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Monday, January 24, 2005Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed CLE by 13 after the first quarter and won 106–97.

Final
WAS106
CLE97
Q1 WAS -13; Q2 WAS -10; Q3 WAS -5; Q4 WAS +9
Final
MIA98
PHI106
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +8
Final
CHI107
ATL82
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +22; Q3 CHI +37; Q4 CHI +25
Final
DET83
MIN86
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +3
Final
ORL78
HOU89
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +21; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +11
Final
SAS99
POR107
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +8
Final
DAL87
LAC97
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +10
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 · 2003–04Jan 24, 2004: 7 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA vs LAC), 41 points.
The lead · WAS @ CLE

Gilbert Arenas scores 30 as Washington wins in Cleveland

Final: 106–97. Gilbert Arenas made 7 of 18 shots from the field.

Game flow · WAS 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-10-5+9WAS AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS13173838106
CLE2614332497
Who led
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 27, 40, 26, 20, 26, 3, 43, 23, 33, 30WAS30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 11, 22, 17, 6, 27, 26, 19, 16WAS16 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 29, 28, 27, 35, 27, 18, 28, 31CLE31 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 17, 8, 5, 27, 15, 17, 18, 17CLE17 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 39 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · SAS @ POR

Portland upsets San Antonio

Portland (15–24) beat San Antonio (34–9) 107–99. Damon Stoudamire led Portland with 23 points, 1 rebound and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over DET3PHI over MIA8POR over SAS8WAS over CLE9LAC over DAL10HOU over ORL11CHI over ATL25Final margin, points. Pink = POR over SAS.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 45

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 21, 21, 32, 28, 29, 24, 38, 45PHI vs MIA · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
45 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 29, 28, 27, 35, 27, 18, 28, 31CLE vs WAS · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 27, 40, 26, 20, 26, 3, 43, 23, 33, 30WAS @ CLE · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 21, 25, 18, 11, 12, 30, 23, 24SAS @ POR · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 28, 28, 34, 26, 39, 25, 24, 12, 24MIA @ PHI · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 18, 17, 31, 17, 32, 28, 14, 23ORL @ HOU · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 7 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
Damon StoudamirePOR+10.0 24.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+7.9 17.6 last 10 · 9.7 season
Morris PetersonTOR+7.8 19.5 last 10 · 11.7 season
Nick Van ExelPOR+7.0 18.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Chris KamanLAC+5.7 13.1 last 10 · 7.4 season
Cold
Austin CroshereIND−5.1 5.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Keith Van HornMIL−4.9 8.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Reggie MillerIND−4.3 9.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−4.3 5.5 last 10 · 9.8 season
Derek AndersonPOR−3.7 6.6 last 10 · 10.3 season