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Thursday, January 5, 2006Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Rockets90
Cavs81
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +9
Final · Box score
Pacers99
Warriors89
Q1 IND +20; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +10
On this day · 2004–05Jan 5, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (Magic-Sonics), 35 points.
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The lead · Rockets-Cavs

Tracy McGrady scores 34 as Houston wins in Cleveland

LeBron James goes for 32 points

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+14+11+9HOU AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets2425221990
Cavs1817252181
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 20, 7, 17, 21, 38, 32, 38, 34HOU34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 3, 3, 5, 13, 2, 9, 17, 18HOU18 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 41, 25, 37, 14, 32, 31, 30, 32, 32CLE32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 18, 25, 15, 10, 21, 18, 14, 17CLE17 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Pacers-Warriors

Indiana leads Golden State wire to wire

Indiana was ahead at every break and won 99–89. Best quarter: the first, 34–14. Stephen Jackson led Indiana with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Pacers-Warriors
Stephen Jackson · INDMike Dunleavy · GSWPTS2719REB66AST34Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Pacers-Warriors1
Rockets-Cavs1
The night in charts
Pacers-Warriors combined for 188, 17 more than any other game
Points by game
Pacers-WarriorsPacers 99, Warriors 89
188
Rockets-CavsRockets 90, Cavs 81
171
HOU won the closest game by 9
Closest finishes
Rockets-CavsRockets 90, Cavs 81
+9 HOU
Pacers-WarriorsPacers 99, Warriors 89
+10 IND
LeBron shot 13-of-19 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
LeBronCLE · 32 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
68% (13-19)
DunleavyGSW · 19 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
67% (8-12)
DioguGSW · 16 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
60% (6-10)
HowardHOU · 16 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST
58% (7-12)
IlgauskasCLE · 17 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
54% (7-13)
Final · Rockets-Cavs
Rockets 90Cavs 81
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets2425221990
Cavs1817252181
The story
Rafer Alston had 18 points as Houston beat Cleveland 90-81

Zydrunas Ilgauskas led Cleveland with 17 PTS, 10 REB 18 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB, 4 STL · 5-11 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

The Rockets won the second 25-17, their biggest quarter edge.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +6+14+11+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pacers-Warriors
Pacers 99Warriors 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers3422172699
Warriors1427232589
The story
Stephen Jackson's 27 points carried Indiana past Golden State, 99-89

For Golden State, Baron Davis had 16 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST 27 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST · 12-23 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 34-14, was where the Pacers built it.

IND lead by quarter
200 +20+15+9+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Austin Croshere was the fantasy play: 40.3 FPTS on 17 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 34

Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 20, 7, 17, 21, 38, 32, 38, 34Rockets-Cavs · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 41, 25, 37, 14, 32, 31, 30, 32, 32Cavs-Rockets · L
30.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 24, 6, 12, 13, 23, 22, 21, 27Pacers-Warriors · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 11, 7, 24, 15, 6, 4, 10, 19Warriors-Pacers · L
9.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 3, 3, 5, 13, 2, 9, 17, 18Rockets-Cavs · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high18 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Austin CrosherePoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 2, 4, 11, 2, 6, 5, 3, 17Pacers-Warriors · W
8.1 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high17 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Juwan HowardHOU+5.3 14.9 last 10 · 9.6 season
Vince CarterNJN+5.1 29.8 last 10 · 24.7 season
Juan DixonPOR+4.7 16.2 last 10 · 11.5 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+4.3 24.3 last 10 · 20.0 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+4.0 15.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Keith Van HornDAL−4.6 4.8 last 10 · 9.4 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−3.3 5.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−3.2 14.8 last 10 · 18.0 season
Derek FisherGSW−3.1 9.1 last 10 · 12.2 season