Bulls 99-96 Cavaliers (9 May, 2015) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

53-29, 22-19 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	24	25	24	23	96
CHI	18	29	27	25	99

Chicago Bulls

50-32, 27-14 home

Jimmy Butler misses jumper
Joakim Noah misses two point shot
Jimmy Butler misses 19-foot jumper
Joakim Noah misses layup
Pau Gasol misses tip shot
Pau Gasol misses 9-foot jumper
Jimmy Butler makes layup
Derrick Rose misses jumper
Timofey Mozgov blocks Mike Dunleavy 's 2-foot layup
Timofey Mozgov blocks Joakim Noah 's 3-foot layup
Derrick Rose makes two point shot
Derrick Rose misses two point shot
Pau Gasol makes two point shot
Mike Dunleavy makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
Jimmy Butler misses layup
Joakim Noah misses layup
Joakim Noah misses layup
Pau Gasol makes 4-foot two point shot
Jimmy Butler misses layup
Taj Gibson makes dunk (Derrick Rose assists)
Jimmy Butler misses 18-foot jumper
Jimmy Butler misses 6-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks misses driving layup
Pau Gasol misses jumper
Jimmy Butler misses layup
Taj Gibson makes two point shot
Timofey Mozgov blocks Aaron Brooks 's 2-foot layup
Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
Joakim Noah misses layup
Joakim Noah misses 8-foot jumper
Jimmy Butler misses 7-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
Nikola Mirotic makes layup (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nikola Mirotic makes jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Derrick Rose misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tristan Thompson blocks Nikola Mirotic 's 11-foot jumper
Derrick Rose misses 21-foot jumper
Nikola Mirotic misses layup
LeBron James blocks Mike Dunleavy 's 2-foot layup
Mike Dunleavy makes layup
Derrick Rose makes layup
Mike Dunleavy makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Derrick Rose misses 12-foot jump bank shot
Nikola Mirotic makes three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Derrick Rose makes driving layup (Pau Gasol assists)
Mike Dunleavy makes two point shot (Derrick Rose assists)
Pau Gasol makes 20-foot jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
Derrick Rose misses 20-foot jumper
Mike Dunleavy makes driving layup (Derrick Rose assists)
Nikola Mirotic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tony Snell misses layup
Joakim Noah makes driving layup (Pau Gasol assists)
Derrick Rose makes driving layup
Derrick Rose makes driving layup (Pau Gasol assists)
Derrick Rose misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kyrie Irving blocks Derrick Rose 's 3-foot layup
Mike Dunleavy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tristan Thompson blocks Derrick Rose 's 3-foot layup
Jimmy Butler makes 16-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol misses jumper
Jimmy Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses jumper
Jimmy Butler makes 7-foot jumper
Jimmy Butler makes driving layup
Derrick Rose makes driving layup (Mike Dunleavy assists)
Iman Shumpert blocks Taj Gibson 's 2-foot layup
Aaron Brooks misses 24-foot three point jumper
Taj Gibson makes two point shot
Aaron Brooks misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mike Dunleavy makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Mike Dunleavy misses 58-foot three point jumper
Mike Dunleavy misses three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses layup
Nikola Mirotic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nikola Mirotic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose makes 16-foot two point shot
Derrick Rose makes 20-foot jumper
Derrick Rose misses 21-foot jumper
Mike Dunleavy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jimmy Butler makes 15-foot two point shot (Derrick Rose assists)
Jimmy Butler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Derrick Rose makes two point shot
Derrick Rose misses 18-foot jumper
Derrick Rose misses layup
Derrick Rose misses layup
Tristan Thompson blocks Derrick Rose 's 3-foot layup
Jimmy Butler misses 29-foot three point jumper
Jimmy Butler makes layup
Derrick Rose makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mike Dunleavy assists)
LeBron James misses jumper
Joakim Noah blocks Timofey Mozgov 's 2-foot layup
Iman Shumpert misses 23-foot three point jumper
Mike Dunleavy blocks Tristan Thompson 's 5-foot jumper
Pau Gasol blocks Iman Shumpert 's 11-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Iman Shumpert misses 25-foot three point jumper
Iman Shumpert makes 20-foot jumper
Kyrie Irving makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 13-foot jumper
Pau Gasol blocks Timofey Mozgov 's 3-foot layup
LeBron James misses 18-foot jumper
Timofey Mozgov makes layup (LeBron James assists)
J.R. Smith makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Tristan Thompson makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
J.R. Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 27-foot three point jumper (Matthew Dellavedova assists)
Timofey Mozgov makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Matthew Dellavedova makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
James Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Iman Shumpert misses 25-foot three point jumper
Joakim Noah blocks LeBron James's layup
LeBron James misses layup
Matthew Dellavedova makes 5-foot two point shot
James Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Timofey Mozgov makes layup (Matthew Dellavedova assists)
LeBron James misses driving layup
James Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Kyrie Irving makes 24-foot three point jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes layup
Tristan Thompson makes two point shot (Matthew Dellavedova assists)
Tristan Thompson misses layup
LeBron James misses tip shot
Iman Shumpert misses 25-foot three point jumper
J.R. Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes driving layup
J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Matthew Dellavedova makes 26-foot three point jumper (Iman Shumpert assists)
Joakim Noah blocks Tristan Thompson 's 1-foot layup
Kyrie Irving misses 19-foot jumper
Tristan Thompson misses layup
Iman Shumpert makes 25-foot (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
Kyrie Irving misses layup
Pau Gasol blocks Timofey Mozgov 's 1-foot layup
LeBron James makes driving dunk
Kyrie Irving makes 26-foot three point jumper
Timofey Mozgov makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
Timofey Mozgov misses 14-foot jumper
Derrick Rose blocks Kyrie Irving 's 2-foot layup
Iman Shumpert makes 25-foot three point jumper (Timofey Mozgov assists)
Timofey Mozgov misses 7-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kyrie Irving misses two point shot
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Matthew Dellavedova misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jimmy Butler blocks LeBron James 's 7-foot jumper
Tristan Thompson makes two point shot (Matthew Dellavedova assists)
Kyrie Irving misses 20-foot jumper
Kyrie Irving misses two point shot
Kyrie Irving misses layup
Taj Gibson blocks James Jones's three point jumper
J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes two point shot (Timofey Mozgov assists)
Kyrie Irving misses layup
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tristan Thompson makes 3-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
J.R. Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tristan Thompson assists)
Iman Shumpert misses three point jumper
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes jumper
LeBron James makes 20-foot jumper
Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point jumper
J.R. Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Kyrie Irving misses driving layup
J.R. Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses layup
J.R. Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)

