Cavaliers 97-93 Magic (17 Mar, 2009) Play-by-Play

Orlando Magic

49-18, 23-11 away

	1	2	3	4	T
ORL	23	27	25	18	93
CLE	28	25	19	25	97

Cleveland Cavaliers

54-13, 30-1 home

Anderson Varejao misses 7-foot two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes jumper
LeBron James misses 23-foot jumper
Dwight Howard blocks Delonte West's layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 20-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses 27-foot three point jumper
Delonte West makes two point shot
Anderson Varejao makes 18-foot jumper (Mo Williams assists)
Delonte West makes 17-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes layup
LeBron James makes 23-foot jumper (Mo Williams assists)
Delonte West makes 16-foot jumper
Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 8-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 5-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper
LeBron James makes two point shot
Anderson Varejao makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Mo Williams misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
Joe Smith misses 20-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
LeBron James misses 16-foot two point shot
Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 9-foot two point shot
Sasha Pavlovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams makes 9-foot running jumper
Mo Williams makes 19-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams makes 19-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Mo Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 11-foot jumper
LeBron James makes two point shot (Anderson Varejao assists)
Delonte West makes 17-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Anderson Varejao makes 17-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
LeBron James makes 28-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 18-foot jumper
Dwight Howard blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup
LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses jumper
Anderson Varejao makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
Dwight Howard blocks Mo Williams's 13-foot jumper
Dwight Howard blocks LeBron James's 7-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 16-foot two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 20-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Anderson Varejao misses 9-foot two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 22-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses three point jumper
Mo Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Dwight Howard blocks Mo Williams's layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
Anderson Varejao misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 21-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes driving dunk (Delonte West assists)
Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses three point jumper
Delonte West misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 20-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper
LeBron James makes layup (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mo Williams assists)
LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper
Joe Smith makes layup
LeBron James makes slam dunk
Mo Williams makes 19-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 14-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Mo Williams misses 7-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 6-foot running jumper
Mo Williams misses 23-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Dwight Howard blocks Joe Smith's 7-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses 22-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Delonte West misses 24-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses 23-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper
Rashard Lewis misses 18-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee misses 14-foot two point shot
Courtney Lee makes dunk (Dwight Howard assists)
Courtney Lee misses 23-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rashard Lewis assists)
Rafer Alston makes 1-foot two point shot (Dwight Howard assists)
Dwight Howard makes 8-foot two point shot
Hedo Turkoglu misses 6-foot running jumper
Rashard Lewis misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses 21-foot jumper
Rashard Lewis makes dunk (Rafer Alston assists)
Rashard Lewis misses 25-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee makes layup
Rafer Alston makes driving layup
Rafer Alston makes 23-foot jumper (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
Hedo Turkoglu makes driving layup
Hedo Turkoglu misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao blocks Dwight Howard's jumper
Dwight Howard misses 10-foot hook shot
Tony Battie misses 20-foot jumper
Anthony Johnson misses 12-foot jumper
Hedo Turkoglu makes 24-foot three point jumper
Anthony Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
Marcin Gortat misses 11-foot two point shot
Tony Battie misses tip shot
Tony Battie misses 17-foot jumper
Mickael Pietrus makes 22-foot three point jumper (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
Mickael Pietrus makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)
Tony Battie makes 20-foot jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)
Rashard Lewis misses two point shot
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes driving layup
Dwight Howard misses 5-foot jumper
Mickael Pietrus makes dunk (Rafer Alston assists)
Courtney Lee makes 8-foot two point shot
Rashard Lewis misses 6-foot running jumper
Dwight Howard makes two point shot
Dwight Howard makes slam dunk (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
Dwight Howard makes 6-foot two point shot (Courtney Lee assists)
Rashard Lewis misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James blocks Rafer Alston's layup
Courtney Lee makes 19-foot jumper (Mickael Pietrus assists)
Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
Courtney Lee misses 11-foot jumper
Hedo Turkoglu makes 24-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rashard Lewis assists)
Rashard Lewis misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rashard Lewis makes dunk (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
Dwight Howard makes 7-foot two point shot
Hedo Turkoglu misses 17-foot two point shot
Hedo Turkoglu misses 28-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rashard Lewis misses layup
Hedo Turkoglu misses tip shot
Hedo Turkoglu makes tip shot
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee makes 22-foot jumper (Dwight Howard assists)
Courtney Lee makes driving layup (Anthony Johnson assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Hedo Turkoglu's 4-foot jumper
Tony Battie misses layup
Mickael Pietrus makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tony Battie assists)
Anthony Johnson misses 11-foot jumper
Mickael Pietrus misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rashard Lewis misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mickael Pietrus misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mickael Pietrus assists)
Rafer Alston misses 17-foot jumper
Hedo Turkoglu makes 12-foot running jumper
Rashard Lewis misses 26-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee makes 21-foot jumper (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
Rashard Lewis makes 17-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes layup
Hedo Turkoglu misses 16-foot two point shot
Rafer Alston misses 21-foot jumper
Rashard Lewis misses 25-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
Rashard Lewis misses 24-foot three point jumper

