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Thursday, January 19, 2006Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed LAL by 4 after the first quarter and won 118–109.

Final · Box score
Pistons105
Knicks79
Q1 DET +15; Q2 DET +15; Q3 DET +23; Q4 DET +26
Final · OT · Box score
Lakers109
Kings118
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 Kings 0; OT1 SAC +9
On this day · 2004–05Jan 19, 2005: 10 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (Nets-Bucks), 33 points.
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The lead · Lakers-Kings

Mike Bibby scores 40 as Sacramento beats Lakers

Kobe Bryant goes for 51 points

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-4+2-20+9SAC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Lakers312124285109
Kings2727203014118
Who led
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 10, 32, 5, 26, 19, 6, 42, 19, 40SAC40 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 6, 21, 16, 14, 6, 11, 22, 16SAC16 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 45, 48, 50, 45, 41, 27, 38, 37, 51LAL51 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 8, 9, 17, 15, 20, 2, 19, 16LAL16 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Pistons-Knicks

Detroit leads New York wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 105–79. Best quarter: the fourth, 31–28. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Pistons-Knicks
Richard Hamilton · DETEddy Curry · NYKPTS2626REB48AST60Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Lakers-Kings15
Pistons-Knicks1
The night in charts
Lakers-Kings combined for 227, 43 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-KingsLakers 109, Kings 118
227
Pistons-KnicksPistons 105, Knicks 79
184
SAC won the closest game by 9
Closest finishes
Lakers-KingsLakers 109, Kings 118
+9 SAC
Pistons-KnicksPistons 105, Knicks 79
+26 DET
Hamilton shot 11-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HamiltonDET · 26 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL
69% (11-16)
CurryNYK · 26 PTS, 8 REB
67% (10-15)
Kenny ThomasSAC · 16 PTS, 12 REB, 10 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
Rasheed WallaceDET · 23 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
56% (9-16)
PrinceDET · 18 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
54% (7-13)
Final · Lakers-Kings
Lakers 109Kings 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Lakers312124285109
Kings2727203014118
The story
Kenny Thomas had a 16-12-10 triple-double as Sacramento beat Los Angeles 118-109 in OT

Lamar Odom led Los Angeles with 16 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST 16 PTS, 12 REB, 10 AST · 7-12 FG

The swing

The Kings won the overtime 14-5.

SAC lead by quarter
200 −4+2−20+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Pistons-Knicks
Pistons 105Knicks 79
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons28202631105
Knicks1320182879
The story
Richard Hamilton's 26 points carried Detroit past New York, 105-79

For New York, Eddy Curry had 26 PTS, 8 REB 26 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL · 11-16 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 28-13, was where the Pistons built it.

DET lead by quarter
300 +15+15+23+26 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.4Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.4 in 32 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.5Season avg28.5Last 3

28.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.5 in 36 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 21.5 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 51

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 45, 48, 50, 45, 41, 27, 38, 37, 51Lakers-Kings · L
34.7 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
51 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 10, 32, 5, 26, 19, 6, 42, 19, 40Kings-Lakers · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 15, 18, 30, 22, 19, 18, 21, 26Pistons-Knicks · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 22, 12, 21, 15, 20, 12, 11, 26Knicks-Pistons · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 21, 7, 9, 11, 15, 27, 12, 23, 14, 23Pistons-Knicks · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 21, 14, 12, 13, 16, 13, 7, 18Pistons-Knicks · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jameer NelsonORL+9.1 23.0 last 10 · 13.9 season
Kenny ThomasSAC+6.8 15.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL+6.6 41.3 last 10 · 34.7 season
Chris KamanLAC+6.1 17.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Juwan HowardHOU+5.9 16.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−5.0 4.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Michael SweetneyCHI−3.8 6.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Devin HarrisDAL−3.8 7.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Damon JonesCLE−3.3 4.1 last 10 · 7.4 season