GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: CLEVELAND (2-2) at UTAH (2-2)

NBA: CLEVELAND at UTAH

<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 91
UTAH 96 3:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at UTAH

<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 101
UTAH 103 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at UTAH

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 26 22 19 34 101
UTAH 29 23 20 31 103 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: CLE - LEBRON JAMES 31, ZYDRUNAS ILGAUSKAS 18,
ALEKSANDAR PAVLOVIC 17
UTH - PAUL MILLSAP 24, CARLOS BOOZER 23,
RONNIE BREWER 16</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at UTAH

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
CLEVELAND 101
UTAH 103 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at UTAH

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (101) AT UTAH (103)

CLEVELAND

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

L JAMES F 40:45 12-27 7-15 2 13 15 13 4 3 4 32
D GOODEN F 38:53 2-11 4-4 4 5 9 0 5 2 2 8
Z ILGAUSKAS C 31:28 9-14 0-0 7 7 14 0 4 0 2 18
S PAVLOVIC G 35:05 6-14 4-5 0 1 1 0 4 1 4 17
D GIBSON G 36:30 4-5 1-1 1 2 3 3 6 4 3 12
D BROWN 25:56 2-8 3-4 1 3 4 2 2 0 1 8
DA JONES 22:31 2-6 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 6
DW JONES 8:52 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 37-85 19-29 15 32 47 20 28 12 18 101
(.435) (.655) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 19 (0 PTS)

UTAH

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

A KIRILENKO F 28:23 3-5 2-2 1 2 3 5 3 1 2 8
C BOOZER F 39:13 10-19 3-3 3 9 12 1 3 0 2 23
M OKUR C 29:33 2-10 1-2 1 9 10 4 2 0 1 5
R BREWER G 37:45 4-9 7-8 0 3 3 0 3 5 1 16
D WILLIAMS G 44:52 4-12 7-8 1 2 3 12 1 0 8 15
G GIRICEK 11:03 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
P MILLSAP 27:09 7-8 10-13 2 3 5 1 6 5 2 24
J HART 3:08 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
M HARPRING 13:49 3-6 4-4 1 4 5 1 2 1 0 10
M ALMOND 2:31 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
R PRICE 2:04 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
J COLLINS 0:30 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 34-74 34-40 9 34 43 24 26 12 17 103
(.459) (.850) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 18 (0 PTS)

CLEVELAND 26 22 19 34 - 101
UTAH 29 23 20 31 - 103

BLOCKED SHOTS: CLEVELAND - Z ILGAUSKAS 4, L JAMES 2, D GOODEN. UTAH -
A KIRILENKO 2, J COLLINS, C BOOZER, P MILLSAP, R BREWER.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CLEVELAND 8-20 (.400), L JAMES 1-4, S PAVLOVIC 1-
4, D GIBSON 3-4, D BROWN 1-2, DA JONES 2-6. UTAH 1-6 (.167), M OKUR 0-
1, R BREWER 1-2, D WILLIAMS 0-2, G GIRICEK 0-1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: JOE CRAWFORD, LUIS GRILLO, PHIL ROBINSON.
A - 19,911. T - 2:36.</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at UTAH

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (101)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
L James 40:45 12-27 7-15 2-15 13 4 32
D Gooden 38:53 2-11 4-4 4-9 0 5 8
Z Ilgauskas 31:28 9-14 0-0 7-14 0 4 18
S Pavlovic 35:05 6-14 4-5 0-1 0 4 17
D Gibson 36:30 4-5 1-1 1-3 3 6 12
D Brown 25:56 2-8 3-4 1-4 2 2 8
Da Jones 22:31 2-6 0-0 0-1 2 0 6
Dw Jones 8:52 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 37-85 19-29 15-47 20 28 101
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.435, FT-.655. 3-Point Goals:
8-20, .400 (L James 1-4, S Pavlovic 1-4, D
Gibson 3-4, D Brown 1-2, Da Jones 2-6). Team
Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots:7 (Z Ilgauskas 4,
L James 2, D Gooden). Turnovers:18 (S
Pavlovic 4, L James 4, D Gibson 3, Z
Ilgauskas 2, Da Jones 2, D Gooden 2, D
Brown). Steals: 12 (D Gibson 4, L James 3, D
Gooden 2, Da Jones, S Pavlovic, Dw Jones).