MAGIC

CAVALIERS

TIME		ORL	CLE
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Dwight Howard vs. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Mo Williams gains possession)	0	0
11:37	Anderson Varejao misses 7-foot two point shot	0	0
11:36	Rafer Alston defensive rebound	0	0
11:22	Rashard Lewis misses 18-foot jumper	0	0
11:22	Mo Williams defensive rebound	0	0
11:15	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)	0	2
11:03	Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	2
11:03	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	0	2
10:57	LeBron James makes jumper	0	4
10:41	Courtney Lee misses 14-foot two point shot	0	4
10:38	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	0	4
10:32	LeBron James misses 23-foot jumper	0	4
10:30	Hedo Turkoglu defensive rebound	0	4
10:18	Courtney Lee makes dunk (Dwight Howard assists)	2	4
9:57	Dwight Howard blocks Delonte West's layup	2	4
9:57	Cleveland offensive rebound	2	4
9:53	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 20-foot jumper	2	4
9:52	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	2	4
9:34	Mo Williams misses 27-foot three point jumper	2	4
9:33	Delonte West offensive rebound	2	4
9:32	Delonte West makes two point shot	2	6
9:18	Courtney Lee misses 23-foot three point jumper	2	6
9:18	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	2	6
9:03	Anderson Varejao makes 18-foot jumper (Mo Williams assists)	2	8
8:36	Courtney Lee makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rashard Lewis assists)	5	8
8:14	Delonte West makes 17-foot jumper	5	10
8:07	Rafer Alston bad pass (Mo Williams steals)	5	10
8:00	Mo Williams makes layup	5	12
7:50	Rafer Alston makes 1-foot two point shot (Dwight Howard assists)	7	12
7:22	LeBron James makes 23-foot jumper (Mo Williams assists)	7	14
7:05	Dwight Howard makes 8-foot two point shot	9	14
6:31	Delonte West makes 16-foot jumper	9	16
6:18	Hedo Turkoglu misses 6-foot running jumper	9	16
6:18	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	9	16
6:09	Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	16
6:09	Hedo Turkoglu defensive rebound	9	16
6:07	Delonte West personal foul (Hedo Turkoglu draws the foul)	9	16
6:07	Orlando full timeout	9	16
6:07	Mickael Pietrus enters the game for Hedo Turkoglu	9	16
5:56	Rashard Lewis misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	16
5:54	LeBron James defensive rebound	9	16
5:50	Courtney Lee shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	9	16
5:50	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	9	17
5:50	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	9	18
5:37	Rafer Alston misses 21-foot jumper	9	18
5:35	LeBron James defensive rebound	9	18
5:28	LeBron James misses 8-foot jumper	9	18
5:26	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	9	18
5:24	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 5-foot jumper	9	18
5:22	Rafer Alston defensive rebound	9	18
5:22	Rafer Alston bad pass (Anderson Varejao steals)	9	18
5:18	Anderson Varejao lost ball (Rafer Alston steals)	9	18
5:15	Rashard Lewis makes dunk (Rafer Alston assists)	11	18
4:58	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses jumper	11	18
4:58	LeBron James offensive rebound	11	18
4:56	LeBron James makes two point shot	11	20
4:37	Dwight Howard bad pass (LeBron James steals)	11	20
4:30	Anderson Varejao makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)	11	22
