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Monday, February 28, 2005Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed CLE by 6 after three quarters and won 94–92.

Final · Box score
Spurs94
Cavs92
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS -6; Q4 SAS +2
Final · OT · Box score
Lakers115
Knicks117
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 Knicks 0; Q3 NYK +15; Q4 Knicks 0; OT1 NYK +2
Final · Box score
Hornets86
Mavs90
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +4
Final · Box score
Clippers86
Jazz87
Q1 Jazz 0; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +1
On this day · 2003–04Feb 28, 2004: 8 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (Wizards-Lakers), 35 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Cavs

San Antonio wins a tight one over Cleveland

Lamar Odom goes for 26 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-1-6+2SAS AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2019253094
Cavs2515302292
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 21, 17, 16, 20, 19, 30, 27, 20SAS20 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 20, 22, 27, 22, 12, 22, 16, 19SAS19 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 25, 30, 18, 24, 33, 20, 20, 26CLE26 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 15, 35, 25, 28, 26, 27, 21, 28, 20CLE20 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Lead changes
Clippers-Jazz20
Lakers-Knicks11
Hornets-Mavs7
The night in charts
Lakers-Knicks combined for 232, 46 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-KnicksLakers 115, Knicks 117
232
Spurs-CavsSpurs 94, Cavs 92
186
Hornets-MavsHornets 86, Mavs 90
176
Clippers-JazzClippers 86, Jazz 87
173
4 of 4 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Clippers-JazzClippers 86, Jazz 87
+1 UTA
Lakers-KnicksLakers 115, Knicks 117
+2 NYK
Spurs-CavsSpurs 94, Cavs 92
+2 SAS
Hornets-MavsHornets 86, Mavs 90
+4 DAL
SAS rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Spurs-CavsSAS won · Spurs 94, Cavs 92
6 pts
Hornets-MavsDAL won · Hornets 86, Mavs 90
3 pts
Clippers-JazzUTA won · Clippers 86, Jazz 87
1 pt
Tim Thomas shot 13-of-19 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Tim ThomasNYK · 35 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
68% (13-19)
AtkinsLAL · 22 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
SweetneyNYK · 19 PTS, 12 REB, 2 STL
60% (9-15)
NailonNOH · 14 PTS, 2 REB, 1 BLK
54% (7-13)
DuncanSAS · 20 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
53% (9-17)
Final · Clippers-Jazz
Clippers 86Jazz 87
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2024231986
Jazz2023232187
The story
Utah beat Los Angeles 87-86 behind 18 points and 8 assists from Keith McLeod

Bobby Simmons paced Los Angeles: 17 PTS 18 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB · 3-11 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 21-19 fourth quarter erased a 1-point hole for the Jazz.

UTA lead by quarter
200 0−1−1+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Andrei Kirilenko topped the game at 41.1 FPTS: 11 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB

Final · Lakers-Knicks
Lakers 115Knicks 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Lakers232421398115
Knicks2522362410117
The story
Stephon Marbury had 19 points and 12 assists as New York beat Los Angeles 117-115 in OT

Chucky Atkins led Los Angeles with 22 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB 19 PTS, 12 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL · 5-18 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

The Knicks won the third 36-21, their biggest quarter edge.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +20+150+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Spurs-Cavs
Spurs 94Cavs 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2019253094
Cavs2515302292
The story
Tony Parker's 19 points and 10 assists carried San Antonio past Cleveland, 94-92

For Cleveland, Drew Gooden had 12 REB, 10 PTS, 3 AST 19 PTS, 10 AST, 8 REB · 8-16 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The Spurs trailed by 6 going into the fourth, then won it 30-22.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −5−1−6+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Zydrunas Ilgauskas was the fantasy play: 47.6 FPTS on 26 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 47 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Hornets-Mavs

New Orleans's skid reaches four

Dallas won 90–86; the Hornets fall to 11–45. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · NOH
L@ UTA92–108L@ SEA91–108W@ POR91–80Wvs GSW111–108L@ ORL94–97Wvs WAS98–96Lvs SAS78–101Lvs SEA85–103Lvs DEN93–94L@ DAL86–90
Top performances

Tim Thomas leads the day with 35

Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 5, 13, 8, 7, 9, 11, 15, 27, 11, 35Knicks-Lakers · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +24.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 2, 26, 40, 21, 31, 20, 31, 30Lakers-Knicks · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 27, 31, 35, 16, 29, 34, 26, 28Mavs-Hornets · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 16, 17, 19, 21, 7, 12, 13, 26Lakers-Knicks · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 25, 30, 18, 24, 33, 20, 20, 26Cavs-Spurs · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 3, 11, 24, 5, 6, 9, 22, 22Lakers-Knicks · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
JR SmithNOH+8.1 16.0 last 10 · 7.9 season
Vince CarterNJN+7.6 29.9 last 10 · 22.3 season
Damon JonesMIA+6.2 17.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Tayshaun PrinceDET+6.0 19.6 last 10 · 13.6 season
Melvin ElyCHA+5.7 12.9 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.2 8.5 last 10 · 13.7 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−5.1 3.8 last 10 · 8.9 season