UTAH (103)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
A Kirilenko 28:23 3-5 2-2 1-3 5 3 8
C Boozer 39:13 10-19 3-3 3-12 1 3 23
M Okur 29:33 2-10 1-2 1-10 4 2 5
R Brewer 37:45 4-9 7-8 0-3 0 3 16
D Williams 44:52 4-12 7-8 1-3 12 1 15
G Giricek 11:03 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 2
P Millsap 27:09 7-8 10-13 2-5 1 6 24
J Hart 3:08 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 0
M Harpring 13:49 3-6 4-4 1-5 1 2 10
M Almond 2:31 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0
R Price 2:04 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
J Collins 0:30 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 34-74 34-40 9-43 24 26 103
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.459, FT-.850. 3-Point Goals:
1-6, .167 (M Okur 0-1, R Brewer 1-2, D
Williams 0-2, G Giricek 0-1). Team Rebounds:
6. Blocked Shots:6 (A Kirilenko 2, J Collins,
C Boozer, P Millsap, R Brewer). Turnovers:17
(D Williams 8, A Kirilenko 2, C Boozer 2, P
Millsap 2, M Okur, G Giricek, R Brewer).
Steals: 12 (P Millsap 5, R Brewer 5, M
Harpring, A Kirilenko).

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CLEVELAND 26 22 19 34 - 101
UTAH 29 23 20 31 - 103
--------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 19,911. T: 2:36.
Officials: Joe Crawford, Luis Grillo, Phil
Robinson.</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at UTAH

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (101) AT UTAH (103)

CLEVELAND

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

L JAMES F 40:45 12-27 7-15 2 13 15 13 4 3 4 32
D GOODEN F 38:53 2-11 4-4 4 5 9 0 5 2 2 8
Z ILGAUSKAS C 31:28 9-14 0-0 7 7 14 0 4 0 2 18
S PAVLOVIC G 35:05 6-14 4-5 0 1 1 0 4 1 4 17
D GIBSON G 36:30 4-5 1-1 1 2 3 3 6 4 3 12
D BROWN 25:56 2-8 3-4 1 3 4 2 2 0 1 8
DA JONES 22:31 2-6 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 6
DW JONES 8:52 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
I NEWBLE DNP - COACH'S DECISION
D NICHOLS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
S BROWN DNP - COACH'S DECISION
C SIMMONS DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 37-85 19-29 15 32 47 20 28 12 18 101
(.435) (.655) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 19 (29 PTS)

UTAH

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

A KIRILENKO F 28:23 3-5 2-2 1 2 3 5 3 1 2 8
C BOOZER F 39:13 10-19 3-3 3 9 12 1 3 0 2 23
M OKUR C 29:33 2-10 1-2 1 9 10 4 2 0 1 5
R BREWER G 37:45 4-9 7-8 0 3 3 0 3 5 1 16
D WILLIAMS G 44:52 4-12 7-8 1 2 3 12 1 0 8 15
G GIRICEK 11:03 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
P MILLSAP 27:09 7-8 10-13 2 3 5 1 6 5 2 24
J HART 3:08 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
M HARPRING 13:49 3-6 4-4 1 4 5 1 2 1 0 10
M ALMOND 2:31 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
R PRICE 2:04 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
J COLLINS 0:30 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 34-74 34-40 9 34 43 24 26 12 17 103
(.459) (.850) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 18 (14 PTS)