CAVALIERS

BULLS

TIME		CLE	CHI
12:00	Timofey Mozgov vs. Pau Gasol (LeBron James gains possession)	0	0
11:33	LeBron James misses jumper	0	0
11:32	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	0	0
11:14	Jimmy Butler misses jumper	0	0
11:12	Joakim Noah offensive rebound	0	0
11:11	Joakim Noah misses two point shot	0	0
11:10	Timofey Mozgov defensive rebound	0	0
10:48	Joakim Noah blocks Timofey Mozgov 's 2-foot layup	0	0
10:45	LeBron James offensive rebound	0	0
10:42	Iman Shumpert misses 23-foot three point jumper	0	0
10:41	Derrick Rose defensive rebound	0	0
10:27	Joakim Noah bad pass (Kyrie Irving steals)	0	0
10:11	Mike Dunleavy blocks Tristan Thompson 's 5-foot jumper	0	0
10:10	Mike Dunleavy defensive rebound	0	0
10:03	Jimmy Butler misses 19-foot jumper	0	0
10:02	Joakim Noah offensive rebound	0	0
9:59	Joakim Noah misses layup	0	0
9:56	Pau Gasol offensive rebound	0	0
9:56	Pau Gasol misses tip shot	0	0
9:56	Timofey Mozgov defensive rebound	0	0
9:48	Joakim Noah shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	0	0
9:48	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	1	0
9:48	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	2	0
9:26	Pau Gasol misses 9-foot jumper	2	0
9:26	Joakim Noah offensive rebound	2	0
9:26	Timofey Mozgov shooting foul (Joakim Noah draws the foul)	2	0
9:26	Joakim Noah makes free throw 1 of 2	2	1
9:26	Joakim Noah makes free throw 2 of 2	2	2
9:18	Kyrie Irving bad pass (Jimmy Butler steals)	2	2
9:12	Jimmy Butler makes layup	2	4
8:49	Pau Gasol blocks Iman Shumpert 's 11-foot jumper	2	4
8:49	Cavaliers offensive team rebound	2	4
8:49	shot clock turnover	2	4
8:40	Derrick Rose misses jumper	2	4
8:38	Kyrie Irving defensive rebound	2	4
8:18	LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	4
8:17	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	2	4
8:08	Timofey Mozgov blocks Mike Dunleavy 's 2-foot layup	2	4
8:08	Bulls offensive team rebound	2	4
8:04	Timofey Mozgov blocks Joakim Noah 's 3-foot layup	2	4
8:03	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	2	4
7:52	Iman Shumpert misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	4
7:52	Derrick Rose defensive rebound	2	4
7:43	Derrick Rose makes two point shot	2	6
7:26	Iman Shumpert makes 20-foot jumper	4	6
7:13	Derrick Rose misses two point shot	4	6
7:11	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	4	6
7:05	Kyrie Irving makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	7	6
6:47	Pau Gasol makes two point shot	7	8
6:33	Mike Dunleavy personal foul (Iman Shumpert draws the foul)	7	8
6:22	LeBron James misses 13-foot jumper	7	8
6:20	Timofey Mozgov offensive rebound	7	8
6:18	Pau Gasol blocks Timofey Mozgov 's 3-foot layup	7	8
6:16	Jimmy Butler defensive rebound	7	8
6:09	Mike Dunleavy makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)	7	11
6:03	Cavaliers Full timeout	7	11
6:03	J.R. Smith enters the game for Iman Shumpert	7	11
5:50	LeBron James misses 18-foot jumper	7	11
5:48	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	7	11
5:33	Jimmy Butler misses layup	7	11
5:33	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	7	11
5:26	Timofey Mozgov makes layup (LeBron James assists)	9	11
