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Tuesday, February 9, 2010Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed NYK by 8 after three quarters and won 118–114.

Final
WAS92
CHA94
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA +1; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +2
Final
NJN97
CLE104
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +7
Final
CHI109
IND101
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -5; Q4 CHI +8
Final
MIN97
PHI119
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +22; Q3 PHI +21; Q4 PHI +22
Final
HOU66
MIA99
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +25; Q3 MIA +25; Q4 MIA +33
Final · OT
SAC118
NYK114
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC -8; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +4
Final
ATL108
MEM94
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +14
Final
DET93
MIL81
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +12
Final
DAL91
DEN127
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +26; Q3 DEN +33; Q4 DEN +36
Final
OKC89
POR77
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC 0; Q3 OKC -2; Q4 OKC +12
Final
UTA109
LAC99
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA +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 · 2008–09Feb 9, 2009: 4 games. Top scorer: Ramon Sessions (MIL vs HOU), 26 points.
The lead · SAC @ NYK

Sacramento needs overtime to survive New York

Tied 105–105 after regulation. Sacramento won the final period 13–9 for a 118–114 win. Tyreke Evans led Sacramento with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists. Wilson Chandler scored 35 for New York in the loss.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-4-80+4SAC AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAC2626242913118
NYK332328219114
Who led
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 15, 23, 25, 4, 32, 13, 11, 27SAC27 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Donte GreenePoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 4, 0, 6, 7, 12, 31, 13, 24SAC24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 9, 20, 14, 13, 27, 15, 19, 6, 35NYK35 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 31, 11, 28, 29, 24, 16, 22, 32, 20, 21NYK21 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Denver posts the night's biggest win

Denver beat Dallas by 36, the widest margin of 11 games.

CHA over WAS2SAC over NYK4CLE over NJN7CHI over IND8UTA over LAC10DET over MIL12OKC over POR12ATL over MEM14PHI over MIN22MIA over HOU33DEN over DAL36Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.7Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.7 in 45 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 43 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg40.9Today

41 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 0 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Wilson Chandler leads the day with 35

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.
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 9, 20, 14, 13, 27, 15, 19, 6, 35NYK vs SAC · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 13, 18, 31, 22, 21, 14, 19, 34UTA @ LAC · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 30, 34, 28, 30, 45, 33, 30, 29, 33OKC @ POR · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 37, 32, 12, 22, 32, 22, 36, 47, 32CLE vs NJN · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 17, 25, 28, 19, 9, 22, 17, 28ATL @ MEM · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 15, 23, 25, 4, 32, 13, 11, 27SAC @ NYK · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 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
Marcus ThorntonNOH+5.9 16.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Stephen CurryGSW+5.9 20.3 last 10 · 14.4 season
Paul MillsapUTA+5.7 17.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
George HillSAS+5.1 16.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+4.5 27.1 last 10 · 22.6 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.3 4.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−6.9 13.6 last 10 · 20.5 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.3 3.5 last 10 · 8.8 season
Beno UdrihSAC−5.2 6.8 last 10 · 12.0 season