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Saturday, February 4, 2006Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed CLE by 9 after the first quarter and won 100–95.

Final
MIA92
NJN105
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +13
Final
BOS91
ORL100
Q1 ORL +11; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +9
Final
ATL85
WAS98
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +13
Final
PHI100
CLE95
Q1 PHI -9; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +5
Final
DET85
IND93
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +8
Final
LAL90
NOK106
Q1 NOK +3; Q2 NOK +12; Q3 NOK +14; Q4 NOK +16
Final
SEA91
DAL110
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +19
Final
MEM78
MIL88
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +10
Final
POR104
DEN105
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 DEN +1
Final
CHI101
PHX118
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +20; Q4 PHX +17
Final
MIN77
GSW109
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +26; Q4 GSW +32
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 · 2004–05Feb 4, 2005: 9 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ MIN), 40 points.
The lead · PHI @ CLE

Allen Iverson scores 34, Philadelphia rallies past Cleveland

Philadelphia trailed by 9 after one and won 100–95.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-9-2+5+5PHI AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI23272426100
CLE3220172695
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 41, 46, 33, 17, 36, 30, 39, 41, 38, 34PHI34 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 11, 17, 32, 21, 18, 15, 17, 26PHI26 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 51, 23, 38, 30, 44, 30, 26, 29, 31CLE31 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 18, 18, 27, 10, 19, 6, 8, 26CLE26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Golden State by 32.

DEN over POR1PHI over CLE5IND over DET8ORL over BOS9MIL over MEM10NJN over MIA13WAS over ATL13NOK over LAL16PHX over CHI17DAL over SEA19GSW over MIN32Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 43 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg17.6Last 3

17.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 45 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.6Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 17.6 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Ben Gordon leads the day with 39

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.
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 32, 18, 11, 9, 26, 23, 14, 16, 39CHI @ PHX · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 16, 25, 18, 18, 21, 40, 18, 37BOS @ ORL · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 51, 37, 81, 30, 39, 40, 26, 35, 35LAL @ NOK · L
35.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 41, 46, 33, 17, 36, 30, 39, 41, 38, 34PHI @ CLE · W
33.7 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 20, 37, 26, 25, 16, 24, 20, 33DEN vs POR · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 51, 23, 38, 30, 44, 30, 26, 29, 31CLE vs PHI · L
31.0 PPG season to date · −0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 6 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
Jalen RoseTOR+6.9 19.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.4 41.1 last 10 · 35.7 season
Hedo TurkogluORL+4.7 18.7 last 10 · 14.0 season
Kenyon MartinDEN+4.6 18.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Cold
Kareem RushCHA−5.3 6.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−4.7 9.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−4.7 9.9 last 10 · 14.6 season
JR SmithNOK−4.2 4.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−4.0 15.4 last 10 · 19.4 season