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Friday, January 25, 2008Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed CLE by 13 at halftime and won 110–108.

Final
PHX110
CLE108
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX -13; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +2
Final
ORL93
DET101
Q1 DET +21; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +8
Final
MIL75
TOR106
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +26; Q4 TOR +31
Final
MEM93
WAS104
Q1 WAS +21; Q2 WAS +21; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +11
Final
MIN86
BOS87
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +1
Final
PHI81
NYK89
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +8
Final
LAC92
NOH111
Q1 NOH +6; Q2 NOH +13; Q3 NOH +18; Q4 NOH +19
Final
CHA90
CHI77
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +13
Final
LAL105
DAL112
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +7
Final
NJN85
DEN100
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +16; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +15
Final
SAC113
UTA127
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +14
Final
HOU89
POR79
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU -8; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU +10
Final
ATL99
SEA90
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +21; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +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 · 2006–07Jan 25, 2007: 2 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN @ LAC), 33 points.
The lead · PHX @ CLE

Phoenix climbs back to beat Cleveland

Cleveland led by 13 at the half. Phoenix won it 110–108. Raja Bell led Phoenix with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. LeBron James scored 36 for Cleveland in the loss.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-5-13-3+2PHX AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX29273123110
CLE34352118108
Who led
Raja BellPoints, last 10 games: 27, 8, 13, 15, 16, 20, 20, 19, 18, 27PHX27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 35, 14, 13, 17, 13, 37, 21, 26PHX26 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 39, 22, 31, 31, 51, 27, 28, 23, 36CLE36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 9, 5, 16, 4, 4, 9, 4, 25CLE25 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 39 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.0Season avg16.9Last 3

16.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.0 in 35 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg34.5Today

35 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · HOU @ POR

Houston fights back from 8 down against Portland

Final: 89–79, after trailing by 8 at the half. Tracy McGrady led Houston with 15 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · HOU vs POR
Tracy McGrady · HOUBrandon Roy · PORPTS1523REB42AST52Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 19, 37, 37, 48, 30, 17, 29, 40LAL @ DAL · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 39, 22, 31, 31, 51, 27, 28, 23, 36CLE vs PHX · L
29.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 6, 22, 18, 15, 21, 18, 19, 12, 33UTA vs SAC · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 16, 11, 19, 22, 13, 11, 20, 33ATL @ SEA · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 26, 3, 39, 24, 15, 21, 21, 32DET vs ORL · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 25, 39, 22, 24, 20, 19, 11, 32SAC @ UTA · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 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
Chris BoshTOR+5.9 28.4 last 10 · 22.5 season
Raja BellPHX+5.6 18.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Ryan GomesMIN+5.1 16.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Andrew BogutMIL+4.7 18.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Anthony ParkerTOR+4.5 16.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.1 15.9 last 10 · 22.0 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.5 7.0 last 10 · 12.5 season
Ricky DavisMIA−4.7 9.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−4.2 18.6 last 10 · 22.8 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−3.9 5.8 last 10 · 9.7 season