CLEVELAND 26 22 19 34 - 101
UTAH 29 23 20 31 - 103

BLOCKED SHOTS: CLEVELAND - Z ILGAUSKAS 4, L JAMES 2, D GOODEN. UTAH -
A KIRILENKO 2, J COLLINS, C BOOZER, P MILLSAP, R BREWER.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CLEVELAND 8-20 (.400), L JAMES 1-4, S PAVLOVIC 1-
4, D GIBSON 3-4, D BROWN 1-2, DA JONES 2-6. UTAH 1-6 (.167), M OKUR 0-
1, R BREWER 1-2, D WILLIAMS 0-2, G GIRICEK 0-1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: UTAH - TEAM TECHNICAL FOUL.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: JOE CRAWFORD, LUIS GRILLO, PHIL ROBINSON.
A - 19,911. T - 2:37.</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at UTAH

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (101)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
L James 40:45 12-27 7-15 2-15 13 4 32
D Gooden 38:53 2-11 4-4 4-9 0 5 8
Z Ilgauskas 31:28 9-14 0-0 7-14 0 4 18
S Pavlovic 35:05 6-14 4-5 0-1 0 4 17
D Gibson 36:30 4-5 1-1 1-3 3 6 12
D Brown 25:56 2-8 3-4 1-4 2 2 8
Da Jones 22:31 2-6 0-0 0-1 2 0 6
Dw Jones 8:52 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0
I Newble DNP - COACH'S DECISION
D Nichols DNP - COACH'S DECISION
S Brown DNP - COACH'S DECISION
C Simmons DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 37-85 19-29 15-47 20 28 101
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.435, FT-.655. 3-Point Goals:
8-20, .400 (L James 1-4, S Pavlovic 1-4, D
Gibson 3-4, D Brown 1-2, Da Jones 2-6). Team
Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots:7 (Z Ilgauskas 4,
L James 2, D Gooden). Turnovers:18 (S
Pavlovic 4, L James 4, D Gibson 3, Z
Ilgauskas 2, Da Jones 2, D Gooden 2, D
Brown). Steals: 12 (D Gibson 4, L James 3, D
Gooden 2, Da Jones, S Pavlovic, Dw Jones).


UTAH (103)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
A Kirilenko 28:23 3-5 2-2 1-3 5 3 8
C Boozer 39:13 10-19 3-3 3-12 1 3 23
M Okur 29:33 2-10 1-2 1-10 4 2 5
R Brewer 37:45 4-9 7-8 0-3 0 3 16
D Williams 44:52 4-12 7-8 1-3 12 1 15
G Giricek 11:03 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 2
P Millsap 27:09 7-8 10-13 2-5 1 6 24
J Hart 3:08 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 0
M Harpring 13:49 3-6 4-4 1-5 1 2 10
M Almond 2:31 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0
R Price 2:04 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
J Collins 0:30 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 34-74 34-40 9-43 24 26 103
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.459, FT-.850. 3-Point Goals:
1-6, .167 (M Okur 0-1, R Brewer 1-2, D
Williams 0-2, G Giricek 0-1). Team Rebounds:
6. Blocked Shots:6 (A Kirilenko 2, J Collins,
C Boozer, P Millsap, R Brewer). Turnovers:17
(D Williams 8, A Kirilenko 2, C Boozer 2, P
Millsap 2, M Okur, G Giricek, R Brewer).
Steals: 12 (P Millsap 5, R Brewer 5, M
Harpring, A Kirilenko).

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CLEVELAND 26 22 19 34 - 101
UTAH 29 23 20 31 - 103
--------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: Utah - 1 (Technical Foul,
6:08 4th).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 19,911. T: 2:37.
Officials: Joe Crawford, Luis Grillo, Phil
Robinson.</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at UTAH

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 26 22 19 34 101
UTAH 29 23 20 31 103 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: CLE - LEBRON JAMES 32, ZYDRUNAS ILGAUSKAS 18,
ALEKSANDAR PAVLOVIC 17
UTH - PAUL MILLSAP 24, CARLOS BOOZER 23,
RONNIE BREWER 16

