GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: CLEVELAND at LA CLIPPERS

NBA: CLEVELAND at LA CLIPPERS

<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 97
LA CLIPPERS 88 3:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at LA CLIPPERS

<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 101
LA CLIPPERS 92 1:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at LA CLIPPERS

<div class="pre">NBA CLEVELAND 108
LA CLIPPERS 95 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at LA CLIPPERS

<div class="pre">CORRECTION

NBA CLEVELAND 103
LA CLIPPERS 95 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at LA CLIPPERS

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 23 27 22 31 103
LA CLIPPERS 19 25 31 20 95 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: CLE - ZYDRUNAS ILGAUSKAS 25, LEBRON JAMES 22,
DREW GOODEN 18
LAC - SAM CASSELL 28, COREY MAGGETTE 25, CHRIS
KAMAN 21</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at LA CLIPPERS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
CLEVELAND 103
LA CLIPPERS 95 FINAL</div>

 

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- The 1-2 punch of Zydrunas Ilgauskasand LeBron James were too much for the Los Angeles Clippers.

Ilgauskas scored 25 points and James chipped in 22, eightassists and six steals as the Cleveland Cavaliers posted a103-95 triumph over the Clippers on Sunday night.


Ilgauskas is off to one of his best starts in recent seasons,posting double digits in scoring in all but one contest thiscampaign. This marked the first outing he failed to grabdouble-figure boards.


Drew Gooden had 18 points and a season-high 17 rebounds for theCavaliers, who improved to 3-2 on their six-game tour of theWestern Conference which concludes at Denver on Monday.

Cleveland trailed, 81-80, in the fourth quarter before takingthe lead for good behind an aggressive 12-2 surge to forge anine-point advantage with 7:43 remaining.


The trio of Sam Cassell, Corey Maggette and Chris Kaman combinedfor 74 points for Los Angeles, which has dropped two straightgames since starting the season 4-0.


Cavs swingman Larry Hughes made his return after missing thelast three games with a bruised knee, pouring in 15 points on5-of-8 shooting in 27 minutes.

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at LA CLIPPERS

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (103) AT LA CLIPPERS (95)

CLEVELAND

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

D GIBSON G 21:21 2-5 0-0 0 1 1 3 4 1 1 5
L HUGHES G 27:30 5-8 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 12
D GOODEN F 30:32 6-16 6-8 5 12 17 1 0 1 4 18
L JAMES F 35:55 9-21 4-8 1 4 5 8 3 6 5 22
Z ILGAUSKAS C 39:06 11-18 3-3 4 2 6 1 4 0 1 25
D BROWN 31:00 4-7 0-2 2 1 3 1 3 0 1 8
DA JONES 22:43 3-5 2-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 9
I NEWBLE 15:51 2-3 0-0 2 6 8 1 3 1 1 4
C SIMMONS 9:06 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
S PAVLOVIC 5:51 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DW JONES 1:05 0-0 0-2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
S BROWN DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 42-83 16-27 15 28 43 17 22 10 15 103
(.506) (.593) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 15 (20 PTS)

LA CLIPPERS

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

S CASSELL G 38:36 10-19 7-9 0 3 3 5 1 1 3 28
Q ROSS G 32:21 1-6 4-4 2 2 4 0 3 0 1 6
T THOMAS F 37:37 4-11 0-0 2 4 6 4 6 0 1 8
C MAGGETTE F 43:04 7-17 10-11 3 8 11 4 4 3 4 25
C KAMAN C 37:58 10-15 1-1 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 21
B KNIGHT 13:30 0-1 1-2 0 2 2 3 0 0 2 1
R PATTERSON 14:27 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
P DAVIS 12:53 1-3 0-0 1 2 3 0 3 0 3 2
A THORNTON 9:15 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
D DICKAU 0:19 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A WILLIAMS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
J POWELL DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 35-77 23-27 9 30 39 16 20 4 16 95
(.455) (.852) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 16 (20 PTS)

CLEVELAND 23 27 22 31 - 103
LA CLIPPERS 19 25 31 20 - 95

BLOCKED SHOTS: CLEVELAND - I NEWBLE, D GOODEN, L JAMES, C SIMMONS.
LA CLIPPERS - C KAMAN 3, C MAGGETTE.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CLEVELAND 3-13 (.231), D GIBSON 1-4, L HUGHES 1-
2, D GOODEN 0-1, L JAMES 0-2, D BROWN 0-2, DA JONES 1-1, I NEWBLE 0-
1. LA CLIPPERS 2-10 (.200), S CASSELL 1-2, Q ROSS 0-1, T THOMAS 0-
4, C MAGGETTE 1-3.
TECHNICAL FOULS: CLEVELAND - Z ILGAUSKAS.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: DEREK RICHARDSON, STEVE JAVIE, TONY BROWN.
A - 15,541. T - 2:23.</div>

 

NBA: CLEVELAND at LA CLIPPERS

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (103)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
D Gibson 21:21 2-5 0-0 0-1 3 4 5
L Hughes 27:30 5-8 1-2 0-0 1 2 12
D Gooden 30:32 6-16 6-8 5-17 1 0 18
L James 35:55 9-21 4-8 1-5 8 3 22
Z Ilgauskas 39:06 11-18 3-3 4-6 1 4 25
D Brown 31:00 4-7 0-2 2-3 1 3 8
Da Jones 22:43 3-5 2-2 0-0 1 1 9
I Newble 15:51 2-3 0-0 2-8 1 3 4
C Simmons 9:06 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 0
S Pavlovic 5:51 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Dw Jones 1:05 0-0 0-2 1-1 0 1 0
S Brown DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 42-83 16-27 15-43 17 22 103
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.506, FT-.593. 3-Point Goals:
3-13, .231 (D Gibson 1-4, L Hughes 1-2, D
Gooden 0-1, L James 0-2, D Brown 0-2, Da
Jones 1-1, I Newble 0-1). Team Rebounds: 10.
Blocked Shots:4 (I Newble, D Gooden, L James,
C Simmons). Turnovers:15 (L James 5, D Gooden
4, Da Jones 2, Z Ilgauskas, D Gibson, D
Brown, I Newble). Steals: 10 (L James 6, L
Hughes, I Newble, D Gibson, D Gooden).


LA CLIPPERS (95)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
S Cassell 38:36 10-19 7-9 0-3 5 1 28
Q Ross 32:21 1-6 4-4 2-4 0 3 6
T Thomas 37:37 4-11 0-0 2-6 4 6 8
C Maggette 43:04 7-17 10-11 3-11 4 4 25
C Kaman 37:58 10-15 1-1 0-8 0 1 21
B Knight 13:30 0-1 1-2 0-2 3 0 1
R Patterson 14:27 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 1 2
P Davis 12:53 1-3 0-0 1-3 0 3 2
A Thornton 9:15 1-3 0-0 1-1 0 1 2
D Dickau 0:19 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
A Williams DNP - COACH'S DECISION
J Powell DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 35-77 23-27 9-39 16 20 95
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.455, FT-.852. 3-Point Goals:
2-10, .200 (S Cassell 1-2, Q Ross 0-1, T
Thomas 0-4, C Maggette 1-3). Team Rebounds:
6. Blocked Shots:4 (C Kaman 3, C Maggette).
Turnovers:16 (C Maggette 4, S Cassell 3, P
Davis 3, B Knight 2, C Kaman 2, T Thomas, Q
Ross). Steals: 4 (C Maggette 3, S Cassell).

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CLEVELAND 23 27 22 31 - 103
LA CLIPPERS 19 25 31 20 - 95
--------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: Cleveland - 1 (Z Ilgauskas,
8:01 4th).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 15,541. T: 2:23.
Officials: Derek Richardson, Steve Javie,
Tony Brown.</div>

 

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- The 1-2 punch of Zydrunas Ilgauskasand LeBron James were too much for the Los Angeles Clippers.

Ilgauskas scored 25 points and James chipped in 22, eightassists and six steals as the Cleveland Cavaliers posted a103-95 triumph over the Clippers on Sunday night.


Ilgauskas is off to one of his best starts in recent seasons,posting double digits in scoring in all but one contest thiscampaign. This marked the first outing he failed to grabdouble-figure boards.


"Ilgauskas made some big shots from the outside," Clippers coachMike Dunleavy said. "They set him up with LeBron's penetrationand (Chris) Kaman had to come help out off of it."

Drew Gooden had 18 points and a season-high 17 rebounds for theCavaliers, who improved to 3-2 on their six-game tour of theWestern Conference which concludes at Denver on Monday.

"(Gooden) got deep positions, got some boards and made someshots," Dunleavy said. "He's a good player. You let any playerin this league get going, they're going to have a good night."

Cleveland trailed, 81-80, in the fourth quarter before takingthe lead for good behind an aggressive 12-2 surge to forge anine-point advantage with 7:43 remaining.


"The way we are getting the ball upcourt, sharing the ball, andgetting into our rhythm, this is the best offensive performancewe have had this early in the season," James said.

The trio of Sam Cassell, Corey Maggette and Kaman combined for74 points for Los Angeles, which has dropped two straight gamessince starting the season 4-0.


"We started very slow and had to come back," Maggette said. "Weactually took the lead, but we had a lot of costly turnovers atthe end. We just need to stay together and pick it up."

"They have such an experienced group that they were not going tocave in," Cavs coach Mike Brown said. "Sam Cassell, he amazesme, I don't know how he is still playing. He is going to keepthat team poised and in the game no matter what the score is."

Cavs swingman Larry Hughes made his return after missing thelast three games with a bruised knee, pouring in 15 points on5-of-8 shooting in 27 minutes.