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Wednesday, February 13, 2008Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed ATL by 12 at halftime and won 100–98.

Final · OT
ATL98
CHA100
Q1 CHA -10; Q2 CHA -12; Q3 CHA -10; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +2
Final
SAS112
CLE105
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS -4; Q4 SAS +7
Final
DEN98
ORL109
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +11
Final
MEM88
PHI102
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +14
Final
NJN91
TOR109
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +21; Q3 TOR +29; Q4 TOR +18
Final
NYK103
BOS111
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +8
Final
IND80
DET96
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +25; Q4 DET +16
Final
NOH111
MIL107
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH +3; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +4
Final
LAL117
MIN92
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +31; Q4 LAL +25
Final
POR76
DAL96
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +20
Final
SAC87
HOU89
Q1 HOU +15; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +2
Final
PHX118
GSW120
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +2
Final
UTA112
SEA93
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +19
Final
WAS91
LAC89
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +2
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 · 2006–07Feb 13, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: Metta World Peace (SAC @ HOU), 39 points.
The lead · ATL @ CHA

Charlotte outlasts Atlanta in overtime

92–92 at the end of regulation. Charlotte took the last extra period 8–6. Final: 100–98. Raymond Felton led Charlotte with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 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.Final0-10-12-100+2CHA AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ATL29222219698
CHA192024298100
Who led
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 16, 16, 14, 19, 4, 14, 29, 22CHA22 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 13, 20, 20, 18, 10, 9, 9, 20CHA20 PTS · 21 REB · 0 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 17, 10, 18, 28, 23, 8, 11, 23ATL23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tyronn LuePoints, last 10 games: 2, 3, 3, 4, 11, 16, 9, 0, 7, 19ATL19 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Lakers rout

Five of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Lakers beat Minnesota by 25.

CHA over ATL2HOU over SAC2GSW over PHX2WAS over LAC2NOH over MIL4SAS over CLE7BOS over NYK8ORL over DEN11PHI over MEM14DET over IND16TOR over NJN18UTA over SEA19DAL over POR20LAL over MIN25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.6Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.6 in 37 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.9Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.9 in 41 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.4Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Manu Ginobili leads the day with 46

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.
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 29, 19, 15, 9, 20, 21, 34, 46SAS @ CLE · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +26.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high46 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 36, 41, 37, 28, 33, 32, 26, 30, 29, 39CLE vs SAS · L
30.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 31, 15, 20, 29, 21, 21, 15, 37DAL vs POR · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 39, 24, 18, 16, 21, 25, 34, 22, 37GSW vs PHX · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 13, 25, 28, 29, 49, 27, 22, 32DEN @ ORL · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 24, 19, 28, 37, 12, 21, 11, 30MIL vs NOH · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 5 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
Mark BlountMIA+8.3 16.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Monta EllisGSW+7.7 26.4 last 10 · 18.7 season
Al ThorntonLAC+7.0 17.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
Larry HughesCLE+6.8 18.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+6.1 19.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Beno UdrihSAC−6.4 5.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Francisco GarciaSAC−5.8 6.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.8 9.7 last 10 · 14.5 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−4.7 17.0 last 10 · 21.7 season