9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed ATL by 9 at halftime and won 99–97.
Final
BOS94
ORL92
Final
DET86
PHI90
Final · OT
TOR99
ATL97
Final
NYK97
MIN92
Final
CLE72
NOH82
Final
CHI98
SAS109
Final
DAL90
PHX121
Final
HOU76
UTA83
Final
WAS99
LAL120
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 · TOR @ ATL
Vince Carter scores 43 as Toronto beats Atlanta
Toronto won 99–97. Vince Carter: 43 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.
Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
By quarter
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT1 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOR | 16 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 99 |
| ATL | 24 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 97 |
Who led
Vince CarterTOR43 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshTOR17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimATL30 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryATL12 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate
Nine games, by the margins
Closest finish: 2. Widest: Phoenix by 31.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 14 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 35 minutes.
Losing minutes
Jason HartSAS
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 11 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 19 minutes.
Stepped-up role
Jason KaponoCLE
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
34 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.
Top performances
Vince Carter leads the day with 43
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.
Vince CarterTOR @ ATL · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 7 REB · 3 ASTShareef Abdur-RahimATL vs TOR · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 13 REB · 3 ASTPaul PierceBOS @ ORL · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 6 ASTAllen IversonPHI vs DET · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 7 ASTBaron DavisNOH vs CLE · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 8 ASTKevin GarnettMIN vs NYK · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST