[This is from what I saw and the notes I took. Please excuse spelling, grammatical, and typing errors. Times listed indicates time _left_ in the quarter, half, game and/or overtime and the team listed after the score is always the team that is ahead. To save time and typing, I only list players by their last names. If you would like a roster list for the teams in the playoffs, e- mail me asking for a roster list. If you would like to receive the tabs directly via e-mail, send me a note with your correct e- mail address and with "Add tabs" as the subject. These will also be available [through June] by ftping to ftp.netcom.com and cding to /pub/pa/patricia/tabs. Questions, suggestions, and comments welcomed.] New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers - game 3 [To get the proper feeling for the game, read very slowly.] 1st Quarter: Price to Hill for the slam. Ewing bricks. Cle turnover. Oakley misses. Phills misses. Starks misses. Phills to J Williams for the layup. Ewing gets the hook. Mills drains the 3. J Williams blocks. J Williams bricks. C Smith bricks. 7-2 Cle 8:23. Ewing swats. Starks misses the layup. Hill misses. Ewing hits the short turn around baseliner. J Williams drives for 2. J Williams blocks, Price drains the pull up 3. 12-4 Cle 6:39. C Smith gets 2 inside. J Williams 1 of 2. C Smith nails the jumper. Hill misses. Oakley's jumper goes in and out. Price misses the 3. Harper drives baseline for the layup. Mills steps in for the 18 foot jumper. 15-10 Cle 3:25. Price steals. Mills misses the 3, Oakley ahead to C Smith for the dunk. Price 2 of 2. Oakley turns it over. Hill nails the baseliner. 19-12 Cle 1:30. Hill swats C Smith. J Williams 0 of 2. H Davis misses. Phills 1 of 2, J Williams rebounds. Colter misses badly. 20-12 Cle. Cle shot 39% FG and NY shot 35% FG. 2nd Quarter: Ewing 2 of 3 (lane violation). Ewing blocks. Starks swishes the 3. Mills get the one-hand banker. Starks misses. Mills misses. Mason misses driving. Ewing blocks from behind. 22-17 Cle 9:07. Ewing nails the running sweeping hook. Colter buries the long jumper. H Davis nails the 3. Campbell 2 of 2. Anthony misses. Offensive foul on Phills. 26-22 Cle 6:56. C Smith nails the long jumper. Harper strips Hill inside, Harper ahead to C Smith for the layup. Cle turnover, NY turnover. J Williams steps out of bounds. NY turnover. Price misses the 3. Mason 1 of 2. 27- 26 NY 4:33. Phills drains the 3. H Davis into Mason for the layup. Price misses the 3. Mason into C Smith for 2. Hill 1 of 2. Phills strips C Smith, Price is fouled on the break. Makes both. 32-31 Cle 2:49. Ewing spins in for the one hand slam. Mills nails the long baseliner. C Smith misses. Phills misses the 3. Cle forces the turnover. Oakley strips, 24 second violation Cle. Oakley drains the 20 foot jumper. Hill 2 of 2. H Davis turns it over. Oh, Price with the pretty rainbow 20- footer. Harper nails the jumper. 38-37 Cle. For the quarter, Cle shot 39% FG and NY shot 35% FG. 3rd Quarter: Offensive interference on Ewing. Starks fouls Hill inside - his 4th. Hill 1 of 2. Ewing nails the turn around baseliner. A T on Starks for comments to the ref. Price makes the T. Price to Hill for the layup and the foul. Makes the extra. 43-39 Cle 10:30. Into C Smith for the slam. J Williams turns it over. NY turnover. Price gets 2 offensive rebounds. Oakley steals. Harper drills the quick 3. Illegal D on NY. Price makes the gift. J Williams misses. H Davis nails the long jumper. 46-44 Cle 7:46. Hill 2 of 2. Ewing drives [and travels] for the slam. J Williams drives for the finger roll. C Smith 1 of 2. Ferry swishes the 3. Oakley drains the jumper. Ferry drains the 3. 54-51 Cle 5:02. Davis misses the 3. Cle turnover. 24 second violation on NY. Cle turnover. Mason 2 of 2. Phills misses inside. NY turnover. Phills misses, Hill steals. Price 2 of 2. 56-53 Cle 2:32. NY turnover. Ferry bricks the 35-footer as the clock runs out. Ewing 2 of 2. Ferry drains the long jumper despite his defender. H Davis misses. Ferry 1 of 2. Mason 2 of 2. J Williams misses badly. Ewing misses inside. Ferry misses, Cle steals. Ewing blocks Ferry. 59-57 Cle. 4th Quarter: Oh my, Colter gets the one hand 15 foot push shot as the buzzer sounds. Mason 1 of 2. Mills gets the leaning 15-footer. Anthony drives for the layup. C Smith steals. Anthony misses the 3. Ferry over shoots. Starks drains the 3. 63-63 9:33. A T on Ferry for complaining to the ref. Starks makes the gift. Phills 2 of 2. Starks to Ewing for the one hand slam. Cage gets the rebound and his hook bounces in. Mason 2 of 2. Starks intercepts. Ewing 2 of 2 - Cle in the penalty. 70-67 NY 7:34. J Williams misses. Ewing misses. Price misses. A jumpball under NY's basket - C Smith and J Williams. NY controls. Cle steals. Phills 2 of 2 - NY in penalty. Anthony 2 of 2. 72-69 NY 5:41. NY strips. Ewing 2 of 2. Ewing blocks. Starks misses the 3. Mills 2 of 2. Mason gets the reverse layup. 76-71 NY 4:00. Price 2 of 2. Harper turns it over. Price 2 of 2. Starks to Mason for the reverse layup. Phills misses driving, Starks goes coast to coast and is fouled. 1 of 2. 79-75 NY 2:43. Price misses the 3, Cage rebounds. Offensive foul on Phills. Ewing misses. Cage 0 of 2. NY 79-75 1:37. Starks misses the 3. Price 2 of 2. NY turnover. 79-77 NY 1:00. Phills drives for the short one-hander. Phills drives for the short one-hander Harper 2 of 2. 36.1 seconds. Price turns it over. NY runs a little time off the clock before Mills fouls Ewing - Mills' 6th. Ewing 1 of 2. 82-79 NY 17.8 seconds. Price is fouled on the baseline away from the ball. Price 2 of 2. Starks is immediately fouled. 1 of 2. 83-81 NY 7.8 seconds - Cle uses its last timeout. Ferry just misses the open 3 at the buzzer. Game over. Final: New York 83, Cleveland 81. Player of the game: Charles Smith with 15 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. New York leads the series 2-1. patricia