5:09	Joakim Noah misses layup	9	11
5:09	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	9	11
5:03	J.R. Smith makes layup (LeBron James assists)	11	11
4:45	Joakim Noah misses layup	11	11
4:43	Pau Gasol offensive rebound	11	11
4:41	Pau Gasol makes 4-foot two point shot	11	13
4:18	Tristan Thompson makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)	13	13
4:09	Jimmy Butler misses layup	13	13
4:07	Timofey Mozgov defensive rebound	13	13
4:01	J.R. Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper	13	13
4:01	Jimmy Butler defensive rebound	13	13
4:01	LeBron James personal foul (Jimmy Butler draws the foul)	13	13
4:01	Taj Gibson enters the game for Joakim Noah	13	13
4:01	Matthew Dellavedova enters the game for Kyrie Irving	13	13
3:48	Taj Gibson makes dunk (Derrick Rose assists)	13	15
3:24	LeBron James makes 27-foot three point jumper (Matthew Dellavedova assists)	16	15
3:12	Matthew Dellavedova personal foul (Derrick Rose draws the foul)	16	15
3:12	Aaron Brooks enters the game for Derrick Rose	16	15
3:00	Jimmy Butler misses 18-foot jumper	16	15
2:59	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	16	15
2:55	Timofey Mozgov makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)	18	15
2:40	J.R. Smith personal foul (Jimmy Butler draws the foul)	18	15
2:40	Bulls Full timeout	18	15
2:40	James Jones enters the game for Timofey Mozgov	18	15
2:26	Jimmy Butler misses 6-foot jumper	18	15
2:25	LeBron James defensive rebound	18	15
2:08	LeBron James lost ball turnover (Jimmy Butler steals)	18	15
2:08	J.R. Smith personal foul (Jimmy Butler draws the foul)	18	15
2:08	Jimmy Butler misses free throw 1 of 2	18	16
2:08	Iman Shumpert enters the game for J.R. Smith	18	15
2:08	Bulls offensive team rebound	18	15
2:08	Kirk Hinrich enters the game for Mike Dunleavy	18	15
2:08	Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2	18	16
1:55	Matthew Dellavedova makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	21	16
1:30	Aaron Brooks misses driving layup	21	16
1:28	Matthew Dellavedova defensive rebound	21	16
1:16	James Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	24	16
1:00	Aaron Brooks offensive Charge (James Jones draws the foul)	24	16
1:00	Aaron Brooks turnover	24	16
48.0	Iman Shumpert misses 25-foot three point jumper	24	16
46.0	Jimmy Butler defensive rebound	24	16
25.0	Pau Gasol misses jumper	24	16
24.0	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	24	16
5.0	LeBron James lost ball turnover (Jimmy Butler steals)	24	16
0.0	Jimmy Butler misses layup	24	16
0.0	Taj Gibson makes two point shot	24	18
0.0	Taj Gibson offensive rebound	24	16
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	18

Bulls
99
Cavaliers
92

Game 1

5/5

Bulls
91
Cavaliers
106

Game 2

7/5

Cavaliers
96
Bulls
99

Game 3

9/5

Cavaliers
86
Bulls
84

Game 4

10/5

Bulls
101
Cavaliers
106

Game 5

13/5

Cavaliers
94
Bulls
73

Game 6

15/5

United Center

1:00 AM, 9 May 2015

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 22,246

Referees:
Eric Lewis
Mike Callahan
Tony Brothers

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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