Cavaliers 102-74 Mavericks (29 Mar, 2009) Game Recap - ESPN

Dallas Mavericks

43-30, 17-21 away

74

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
DAL	30	19	11	14	74
CLE	20	27	30	25	102

Cleveland Cavaliers

60-13, 35-1 home

102

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Regular Season Series

CLE wins 2-0

Cavaliers
100
Mavericks
81

Mavericks
74
Cavaliers
102

Rocket Arena

5:00 PM, 29 March 2009

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,562

Referees:
Steve Javie
Marc Davis
Derek Richardson

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	52	30	.634	-	L3
Memphis	48	34	.585	4	W1
Dallas	39	43	.476	13	L1
San Antonio	34	48	.415	18	W1
New Orleans	21	61	.256	31	L7

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	64	18	.780	-	L1
Indiana	50	32	.610	14	W1
Milwaukee	48	34	.585	16	W8
Detroit	44	38	.537	20	L2
Chicago	39	43	.476	25	W3

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