Cleveland Cavaliers @ Boston Celtics

EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS - GAME 7 • BOS wins series 4-3

45-37, 18-23 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Cavaliers CLE	13	27	28	24	92
Celtics BOS	18	32	23	24	97

Boston CelticsCelticsBOS

66-16, 35-6 Home

Kevin Garnett misses 17-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Paul Pierce misses layup
Paul Pierce makes 17-foot two point shot
Paul Pierce misses 13-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett makes 19-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Kendrick Perkins makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Paul Pierce's layup
Paul Pierce makes driving layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kendrick Perkins misses layup
Ben Wallace blocks Paul Pierce's 3-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett misses 20-foot two point shot
Rajon Rondo makes 18-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo misses 19-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett misses 17-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett misses 21-foot jumper
Ray Allen misses jumper
Eddie House misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Garnett makes 11-foot two point shot
Eddie House misses 47-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce makes 16-foot two point shot
Eddie House makes 21-foot jumper (P.J. Brown assists)
Eddie House misses 23-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes two point shot
Paul Pierce makes 26-foot three point jumper
James Posey makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Kendrick Perkins makes 1-foot two point shot (Paul Pierce assists)
Paul Pierce misses 26-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce misses 19-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses two point shot
Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Ray Allen makes 1-foot two point shot
Rajon Rondo misses 25-foot three pointer
Kevin Garnett misses 18-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins makes 13-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Paul Pierce misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ray Allen misses 13-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Garnett makes driving layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Paul Pierce makes 17-foot two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Rajon Rondo misses jumper
Paul Pierce makes 21-foot two point shot
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup (Ray Allen assists)
Rajon Rondo misses jumper
P.J. Brown makes 17-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Ray Allen misses layup
Ray Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ray Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce misses 17-foot jumper
Eddie House misses jumper
Rajon Rondo makes layup (Paul Pierce assists)
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup
Rajon Rondo misses 8-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes 20-foot jumper (James Posey assists)
Kevin Garnett misses jumper
P.J. Brown makes two point shot
Rajon Rondo misses 12-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes 18-foot two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kevin Garnett makes 4-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Paul Pierce misses 19-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett makes 7-foot two point shot (Paul Pierce assists)
Rajon Rondo misses 9-foot jumper
P.J. Brown makes 1-foot two point shot
Kevin Garnett misses 6-foot jumper
P.J. Brown makes 21-foot jumper (Eddie House assists)
Kevin Garnett misses 20-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 11-foot two point shot
Delonte West makes 17-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 13-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 12-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 12-foot jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 22-foot jumper
LeBron James misses layup
LeBron James makes layup
Rajon Rondo blocks Delonte West's three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Joe Smith misses 13-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes 1-foot two point shot (Delonte West assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Damon Jones misses 21-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses jumper
LeBron James misses 8-foot jumper
Joe Smith makes two point shot
LeBron James misses three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 13-foot two point shot
Joe Smith makes slam dunk (Delonte West assists)
Eddie House blocks Delonte West's layup
Kendrick Perkins blocks Sasha Pavlovic's layup
Sasha Pavlovic misses 12-foot jumper
Delonte West misses 21-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 22-foot two point shot
Sasha Pavlovic makes running jumper (Ben Wallace assists)
LeBron James misses three point jumper
LeBron James misses layup
LeBron James makes 1-foot two point shot
Anderson Varejao makes slam dunk (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 1-foot two point shot
Damon Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 22-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 7-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 20-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes 20-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 23-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 24-foot three point jumper
Ben Wallace makes slam dunk (Delonte West assists)
LeBron James misses 29-foot three point jumper
Joe Smith makes 21-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Joe Smith misses three point jumper
Damon Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Delonte West makes 10-foot two point shot
Sasha Pavlovic misses layup
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes 21-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
LeBron James makes 24-foot three pointer
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 20-foot jumper
LeBron James makes 28-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 8-foot jumper
LeBron James makes dunk
LeBron James misses 29-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 5-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper

CAVALIERS

CELTICS

TIME		CLE	BOS
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Kendrick Perkins (Kevin Garnett gains possession)	0	0
11:36	Kevin Garnett misses 17-foot jumper	0	0
11:34	Rajon Rondo offensive rebound	0	0
11:29	Paul Pierce makes jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)	0	2
11:03	LeBron James bad pass (Paul Pierce steals)	0	2
11:00	Paul Pierce misses layup	0	2
10:57	LeBron James defensive rebound	0	2
10:44	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 11-foot two point shot	0	2
10:42	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	0	2
10:33	Ray Allen bad pass	0	2
10:21	Delonte West makes 17-foot two point shot	2	2
10:06	Paul Pierce makes 17-foot two point shot	2	4
9:53	LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper	4	4
9:40	Paul Pierce misses 13-foot jumper	4	4
9:38	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	4	4
9:26	Delonte West offensive foul (Rajon Rondo draws the foul)	4	4
9:26	Delonte West turnover	4	4
9:03	Kevin Garnett makes 19-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)	4	6
8:41	Wally Szczerbiak misses 13-foot jumper	4	6
8:41	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	4	6
8:19	Kendrick Perkins makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)	4	8
8:02	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 19-foot jumper	4	8
8:02	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	4	8
7:46	Wally Szczerbiak shooting foul (Kendrick Perkins draws the foul)	4	8
7:46	Kendrick Perkins makes free throw 1 of 2	4	9
7:46	Kendrick Perkins misses free throw 2 of 2	4	9
7:45	Kendrick Perkins offensive rebound	4	9
7:39	Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)	4	12
7:37	Cleveland full timeout	4	12
7:16	LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper	4	12
7:16	Cleveland offensive rebound	4	12
6:58	LeBron James misses 12-foot jumper	4	12
6:58	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	4	12
6:52	Zydrunas Ilgauskas blocks Paul Pierce's layup	4	12
6:50	Boston offensive rebound	4	12
6:47	Kendrick Perkins offensive foul (Ben Wallace draws the foul)	4	12
6:47	Kendrick Perkins turnover	4	12
6:33	Jumpball: Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Kendrick Perkins (LeBron James gains possession)	4	12
6:22	LeBron James misses 12-foot jumper	4	12
6:22	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	4	12
6:16	Paul Pierce makes driving layup (Rajon Rondo assists)	4	14
5:52	Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses 22-foot jumper	4	14
5:50	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	4	14
5:33	Kendrick Perkins misses layup	4	14
5:31	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	4	14
5:20	LeBron James misses layup	4	14
5:20	Paul Pierce defensive rebound	4	14
5:13	Ben Wallace blocks Paul Pierce's 3-foot jumper	4	14
5:13	Paul Pierce offensive rebound	4	14
5:13	Jumpball: Ben Wallace vs. Paul Pierce (Ray Allen gains possession)	4	14
5:05	Kevin Garnett misses 20-foot two point shot	4	14
5:05	Delonte West defensive rebound	4	14
4:58	Zydrunas Ilgauskas offensive foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	4	14
4:58	Zydrunas Ilgauskas turnover	4	14
4:58	Joe Smith enters the game for Ben Wallace	4	14
4:33	Rajon Rondo makes 18-foot jumper	4	16
4:13	LeBron James makes layup	6	16
3:55	Rajon Rondo misses 19-foot jumper	6	16
3:54	Zydrunas Ilgauskas defensive rebound	6	16
3:43	Rajon Rondo blocks Delonte West's three point jumper	6	16
3:43	Cleveland offensive rebound	6	16
3:43	Anderson Varejao enters the game for Zydrunas Ilgauskas	6	16
3:43	Sasha Pavlovic enters the game for Wally Szczerbiak	6	16
3:32	LeBron James makes driving layup	8	16
3:15	Anderson Varejao personal foul (Kendrick Perkins draws the foul)	8	16
3:15	James Posey enters the game for Paul Pierce	8	16
3:00	Kevin Garnett misses 17-foot jumper	8	16
2:59	Boston defensive rebound	8	16
2:59	Kendrick Perkins loose ball foul (Sasha Pavlovic draws the foul)	8	16
2:59	Boston full timeout	8	16
2:45	Ray Allen shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul)	8	16
2:45	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	9	16
2:45	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	10	16
2:21	Kevin Garnett misses 21-foot jumper	10	16
2:20	Joe Smith defensive rebound	10	16
2:04	Joe Smith misses 13-foot jumper	10	16
2:04	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	10	16
1:58	Rajon Rondo offensive foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)	10	16
1:58	Rajon Rondo turnover	10	16
1:58	Leon Powe enters the game for Kendrick Perkins	10	16
1:47	Anderson Varejao makes 1-foot two point shot (Delonte West assists)	12	16
1:23	Ray Allen misses jumper	12	16
1:22	Joe Smith defensive rebound	12	16
1:06	Leon Powe illegal defense foul (1st personal foul)	12	16
1:06	Eddie House enters the game for Rajon Rondo	12	16
1:06	LeBron James misses technical free throw	12	16
1:06	Cleveland offensive rebound	12	16
1:00	Kevin Garnett illegal defense foul (1st personal foul)	12	16
1:00	LeBron James makes technical free throw	13	16
1:00	Damon Jones enters the game for Delonte West	13	16
55.9	Sasha Pavlovic misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	16
54.9	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	13	16
41.9	Eddie House misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	16
40.5	James Posey offensive rebound	13	16
29.1	Kevin Garnett makes 11-foot two point shot	13	18
7.9	Damon Jones misses 21-foot jumper	13	18
7.4	Sasha Pavlovic offensive rebound	13	18
3.8	Sasha Pavlovic misses jumper	13	18
2.9	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	13	18
0.0	Eddie House misses 47-foot three point jumper	13	18
0.0	Boston offensive rebound	13	18
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	13	18

Cavaliers
72
Celtics
76

Game 1

5/6

Cavaliers
73
Celtics
89

Game 2

5/8

Celtics
84
Cavaliers
108

Game 3

5/10

Celtics
77
Cavaliers
88

Game 4

5/12

Cavaliers
89
Celtics
96

Game 5

5/14

Celtics
69
Cavaliers
74

Game 6

5/16

Cavaliers
92
Celtics
97

Game 7

5/18

TD Garden

3:30 PM, May 18, 2008Coverage: ABC

Boston, MA

Attendance: 18,624

Referees:
Bennett Salvatore
Eddie F. Rush
Ken Mauer

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	9	2	.818	-	W7
Cleveland	7	4	.636	2	L1
Milwaukee	7	4	.636	2	W1
Chicago	6	4	.600	2.5	L3
Indiana	1	9	.100	7.5	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	6	3	.667	-	W4
Philadelphia	6	4	.600	0.5	L1
Toronto	5	5	.500	1.5	L1
Boston	5	6	.455	2	W1
Brooklyn	1	9	.100	5.5	L2

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Andrew Wiggins' alley-oop dunk at OT buzzer gives Heat a 140-138 win over the Cavaliers

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