2005–06 Cleveland Cavaliers season

James and the Cavaliers would not be intimidated however, and won their two games at home to tie the series 2–2.Coming into game 5, both teams were confident, but the Pistons were expected to pull out the win easily.The game was low scoring throughout as usual in this series, with Cleveland holding a 68 to 66 lead throughout 3 quarters.With the game tied at 84 with 26 seconds left in regulation, Drew Gooden came through and hit a layup to give Cleveland the lead that they would never squander.James led the Cavs with 32 and this brought the series to Cleveland up 3–2, quite shockingly.
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