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Sunday, January 16, 2005Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed NOH by 14 at halftime and won 102–99.

Final · Box score
Hornets99
Raptors102
Q1 Raptors 0; Q2 TOR -14; Q3 TOR -11; Q4 TOR +3
Final · Box score
Cavs97
Sonics105
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA -2; Q3 SEA +1; Q4 SEA +8
On this day · 2003–04Jan 16, 2004: 8 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (Magic-Celtics), 44 points.
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The lead · Hornets-Raptors

Toronto climbs out of a 14-point hole against New Orleans

LeBron James goes for 35 points

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-14-11+3TOR AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets2635162299
Raptors26211936102
Who led
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 12, 21, 19, 15, 21, 37, 18, 25TOR25 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 12, 25, 23, 13, 21, 26, 13, 24TOR24 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Lee NailonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 12, 18, 14, 14, 6, 18, 16, 22, 32NOH32 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Chris AndersenPoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 13, 10, 0, 12, 0, 6, 15, 17NOH17 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Cavs-Sonics

Seattle beats Cleveland, 105–97

Seattle led 76–75 after three and won by 8. Ray Allen led Seattle with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Sonics-Cavs
Ray Allen · SEALeBron James · CLEPTS2735REB65AST011Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Hornets-Raptors14
Cavs-Sonics8
The night in charts
Cavs-Sonics combined for 202, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Cavs-SonicsCavs 97, Sonics 105
202
Hornets-RaptorsHornets 99, Raptors 102
201
TOR won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Hornets-RaptorsHornets 99, Raptors 102
+3 TOR
Cavs-SonicsCavs 97, Sonics 105
+8 SEA
TOR erased a 14-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Hornets-RaptorsTOR won · Hornets 99, Raptors 102
14 pts
Cavs-SonicsSEA won · Cavs 97, Sonics 105
2 pts
Nailon shot 14-of-20 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
NailonNOH · 32 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
70% (14-20)
GoodenCLE · 27 PTS, 4 REB, 3 STL
69% (9-13)
RadmanovicSEA · 23 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
AndersenNOH · 17 PTS, 9 REB, 1 BLK
57% (8-14)
PetersonTOR · 25 PTS, 10 REB
54% (7-13)
Final · Hornets-Raptors
Hornets 99Raptors 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets2635162299
Raptors26211936102
The story
Chris Bosh had 24 points and 10 rebounds as Toronto beat New Orleans 102-99

Baron Davis led New Orleans with 15 PTS, 11 AST, 6 REB 24 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 7-16 FG

The swing

Down 11 after the third, the Raptors took the fourth 36-22.

TOR lead by quarter
200 0−14−11+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Lee Nailon led the game in fantasy with 53.6 FPTS (32 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST)

Final · Cavs-Sonics
Cavs 97Sonics 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2431202297
Sonics29242329105
The story
Vladimir Radmanovic's 23 points and 11 rebounds carried Seattle past Cleveland, 105-97

For Cleveland, Drew Gooden had 27 PTS, 4 REB 23 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST · 7-11 FG, 5-7 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 29-22, was where the SuperSonics built it.

SEA lead by quarter
200 +5−2+1+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.0Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.0 in 37 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg21.4Last 3

21.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 36 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.3Season avg40.6Today

41 minutes today, against 15.3 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 35

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 40, 3, 26, 20, 22, 29, 28, 27, 35Cavs-Sonics · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Lee NailonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 12, 18, 14, 14, 6, 18, 16, 22, 32Hornets-Raptors · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 35, 30, 17, 15, 31, 22, 22, 27Sonics-Cavs · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 21, 19, 10, 6, 17, 8, 5, 27Cavs-Sonics · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 12, 21, 19, 15, 21, 37, 18, 25Raptors-Hornets · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 12, 25, 23, 13, 21, 26, 13, 24Raptors-Hornets · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Morris PetersonTOR+7.0 18.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+6.1 14.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Damon StoudamirePOR+6.0 19.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Shaquille O'NealMIA+5.1 28.1 last 10 · 23.0 season
Larry HughesWAS+5.0 26.2 last 10 · 21.2 season
Cold
Austin CroshereIND−4.9 6.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Fred JonesIND−4.4 6.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−3.9 6.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.6 6.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
James JonesIND−3.4 2.4 last 10 · 5.8 season