Cavaliers 98-87 Nets (25 Mar, 2009) Play-by-Play

New Jersey Nets

30-41, 15-21 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NJ	17	23	20	27	87
CLE	26	18	24	30	98

Cleveland Cavaliers

58-13, 33-1 home

Anderson Varejao misses 19-foot jumper
LeBron James makes layup (Mo Williams assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes dunk (Mo Williams assists)
Anderson Varejao makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
Mo Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brook Lopez blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup
Delonte West misses 18-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Delonte West misses 14-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 8-foot hook shot (Mo Williams assists)
LeBron James makes driving dunk (Mo Williams assists)
Anderson Varejao makes layup (Delonte West assists)
Delonte West makes layup (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)
Mo Williams makes 26-foot three point jumper (Delonte West assists)
Mo Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses 19-foot jumper
Joe Smith makes jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)
Joe Smith misses 16-foot jumper
Darnell Jackson makes 18-foot jumper (Mo Williams assists)
Darnell Jackson makes dunk (Mo Williams assists)
Mo Williams makes 20-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 23-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses 21-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses layup
Sasha Pavlovic misses 23-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Mo Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Mo Williams misses 22-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 8-foot two point shot
Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Anderson Varejao makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 15-foot two point shot
Anderson Varejao misses 6-foot hook shot
LeBron James misses 18-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 8-foot jumper
Delonte West misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 21-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes layup
Brook Lopez blocks LeBron James's layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 23-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses 11-foot two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses layup
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes tip shot
Vince Carter blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup
LeBron James misses two point shot
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Anderson Varejao makes dunk (Delonte West assists)
Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper
Delonte West makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
Anderson Varejao makes 16-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes layup
Mo Williams misses 20-foot jumper
Joe Smith makes slam dunk (Daniel Gibson assists)
Joe Smith misses 21-foot jumper
Darnell Jackson misses 18-foot jumper
Daniel Gibson misses 7-foot two point shot
Mo Williams misses 22-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 8-foot running jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Anderson Varejao makes layup (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 20-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Trenton Hassell makes driving layup
Trenton Hassell misses 22-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 17-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses layup
Vince Carter misses layup
Vince Carter makes 1-foot two point shot
Yi Jianlian misses 20-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao blocks Brook Lopez's layup
Keyon Dooling misses 21-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian misses layup
Yi Jianlian misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brook Lopez misses 10-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
Trenton Hassell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter makes 26-foot three point jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Brook Lopez makes layup (Yi Jianlian assists)
Vince Carter misses 14-foot jumper
Keyon Dooling makes layup (Trenton Hassell assists)
Vince Carter misses two point shot
Bobby Simmons makes 23-foot three point jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Bobby Simmons misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jarvis Hayes makes dunk (Chris Douglas-Roberts assists)
Jarvis Hayes makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Douglas-Roberts assists)
Jarvis Hayes misses 14-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic blocks Keyon Dooling's 16-foot jumper
Josh Boone makes layup (Keyon Dooling assists)
Bobby Simmons misses 24-foot three point jumper
Daniel Gibson blocks Chris Douglas-Roberts's 9-foot jumper
Chris Douglas-Roberts makes dunk (Vince Carter assists)
Bobby Simmons makes three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Vince Carter makes 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 29-foot three point jumper
Chris Douglas-Roberts makes dunk (Josh Boone assists)
Chris Douglas-Roberts misses layup
Bobby Simmons makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Douglas-Roberts assists)
Brook Lopez makes dunk (Keyon Dooling assists)
Brook Lopez makes layup (Keyon Dooling assists)
Jarvis Hayes makes 22-foot three point jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Yi Jianlian's 6-foot jumper
Keyon Dooling misses 11-foot running jumper
Vince Carter misses 15-foot two point shot
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Trenton Hassell's layup
Yi Jianlian makes dunk (Vince Carter assists)
Keyon Dooling misses 23-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes 20-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Yi Jianlian's dunk
Trenton Hassell misses 20-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter makes 23-foot three point jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Jarvis Hayes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Brook Lopez misses 8-foot jumper
Jarvis Hayes misses 17-foot jumper
Josh Boone makes two point shot
Vince Carter makes 18-foot jumper
Jarvis Hayes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic blocks Josh Boone's 11-foot jumper
Bobby Simmons makes 20-foot jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Keyon Dooling misses 14-foot jumper
Jarvis Hayes makes 23-foot three point jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Chris Douglas-Roberts makes driving layup
Chris Douglas-Roberts misses 11-foot jumper
Josh Boone misses 18-foot jumper
Keyon Dooling misses 21-foot jumper
Jarvis Hayes makes jumper (Bobby Simmons assists)
Vince Carter makes driving layup
Keyon Dooling makes driving dunk (Vince Carter assists)
Keyon Dooling makes 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
Keyon Dooling misses jumper
Vince Carter misses 11-foot jumper
Brook Lopez misses tip shot
Brook Lopez makes tip shot
Vince Carter misses 4-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses three point jumper
Keyon Dooling misses layup
Jarvis Hayes makes 23-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Bobby Simmons misses 24-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 27-foot three point jumper

