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Thursday, April 2, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed MIL by 9 at halftime and won 105–95.

Final
MIL95
PHI105
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI -9; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +10
Final
CLE101
WAS109
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +8
Final
UTA104
DEN114
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +10
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 · 2007–08Apr 2, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs POR), 36 points.
The lead · MIL @ PHI

Philadelphia climbs back to beat Milwaukee

Milwaukee led by 9 at the half. Philadelphia won it 105–95. Lou Williams led Philadelphia with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final00-9+1+10PHI AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2435201695
PHI24263025105
Who led
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 20, 18, 9, 9, 14, 10, 4, 21PHI21 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 19, 27, 25, 15, 25, 27, 19, 20PHI20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 6, 10, 18, 19, 10, 13, 16, 18MIL18 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 13, 16, 22, 13, 32, 29, 29, 17MIL17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · UTA @ DEN

Denver makes it five straight

Denver beat Utah 114–104 and moved to 50–26. JR Smith led Denver with 28 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · DEN
Wvs LAC107–94Wvs NJN121–96W@ MEM111–109Wvs WAS116–105L@ PHX115–118W@ NOH101–88W@ DAL103–101Wvs GSW129–116Wvs NYK111–104Wvs UTA114–104DEN: last 10 games through Apr 2, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.9Season avg31.0Last 5

31.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.9 in 59 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 59 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 31

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 43, 26, 22, 30, 22, 25, 24, 25, 31CLE @ WAS · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 21, 40, 14, 16, 22, 10, 17, 28DEN vs UTA · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 20, 27, 23, 5, 11, 31, 31, 25WAS vs CLE · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 35, 20, 29, 29, 43, 31, 29, 23DEN vs UTA · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 20, 18, 9, 9, 14, 10, 4, 21PHI vs MIL · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 19, 27, 25, 15, 25, 27, 19, 20PHI vs MIL · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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
Kevin LoveMIN+6.4 17.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.2 25.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Brandon RushIND+6.1 13.4 last 10 · 7.3 season
JR SmithDEN+5.7 20.4 last 10 · 14.7 season
Grant HillPHX+5.6 17.3 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mehmet OkurUTA−5.0 12.2 last 10 · 17.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−5.0 22.3 last 10 · 27.3 season
Corey MaggetteGSW−4.9 13.7 last 10 · 18.6 season
Drew GoodenSAS−4.4 7.0 last 10 · 11.4 season