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Wednesday, February 20, 2008Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed MEM by 10 after the first quarter and won 100–86.

Final
CLE106
IND97
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +9
Final
NYK84
PHI124
Q1 PHI +20; Q2 PHI +36; Q3 PHI +45; Q4 PHI +40
Final
ORL110
TOR127
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +20; Q4 TOR +17
Final · OT
CHI102
NJN110
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +8
Final
DET98
MIL103
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +5
Final
DAL93
NOH104
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH +3; Q3 NOH +11; Q4 NOH +11
Final
LAL130
PHX124
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +6
Final
ATL107
SAC119
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +12
Final
BOS117
GSW119
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW -7; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +2
Final
MEM86
LAC100
Q1 LAC -10; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +14
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 20, 2007: 10 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs MIN), 38 points.
The lead · MEM @ LAC

Corey Maggette scores 30, Clippers rally past Memphis

Clippers trailed by 10 after one and won 100–86.

Game flow · LAC 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+4+15+14LAC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM3116201986
LAC21303118100
Who led
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 35, 19, 33, 35, 26, 20, 20, 30LAC30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 29, 14, 12, 15, 10, 3, 10, 17LAC17 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 15, 21, 18, 26, 21, 23, 23, 21MEM21 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 10 games: 4, 9, 14, 4, 8, 12, 24, 23, 22, 20MEM20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 46 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg38.9Today

39 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Philadelphia by 40.

GSW over BOS2MIL over DET5LAL over PHX6NJN over CHI8CLE over IND9NOH over DAL11SAC over ATL12LAC over MEM14TOR over ORL17PHI over NYK40Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 41

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: 46, 30, 6, 11, 36, 33, 31, 29, 23, 41LAL @ PHX · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 32, 37, 16, 22, 24, 29, 14, 11, 27, 40TOR vs ORL · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 16, 24, 26, 33, 31, 29, 26, 37PHX vs LAL · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 24, 28, 21, 19, 16, 23, 8, 37ORL @ TOR · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 9, 15, 17, 11, 16, 14, 9, 34DET @ MIL · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 14, 27, 18, 18, 29, 17, 15, 33NJN vs CHI · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 9 REB · 7 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
Larry HughesCLE+7.6 19.9 last 10 · 12.3 season
Al ThorntonLAC+7.4 18.0 last 10 · 10.6 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+7.4 20.7 last 10 · 13.3 season
Mark BlountMIA+6.6 15.0 last 10 · 8.4 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.5 13.0 last 10 · 6.5 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−6.4 7.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Richard JeffersonNJN−4.6 18.5 last 10 · 23.1 season
Richard HamiltonDET−4.5 13.5 last 10 · 18.0 season
Beno UdrihSAC−4.5 7.5 last 10 · 12.0 season