4:11	Rashard Lewis misses 25-foot three point jumper	11	22
4:09	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	11	22
3:58	LeBron James bad pass (Courtney Lee steals)	11	22
3:53	Courtney Lee makes layup	13	22
3:28	Mo Williams misses 17-foot jumper	13	22
3:26	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	13	22
3:17	Rafer Alston makes driving layup	15	22
3:10	Cleveland full timeout	15	22
3:10	Tony Battie enters the game for Rashard Lewis	15	22
3:10	Hedo Turkoglu enters the game for Courtney Lee	15	22
3:10	Sasha Pavlovic enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	15	22
3:10	Joe Smith enters the game for Mo Williams	15	22
3:05	LeBron James makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)	15	24
3:05	Mickael Pietrus shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	15	24
3:05	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1	15	25
2:42	Rafer Alston makes 23-foot jumper (Hedo Turkoglu assists)	17	25
2:27	LeBron James bad pass	17	25
2:10	Hedo Turkoglu makes driving layup	19	25
1:54	Joe Smith misses 20-foot jumper	19	25
1:54	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	19	25
1:42	Hedo Turkoglu misses 25-foot three point jumper	19	25
1:40	Dwight Howard offensive rebound	19	25
1:39	Anderson Varejao blocks Dwight Howard's jumper	19	25
1:39	Dwight Howard offensive rebound	19	25
1:39	Anderson Varejao shooting foul (Dwight Howard draws the foul)	19	25
1:39	Anthony Johnson enters the game for Rafer Alston	19	25
1:39	Wally Szczerbiak enters the game for Anderson Varejao	19	25
1:39	Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2	20	25
1:39	Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2	20	25
1:37	LeBron James defensive rebound	20	25
1:23	LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)	20	28
1:10	Dwight Howard misses 10-foot hook shot	20	28
1:07	Wally Szczerbiak defensive rebound	20	28
59.8	LeBron James misses 16-foot two point shot	20	28
57.9	Tony Battie defensive rebound	20	28
49.9	Tony Battie misses 20-foot jumper	20	28
48.7	LeBron James defensive rebound	20	28
37.9	Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	28
35.9	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	20	28
26.9	Anthony Johnson misses 12-foot jumper	20	28
25.8	Orlando offensive rebound	20	28
2.9	Hedo Turkoglu makes 24-foot three point jumper	23	28
0.9	LeBron James offensive foul (Mickael Pietrus draws the foul)	23	28
0.9	LeBron James turnover	23	28
0.9	Zydrunas Ilgauskas enters the game for Wally Szczerbiak	23	28
0.9	Rashard Lewis enters the game for Tony Battie	23	28
0.9	Tarence Kinsey enters the game for Joe Smith	23	28
0.2	Hedo Turkoglu bad pass (LeBron James steals)	23	28
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	23	28

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Cavaliers
88
Magic
99

Game 1

30/1

Magic
93
Cavaliers
97

Game 2

17/3

Cavaliers
87
Magic
116

Game 3

4/4

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

11:00 PM, 17 March 2009

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,562

Referees:
Mark Wunderlich
Jack Nies
Mark Ayotte

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Miami	3	3	.500	-	L1
Orlando	3	5	.375	1	L4
Atlanta	3	5	.375	1	L1
Washington	2	4	.333	1	L2
Charlotte	2	5	.286	1.5	L3

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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