Bulls 102-93 Cavaliers (16 Jan, 2009) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

30-7, 11-7 away

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
CLE	28	20	23	16	6	93
CHI	20	26	25	16	15	102

Chicago Bulls

18-22, 13-7 home

102

LeBron James blocks Tyrus Thomas's 14-foot jumper
Derrick Rose misses 17-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes driving layup (Tyrus Thomas assists)
Tyrus Thomas makes 16-foot jumper
Joakim Noah misses layup
Ben Gordon misses 12-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes 14-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Derrick Rose makes 17-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses two point shot
Ben Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng makes 17-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao blocks Drew Gooden's layup
Derrick Rose misses 19-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses 13-foot jumper
Luol Deng misses layup
Drew Gooden misses tip shot
Luol Deng makes 21-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 19-foot jumper
Drew Gooden misses 19-foot jumper
Drew Gooden makes 18-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Derrick Rose misses layup
Andres Nocioni makes 19-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Derrick Rose misses layup
Andres Nocioni makes layup
Drew Gooden makes 19-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Andres Nocioni makes dunk (Ben Gordon assists)
Thabo Sefolosha misses 20-foot jumper
Thabo Sefolosha makes 24-foot three point jumper (Drew Gooden assists)
Kirk Hinrich makes 24-foot three point jumper (Drew Gooden assists)
Andres Nocioni misses jumper
Thabo Sefolosha misses layup
J.J. Hickson blocks Thabo Sefolosha's layup
Drew Gooden makes two point shot
Andres Nocioni makes 11-foot two point shot
Ben Gordon makes driving layup
Drew Gooden makes two point shot (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Derrick Rose makes driving layup (Tyrus Thomas assists)
Derrick Rose misses 12-foot two point shot
Derrick Rose misses 22-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses 17-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes 15-foot jumper (Joakim Noah assists)
Andres Nocioni misses layup
Derrick Rose makes layup
Tyrus Thomas makes 14-foot jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Derrick Rose misses 19-foot jumper
Joakim Noah makes dunk (Ben Gordon assists)
Derrick Rose misses layup
Joakim Noah makes layup
Luol Deng makes layup (Ben Gordon assists)
Joakim Noah misses hook shot
Derrick Rose misses 14-foot jumper
Derrick Rose misses 19-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes 15-foot jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Tyrus Thomas misses 8-foot hook shot
Tyrus Thomas misses 21-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses three point jumper
Luol Deng makes 21-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Andres Nocioni misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng misses 18-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Drew Gooden misses 20-foot jumper
Luol Deng misses 21-foot jumper
Thabo Sefolosha makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Andres Nocioni misses 24-foot three point jumper
Andres Nocioni misses driving layup
Tyrus Thomas makes two point shot
Thabo Sefolosha misses jumper
Anderson Varejao blocks Ben Gordon's layup
Thabo Sefolosha misses 22-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes driving layup
Kirk Hinrich makes 12-foot two point shot
Ben Gordon makes 18-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Luol Deng misses two point shot
Derrick Rose makes layup
Derrick Rose misses 10-foot jumper
Derrick Rose makes driving layup
Tyrus Thomas misses 15-foot jumper
Derrick Rose misses layup
Derrick Rose makes driving layup
Kirk Hinrich makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Luol Deng makes 23-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Luol Deng makes 23-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Derrick Rose misses 13-foot two point shot
Tyrus Thomas misses 26-foot three point jumper
Delonte West makes 16-foot jumper
Lorenzen Wright makes 15-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Ben Gordon blocks Delonte West's 12-foot jumper
Delonte West makes 13-foot two point shot (Mo Williams assists)
Delonte West misses 21-foot jumper
LeBron James makes two point shot (Delonte West assists)
LeBron James misses 18-foot two point shot
Delonte West makes 11-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes layup (Mo Williams assists)
LeBron James makes layup (Lorenzen Wright assists)
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes two point shot
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes three point jumper (Delonte West assists)
Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Delonte West makes 23-foot jumper
LeBron James misses layup
LeBron James makes dunk (Mo Williams assists)
Wally Szczerbiak misses layup
Mo Williams makes 26-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams misses 19-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 14-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 17-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes layup (J.J. Hickson assists)
Mo Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
J.J. Hickson misses layup
Mo Williams makes 15-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes 15-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 8-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson makes 17-foot jumper
LeBron James makes layup
Luol Deng blocks LeBron James's layup
Lorenzen Wright makes layup
LeBron James makes 21-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas blocks Anderson Varejao's layup
LeBron James misses 17-foot two point shot
Derrick Rose blocks LeBron James's layup
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Tyrus Thomas blocks Anderson Varejao's layup
Mo Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Mo Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses 27-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams makes three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Tyrus Thomas blocks Lorenzen Wright's layup
Daniel Gibson makes 20-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson makes 24-foot three point jumper
Darnell Jackson makes 12-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson makes 21-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes 13-foot hook shot
Mo Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson misses driving layup
Anderson Varejao misses 14-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Mo Williams misses 22-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses layup
LeBron James misses tip shot
Tyrus Thomas blocks LeBron James's layup
Wally Szczerbiak misses 20-foot jumper
LeBron James misses layup
Anderson Varejao makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses 16-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 27-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 25-foot three point jumper

