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Saturday, June 2, 2007Playoffs · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · CF · G6 · Box score
Pistons82
Cavs98
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 Cavs 0; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +16
On this day · 2005–06Jun 2, 2006: 1 game. Top scorer: Richard Hamilton (Pistons-Heat), 33 points.
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The lead · Conference finals · Game 6 · Pistons-Cavs

Cleveland finishes off Detroit, wins the series 4–2

LeBron James goes for 20 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+60+1+16CLE AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2127181682
Cavs2721193198
Who led
Daniel GibsonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 8, 8, 0, 9, 9, 21, 11, 31CLE31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 20, 23, 10, 19, 32, 25, 48, 20CLE20 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 16, 23, 24, 13, 7, 19, 26, 29DET29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 9, 5, 10, 9, 15, 2, 20, 13DET13 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Final · Pistons-Cavs
Pistons 82Cavs 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2127181682
Cavs2721193198
The story
Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 12 rebounds and 11 points as Cleveland beat Detroit 98-82

12 REB, 11 PTS · 5-9 FG

The swing

The Cavaliers won the fourth 31-16, their biggest quarter edge.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +60+1+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+16.4points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
4.6Reg. season avg21.0Last 3 playoff games

21.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 4.6 in the regular season (60 games). Today: 31 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Reg. season avg5.3Last 3 playoff games

5.3 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 23.4 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Cooling off
−8.2points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
14.9Reg. season avg6.7Last 3 playoff games

6.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 14.9 in the regular season (70 games). Today: 9 points in 28 minutes.

Top performances

Daniel Gibson leads the day with 31

Daniel GibsonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 8, 8, 0, 9, 9, 21, 11, 31Cavs-Pistons · W
7.6 PPG playoffs to date · +24.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 16, 23, 24, 13, 7, 19, 26, 29Pistons-Cavs · L
18.8 PPG playoffs to date · +10.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 20, 23, 10, 19, 32, 25, 48, 20Cavs-Pistons · W
25.8 PPG playoffs to date · −6.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 9, 5, 10, 9, 15, 2, 20, 13Pistons-Cavs · L
9.9 PPG playoffs to date · +3.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
13 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 16, 6, 22, 3, 16, 9, 16, 11Cavs-Pistons · W
13.8 PPG playoffs to date · −2.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
11 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 15, 16, 15, 16, 16, 9, 17, 11Pistons-Cavs · L
14.3 PPG playoffs to date · −3.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
11 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Lead changes
Pistons-Cavs9