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Friday, January 8, 2010Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed SAC by 15 at halftime and won 108–101.

Final
TOR108
PHI106
Q1 TOR -9; Q2 TOR -11; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +2
Final
ORL97
WAS104
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS -6; Q4 WAS +7
Final
BOS85
ATL93
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL -6; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +8
Final
UTA89
MEM91
Q1 MEM +19; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +2
Final
IND109
MIN116
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +7
Final
NJN99
NOH103
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH +9; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +4
Final
CHI93
MIL96
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +3
Final
DAL112
SAS103
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL -10; Q4 DAL +9
Final
MIA109
PHX105
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +4
Final
LAL98
POR107
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +9
Final
CLE97
DEN99
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN +2
Final
SAC101
GSW108
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW -15; Q3 GSW -10; Q4 GSW +7
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 · 2008–09Jan 8, 2009: 2 games. Top scorer: Chris Duhon (NYK @ DAL), 24 points.
The lead · SAC @ GSW

Monta Ellis drops 39 in 15-point comeback win over Sacramento

Sacramento led by 15 at the half. Final: 108–101.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-15-10+7GSW AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC32292515101
GSW28183032108
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 35, 33, 37, 22, 30, 32, 20, 39GSW39 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 22, 33, 13, 25, 22, 35, 28, 24GSW24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 10, 24, 23, 28, 18, 14, 27, 25SAC25 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Ime UdokaPoints, last 10 games: 0, 17, 0, 11, 7, 2, 13, 2, 5, 19SAC19 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Dallas by 9.

TOR over PHI2MEM over UTA2DEN over CLE2MIL over CHI3NOH over NJN4MIA over PHX4WAS over ORL7MIN over IND7GSW over SAC7ATL over BOS8DAL over SAS9POR over LAL9Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 24 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 20 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg18.5Last 3

18.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 24 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 39

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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 35, 33, 37, 22, 30, 32, 20, 39GSW vs SAC · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 34, 26, 29, 14, 48, 28, 29, 23, 35CLE @ DEN · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 30, 25, 22, 16, 29, 28, 44, 33MIA @ PHX · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 35, 38, 34, 44, 39, 15, 22, 33, 32LAL @ POR · L
30.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 28, 23, 41, 24, 25, 37, 6, 27, 32POR vs LAL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 14, 12, 44, 21, 15, 20, 19, 32NOH vs NJN · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 0 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
Corey MaggetteGSW+6.2 25.0 last 10 · 18.8 season
Derrick RoseCHI+5.6 24.4 last 10 · 18.8 season
Zach RandolphMEM+5.6 26.1 last 10 · 20.5 season
Luther HeadIND+5.2 14.2 last 10 · 9.0 season
Wilson ChandlerNYK+4.6 19.5 last 10 · 14.9 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.8 13.7 last 10 · 18.5 season
Ben GordonDET−4.7 13.1 last 10 · 17.8 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−4.6 9.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.3 20.6 last 10 · 24.9 season
Al ThorntonLAC−3.8 8.0 last 10 · 11.8 season