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Friday, January 20, 2006Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed CHI by 11 after the first quarter and won 109–108.

Final
MIL118
ATL102
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +16
Final · OT
MEM86
PHI89
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +3
Final
NOK99
WAS110
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +11
Final
NJN96
BOS99
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +3
Final
ORL104
CHA93
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +18; Q4 ORL +11
Final
SAS101
MIA94
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +7
Final
IND85
MIN90
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +5
Final · 2OT
HOU109
CHI108
Q1 HOU -11; Q2 HOU -8; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU 0; OT2 HOU +1
Final
UTA83
DEN113
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +21; Q3 DEN +25; Q4 DEN +30
Final
CLE79
GSW99
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +20; Q4 GSW +20
Final
DAL101
LAC81
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +24; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +20
Final
LAL93
PHX106
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +13
Final
TOR121
SEA113
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +8
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 20, 2005: 3 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (ORL vs HOU), 28 points.
The lead · HOU @ CHI

Tracy McGrady scores 35, Houston rallies past Chicago

Houston trailed by 11 after one and won 109–108.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-11-8-500+1HOU AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
HOU14282325109109
CHI25252020108108
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 21, 38, 32, 38, 34, 37, 11, 35HOU35 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 16, 2, 28, 24, 22, 20, 9, 30HOU30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 13, 6, 21, 7, 12, 8, 12, 19CHI19 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 10, 21, 19, 19, 13, 13, 32, 18CHI18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Denver by 30.

HOU over CHI1PHI over MEM3BOS over NJN3MIN over IND5SAS over MIA7TOR over SEA8WAS over NOK11ORL over CHA11PHX over LAL13MIL over ATL16GSW over CLE20DAL over LAC20DEN over UTA30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 39 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tony Parker leads the day with 38

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.
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 23, 18, 18, 17, 10, 28, 18, 38SAS @ MIA · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 45, 48, 50, 45, 41, 27, 38, 37, 51, 37LAL @ PHX · L
34.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 19, 19, 31, 32, 15, 31, 34, 36MIA vs SAS · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 21, 38, 32, 38, 34, 37, 11, 35HOU @ CHI · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 44, 22, 31, 14, 9, 37, 33, 22, 21, 33WAS vs NOK · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 28, 19, 43, 21, 38, 39, 17, 31DEN vs UTA · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Juwan HowardHOU+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Kobe BryantLAL+7.1 41.9 last 10 · 34.8 season
Kenny ThomasSAC+6.8 15.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Jalen RoseTOR+6.2 17.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−6.2 3.1 last 10 · 9.3 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Michael SweetneyCHI−3.8 6.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Raef LaFrentzBOS−3.1 4.5 last 10 · 7.6 season
Steve FrancisORL−3.1 13.2 last 10 · 16.3 season