2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.
Final
POR94
NJN82
Final
DAL90
LAC76
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 · POR @ NJN
Portland makes it four straight
Portland beat New Jersey 94–82 and moved to 5–3. Steven Smith led Portland with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
Game flow · POR 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 31 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 94 |
| NJN | 14 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 82 |
Who led
Steven SmithPOR17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePOR16 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyNJN24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kenyon MartinNJN18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DAL @ LAC
Dallas leads Clippers wire to wire
Dallas was ahead at every break and won 90–76. Best quarter: the first, 28–21. Shawn Bradley led Dallas with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.
Top-scorer duel · DAL vs LAC
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
Kendall GillNJN
−6.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 5 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 33 minutes.
Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
38 minutes today, against 11.1 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.
Cooling off
Steve NashDAL
−5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 7 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 24 minutes.
Top performances
Stephon Marbury leads the day with 24
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.
Stephon MarburyNJN vs POR · L
29.0 PPG season to date · −5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 ASTShawn BradleyDAL @ LAC · W
7.6 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 8 REB · 0 ASTQuentin RichardsonLAC vs DAL · L
7.4 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high19 PTS · 8 REB · 2 ASTKenyon MartinNJN vs POR · L
10.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 ASTLamar OdomLAC vs DAL · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 ASTSteven SmithPOR @ NJN · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST