4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.
Final
SEA108
DEN104
Final
SAC99
LAL108
Final
GSW93
UTA106
Final
POR105
VAN73
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 · SEA @ DEN
Denver's skid reaches ten
Seattle won 108–104; the Nuggets fall to 20–61. Shawn Kemp led Seattle with 27 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.
Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
By quarter
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | 33 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 108 |
| DEN | 26 | 28 | 28 | 22 | 104 |
Who led
Shawn KempSEA27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonSEA24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Antonio McDyessDEN29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Dale EllisDEN27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
Tom HammondsDEN
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 78 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 43 minutes.
Losing minutes
Greg AnthonyVAN
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 63 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 4 minutes.
Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
38 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists.
Second story · SAC @ LAL
Lakers lead Sacramento wire to wire
Lakers were ahead at every break and won 108–99. Best quarter: the third, 35–23. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 42 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.
The whole night · final margins
Top performances
Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 42
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.
Shaquille O'NealLAL vs SAC · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 12 REB · 3 ASTAntonio McDyessDEN vs SEA · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 ASTShawn KempSEA @ DEN · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 ASTDale EllisDEN vs SEA · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 ASTRasheed WallacePOR @ VAN · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 ASTGary PaytonSEA @ DEN · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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