5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed VAN by 7 at halftime and won 102–98.
Final
LAC88
ATL103
Final
CLE89
HOU107
Final
ORL93
SAS97
Final
CHI96
TOR83
Final · OT
LAL102
VAN98
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · LAL @ VAN
Lakers need overtime to survive Vancouver
Tied 92–92 after regulation. Lakers won the final period 10–6 for a 102–98 win. Elden Campbell led Lakers with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.
Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
By quarter
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT1 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 21 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 102 |
| VAN | 25 | 24 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 98 |
Who led
Elden CampbellLAL25 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantLAL20 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimVAN21 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Anthony PeelerVAN17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ORL @ SAS
San Antonio leads Orlando wire to wire
San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 97–93. Best quarter: the first, 35–22. Monty Williams led San Antonio with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.
The whole night · final margins
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
Malik SealyLAC
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.0 in 66 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 25 minutes.
Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.7 in 63 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 20 minutes.
Stepped-up role
Kobe BryantLAL
+28.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
43 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.
Top performances
Eddie Johnson leads the day with 27
Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Eddie JohnsonHOU vs CLE · W
7.0 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 10 REB · 0 ASTMookie BlaylockATL vs LAC · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 6 ASTElden CampbellLAL @ VAN · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 3 ASTHakeem OlajuwonHOU vs CLE · W
23.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 6 ASTRony SeikalyORL @ SAS · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 ASTShareef Abdur-RahimVAN vs LAL · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 REB · 5 ASTHot and cold
Last 10 games against the season so far
Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Cold