[This is from what I saw and the notes I took.  Please excuse
spelling, grammatical, and typing errors as I haven't been
getting much sleep.  Times listed indicates time _left_ in the
quarter, half, game and/or overtime.  I am assuming that you know
who plays for which team and I sometime abbreviate teams' names
to two or three letters.  I'm going to use present tense even
though the games are over because I think present tense shows
more of the emotion and I don't have to convert my notes. 
Comments, questions, suggestions, and praise welcomed.]

Cleveland Cavaliers vs New Jersey Nets in New Jersey
Sam Bowie DNP, injured his ankle in the last game.

1st Quarter:  
Petrovic cans the turn around jumper.  Coleman steals, but loses
it out of bounds.  Sanders gets the easy 2 under the basket. 
Nets miss, rebounds, Ehlo steals.  Nance gets the outside jumper. 
Teams trade misses.  The Nets should be renamed MASH because of
all the injuries.  Daugherty gets 2.  Teams trade misses.  Nets
running, drive, pass to Coleman who jams.  Daugherty gets 2. 
Passing by Nets finds an open Morris on the baseline, he drives
uncontested and slams.  Nance makes 1 of 2.  9-6 Cavs 7:41. 
Bounce pass to a cutting Petrovic who lays it in.  Cavs throw it
away.  Nance blocks, Nets steals, Nets throw it away.  Price
misses.  Petrovic misses.  Price is breaking, passes to Sanders
for the 2.  R Robinson misses, Price misses, Nets travel. 
Sanders gets 2 in the paint.  Offensive foul on Petrovic.  Ehlo
nails the jumper.  Schintzius gets 2 in the paint.  Price buries
the long jumper.  Steal by Ehlo, but Nets get it back.  Coleman
hits for 2.  Daugherty misses.  Petrovic misses the pull up. 
Daugherty misses in the paint.  17-12 Cavs 2:34.  Morris cans the
3.  Nance gets the fall away.  Coleman nails the long jumper. 
Ehlo gets the long 2.  An open Schintzius misses the jumper. 
Price misses on the drive, and the Nets find a breaking Petrovic
for the lay up.  Cavs turnover.  Coleman cans the 3 with 2.7 sec
left.  24-21 Nets.

2nd Quarter:
Cheeks misses.  J Williams nails the long jumper.  Schintzius
gets 2 inside.  Daugherty fights inside for 2.  Cheeks hits the
jumper.  Ehlo to J Williams for the lay up.  Nice pass.  Cheeks
gets another jumper.  Daugherty with the hook.  Petrovic drives
and gets 2 with the running one-hander.  29-32 NJ 9:17. 
Daugherty 2 of 2 at the line.  Petrovic drains the turn around. 
Cavs turnover, but Morris misses.  Price misses.  A long pass to
Petrovic all alone under the basket for the easy 2.  Cavs miss. 
Nets miss.  Brown strips the Cavs.  Mahorn inside to Coleman for
2.  Cavs miss on 2 attempts.  Nets miss.  Daugherty gets the easy
short jumper.  33-30 NJ 6:49.  Addison gets 2.  Cavs throw it
away.  Mahorn gets the put back.  Another Cavs turnover.  Cheeks
stops and pops.  Timeout Cavs.  33-44 NJ 5:14.  Daugherty misses
the rim and a 24 sec violation is called on Cle.  Coleman drives,
scores, and is fouled.  Another Cavs turnover.  Cheeks gets the
lay in off the Nets miss under the basket.  Teams trade
possessions.  Nets look great, Cavs look poor.  33-49 NJ 3:41. 
Ferry gets the outsider.  Coleman misses.  Daugherty gets the
turn around in the paint.  Cavs get the ball and run.  Price with
the lay up.  Mahorn gets 2.  Offensive foul on Daugherty.  Cheeks
buries the outside jumper.  Ehlo travels.  Nets miss.  Ferry
misses.  Addison gets the jumper.  Daugherty gets the turn around
fall away.  At the half 55-41 NJ.

3rd Quarter:
A rebound by Morris who dribbles out and nails the long fall
away.  Nance cans the jumper.  Coleman misses.  Daugherty with
the long hook shot, scores, and is fouled.  Block by Nance. 
Daugherty runs in front of the pack for the jam.  Petrovic
misses.  Price drives and misses.  Ehlo swats.  Price drains the
3.  51-57 NJ.  Schintzius finds Morris under the basket for 2. 
Daugherty with the hook in the paint.  Nets turnover.  Breaking
Cavs gives Ehlo 2 on the lay up.  Coleman gets the put back. 
Block by Nets.  Schintzius gets it inside for 2.  Price drains
the long 2.  Schintzius drains the jumper (what the heck is he
doing being hot?).  Nets get the ball back and have a 3 on 2 and
R Robinson lays it in.  57-67 NJ 6:22.  Nance misses.  Another 3
on 2 and R Robinson gets the lay up.  Another Nets break ends
with 2 for Petrovic.  Cavs turnover.  A 2 on 1, but they don't
connect.  J Williams is fouled driving.  2 of 2.  Nance blocks. 
Price misses.  Coleman gets the 3.  59-74 NJ 4:19.  Ehlo misses. 
Schintzius has gotten 5 rebounds in the quarter.  Petrovic gets a
3.  Who would have thunk it!  Price misses the 3.  Petrovic
misses the shot.  Timeout Cle.  The crowd is standing.  Price
misses the jumper.  3 on 2 ends with Morris making a monster
slam.  R Robinson with good D gets the turnover.  Coleman misses
the short jumper.  Schintzius with the block.  Daugherty is
fouled, 2 of 2.  61-79 NJ 2:03.  Petrovic gets the easy 2 as his
defender is on the floor.  Cle misses, but Petrovic throws it
away.  Nets slap it away and R Robinson is fouled on the break,
but it is not a shooting foul.  Morris drains the jumper.  Cavs
turnover, Nets running and R Robinson with the major slam.  Nets
block, running and Morris jams on the miss.  At the end of the
quarter 61-88 NJ.  WOW!

4th Quarter:
The Nets are playing awesome.  Coleman blocks.  Breaking Nets,
Morris drives and lays it in.  Brannon 2 of 2 at the line.  Nets
miss.  Coleman blocks, but Nets don't (how dare they) convert. 
Daugherty gets the jumper.  Morris drains the fall away.  Cavs
miss.  Offensive foul on Petrovic.  65-92 NJ 9:32.  A block by
Coleman.  Morris misses.  Ferry misses, Cavs rebound, and
Daugherty nails the jumper.  Coleman misses.  Wilkins misses
inside.  NJ misses.  Ferry gets the short jumper.  69-92 NJ 6:49. 
Cheeks misses.  Cavs miss.  Morris drives and is fouled.  A T on
Coleman.  Morris 2 of 2.  Cavs turnover, Nets turnover.  Brannon
misses.  Coleman works and gets the fall away in the paint.  Cavs
miss.  Nets miss.  Swat by Schintzius.  The Cavs scrubs are in
(the Nets don't have enough healthy players to have scrubs). 
Teams trade misses and possessions.  70-96 NJ 2:28.  J Williams
drives, scores, and gets the foul.  Teams trade possessions. 
Some Cav gets 2.  Nets misses.  J Williams with the long jumper. 
Nets travel and Cavs get 2.  Game ends.  Kudos to the Nets and
Schintzius, and Coleman (21 pts, 9 blks, 14 rebs, 8 assists) for
a great game.  Back to Cleveland.

Final:  Cleveland Cavaliers 79, New Jersey Nets 96.



patricia