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Wednesday, January 26, 2005Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NOH by 8 after three quarters and won 82–77.

Final
IND86
BOS100
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +14
Final
MEM111
CLE114
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +3
Final
MIA111
TOR96
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +15
Final
PHI107
WAS117
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS -5; Q4 WAS +10
Final
DEN70
DET87
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +17
Final
PHX121
MIL115
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +6
Final
ATL87
MIN104
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +17
Final
HOU82
NOH77
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU -8; Q4 HOU +5
Final
SEA100
UTA109
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +9
Final
DAL95
POR88
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +7
Final
NJN113
GSW99
Q1 NJN +14; Q2 NJN +14; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +14
Final
LAL89
LAC105
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +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 · 2003–04Jan 26, 2004: 6 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ CLE), 36 points.
The lead · HOU @ NOH

Tracy McGrady scores 33, Houston rallies past New Orleans

Houston trailed by 8 after three and won 82–77.

Game flow · HOU 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+3+2-8+5HOU AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1922142782
NOH1623241477
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 45, 30, 18, 28, 28, 28, 27, 35, 33HOU33 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 6, 13, 8, 21, 20, 22, 22, 12HOU12 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Dan DickauPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 7, 25, 7, 16, 17, 27, 16, 23NOH23 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 13, 10, 9, 14, 8, 4, 2, 17NOH17 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 34 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
39.8Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 39.8 in 26 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg38.2Today

38 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Detroit by 17.

CLE over MEM3HOU over NOH5PHX over MIL6DAL over POR7UTA over SEA9WAS over PHI10BOS over IND14NJN over GSW14MIA over TOR15LAC over LAL16DET over DEN17MIN over ATL17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 33

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 34, 26, 39, 25, 24, 12, 24, 33MIA @ TOR · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 40, 26, 20, 26, 3, 43, 23, 33, 30, 33WAS vs PHI · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 45, 30, 18, 28, 28, 28, 27, 35, 33HOU @ NOH · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Willie GreenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 13, 5, 0, 6, 2, 0, 0, 32PHI @ WAS · L
7.9 PPG season to date · +24.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 29, 25, 4, 23, 2, 5, 2, 32MIN vs ATL · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 24, 26, 18, 35, 42, 26, 22, 31GSW vs NJN · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 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+10.8 25.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
Nick Van ExelPOR+7.2 18.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Morris PetersonTOR+6.9 18.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+6.1 15.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Chris KamanLAC+5.7 13.3 last 10 · 7.6 season
Cold
Keith Van HornMIL−5.2 7.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−4.9 4.7 last 10 · 9.6 season
Reggie MillerIND−4.5 8.8 last 10 · 13.3 season
Austin CroshereIND−4.4 6.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Marc JacksonPHI−3.9 9.2 last 10 · 13.1 season