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Saturday, March 27, 2004Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed NJN by 8 at halftime and won 107–104.

Final
CHI88
ATL97
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +9
Final
NJN104
CLE107
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE -8; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +3
Final
NYK85
DET100
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +18; Q3 DET +23; Q4 DET +15
Final
PHX76
SAS105
Q1 SAS +18; Q2 SAS +25; Q3 SAS +34; Q4 SAS +29
Final
DEN83
UTA85
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +2
Final · OT
SEA108
POR115
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +7
Final
MIN98
LAC82
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +16; Q4 MIN +16
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2002–03Mar 27, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs MIN), 30 points.
The lead · NJN @ CLE

LeBron James scores 41 as Cleveland beats New Jersey

Cleveland won 107–104. LeBron James: 41 points, 6 rebounds, 13 assists. Richard Jefferson scored 35 for New Jersey in the loss.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-8-3+3CLE AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN28242626104
CLE24203132107
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 34, 14, 26, 17, 14, 15, 25, 16, 41CLE41 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 11, 19, 22, 21, 21, 19, 4, 21CLE21 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 25, 19, 19, 25, 22, 20, 28, 35NJN35 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 9, 24, 13, 10, 17, 12, 10, 24NJN24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat Phoenix by 29, the widest margin of 7 games.

UTA over DEN2CLE over NJN3POR over SEA7ATL over CHI9DET over NYK15MIN over LAC16SAS over PHX29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 58 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 72 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg38.8Today

39 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 41

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 34, 14, 26, 17, 14, 15, 25, 16, 41CLE vs NJN · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 25, 19, 19, 25, 22, 20, 28, 35NJN @ CLE · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 37, 16, 26, 27, 19, 19, 22, 26, 27, 32SEA @ POR · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 42, 18, 39, 36, 17, 17, 20, 7, 27ATL vs CHI · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 14, 18, 25, 14, 13, 7, 14, 26ATL vs CHI · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 17, 20, 16, 16, 16, 20, 13, 25POR vs SEA · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Hot 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
Vince CarterTOR+7.0 29.7 last 10 · 22.7 season
Stephen JacksonATL+6.4 23.4 last 10 · 17.0 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+6.2 24.6 last 10 · 18.4 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Chucky AtkinsBOS+5.7 13.8 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−7.0 10.5 last 10 · 17.5 season
Chauncey BillupsDET−5.6 11.3 last 10 · 16.9 season
Allan HoustonNYK−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.0 14.7 last 10 · 19.7 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−4.9 5.3 last 10 · 10.2 season