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Sunday, March 19, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed LAL by 14 at halftime and won 96–95.

Final
LAL95
CLE96
Q1 CLE -12; Q2 CLE -14; Q3 CLE -11; Q4 CLE +1
Final
DAL89
NJN100
Q1 NJN +19; Q2 NJN +21; Q3 NJN +16; Q4 NJN +11
Final · OT
ORL107
ATL108
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +1
Final
BOS103
IND88
Q1 BOS -12; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +15
Final
SAC89
MIN95
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +6
Final
CHI104
WAS113
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS +20; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +9
Final
PHI89
GSW98
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +9
Final
UTA84
MEM90
Q1 MEM -9; Q2 MEM -11; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +6
Final
MIA111
NYK100
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +11
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 · 2004–05Mar 19, 2005: 7 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (MIA vs NYK), 33 points.
The lead · LAL @ CLE

Cleveland rallies from 14 down to beat Lakers

Trailing by 14 at the half, Cleveland outscored the Lakers 47–32 the rest of the way. Final: 96–95. LeBron James led Cleveland with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Kobe Bryant scored 38 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-12-14-11+1CLE AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL3033181495
CLE1831212696
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 37, 17, 35, 25, 47, 36, 27, 29CLE29 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 12, 15, 10, 13, 21, 17, 15, 25CLE25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 42, 40, 43, 40, 29, 22, 30, 25, 24, 38LAL38 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 13, 18, 13, 21, 24, 20, 18, 25LAL25 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.6Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.6 in 54 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 49 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.0Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Boston by 15.

CLE over LAL1ATL over ORL1MIN over SAC6MEM over UTA6WAS over CHI9GSW over PHI9NJN over DAL11MIA over NYK11BOS over IND15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 40

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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 19, 28, 42, 22, 9, 36, 25, 40ATL vs ORL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 42, 40, 43, 40, 29, 22, 30, 25, 24, 38LAL @ CLE · L
34.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 25, 33, 34, 24, 30, 30, 25, 37DAL @ NJN · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 15, 26, 21, 28, 13, 16, 20, 37MIN vs SAC · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 16, 29, 36, 19, 12, 29, 22, 35SAC @ MIN · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 24, 40, 42, 35, 25, 30, 15, 30MIA @ NYK · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 9 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
Yao MingHOU+6.6 28.7 last 10 · 22.1 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+6.1 16.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Joe JohnsonATL+6.0 26.6 last 10 · 20.6 season
Antonio DanielsWAS+5.6 14.3 last 10 · 8.7 season
Morris PetersonTOR+5.4 21.1 last 10 · 15.7 season
Cold
Channing FryeNYK−6.4 5.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Samuel DalembertPHI−5.0 2.8 last 10 · 7.8 season
Mo WilliamsMIL−4.8 8.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Corey MaggetteLAC−4.8 13.1 last 10 · 17.9 season