Cavaliers 96-88 Nets (22 Mar, 2009) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

57-13, 25-12 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	27	21	23	25	96
NJ	21	17	17	33	88

New Jersey Nets

30-40, 15-20 home

Vince Carter misses 9-foot running jumper
Yi Jianlian misses 19-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes driving layup
Brook Lopez misses 19-foot jumper
Brook Lopez misses 8-foot hook shot
Vince Carter misses 28-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Yi Jianlian's layup
Yi Jianlian makes 17-foot jumper (Brook Lopez assists)
Brook Lopez makes layup (Vince Carter assists)
Yi Jianlian misses 16-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Yi Jianlian's layup
Keyon Dooling makes driving dunk
Anderson Varejao blocks Brook Lopez's layup
Trenton Hassell misses 19-foot jumper
Brook Lopez makes 5-foot two point shot
Yi Jianlian misses jumper
Vince Carter misses jumper
Vince Carter makes 18-foot jumper
Chris Douglas-Roberts makes layup (Brook Lopez assists)
Vince Carter makes driving layup
Brook Lopez misses hook shot
Bobby Simmons misses three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 12-foot running jumper
Chris Douglas-Roberts makes driving layup (Keyon Dooling assists)
Jarvis Hayes makes two point shot (Keyon Dooling assists)
Bobby Simmons misses 23-foot three point jumper
Keyon Dooling makes driving layup
Jarvis Hayes misses 19-foot jumper
Chris Douglas-Roberts misses 19-foot jumper
Keyon Dooling makes 26-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson makes jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Vince Carter misses 22-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Trenton Hassell misses 19-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Jarvis Hayes's two point shot
Keyon Dooling makes driving dunk
Brook Lopez misses 19-foot jumper
Trenton Hassell makes 17-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Trenton Hassell misses 18-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian misses dunk
Yi Jianlian misses 19-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 15-foot two point shot
Brook Lopez misses 17-foot jumper
Brook Lopez misses jumper
Bobby Simmons makes three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 26-foot three point jumper
Keyon Dooling misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brook Lopez makes layup (Vince Carter assists)
Vince Carter makes 7-foot two point shot
Vince Carter misses 28-foot three point jumper
Trenton Hassell misses 16-foot jumper
Brook Lopez makes 17-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Keyon Dooling makes 12-foot running jumper
Vince Carter misses driving layup
Vince Carter makes two point shot
Jarvis Hayes makes 10-foot running jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Vince Carter makes two point shot (Jarvis Hayes assists)
Jarvis Hayes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter makes 19-foot jumper
Jarvis Hayes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter makes driving layup
Vince Carter misses 26-foot three point jumper
Bobby Simmons misses 22-foot three point jumper
Bobby Simmons makes 24-foot three point jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Bobby Simmons's driving layup
Keyon Dooling misses 17-foot running jumper
Vince Carter makes 13-foot running jumper
Jarvis Hayes misses three point jumper
Vince Carter makes 18-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses driving layup
Vince Carter makes driving layup
Bobby Simmons misses 23-foot three point jumper
Keyon Dooling makes driving layup (Brook Lopez assists)
Keyon Dooling makes driving layup
Vince Carter misses driving layup
Brook Lopez makes two point shot
Brook Lopez misses 27-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Anderson Varejao misses 16-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 16-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 13-foot two point shot
Delonte West makes three point jumper (Mo Williams assists)
Mo Williams makes driving layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 17-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
Mo Williams misses 15-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 18-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Delonte West misses 17-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes 13-foot two point shot (Delonte West assists)
Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Joe Smith misses 9-foot jumper
Delonte West misses 10-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses 8-foot hook shot
Anderson Varejao misses 15-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses hook shot
Joe Smith makes driving layup (Daniel Gibson assists)
LeBron James misses jumper
Joe Smith makes dunk (Daniel Gibson assists)
Joe Smith misses 14-foot two point shot
Darnell Jackson makes layup (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses driving layup
Daniel Gibson misses three point jumper
Josh Boone blocks Mo Williams's layup
Joe Smith makes 17-foot jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)
Joe Smith makes layup (Daniel Gibson assists)
Daniel Gibson misses 8-foot two point shot
Sasha Pavlovic misses 14-foot two point shot
Delonte West misses jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper
LeBron James misses driving layup
LeBron James makes driving dunk
Daniel Gibson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao misses two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 21-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses 23-foot jumper
Darnell Jackson makes two point shot (Delonte West assists)
Mo Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (Delonte West assists)
Mo Williams makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 19-foot jumper (Anderson Varejao assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 20-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams misses 18-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 17-foot two point shot
Joe Smith misses 19-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Joe Smith assists)
LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
Vince Carter blocks Daniel Gibson's layup
LeBron James makes layup (Daniel Gibson assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses 9-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses running jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes layup
Joe Smith misses 16-foot jumper
LeBron James makes layup
LeBron James makes 19-foot jumper
LeBron James makes two point shot
Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 16-foot jumper
LeBron James makes two point shot (Mo Williams assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 17-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 29-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams misses 22-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes dunk (Daniel Gibson assists)
LeBron James makes layup (Sasha Pavlovic assists)