HIGH REBOUND: CLE - LEBRON JAMES 15, ZYDRUNAS ILGAUSKAS 14,
DREW GOODEN 9
UTH - CARLOS BOOZER 12, MEHMET OKUR 10, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 5

HIGH ASSISTS: CLE - LEBRON JAMES 13, DANIEL GIBSON 3, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 2
UTH - DERON WILLIAMS 12, ANDREI KIRILENKO 5,
MEHMET OKUR 4

ATT: 19,911</div>

 

By Chris Bellamy
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


SALT LAKE CITY (Ticker) -- LeBron James tried to win the gameby himself for the Cleveland Cavaliers. But Deron Williamsand the Utah Jazz were in his way.


Williams dropped in the game-winning layup with 1.3 secondsleft, erasing a dramatic game-tying 3-pointer by James justseconds earlier, as the Jazz held on for a wild 103-101 victoryover the Cavaliers on Wednesday night.


Carlos Boozer collected 23 points and 12 boards - his fifthstraight double-double to start the season - for Utah, which letJames run wild throughout the contest but relied on its ownsuperstar duo down the stretch.


James notched his first triple-double of the season, collecting32 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists for Cleveland, which is inthe midst of a six-game West Coast road trip.


Trailing, 99-94, James took matters into his own hands, poweringin a layup plus a foul shot to cut Cleveland's deficit to threepoints.


The superstar forward missed the ensuing foul shot, but ZydrunasIlgaukas grabbed the offensive rebound, setting up anotherlayup by James after a timeout to make it 99-98 with 11.5seconds left.


Utah's Ronnie Brewer then made two free throws, but Jamesdrained a 25-foot 3-pointer with a hand in his face to tie thegame.


But with no time to spare, Williams raced up the court - leavingCavaliers swingman Devin Brown in his wake - and nailed theclinching layup. Brown's half-court heave as time expired waswell long.


The Jazz had trouble opening a wide lead throughout, but theCavaliers never got over the hump, perhaps because James andguard Sasha Pavlovic were carrying too much of the load.

With time winding down in the fourth, James found a wide openIlgauskas under the basket for a soft dunk, which brought theCavs to within two.


But Utah immediately answered, as Williams found Brewer for a3-pointer to give the Jazz a 91-86 cushion. Damon Jonesanswered with a shot from the arc on the other end, but the Jazzonce again responded.


Paul Millsap scored three points on one possession - a freethrow and a layup - courtesy of a key offensive rebound.

Embattled Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko had the unenviable taskof guarding James from the opening tip, but that assignment ledto early foul trouble.




However, the Jazz had more than enough insurance for Kirilenko -mostly in the form of Millsap.




Millsap, the second-year Jazz forward out of Louisiana Tech, hada monster second period, scoring 15 of his 24 points. Theversatile 6-8 big man exploited the soft interior of theCavaliers' defense, repeatedly overpowering Drew Gooden,Ilgauskas and even James.




Ilgauskas had 18 points and 15 rebounds and Pavlovic added 17points for Cleveland.

 

By Chris Bellamy
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


SALT LAKE CITY (Ticker) -- LeBron James tried to win the game byhimself for the Cleveland Cavaliers. But Deron Williams and theUtah Jazz were in his way.


Williams dropped in the game-winning layup with 1.3 secondsleft, erasing a dramatic game-tying 3-pointer by James justseconds earlier, as the Jazz held on for a wild 103-101 victoryover the Cavaliers on Wednesday night.


Carlos Boozer collected 23 points and 12 boards - his fifthstraight double-double to start the season - for Utah, which letJames run wild throughout the contest but relied on its ownsuperstar duo down the stretch.


James notched his first triple-double of the season, collecting32 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists for Cleveland, which is inthe midst of a six-game West Coast road trip.


Trailing, 99-94, James took matters into his own hands, poweringin a layup plus a foul shot to cut Cleveland 's deficit tothree points.


