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Monday, January 26, 2004Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed ORL by 6 after three quarters and won 99–98.

Final · Box score
Magic98
Cavs99
Q1 Cavs 0; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +1
Final · Box score
Blazers94
Wizards83
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +11
Final · Box score
Rockets81
Heat95
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +14
Final · Box score
Spurs92
Bucks93
Q1 Bucks 0; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +1
Final · Box score
Wolves97
Nuggets95
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +2
Final · Box score
Clippers93
Jazz98
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +5
On this day · 2002–03Jan 26, 2003: 6 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (Suns-Knicks), 31 points.
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The lead · Magic-Cavs

Cleveland wins a tight one over Orlando

Andre Miller posts a triple-double

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-3-6+1CLE AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2735171998
Cavs2732142699
Who led
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 12, 11, 8, 32, 32, 15, 15, 23CLE23 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Dajuan WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 8, 7, 6, 2, 14, 20, 17, 21CLE21 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 32, 28, 44, 33, 34, 20, 33, 31, 36ORL36 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 23, 11, 16, 19, 24, 17, 9, 21ORL21 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 14.

CLE over ORL1MIL over SAS1MIN over DEN2UTA over LAC5POR over WAS11MIA over HOU14Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Lead changes
Magic-Cavs18
Rockets-Heat13
Wolves-Nuggets7
Spurs-Bucks7
Shot of the night

Sprewell's tip-in with 16 seconds left breaks the tie, 97-95 final

The night in charts
Magic-Cavs combined for 197, 5 more than any other game
Points by game
Magic-CavsMagic 98, Cavs 99
197
Wolves-NuggetsWolves 97, Nuggets 95
192
Clippers-JazzClippers 93, Jazz 98
191
Spurs-BucksSpurs 92, Bucks 93
185
Blazers-WizardsBlazers 94, Wizards 83
177
Rockets-HeatRockets 81, Heat 95
176
4 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Spurs-BucksSpurs 92, Bucks 93
+1 MIL
Magic-CavsMagic 98, Cavs 99
+1 CLE
Wolves-NuggetsWolves 97, Nuggets 95
+2 MIN
Clippers-JazzClippers 93, Jazz 98
+5 UTA
Blazers-WizardsBlazers 94, Wizards 83
+11 POR
Rockets-HeatRockets 81, Heat 95
+14 MIA
CLE rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Magic-CavsCLE won · Magic 98, Cavs 99
6 pts
Wolves-NuggetsMIN won · Wolves 97, Nuggets 95
5 pts
Rockets-HeatMIA won · Rockets 81, Heat 95
3 pts
Clippers-JazzUTA won · Clippers 93, Jazz 98
3 pts
Parker shot 10-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ParkerSAS · 26 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB
67% (10-15)
Tim ThomasMIL · 22 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
67% (8-12)
OvertonLAC · 12 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
BoozerCLE · 23 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
58% (7-12)
T-MacORL · 36 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB
58% (11-19)
Final · Magic-Cavs
Magic 98Cavs 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2735171998
Cavs2732142699
The story
Carlos Boozer's 23 points and 16 rebounds carried Cleveland past Orlando, 99-98

For Orlando, Juwan Howard had 21 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST 23 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST · 7-12 FG

The swing

The Cavaliers trailed by 6 going into the fourth, then won it 26-19.

CLE lead by quarter
200 0−3−6+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Bucks
Spurs 92Bucks 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2123232592
Bucks2131231893
The story
Milwaukee beat San Antonio 93-92 behind 22 points from Tim Thomas

Tony Parker paced San Antonio: 26 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB 22 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST · 8-12 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 31-23 second quarter did the most damage for the Bucks.

MIL lead by quarter
200 0+8+8+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Nuggets
Wolves 97Nuggets 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves2821212797
Nuggets1929272095
The story
Kevin Garnett had 31 points and 13 rebounds as Minnesota beat Denver 97-95

Marcus Camby led Denver with 13 REB, 6 PTS, 3 AST 31 PTS, 13 REB, 4 STL, 2 AST · 13-26 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Timberwolves won the first 28-19, their biggest quarter edge.

MIN lead by quarter
200 +9+1−5+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.7Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.7 in 37 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 45 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg44.7Today

45 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 36

Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 32, 28, 44, 33, 34, 20, 33, 31, 36Magic-Cavs · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 22, 22, 19, 29, 28, 22, 19, 31Wolves-Nuggets · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Juan DixonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 4, 6, 14, 12, 17, 14, 8, 30Wizards-Blazers · L
8.9 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 18, 18, 21, 12, 17, 18, 26, 27Heat-Rockets · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 12, 14, 20, 5, 11, 11, 15, 26Spurs-Bucks · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 11, 15, 28, 8, 10, 22, 17, 19, 24Nuggets-Wolves · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Joe JohnsonPHX+6.8 21.5 last 10 · 14.7 season
Tracy McGradyORL+5.8 32.6 last 10 · 26.8 season
Keith BogansORL+5.4 12.3 last 10 · 6.9 season
Glenn RobinsonPHI+5.2 23.0 last 10 · 17.8 season
Slava MedvedenkoLAL+4.9 16.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Vince CarterTOR−5.0 15.7 last 10 · 20.7 season
Flip MurraySEA−4.9 9.7 last 10 · 14.6 season
Zach RandolphPOR−4.6 16.7 last 10 · 21.3 season
Dion GloverATL−3.8 7.2 last 10 · 11.0 season