	21
2:21	J.J. Hickson makes 1-foot two point shot	15	23
2:21	Andres Nocioni shooting foul (J.J. Hickson draws the foul)	15	23
2:21	Cleveland full timeout	15	23
2:21	Sasha Pavlovic enters the game for Ben Wallace	15	23
2:21	J.J. Hickson misses free throw 1 of 1	15	23
2:19	Andres Nocioni defensive rebound	15	23
2:02	J.J. Hickson shooting foul (Andres Nocioni draws the foul)	15	23
2:02	Andres Nocioni makes free throw 1 of 2	16	23
2:02	Thabo Sefolosha enters the game for Ben Gordon	16	23
2:02	Andres Nocioni makes free throw 2 of 2	17	23
1:49	Delonte West makes 22-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)	17	25
1:32	Andres Nocioni misses layup	17	25
1:31	Delonte West defensive rebound	17	25
1:27	J.J. Hickson makes driving layup (Daniel Gibson assists)	17	27
1:09	Lindsey Hunter misses 26-foot three point jumper	17	27
1:09	Chicago defensive rebound	17	27
1:09	Joakim Noah loose ball foul (J.J. Hickson draws the foul)	17	27
1:09	J.J. Hickson makes free throw 1 of 2	17	28
1:09	Mo Williams enters the game for Delonte West	17	28
1:09	J.J. Hickson makes free throw 2 of 2	17	29
51.9	Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper	17	29
50.5	LeBron James defensive rebound	17	29
42.9	Daniel Gibson makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	17	32
31.9	Lindsey Hunter misses 25-foot three point jumper	17	32
29.9	Joakim Noah offensive rebound	17	32
29.9	Joakim Noah misses tip shot	17	32
27.2	Joakim Noah offensive rebound	17	32
24.2	J.J. Hickson blocks Larry Hughes's layup	17	32
20.9	Daniel Gibson personal foul (Joakim Noah draws the foul)	17	32
20.9	Chicago offensive rebound	17	32
7.9	Larry Hughes bad pass	17	32
0.0	LeBron James bad pass (Thabo Sefolosha steals)	17	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	17	32

Regular Season Series

CLE leads 5-0

Bulls
93
Cavaliers
107

Game 1

6/11

Bulls
93
Cavaliers
107

Game 2

6/11

Cavaliers
106
Bulls
97

Game 3

9/11

Cavaliers
106
Bulls
97

Game 4

9/11

Bulls
92
Cavaliers
117

Game 5

3/1

Bulls
92
Cavaliers
117

Game 6

3/1

Cavaliers
93
Bulls
102

Game 7

16/1

Cavaliers
93
Bulls
102

Game 8

16/1

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

12:30 AM, 3 January 2009

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,562

Referees:
Mike Callahan
Eric Lewis
Ed Malloy

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	8	0	1.000	-	W8
Chicago	3	4	.429	4.5	L2
Indiana	3	4	.429	4.5	W1
Detroit	3	5	.375	5	W2
Milwaukee	1	6	.143	6.5	L6

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