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Sunday, November 26, 2006Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Lakers trailed Nets by 9 after the first quarter and won 99–93.

Final · Box score
Pacers83
Raptors92
Q1 Raptors +15; Q2 Raptors +16; Q3 Raptors +9; Q4 Raptors +9
Final · Box score
Clippers88
Nuggets103
Q1 Nuggets +11; Q2 Nuggets +3; Q3 Nuggets +17; Q4 Nuggets +15
Final · Box score
Suns119
Blazers101
Q1 Suns +6; Q2 Suns +12; Q3 Suns +21; Q4 Suns +18
Final · Box score
Spurs98
Sonics78
Q1 Spurs +4; Q2 Spurs +10; Q3 Spurs +8; Q4 Spurs +20
Final · Box score
Nets93
Lakers99
Q1 Lakers -9; Q2 Lakers -5; Q3 Lakers +7; Q4 Lakers +6
On this day · 2005–06Nov 26, 2005: 9 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (Sixers-Knicks), 40 points.
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The lead · Nets-Lakers

Lakers fight back from 9 down against New Jersey

Carmelo Anthony goes for 33 points

Game flow · Lakers margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-5+7+6Lakers AHEAD ↑Nets AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets3315182793
Lakers2419302699
Who led
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 11, 16, 20, 10, 23, 18, 26, 21Lakers21 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 32, 19, 21, 31, 18, 40, 27, 19Lakers19 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 38, 15, 28, 18, 27, 35, 23, 21Nets21 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Nenad KrsticPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 21, 22, 18, 13, 16, 18, 9, 20Nets20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Pacers-Raptors

Toronto leads Indiana wire to wire

Toronto was ahead at every break and won 92–83. Best quarter: the first, 32–17. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 17 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
Lakers over Nets6Raptors over Pacers9Nuggets over Clippers15Suns over Blazers18Spurs over Sonics20Final margin, points. Pink = Raptors over Pacers.
Lead changes
Suns-Blazers2
Spurs-Sonics2
Nets-Lakers2
Pacers-Raptors0
Clippers-Nuggets0
The night in charts
Suns-Blazers combined for 220, 28 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-BlazersSuns 119, Blazers 101
220
Nets-LakersNets 93, Lakers 99
192
Clippers-NuggetsClippers 88, Nuggets 103
191
Spurs-SonicsSpurs 98, Sonics 78
176
Pacers-RaptorsPacers 83, Raptors 92
175
Lakers won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Nets-LakersNets 93, Lakers 99
+6 Lakers
Pacers-RaptorsPacers 83, Raptors 92
+9 Raptors
Clippers-NuggetsClippers 88, Nuggets 103
+15 Nuggets
Suns-BlazersSuns 119, Blazers 101
+18 Suns
Spurs-SonicsSpurs 98, Sonics 78
+20 Spurs
Duncan shot 7-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DuncanSpurs · 18 PTS, 16 REB, 6 AST
64% (7-11)
KrsticNets · 20 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
60% (9-15)
Stephen JacksonPacers · 18 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
Joe SmithNuggets · 15 PTS, 5 REB, 2 BLK
58% (7-12)
BrandClippers · 16 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
57% (8-14)
Final · Nets-Lakers
Nets 93Lakers 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets3315182793
Lakers2419302699
The story
Lamar Odom had 21 points as Los Angeles beat New Jersey 99-93

Vince Carter led New Jersey with 21 PTS, 11 REB 21 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST · 6-16 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the second, the Lakers took the third 30-18.

Lakers lead by quarter
200 −9−5+7+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jason Kidd led the game in fantasy with 48.1 FPTS (16 AST, 8 REB, 7 PTS)

Final · Clippers-Nuggets
Clippers 88Nuggets 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers1732211888
Nuggets28243516103
The story
JR Smith's 23 points carried Denver past Los Angeles, 103-88

For Los Angeles, Elton Brand had 16 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 23 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST · 7-15 FG, 2-8 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 35-21, was where the Nuggets built it.

Nuggets lead by quarter
200 +11+3+17+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Blazers
Suns 119Blazers 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns33263426119
Blazers27202529101
The story
Phoenix beat Portland 119-101 behind 30 points from Raja Bell

Travis Outlaw paced Portland: 22 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 30 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB · 10-19 FG, 7-12 3PT

The swing

A 34-25 third quarter did the most damage for the Suns.

Suns lead by quarter
300 +6+12+21+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Amar'e Stoudemire topped the game at 45.7 FPTS: 20 PTS, 11 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.2Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.2 in 10 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg17.2Last 3

17.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 12 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg45.3Today

45 minutes today, against 23.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 33

Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 37, 31, 36, 33, 34, 34, 29, 33, 30, 33Nuggets-Clippers · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Raja BellPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 6, 20, 15, 20, 22, 18, 18, 30Suns-Blazers · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 28, 20, 20, 11, 19, 24, 26, 23Suns-Blazers · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 17, 9, 17, 16, 36, 13, 31, 23Nuggets-Clippers · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 12, 14, 17, 21, 20, 10, 18, 22Clippers-Nuggets · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Travis OutlawPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 8, 16, 10, 4, 5, 13, 8, 22Blazers-Suns · L
10.2 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST