NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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CHARLOTTE 13 28 22 26 89
CLEVELAND 32 24 19 31 106 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: CHA - EDDIE JONES 22, BOBBY PHILLS 15, DAVID WESLEY 13
CLE - LAMOND MURRAY 16, ANDREW DECLERCQ 16, BOB SURA 15
HIGH REBOUND: CHA - ANTHONY MASON 13, ELDEN CAMPBELL 8
CLE - LAMOND MURRAY 16, SHAWN KEMP 9
HIGH ASSISTS: CHA - BARON DAVIS 4, SEVEN PLAYERS WITH 2
CLE - BREVIN KNIGHT 6, ANDRE MILLER 6
ATT: 15,194
Extended Box
CHARLOTTE (89) AT CLEVELAND (106)
CHARLOTTE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
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COLEMAN F 29 1-6 5-6 2 3 5 2 3 1 2 7
MASON F 37 4-10 2-2 3 10 13 2 3 1 1 10
CAMPBELL C 19 1-11 2-2 3 5 8 1 6 1 1 4
JONES G 40 7-23 7-7 2 2 4 2 4 2 4 22
WESLEY G 35 4-12 5-6 0 3 3 2 3 4 1 13
FULLER 8 1-1 2-2 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 4
PHILLS 14 6-11 1-1 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 15
MILLER 16 3-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 6
R DAVIS 14 1-4 1-2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 3
B DAVIS 19 1-6 0-0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 2
ROBINSON 8 1-3 1-1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3
HAWKINS 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 30-90 26-29 13 27 40 19 29 10 15 89
(.333) (.897) TEAM REBS: 12 TOTAL TO: 15(20 PTS)
CLEVELAND
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
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KEMP F 27 3-15 4-4 2 7 9 3 5 1 5 10
MURRAY F 32 5-10 5-5 5 11 16 2 4 2 5 16
DECLERCQ C 31 6-9 4-6 3 5 8 1 3 1 1 16
KNIGHT G 31 3-6 3-3 2 6 8 6 4 2 3 9
SURA G 29 6-12 3-4 0 4 4 3 1 1 3 15
HENDERSON 16 3-5 3-5 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 9
MILLER 20 2-6 2-2 1 1 2 6 4 1 3 6
BRYANT 17 3-4 4-6 3 2 5 1 3 1 0 10
PERSON 19 3-8 3-3 0 1 1 0 4 1 2 10
FERRY 18 2-5 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 5
LANGDON DNP - INFLAMMATION OF RIGHT KNEE
STACK DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 36-80 31-38 17 39 56 24 33 10 23 106
(.450) (.816) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 23(28 PTS)
CHARLOTTE 13 28 22 26 - 89
CLEVELAND 32 24 19 31 - 106
BLOCKED SHOTS: CHARLOTTE - COLEMAN 2, CAMPBELL 2, MASON, JONES, ROBINSON.
CLEVELAND - DECLERCQ 2, HENDERSON.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CHARLOTTE 3-19 (.158), JONES 1-9, WESLEY 0-1, PHILLS
2-4, R DAVIS 0-1, B DAVIS 0-2, ROBINSON 0-2. CLEVELAND 3-7 (.429), MURRAY
1-1, SURA 0-2, PERSON 1-3, FERRY 1-1.
TECHNICALS: CHARLOTTE - CAMPBELL, CLEVELAND - BRYANT.
OFFICIALS: DICK BAVETTA, KEVIN FEHR, RODNEY MOTT.
A - 15,194. T - 2:16.
Box Score
CHARLOTTE (89)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Coleman 29 1-6 5-6 2-5 2 3 7
Mason 37 4-10 2-2 3-13 2 3 10
Campbell 19 1-11 2-2 3-8 1 6 4
Jones 40 7-23 7-7 2-4 2 4 22
Wesley 35 4-12 5-6 0-3 2 3 13
Fuller 8 1-1 2-2 1-2 0 2 4
Phills 14 6-11 1-1 1-1 2 3 15
Miller 16 3-3 0-0 0-2 0 0 6
R Davis 14 1-4 1-2 1-1 2 2 3
B Davis 19 1-6 0-0 0-0 4 2 2
Robinson 8 1-3 1-1 0-1 2 1 3
Hawkins 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
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TOTALS 240 30-90 26-29 13-40 19 29 89
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Percentages: FG-.333, FT-.897. 3-Point Goals:
3-19, .158 (Jones 1-9, Wesley 0-1, Phills 2-4, R
Davis 0-1, B Davis 0-2, Robinson 0-2). Team
rebounds: 12. Blocked shots: 7 (Coleman 2,
Campbell 2, Mason, Jones, Robinson). Turnovers:
15 (Jones 4, R Davis 3, Coleman 2, Campbell,
Fuller, Mason, Miller, Robinson, Wesley). Steals:
10 (Wesley 4, Jones 2, B Davis, Campbell,
Coleman, Mason).
