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Monday, January 23, 2006Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Clippers trailed Warriors by 10 after three quarters and won 96–93.

Final · Box score
Pacers94
Hawks104
Q1 Hawks 0; Q2 Hawks -8; Q3 Hawks +4; Q4 Hawks +10
Final · Box score
Hornets78
Celtics91
Q1 Celtics +3; Q2 Celtics +3; Q3 Celtics +23; Q4 Celtics +13
Final · Box score
Rockets97
Bucks80
Q1 Rockets -5; Q2 Rockets +1; Q3 Rockets +3; Q4 Rockets +17
Final · Box score
Raptors101
Nuggets107
Q1 Nuggets +4; Q2 Nuggets -2; Q3 Nuggets +4; Q4 Nuggets +6
Final · Box score
Nets78
Jazz89
Q1 Jazz +8; Q2 Jazz +12; Q3 Jazz +13; Q4 Jazz +11
Final · Box score
Clippers96
Warriors93
Q1 Clippers -4; Q2 Clippers -8; Q3 Clippers -10; Q4 Clippers +3
On this day · 2004–05Jan 23, 2005: 7 games. Top scorer: Rashard Lewis (Sonics-Jazz), 36 points.
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The lead · Clippers-Warriors

Clippers climb out of a 10-point hole against Golden State

Carmelo Anthony goes for 37 points

Game flow · Clippers margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-8-10+3Clippers AHEAD ↑Warriors AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2521203096
Warriors2925221793
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 20, 24, 28, 35, 19, 19, 12, 28Clippers28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 9, 13, 24, 25, 27, 23, 21, 24Clippers24 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 17, 15, 12, 37, 26, 22, 23, 30Warriors30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 8, 7, 8, 12, 12, 16, 13, 16Warriors16 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Pacers-Hawks

Atlanta climbs back to beat Indiana

Indiana led by 8 at the half. Atlanta won it 104–94. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Hawks-Pacers
Joe Johnson · HawksJermaine O'Neal · PacersPTS2824REB48AST63Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Raptors-Nuggets15
Pacers-Hawks7
Clippers-Warriors6
Nets-Jazz3
Hornets-Celtics0
The night in charts
Raptors-Nuggets combined for 208, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Raptors-NuggetsRaptors 101, Nuggets 107
208
Pacers-HawksPacers 94, Hawks 104
198
Clippers-WarriorsClippers 96, Warriors 93
189
Rockets-BucksRockets 97, Bucks 80
177
Hornets-CelticsHornets 78, Celtics 91
169
Nets-JazzNets 78, Jazz 89
167
Clippers won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Clippers-WarriorsClippers 96, Warriors 93
+3 Clippers
Raptors-NuggetsRaptors 101, Nuggets 107
+6 Nuggets
Pacers-HawksPacers 94, Hawks 104
+10 Hawks
Nets-JazzNets 78, Jazz 89
+11 Jazz
Hornets-CelticsHornets 78, Celtics 91
+13 Celtics
Rockets-BucksRockets 97, Bucks 80
+17 Rockets
Clippers erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Clippers-WarriorsClippers won · Clippers 96, Warriors 93
10 pts
Pacers-HawksHawks won · Pacers 94, Hawks 104
8 pts
Rockets-BucksRockets won · Rockets 97, Bucks 80
5 pts
Raptors-NuggetsNuggets won · Raptors 101, Nuggets 107
2 pts
Melo shot 13-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MeloNuggets · 37 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
81% (13-16)
O'NealPacers · 24 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
69% (9-13)
BrandClippers · 28 PTS, 9 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
61% (11-18)
Joe JohnsonHawks · 28 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL
60% (12-20)
Ricky DavisCeltics · 32 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB, 1 STL
60% (12-20)
Final · Clippers-Warriors
Clippers 96Warriors 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2521203096
Warriors2925221793
The story
Elton Brand had 28 points as Los Angeles beat Golden State 96-93

Troy Murphy led Golden State with 20 REB, 16 PTS, 2 AST 28 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST · 11-18 FG

The swing

Down 10 after the third, the Clippers took the fourth 30-17.

Clippers lead by quarter
200 −4−8−10+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jason Richardson led the game in fantasy with 49.0 FPTS (30 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST)

Final · Raptors-Nuggets
Raptors 101Nuggets 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors22321928101
Nuggets26262530107
The story
Denver beat Toronto 107-101 behind 25 points and 12 rebounds from Kenyon Martin

Chris Bosh paced Toronto: 18 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 25 PTS, 12 REB · 9-18 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 25-19 third quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Nuggets.

Nuggets lead by quarter
200 +4−2+4+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Rockets-Bucks
Rockets 97Bucks 80
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets2325262397
Bucks281924980
The story
David Wesley's 17 points carried Houston past Milwaukee, 97-80

For Milwaukee, Bobby Simmons had 16 PTS, 2 REB 17 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST · 6-11 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 23-9, was where the Rockets built it.

Rockets lead by quarter
200 −5+1+3+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
Jalen RoseRaptors
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.6 in 36 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 41

Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 38, 32, 38, 34, 37, 11, 35, 43, 41Rockets-Bucks · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 43, 21, 38, 39, 17, 31, 20, 37Nuggets-Raptors · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 17, 21, 33, 0, 10, 22, 9, 32Celtics-Hornets · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 21, 15, 0, 11, 20, 16, 10, 32Nets-Jazz · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 17, 15, 12, 37, 26, 22, 23, 30Warriors-Clippers · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 20, 24, 28, 35, 19, 19, 12, 28Clippers-Warriors · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Kobe BryantLakers+9.6 45.5 last 10 · 35.9 season
Jameer NelsonMagic+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jalen RoseRaptors+7.4 19.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Juwan HowardRockets+6.3 17.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Tracy McGradyRockets+6.1 33.0 last 10 · 26.9 season
Cold
JR SmithHornets−5.4 3.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Kareem RushBobcats−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Michael SweetneyBulls−3.8 6.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Gilbert ArenasWizards−3.8 24.6 last 10 · 28.4 season
Deron WilliamsJazz−3.5 6.5 last 10 · 10.0 season