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Thursday, January 19, 2006Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed LAL by 4 after the first quarter and won 118–109.

Final
DET105
NYK79
Q1 DET +15; Q2 DET +15; Q3 DET +23; Q4 DET +26
Final · OT
LAL109
SAC118
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +9
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 · 2004–05Jan 19, 2005: 10 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs MIL), 33 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAC

Mike Bibby scores 40 as Sacramento beats Lakers

Sacramento won 118–109. Mike Bibby: 40 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists. Kobe Bryant scored 51 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-4+2-20+9SAC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAL312124285109
SAC2727203014118
Who led
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 10, 32, 5, 26, 19, 6, 42, 19, 40SAC40 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 6, 21, 16, 14, 6, 11, 22, 16SAC16 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 45, 48, 50, 45, 41, 27, 38, 37, 51LAL51 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 8, 9, 17, 15, 20, 2, 19, 16LAL16 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Second story · DET @ NYK

Detroit leads New York wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 105–79. Best quarter: the fourth, 31–28. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DET vs NYK
Richard Hamilton · DETEddy Curry · NYKPTS2626REB48AST60Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.4Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.4 in 32 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.5Season avg28.5Last 3

28.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.5 in 36 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 21.5 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 51

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 45, 48, 50, 45, 41, 27, 38, 37, 51LAL @ SAC · L
34.7 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
51 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 10, 32, 5, 26, 19, 6, 42, 19, 40SAC vs LAL · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 15, 18, 30, 22, 19, 18, 21, 26DET @ NYK · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 22, 12, 21, 15, 20, 12, 11, 26NYK vs DET · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 21, 7, 9, 11, 15, 27, 12, 23, 14, 23DET @ NYK · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 21, 14, 12, 13, 16, 13, 7, 18DET @ NYK · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 5 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
Jameer NelsonORL+9.1 23.0 last 10 · 13.9 season
Kenny ThomasSAC+6.8 15.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL+6.6 41.3 last 10 · 34.7 season
Chris KamanLAC+6.1 17.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Juwan HowardHOU+5.9 16.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−5.0 4.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Michael SweetneyCHI−3.8 6.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Devin HarrisDAL−3.8 7.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Damon JonesCLE−3.3 4.1 last 10 · 7.4 season