NETS

CAVALIERS

TIME		NJ	CLE
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Brook Lopez vs. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Yi Jianlian gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Trenton Hassell makes driving layup	2	0
11:41	Zydrunas Ilgauskas shooting foul (Trenton Hassell draws the foul)	2	0
11:41	Trenton Hassell makes free throw 1 of 1	3	0
11:18	Jumpball: Yi Jianlian vs. Delonte West (Brook Lopez gains possession)	3	0
11:18	Delonte West lost ball (Yi Jianlian steals)	3	0
10:56	Trenton Hassell misses 22-foot jumper	3	0
10:55	Delonte West defensive rebound	3	0
10:45	Anderson Varejao misses 19-foot jumper	3	0
10:42	Yi Jianlian defensive rebound	3	0
10:29	Vince Carter misses 17-foot jumper	3	0
10:27	Mo Williams defensive rebound	3	0
10:19	LeBron James makes layup (Mo Williams assists)	3	2
9:57	Vince Carter misses layup	3	2
9:56	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	3	2
9:56	Vince Carter personal foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	3	2
9:45	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes dunk (Mo Williams assists)	3	4
9:23	Vince Carter misses layup	3	4
9:22	Vince Carter offensive rebound	5	4
9:22	Vince Carter makes 1-foot two point shot	5	4
9:10	Brook Lopez shooting foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul)	5	4
9:10	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes free throw 1 of 2	5	5
9:10	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes free throw 2 of 2	5	6
8:57	Yi Jianlian misses 20-foot jumper	5	6
8:56	Brook Lopez offensive rebound	5	6
8:53	Anderson Varejao blocks Brook Lopez's layup	5	6
8:51	Delonte West defensive rebound	5	6
8:45	Anderson Varejao makes dunk (LeBron James assists)	5	8
8:26	Keyon Dooling misses 21-foot jumper	5	8
8:25	Yi Jianlian offensive rebound	5	8
8:22	Yi Jianlian misses layup	5	8
8:21	LeBron James defensive rebound	5	8
8:14	Mo Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper	5	8
8:12	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	5	8
8:07	Yi Jianlian shooting foul (Zydrunas Ilgauskas draws the foul)	5	8
8:07	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses free throw 1 of 2	5	8
8:07	Cleveland offensive rebound	5	8
8:07	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses free throw 2 of 2	5	8
8:06	Yi Jianlian defensive rebound	5	8
7:48	Anderson Varejao shooting foul (Trenton Hassell draws the foul)	5	8
7:48	Trenton Hassell misses free throw 1 of 2	5	8
7:48	New Jersey offensive rebound	5	8
7:48	Trenton Hassell misses free throw 2 of 2	5	8
7:46	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	5	8
7:24	Brook Lopez blocks Zydrunas Ilgauskas's layup	5	8
7:22	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	5	8
7:22	Delonte West misses 18-foot jumper	5	8
7:22	Cleveland offensive rebound	5	8
7:22	shot clock violation	5	8
7:05	Yi Jianlian misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	8
7:03	LeBron James defensive rebound	5	8
6:46	Mo Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	5	11
6:20	Brook Lopez misses 10-foot jumper	5	11
6:18	Delonte West defensive rebound	5	11
6:13	Delonte West misses 14-foot jumper	5	11
