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Wednesday, January 21, 2009Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed DAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 133–99.

Final
MEM86
CHA101
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +15
Final
TOR76
DET95
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +19
Final
BOS98
MIA83
Q1 BOS +19; Q2 BOS +23; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +15
Final
PHX109
NYK114
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +5
Final
DAL99
MIL133
Q1 MIL -8; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +34
Final
NJN92
NOH102
Q1 NOH -6; Q2 NOH +1; Q3 NOH +13; Q4 NOH +10
Final
UTA99
HOU108
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +9
Final
CLE104
POR98
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +6
Final
WAS110
SAC107
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +19; Q4 WAS +3
Final
OKC122
GSW121
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC -6; Q4 OKC +1
Final
LAL108
LAC97
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +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 · 2007–08Jan 21, 2008: 13 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs CLE), 42 points.
The lead · DAL @ MIL

Charlie Villanueva scores 32, Milwaukee rallies past Dallas

Milwaukee trailed by 8 after one and won 133–99.

Game flow · MIL 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.
-40-30-20-100+10+20+30+40TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+6+16+34MIL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL3028271499
MIL22423732133
Who led
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 23, 7, 16, 6, 25, 8, 23, 32MIL32 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 35, 20, 24, 32, 29, 16, 44, 21, 13, 27MIL27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 10, 19, 15, 44, 20, 39, 24, 30DAL30 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 23, 10, 12, 22, 19, 16, 10, 19DAL19 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Milwaukee posts the night's biggest win

Milwaukee beat Dallas by 34, the widest margin of 11 games.

OKC over GSW1WAS over SAC3NYK over PHX5CLE over POR6HOU over UTA9NOH over NJN10LAL over LAC11CHA over MEM15BOS over MIA15DET over TOR19MIL over DAL34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.4Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.1 in 29 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Andrew Bynum leads the day with 42

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.
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 18, 20, 24, 11, 18, 14, 14, 42LAL @ LAC · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +29.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high42 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 16, 30, 21, 38, 30, 28, 29, 23, 34CLE @ POR · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 14 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 32, 12, 13, 25, 15, 28, 22, 33WAS @ SAC · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 13, 15, 13, 16, 26, 17, 16, 33CLE @ POR · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 8, 7, 23, 25, 27, 30, 17, 32UTA @ HOU · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 15, 2, 19, 6, 25, 11, 22, 32WAS @ SAC · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 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
Eric GordonLAC+7.8 20.7 last 10 · 12.9 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+7.8 20.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Von WaferHOU+6.0 16.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+5.5 23.0 last 10 · 17.5 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+5.1 19.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Devin HarrisNJN−4.7 17.1 last 10 · 21.8 season
Brandon RushIND−4.4 1.9 last 10 · 6.3 season
Joe JohnsonATL−4.3 17.7 last 10 · 22.0 season
Nate RobinsonNYK−4.2 10.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Mike MillerMIN−4.0 5.1 last 10 · 9.1 season