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Thursday, February 18, 2010Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed CLE by 4 after three quarters and won 118–116.

Final · OT
DEN118
CLE116
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +2
Final
BOS87
LAL86
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +1
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 18, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX @ LAC), 42 points.
The lead · DEN @ CLE

Carmelo Anthony scores 40 as Denver beats Cleveland

Denver won 118–116. Carmelo Anthony: 40 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists. LeBron James scored 43 for Cleveland in the loss.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+10+8-40+2DEN AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DEN3121233112118
CLE2123352710116
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 27, 37, 23, 28, 30, 19, 19, 40DEN40 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 12, 13, 27, 24, 14, 11, 16, 18DEN18 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 12, 22, 32, 22, 36, 47, 32, 32, 43CLE43 PTS · 13 REB · 15 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 22, 16, 13, 13, 19, 7, 10, 18CLE18 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · BOS @ LAL

Boston leads Lakers wire to wire

Boston was ahead at every break and won 87–86. Best quarter: the first, 30–27. Ray Allen led Boston with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · BOS vs LAL
Ray Allen · BOSPau Gasol · LALPTS2422REB27AST21Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
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
29.9Season avg38.0Last 5

38.0 points a game over his last five games, against 29.9 in 54 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.3Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.3 in 51 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg39.1Today

39 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 43

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: 32, 12, 22, 32, 22, 36, 47, 32, 32, 43CLE vs DEN · L
30.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Nov 13, 2016: 41 PTS · 12 REB · 16 AST
43 PTS · 13 REB · 15 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 27, 37, 23, 28, 30, 19, 19, 40DEN @ CLE · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Nov 25, 2014: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 9, 7, 17, 23, 26, 14, 15, 24BOS @ LAL · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 10, 14, 17, 13, 21, 22, 14, 22LAL vs BOS · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 12, 13, 27, 24, 14, 11, 16, 18DEN @ CLE · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 19, 25, 23, 11, 39, 16, 17, 18DEN @ CLE · W
19.5 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 1 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
Darren CollisonNOH+8.6 17.4 last 10 · 8.8 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+5.9 18.7 last 10 · 12.8 season
Paul MillsapUTA+5.7 17.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+4.9 15.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+4.5 27.1 last 10 · 22.6 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.9 3.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−6.9 13.6 last 10 · 20.5 season
Ben GordonDET−6.4 8.8 last 10 · 15.2 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.7 2.8 last 10 · 8.5 season