CAVALIERS

BULLS

TIME		CLE	CHI
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: LeBron James vs. Joakim Noah (Mo Williams gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Joakim Noah illegal defense foul (1st personal foul)	0	0
11:45	Mo Williams makes technical free throw	1	0
11:34	Delonte West makes 16-foot jumper	3	0
11:11	LeBron James blocks Tyrus Thomas's 14-foot jumper	3	0
11:08	LeBron James defensive rebound	3	0
10:56	Lorenzen Wright makes 15-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)	5	0
10:30	Derrick Rose misses 17-foot jumper	5	0
10:29	Delonte West defensive rebound	5	0
10:15	Ben Gordon blocks Delonte West's 12-foot jumper	5	0
10:15	Cleveland offensive rebound	5	0
10:07	Delonte West makes 13-foot two point shot (Mo Williams assists)	7	0
9:49	Luol Deng makes driving layup (Tyrus Thomas assists)	7	2
9:27	Delonte West misses 21-foot jumper	7	2
9:26	Cleveland offensive rebound	7	2
9:18	LeBron James makes two point shot (Delonte West assists)	9	2
8:55	Tyrus Thomas makes 16-foot jumper	9	4
8:27	LeBron James misses 18-foot two point shot	9	4
8:26	Cleveland defensive rebound	9	4
8:07	Lorenzen Wright shooting foul (Luol Deng draws the foul)	9	4
8:07	Luol Deng misses free throw 1 of 2	9	4
8:07	Chicago offensive rebound	9	4
8:07	Luol Deng makes free throw 2 of 2	9	5
7:46	Delonte West makes 11-foot two point shot	11	5
7:35	Joakim Noah misses layup	11	5
7:33	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	11	5
7:28	LeBron James makes layup (Mo Williams assists)	13	5
7:22	Chicago full timeout	13	5
7:11	Ben Gordon misses 12-foot jumper	13	5
7:09	Lorenzen Wright defensive rebound	13	5
6:45	LeBron James offensive foul (Tyrus Thomas draws the foul)	13	5
6:45	LeBron James turnover	13	5
6:45	Drew Gooden enters the game for Joakim Noah	13	5
6:31	Drew Gooden makes 14-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)	13	7
6:11	LeBron James makes layup (Lorenzen Wright assists)	15	7
6:11	Luol Deng shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	15	7
6:11	LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 1	15	7
6:09	Derrick Rose defensive rebound	15	7
6:03	Derrick Rose makes 17-foot jumper	15	9
5:46	LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper	15	9
5:45	Drew Gooden defensive rebound	15	9
5:39	Ben Gordon misses two point shot	15	9
5:39	Chicago offensive rebound	15	9
5:35	Ben Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper	15	9
5:33	Lorenzen Wright defensive rebound	15	9
5:20	Mo Williams makes two point shot	17	9
5:07	Luol Deng makes 17-foot jumper	17	11
4:46	LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper	17	11
4:43	Tyrus Thomas defensive rebound	17	11
4:37	Anderson Varejao blocks Drew Gooden's layup	17	11
4:37	Chicago offensive rebound	17	11
4:37	Kirk Hinrich enters the game for Ben Gordon	17	11
4:37	Daniel Gibson enters the game for Lorenzen Wright	17	11
4:37	Wally Szczerbiak enters the game for Anderson Varejao	17	11
4:37	J.J. Hickson enters the game for Mo Williams	17	11
4:37	Andres Nocioni enters the game for Tyrus Thomas	17	11
4:26	Derrick Rose misses 19-foot jumper	17	11
4:24	J.J. Hickson defensive rebound	17	11
4:07	LeBron James bad pass	17	11
3:55	Drew Gooden misses 13-foot jumper	17	11
3:54	Delonte West defensive rebound	17	11
3:45	Wally Szczerbiak makes three point jumper (Delonte West assists)	20	11
3:34	Luol Deng misses layup	20	11
3:31	Drew Gooden offensive rebound	20	11
3:31	Drew Gooden misses tip shot	20	11
3:31	Daniel Gibson defensive rebound	20	11
3:27	LeBron James traveling	20	11
3:17	Luol Deng makes 21-foot jumper	20	13
3:00	Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	23	13
2:43	Kirk Hinrich misses 19-foot jumper	23	13
2:42	LeBron James defensive rebound	23	13
2:34	Daniel Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper	23	13
2:33	Luol Deng defensive rebound	23	13
2:23	Drew Gooden misses 19-foot jumper	23	13
2:21	Delonte West defensive rebound	23	13
2:14	Delonte West makes 23-foot jumper	25	13
1:59	Drew Gooden makes 18-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)	25	15
1:43	LeBron James misses layup	25	15
1:42	Luol Deng defensive rebound	25	15
1:36	Derrick Rose misses layup	25	15
1:35	Wally Szczerbiak defensive rebound	25	15
1:29	Cleveland full timeout	25	15
1:29	Thabo Sefolosha enters the game for Luol Deng	25	15
1:29	Mo Williams enters the game for Delonte West	25	15
1:19	Daniel Gibson lost ball (Kirk Hinrich steals)	25	15
1:04	Kirk Hinrich bad pass (Mo Williams steals)	25	15
1:00	LeBron James makes dunk (Mo Williams assists)	27	15
1:00	Kirk Hinrich shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	27	15
1:00	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1	28	15
55.9	Andres Nocioni traveling	28	15
39.9	Wally Szczerbiak misses layup	28	15
38.7	Thabo Sefolosha defensive rebound	28	15
23.5	Andres Nocioni makes 19-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)	28	17
23.5	Mo Williams shooting foul (Andres Nocioni draws the foul)	28	17
23.5	Andres Nocioni makes free throw 1 of 1	28	18
7.9	Mo Williams lost ball (Andres Nocioni steals)	28	18
2.9	Derrick Rose misses layup	28	18
2.3	Andres Nocioni offensive rebound	28	20
2.3	Andres Nocioni makes layup	28	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	28	20

Regular Season Series

CLE leads 6-1

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

United Center

1:00 AM, 16 January 2009

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 21,297

Referees:
Joe DeRosa
James Capers
Leroy Richardson

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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