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Thursday, January 13, 2005Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NJN by 7 after the first quarter and won 94–85.

Final · OT · Box score
Nets85
Rockets94
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 Rockets 0; OT1 HOU +9
Final · Box score
Jazz93
Kings107
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +15; Q4 SAC +14
Final · Box score
Cavs94
Lakers98
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 Lakers 0; Q4 LAL +4
On this day · 2003–04Jan 13, 2004: 10 games. Top scorer: Ricky Davis (Celtics-Bucks), 33 points.
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The lead · Nets-Rockets

Bob Sura scores 35, Houston wins in overtime

LeBron James goes for 28 points

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-2+10+9HOU AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Nets19241919485
Rockets122922181394
Who led
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 0, 19, 3, 6, 24, 2, 20, 8, 12, 35HOU35 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 34, 42, 25, 24, 26, 45, 30, 18HOU18 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 25, 16, 31, 15, 22, 16, 19, 17NJN17 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 4, 13, 19, 12, 13, 22, 13, 16NJN16 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Second story · Cavs-Lakers

Lakers handle Cleveland by 4

The Lakers won the fourth quarter 27–23. Final: 98–94. Lamar Odom led Lakers with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over CLE4HOU over NJN9SAC over UTA14Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over CLE.
Lead changes
Cavs-Lakers18
Nets-Rockets3
The night in charts
Jazz-Kings combined for 200, 8 more than any other game
Points by game
Jazz-KingsJazz 93, Kings 107
200
Cavs-LakersCavs 94, Lakers 98
192
Nets-RocketsNets 85, Rockets 94
179
LAL won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Cavs-LakersCavs 94, Lakers 98
+4 LAL
Nets-RocketsNets 85, Rockets 94
+9 HOU
Jazz-KingsJazz 93, Kings 107
+14 SAC
HOU rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nets-RocketsHOU won · Nets 85, Rockets 94
7 pts
Jazz-KingsSAC won · Jazz 93, Kings 107
6 pts
Cavs-LakersLAL won · Cavs 94, Lakers 98
6 pts
Brad Miller shot 9-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Brad MillerSAC · 21 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 4 BLK
90% (9-10)
SuraHOU · 35 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
69% (11-16)
McInnisCLE · 20 PTS, 1 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
Jabari SmithNJN · 12 PTS, 2 REB, 1 BLK
60% (6-10)
HarpringUTA · 16 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST
58% (7-12)
Final · Cavs-Lakers
Cavs 94Lakers 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs3017242394
Lakers2425222798
The story
Caron Butler's 21 points and 11 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Cleveland, 98-94

For Cleveland, Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 15 REB, 13 PTS, 3 AST 21 PTS, 11 REB, 5 STL, 1 AST · 7-18 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The Lakers trailed by 6 going into the second, then won it 25-17.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −6+20+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nets-Rockets
Nets 85Rockets 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Nets19241919485
Rockets122922181394
The story
Tracy McGrady had 18 points as Houston beat New Jersey 94-85 in OT

Nenad Krstic led New Jersey with 15 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST 18 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB, 3 STL · 6-18 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The Rockets won the overtime 13-4.

HOU lead by quarter
200 −7−2+10+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Jason Kidd led the game in fantasy with 56.5 FPTS (16 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST)

Final · Jazz-Kings
Jazz 93Kings 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz2418252693
Kings18372725107
The story
Sacramento beat Utah 107-93 behind 21 points from Brad Miller

Carlos Boozer paced Utah: 15 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST 21 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 4 BLK · 9-10 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

A 37-18 second quarter erased a 6-point hole for the Kings.

SAC lead by quarter
200 −6+13+15+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
43.2Season avg28.9Last 3

28.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 43.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Bob Sura leads the day with 35

Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 0, 19, 3, 6, 24, 2, 20, 8, 12, 35Rockets-Nets · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +26.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 22, 40, 3, 26, 20, 22, 29, 28Cavs-Lakers · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 26, 28, 21, 10, 17, 37, 27, 27Kings-Jazz · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 15, 12, 10, 14, 20, 5, 13, 24Lakers-Cavs · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 28, 25, 14, 22, 13, 28, 22, 23Kings-Jazz · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 17, 11, 16, 14, 2, 14, 12, 21Kings-Jazz · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ruben PattersonPOR+5.1 13.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Morris PetersonTOR+4.9 15.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Shaquille O'NealMIA+4.1 26.6 last 10 · 22.5 season
Chris BoshTOR+4.1 18.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Darius MilesPOR+4.0 16.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
Austin CroshereIND−4.6 7.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
James JonesIND−4.2 1.6 last 10 · 5.8 season
Fred JonesIND−4.0 7.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.6 6.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Eddie GriffinMIN−3.4 6.1 last 10 · 9.5 season