6:11	Anderson Varejao offensive rebound	5	11
5:54	Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 8-foot hook shot (Mo Williams assists)	5	13
5:50	New Jersey 20 Sec. timeout	12	22
5:50	Cleveland full timeout	5	13
5:33	Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper	5	13
5:33	Brook Lopez offensive rebound	5	13
5:16	Trenton Hassell misses 24-foot three point jumper	5	13
5:16	Delonte West defensive rebound	5	13
5:11	LeBron James makes driving dunk (Mo Williams assists)	5	15
4:48	Vince Carter makes 26-foot three point jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)	8	15
4:26	Anderson Varejao makes layup (Delonte West assists)	8	17
4:09	Brook Lopez makes layup (Yi Jianlian assists)	10	17
3:47	Delonte West makes layup (Zydrunas Ilgauskas assists)	10	19
3:29	Brook Lopez bad pass (Zydrunas Ilgauskas steals)	10	19
3:21	Mo Williams makes 26-foot three point jumper (Delonte West assists)	10	22
2:57	Vince Carter misses 14-foot jumper	10	22
2:56	LeBron James defensive rebound	10	22
2:46	Mo Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper	10	22
2:45	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive rebound	10	22
2:41	Zydrunas Ilgauskas lost ball (Yi Jianlian steals)	10	22
2:35	Keyon Dooling makes layup (Trenton Hassell assists)	12	22
2:27	Cleveland full timeout	12	22
2:27	Daniel Gibson enters the game for Anderson Varejao	12	22
2:27	Sasha Pavlovic enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	12	22
2:27	Joe Smith enters the game for Mo Williams	12	22
2:27	Jarvis Hayes enters the game for Trenton Hassell	12	22
2:27	Bobby Simmons enters the game for Yi Jianlian	12	22
2:11	Delonte West misses 19-foot jumper	12	22
2:10	Jarvis Hayes defensive rebound	12	22
1:53	Vince Carter misses two point shot	12	22
1:50	Delonte West defensive rebound	12	22
1:43	Joe Smith makes jumper (Daniel Gibson assists)	12	24
1:24	Bobby Simmons makes 23-foot three point jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)	15	24
1:05	Delonte West turnover	15	24
1:05	Josh Boone enters the game for Brook Lopez	15	24
1:05	Chris Douglas-Roberts enters the game for Vince Carter	15	24
45.9	Bobby Simmons misses 24-foot three point jumper	15	24
44.9	Delonte West defensive rebound	15	24
39.5	Jarvis Hayes shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	15	24
39.5	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	15	25
39.5	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	15	26
24.3	Jarvis Hayes makes dunk (Chris Douglas-Roberts assists)	17	26
2.9	Joe Smith misses 16-foot jumper	17	26
0.9	Josh Boone defensive rebound	17	26
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	17	26

Regular Season Series

CLE wins 3-0

Cavaliers
106
Nets
82

Game 1

19/11

Cavaliers
96
Nets
88

Game 2

22/3

Nets
87
Cavaliers
98

Game 3

25/3

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

11:00 PM, 25 March 2009

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,562

Referees:
Ken Mauer
Jim Clark
Matt Boland

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	26	4	.867	-	W5
Milwaukee	16	12	.571	9	W2
Indiana	15	15	.500	11	W5
Chicago	13	17	.433	13	L2
Detroit	13	17	.433	13	W2

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