CLEVELAND (106)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Kemp 27 3-15 4-4 2-9 3 5 10
Murray 32 5-10 5-5 5-16 2 4 16
Declercq 31 6-9 4-6 3-8 1 3 16
Knight 31 3-6 3-3 2-8 6 4 9
Sura 29 6-12 3-4 0-4 3 1 15
Henderson 16 3-5 3-5 1-1 1 2 9
Miller 20 2-6 2-2 1-2 6 4 6
Bryant 17 3-4 4-6 3-5 1 3 10
Person 19 3-8 3-3 0-1 0 4 10
Ferry 18 2-5 0-0 0-2 1 3 5
Langdon DNP - inflammation of right knee
Stack DNP - coach's decision
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TOTALS 240 36-80 31-38 17-56 24 33 106
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Percentages: FG-.450, FT-.816. 3-Point Goals:
3-7, .429 (Murray 1-1, Sura 0-2, Person 1-3,
Ferry 1-1). Team rebounds: 6. Blocked shots: 3
(Declercq 2, Henderson). Turnovers: 23 (Kemp 5,
Murray 5, Knight 3, Miller 3, Sura 3, Person 2,
Declercq, Henderson). Steals: 10 (Knight 2,
Murray 2, Bryant, Declercq, Kemp, Miller, Person,
Sura).
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Charlotte 13 28 22 26 - 89
Cleveland 32 24 19 31 - 106
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Technical fouls: Charlotte 1 (Campbell, 5:40
4th). Cleveland 1 (Bryant, 2:35 2nd). Flagrant
fouls: Charlotte 1 (B Davis, 10:23 4th). A:
15,194. T: 2:16. Officials: Dick Bavetta, Kevin
Fehr, Rodney Mott.
Game Story
CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- The road woes continued for the Charlotte
Hornets as Lamond Murray had 16 points and 16 rebounds and
Andrew DeClercq added 16 and eight to lead the Cleveland
Cavaliers to a 106-89 victory.
Bob Sura scored 15 points and Shawn Kemp added 10 and nine
rebounds for Cleveland, which opened with a 32-13 lead after the
first quarter and never trailed. Kemp made just 3-of-15 shots
but the rest of the Cavaliers' starters shot 54 percent
(20-of-37) from the floor.
Murray, playing in his fifth game after missing the first seven
with a sprained MCL, fell one short of his career high for
rebounds.
"I was able to get out on the break and get easy buckets on the
offensive end," Murray said. "Charlotte didn't get that much
tonight. We were focused, we wanted to come out here early on
and make our defense give us our offense, which was to deny the
wings, get good rebounds and push the ball out on the break."
Cleveland had a 27-6 advantage in fast-break points and won for
the second time in three games following a three-game skid. The
Cavs were coming off a 106-83 loss to the Allen Iverson-less
Philadelphia 76ers on Friday.
"What a difference in a night," Cleveland coach Randy Wittman
said. "We were up denying passes, we got a hand in every guys'
face on the jump shot (tonight). We were soft and stood around
last night. When we come out and play the way we played tonight
and Tuesday night (a win over Portland), this is a good ballclub
that will be in every game. When we don't, we have a hard time
competing."
Eddie Jones scored 22 points on just 7-of-23 shooting for
Charlotte. Bobby Phills scored 15 points in 14 minutes off the
bench and David Wesley added 13 for the Hornets, who fell to 1-5
on the road and dropped one game behind Toronto for the lead in
the Central Division.
"It was a distraction and disappointment, all of those things,"
Charlotte coach Paul Silas said. "You can't miss shots and win
and we missed shots. I wasn't surprised because I watched their
tape and they did the same thing to Portland. They're looking
to run so that wasn't a surprise at all. I was surprised that
we didn't get back on defense well enough. That seemed to be
the key to the game."
Phills, who spent six seasons with Cleveland, left with a pulled
left hamstring with 4:21 remaining in the third quarter.
It was the largest margin of defeat for Charlotte, which was
coming off its biggest rout, 118-85 over Washington on Friday.
"You look for that one blowout game, you think that it's going
to catapult you on your way to where a good team gets on a
roll," Phills said. "We played that kind of game last night and
then we came out today and it's like, `Who was that that played
the night before ' We're baffled. We still have a lot of
questions and we're looking for answers."
Mark Bryant and Wesley Person each contributed 10 points off the
bench for Cleveland, which had at least five points from 10
players.
"We came out and played as soon as they threw the ball up in the
air," Bryant said. "That's important for us. We have to come
out and play a whole 48 minutes of basketball."
Cleveland came out running and opened a 16-4 lead when Murray
made a layup with 5:49 left in the first quarter. The Cavaliers
closed the period with a 12-1 run, with Cedric Henderson's dunk
off a pass from Andre Miller capping it. Charlotte shot just 16
percent (3-for-19) in the opening quarter.
The Cavaliers took their biggest lead at 38-16 when Person hit a
3-pointer. Cleveland went scoreless for nearly four minutes but
Charlotte only closed to 40-26 when Phills made a three-point
play with 5:55 left in the second period.
Cleveland took a 54-41 lead into halftime and began the third
quarter with a 6-0 spurt, capped by Sura's 22-footer with 9:32
to go. The Hornets pulled within 67-59 on Wesley's 19-footer
with 2:31 left.
Person responded with a three-point play and Miller followed
with a layup, giving the Cavs a 75-63 cushion heading into the
final quarter.
