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Friday, December 19, 2008Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DET by 10 after the first quarter and won 120–114.

Final · 2OT
LAC117
IND109
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC 0; OT2 LAC +8
Final
PHI109
WAS103
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI -2; Q4 PHI +6
Final
GSW99
ATL115
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +16
Final
CHI108
BOS126
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +18
Final
DAL97
NJN121
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +24
Final
MIL105
NYK81
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +24
Final · 2OT
UTA120
DET114
Q1 UTA -10; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA 0; OT2 UTA +6
Final
CHA112
MEM83
Q1 CHA +10; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA +26; Q4 CHA +29
Final
LAL87
MIA89
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +2
Final
TOR83
OKC91
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +8
Final
SAC96
HOU107
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +11
Final
CLE105
DEN88
Q1 CLE +16; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +17
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 · 2007–08Dec 19, 2007: 13 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ ATL), 36 points.
The lead · UTA @ DET

Utah flips a halftime deficit, wins in double overtime

Detroit led 48–43 at the break. Tied 98–98 after regulation, Utah won the extra time 14–8. Final: 120–114. Deron Williams led Utah with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists. Allen Iverson scored 38 for Detroit in the loss.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 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.End OT1Final0-10-5-100+6UTA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
UTA19242629814120
DET2919222888114
Who led
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 14, 15, 12, 14, 17, 15, 17, 29UTA29 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 21, 12, 21, 27, 12, 13, 23, 26UTA26 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 19, 17, 17, 13, 17, 20, 28, 38DET38 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 16, 19, 16, 29, 28, 18, 12, 30DET30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 25 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg54.4Today

54 minutes today, against 22.4 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 12 games went past regulation.

MIA over LAL2PHI over WAS6UTA over DET6LAC over IND8OKC over TOR8HOU over SAC11ATL over GSW16CLE over DEN17BOS over CHI18NJN over DAL24MIL over NYK24CHA over MEM29Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Devin Harris 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.
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 47, 18, 16, 27, 32, 14, 22, 20, 21, 41NJN vs DAL · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 19, 17, 17, 13, 17, 20, 28, 38DET vs UTA · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 43, 26, 37, 23, 38, 41, 21, 17, 15, 35MIA vs LAL · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 21, 21, 21, 38, 30, 22, 30, 34LAC @ IND · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 18, 14, 18, 3, 39, 20, 32, 34NJN vs DAL · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 11, 25, 31, 29, 28, 33, 32, 33CLE @ DEN · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 8 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
Paul MillsapUTA+4.1 19.0 last 10 · 14.9 season
Kendrick PerkinsBOS+4.1 13.1 last 10 · 9.0 season
Brandon RoyPOR+3.9 27.3 last 10 · 23.4 season
Emeka OkaforCHA+3.8 16.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Zach RandolphLAC+3.8 26.7 last 10 · 22.9 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−5.4 6.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Chris BoshTOR−5.1 18.5 last 10 · 23.6 season
Stephen JacksonGSW−4.0 14.6 last 10 · 18.6 season
Roger Mason Jr.SAS−3.7 9.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Maurice EvansATL−3.6 4.4 last 10 · 8.0 season