CAVALIERS

NETS

TIME		CLE	NJ
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Brook Lopez (LeBron James gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)	2	0
11:22	Vince Carter misses 9-foot running jumper	2	0
11:21	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	2	0
11:06	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)	4	0
10:44	Yi Jianlian misses 19-foot jumper	4	0
10:41	Mo Williams defensive rebound	4	0
10:30	Anderson Varejao misses 16-foot jumper	4	0
10:30	Vince Carter defensive rebound	4	0
10:23	Vince Carter makes driving layup	4	2
10:00	Anderson Varejao makes 16-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)	6	2
9:47	Delonte West personal foul (Vince Carter draws the foul)	6	2
9:33	Brook Lopez misses 19-foot jumper	6	2
9:32	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	6	2
9:21	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 13-foot two point shot	8	2
9:03	Brook Lopez misses 8-foot hook shot	8	2
9:00	New Jersey offensive rebound	8	2
8:45	Vince Carter misses 28-foot three point jumper	8	2
8:45	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	8	2
8:30	Delonte West makes three point jumper (Mo Williams assists)	11	2
8:11	Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Yi Jianlian's layup	11	2
8:10	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	11	2
8:07	Mo Williams makes driving layup	13	2
8:00	New Jersey full timeout	13	2
7:48	Yi Jianlian makes 17-foot jumper (Brook Lopez assists)	13	4
7:28	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 17-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)	15	4
7:13	Brook Lopez makes layup (Vince Carter assists)	15	6
6:54	Mo Williams misses 15-foot jumper	15	6
6:54	Keyon Dooling defensive rebound	15	6
6:43	Yi Jianlian misses 16-foot jumper	15	6
6:43	Yi Jianlian offensive rebound	15	6
6:41	Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Yi Jianlian's layup	15	6
6:39	LeBron James defensive rebound	15	6
6:28	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 18-foot jumper	15	6
6:28	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	15	6
6:15	Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)	17	6
5:56	Keyon Dooling turnover	17	6
5:39	Trenton Hassell shooting foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	17	6
5:39	Anderson Varejao makes free throw 1 of 2	18	6
5:39	Anderson Varejao makes free throw 2 of 2	19	6
5:30	Keyon Dooling makes driving dunk	19	8
5:20	Delonte West misses 17-foot jumper	19	8
5:18	Cleveland offensive rebound	19	8
5:01	Mo Williams makes 13-foot two point shot (Delonte West assists)	21	8
4:52	Anderson Varejao blocks Brook Lopez's layup	21	8
4:52	Yi Jianlian offensive rebound	21	8
4:50	Zydrunas Ilgauskas shooting foul (Yi Jianlian draws the foul)	21	8
4:50	Yi Jianlian makes free throw 1 of 2	21	9
4:50	Joe Smith enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	21	9
4:50	Yi Jianlian makes free throw 2 of 2	21	10
4:28	Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)	23	10
4:09	Trenton Hassell misses 19-foot jumper	23	10
4:09	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	23	10
4:01	Sasha Pavlovic enters the game for Mo Williams	23	10
3:51	Joe Smith misses 9-foot jumper	23	10
3:50	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	23	10
3:47	Delonte West misses 10-foot jumper	23	10
3:46	Brook Lopez defensive rebound	23	10
3:29	Brook Lopez makes 5-foot two point shot	23	12
3:15	Anderson Varejao misses 8-foot hook shot	23	12
3:15	Keyon Dooling defensive rebound	23	12
3:02	Yi Jianlian misses jumper	23	12
3:01	Delonte West defensive rebound	23	12
2:50	Anderson Varejao misses 15-foot two point shot	23	12
2:49	Yi Jianlian defensive rebound	23	12
2:33	Vince Carter misses jumper	23	12
2:31	New Jersey defensive rebound	23	12
2:31	Cleveland full timeout	23	12
2:31	Chris Douglas-Roberts enters the game for Keyon Dooling	23	12
2:31	Bobby Simmons enters the game for Trenton Hassell	23	12
2:31	Daniel Gibson enters the game for Anderson Varejao	23	12
2:31	Jarvis Hayes enters the game for Yi Jianlian	23	12
2:08	LeBron James misses hook shot	23	12
2:05	Cleveland defensive rebound	23	12
2:05	Joe Smith loose ball foul (Brook Lopez draws the foul)	23	12
1:45	Vince Carter makes 18-foot jumper	23	14
1:23	Joe Smith makes driving layup (Daniel Gibson assists)	25	14
1:06	Chris Douglas-Roberts makes layup (Brook Lopez assists)	25	16
40.9	LeBron James misses jumper	25	16
38.9	Brook Lopez defensive rebound	25	16
30.8	Sasha Pavlovic shooting foul (Brook Lopez draws the foul)	25	16
30.8	Brook Lopez makes free throw 1 of 2	25	17
30.8	Brook Lopez makes free throw 2 of 2	25	18
9.8	Bobby Simmons shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	25	18
9.8	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	26	18
9.8	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	27	18
1.8	Vince Carter makes driving layup	27	20
1.8	Sasha Pavlovic shooting foul (Vince Carter draws the foul)	27	20
1.8	Vince Carter makes free throw 1 of 1	27	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	21

Regular Season Series

CLE leads 2-0

Cavaliers
106
Nets
82

Game 1

19/11

Cavaliers
96
Nets
88

Game 2

22/3

Nets
87
Cavaliers
98

Game 3

25/3

IZOD Center

10:00 PM, 22 March 2009

East Rutherford, NJ

Attendance: 18,348

Referees:
Dan Crawford
Luis Grillo
Sean Wright

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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