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Thursday, December 21, 2006Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed SAC by 7 after the first quarter and won 126–119.

Final · Box score
Pistons87
Cavs71
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +16
Final · Box score
Wizards126
Kings119
Q1 WAS -7; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +7
On this day · 2005–06Dec 21, 2005: 9 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (Sixers-Warriors), 38 points.
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The lead · Wizards-Kings

Antawn Jamison scores 33 as Washington wins in Sacramento

Gilbert Arenas goes for 30 points

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-6+14+7WAS AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards24294429126
Kings31282436119
Who led
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 20, 33, 6, 27, 22, 25, 21, 33WAS33 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 10, 38, 38, 32, 41, 34, 27, 60, 23, 30WAS30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 13, 30, 16, 13, 13, 14, 32, 13, 23, 40SAC40 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 11, 9, 14, 18, 2, 20, 7, 23SAC23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Pistons-Cavs

Detroit handles Cleveland by 16

The Pistons won the fourth quarter 30–16. Final: 87–71. Chauncey Billups led Detroit with 17 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Pistons-Cavs
Chauncey Billups · DETLeBron James · CLEPTS1726REB310AST105Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Pistons-Cavs13
Wizards-Kings2
The night in charts
Wizards-Kings combined for 245, 87 more than any other game
Points by game
Wizards-KingsWizards 126, Kings 119
245
Pistons-CavsPistons 87, Cavs 71
158
WAS won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Wizards-KingsWizards 126, Kings 119
+7 WAS
Pistons-CavsPistons 87, Cavs 71
+16 DET
WAS rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Wizards-KingsWAS won · Wizards 126, Kings 119
7 pts
Pistons-CavsDET won · Pistons 87, Cavs 71
2 pts
Prince shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PrinceDET · 16 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
73% (8-11)
SalmonsSAC · 23 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 4 STL
71% (10-14)
WilliamsonSAC · 17 PTS, 5 REB, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
Kevin MartinSAC · 40 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
57% (13-23)
IlgauskasCLE · 16 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
54% (7-13)
Final · Wizards-Kings
Wizards 126Kings 119
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards24294429126
Kings31282436119
The story
Caron Butler had 23 points and 10 rebounds as Washington beat Sacramento 126-119

Brad Miller led Sacramento with 19 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST 23 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 9-20 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the second, the Wizards took the third 44-24.

WAS lead by quarter
200 −7−6+14+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Cavs
Pistons 87Cavs 71
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2220153087
Cavs2417141671
The story
Chauncey Billups' 17 points and 10 assists carried Detroit past Cleveland, 87-71

For Cleveland, Larry Hughes had 12 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST 17 PTS, 10 AST, 3 REB · 4-13 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 30-16, was where the Pistons built it.

DET lead by quarter
200 −2+1+2+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LeBron James was the fantasy play: 50.5 FPTS on 26 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.3Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.3 in 24 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Martin leads the day with 40

Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 13, 30, 16, 13, 13, 14, 32, 13, 23, 40Kings-Wizards · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 20, 33, 6, 27, 22, 25, 21, 33Wizards-Kings · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 10, 38, 38, 32, 41, 34, 27, 60, 23, 30Wizards-Kings · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 26, 27, 15, 22, 22, 29, 37, 26Cavs-Pistons · L
26.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 10, 20, 17, 26, 30, 27, 26, 23Wizards-Kings · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 11, 9, 14, 18, 2, 20, 7, 23Kings-Wizards · L
10.3 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Rasual ButlerNOK+7.1 16.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Sean MayCHA+4.9 17.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Eddy CurryNYK+4.6 22.7 last 10 · 18.1 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+4.1 33.3 last 10 · 29.2 season
Damien WilkinsSEA+4.0 12.0 last 10 · 8.0 season
Cold
Sam CassellLAC−5.1 9.4 last 10 · 14.5 season
Michael ReddMIL−4.0 24.1 last 10 · 28.1 season
Emeka OkaforCHA−3.7 11.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
Sebastian TelfairBOS−3.2 5.3 last 10 · 8.5 season
Adam MorrisonCHA−3.0 10.8 last 10 · 13.8 season