3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed BOS by 2 after the first quarter and won 99–97.
Final
DET93
LAL101
Final
BOS97
NYK99
Final
UTA103
TOR88
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 · BOS @ NYK
New York holds off Boston, 99–97
New York led 73–61 after three and held on to win by two. Allan Houston led New York with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.
Game flow · NYK 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 26 | 17 | 18 | 36 | 97 |
| NYK | 24 | 31 | 18 | 26 | 99 |
Who led
Allan HoustonNYK26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Larry JohnsonNYK23 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerBOS24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Vitaly PotapenkoBOS21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DET @ LAL
Lakers handle Detroit by 8
The Lakers won the second quarter 33–26. Final: 101–93. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.
The whole night · final margins
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−7.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.5 in 21 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 38 minutes.
Stepped-up role
Rick FoxLAL
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
37 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.
Cooling off
−9.8points, last 2 vs 1998–99 avg
Points per game
8.0 points a game over his last two games, against 17.8 in 1998–99 (37 games). Today: 9 points in 28 minutes.
Top performances
Karl Malone leads the day with 28
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.
Karl MaloneUTA @ TOR · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 1 ASTKobe BryantLAL vs DET · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 ASTAllan HoustonNYK vs BOS · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 ASTGrant HillDET @ LAL · L
27.4 PPG season to date · −2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 7 ASTAntoine WalkerBOS @ NYK · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 ASTJerry StackhouseDET @ LAL · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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