The superstar forward missed the ensuing free throw, butZydrunas Ilgauskas grabbed the offensive rebound, setting upanother layup by James after a timeout to make it 99-98 with11.5 seconds left.


Utah's Ronnie Brewer then made two free throws, but Jamesdrained a 25-foot 3-pointer with a hand in his face to tie thegame.


"They answered us every time we hit a big shot," Williams said."We knew LeBron was capable of doing that - taking over aballgame, which he did. It's good to win a close one."

But with no time to spare, Williams raced up the court - leavingCavaliers swingman Devin Brown in his wake - and nailed theclinching layup.


"We've had the motto to just push it (and) don't give thedefense a chance to set up," Williams said. "We said that wecan exploit that. Booz took it out, got it out quick. I justraced it up court, was able to get a step on Ilgauskas on theinside, and made the shot."


"Great move," James said. "We expected him to call timeout.But I should have known."


Brown's half-court heave as time expired was well long.

"We just get it and go. We find that it works for us," Williamssaid of the game-winning play. "They don't get a chance to setup on defense, and I think they thought we were gonna call atimeout. They're looking back to see what we're doing, andwhile they're doing that, we're racing up the court."

The Jazz had trouble opening a wide lead throughout, but theCavaliers never got over the hump, perhaps because James wascarrying too much of the load.


With time winding down in the fourth, James found a wide-openIlgauskas under the basket for a soft dunk, which brought theCavs to within two.


But Utah immediately answered, as Williams found Brewer for a3-pointer to give the Jazz a 91-86 cushion. Damon Jonesanswered with a shot from the arc on the other end, but the Jazzonce again responded.


"Giving those guys credit, giving the Jazz credit, we also haveto look a little bit at ourselves," Cavaliers coach Mike Brownsaid. "It's a two-point ballgame, we could have done a littlebit better from the free-throw line.


"More importantly than the free-throw line, the turnoversituation. The turnovers were probably our biggest killer -besides (Paul) Millsap."


Millsap scored three points on one possession - a free throw anda layup - courtesy of a key offensive rebound.


Embattled Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko had the unenviable taskof guarding James from the opening tip, but that assignment ledto early foul trouble.


However, the Jazz had more than enough insurance for Kirilenko,mostly in the form of Millsap.


The second-year Jazz forward out of Louisiana Tech, Millsap hada monster second period, scoring 15 of his career-high 24points. The versatile 6-8 big man exploited the soft interiorof the Cavaliers' defense, repeatedly overpowering Drew Gooden,Ilgauskas and even James.


Midway through the quarter, after Daniel Gibson's 3-pointerpulled the Cavaliers to within four, Millsap burst through thelane on the other end and tapped in a soft pass from Kirilenkooff the glass and drew a foul, completing a three-point play.

"He just went after the ball," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. "Hewas relentless. They had some mismatches inside, where he got<div class="pre">to post up, and that's what you like to see a guy gets the ball</div>when he should have it."


At the 3:25 mark, he did it again. After Williams missed an18-footer from the wing, Millsap snagged the rebound and drewcontact as he laid it in for yet another three-point play.

He got it done on the other end as well. In fact, the casecould be made that it was the defense of Millsap and Brewer thatreally made the difference as the Jazz got out to a comfortablelead.


Brewer, the team's starting two-guard after playing onlysporadically in his first year as a pro, picked up five stealsin the first half - four in the opening quarter - and Millsapadded four swipes of his own.


"The difference in the ballgame was Utah's two young fellas. Ithought Millsap and Brewer had a whale of a ballgame," Brownsaid. "Paul Millsap, I can't say enough about him. He justcame to work tonight. Without him on the floor, maybe we wouldhave had more of a chance."


The sophomore duo's nine combined first-half steals led to 13points for the Jazz, who took the lead on the first possessionof the game and fell behind only once.


Ilgauskas had 18 points and 14 rebounds and Sasha Pavlovic added17 points for Cleveland.