8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed ATL by 7 after the first quarter and won 95–85.
Final
ATL85
CLE95
Final
SAS86
MIA70
Final
PHX88
NJN99
Final
NOH97
CHI91
Final
ORL97
DAL110
Final
DET80
HOU86
Final · OT
WAS114
MIL109
Final
NYK92
GSW104
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 · ATL @ CLE
Atlanta's skid reaches four
Cleveland won 95–85; the Hawks fall to 6–15. Zydrunas Ilgauskas led Cleveland with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist. Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 43 for Atlanta in the loss.
Game flow · CLE 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | 22 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 85 |
| CLE | 15 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 95 |
Who led
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE19 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jason KaponoCLE16 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimATL43 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryATL14 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · NOH @ CHI
New Orleans handles Chicago by 6
The Hornets won the fourth quarter 38–30. Final: 97–91. Darrell Armstrong led New Orleans with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.
The whole night · final margins
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.6 in 20 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 43 minutes.
Losing minutes
Joe JohnsonPHX
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.3 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 17 minutes.
Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
47 minutes today, against 23.3 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.
Top performances
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 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.
Shareef Abdur-RahimATL @ CLE · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 12 REB · 2 ASTLarry HughesWAS @ MIL · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 0 ASTMichael ReddMIL vs WAS · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 4 ASTJamal CrawfordCHI vs NOH · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 3 ASTTracy McGradyORL @ DAL · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 6 ASTShawn MarionPHX @ NJN · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 17 REB · 1 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