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Tuesday, January 2, 2007Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed CHI by 12 at halftime and won 97–96.

Final · Box score
Spurs78
Cavs82
Q1 Cavs 0; Q2 CLE -7; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +4
Final · Box score
Clippers86
Magic91
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +5
Final · Box score
Warriors97
Hornets89
Q1 GSW -6; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +13; Q4 GSW +8
Final · Box score
Suns97
Bulls96
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX -12; Q3 PHX -10; Q4 PHX +1
Final · Box score
Sonics88
Mavs112
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 Mavs 0; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +24
Final · Box score
Sixers108
Nuggets97
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 Sixers 0; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +11
Final · Box score
Knicks100
Kings112
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +12
On this day · 2005–06Jan 2, 2006: 5 games. Top scorer: Shawn Marion (Suns-Knicks), 39 points.
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The lead · Suns-Bulls

Phoenix rallies from 12 down to beat Chicago

Metta World Peace goes for 39 points

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-12-10+1PHX AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns1825203497
Bulls2728182396
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 20, 28, 16, 12, 25, 11, 31, 24PHX24 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 14, 17, 28, 23, 12, 14, 15, 22PHX22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 22, 27, 23, 27, 40, 22, 21, 41CHI41 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 23, 20, 10, 16, 8, 25, 32, 19CHI19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Dallas by 24.

PHX over CHI1CLE over SAS4ORL over LAC5GSW over NOK8PHI over DEN11SAC over NYK12DAL over SEA24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Lead changes
Spurs-Cavs6
Sonics-Mavs6
Warriors-Hornets5
Sixers-Nuggets5
Clippers-Magic3
Suns-Bulls2
Knicks-Kings0
Shot of the night

Barbosa's three with 1.5 seconds left puts the Suns ahead, 97-96 final

The night in charts
Knicks-Kings combined for 212, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Knicks-KingsKnicks 100, Kings 112
212
Sixers-NuggetsSixers 108, Nuggets 97
205
Sonics-MavsSonics 88, Mavs 112
200
Suns-BullsSuns 97, Bulls 96
193
Warriors-HornetsWarriors 97, Hornets 89
186
Clippers-MagicClippers 86, Magic 91
177
Spurs-CavsSpurs 78, Cavs 82
160
3 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Suns-BullsSuns 97, Bulls 96
+1 PHX
Spurs-CavsSpurs 78, Cavs 82
+4 CLE
Clippers-MagicClippers 86, Magic 91
+5 ORL
Warriors-HornetsWarriors 97, Hornets 89
+8 GSW
Sixers-NuggetsSixers 108, Nuggets 97
+11 PHI
Knicks-KingsKnicks 100, Kings 112
+12 SAC
Sonics-MavsSonics 88, Mavs 112
+24 DAL
PHX erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Suns-BullsPHX won · Suns 97, Bulls 96
12 pts
Clippers-MagicORL won · Clippers 86, Magic 91
7 pts
Spurs-CavsCLE won · Spurs 78, Cavs 82
7 pts
Warriors-HornetsGSW won · Warriors 97, Hornets 89
6 pts
Nelson shot 11-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
NelsonORL · 29 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB
69% (11-16)
World PeaceSAC · 39 PTS, 8 REB, 5 STL, 2 AST
68% (15-22)
David LeeNYK · 16 PTS, 15 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
ParkerSAS · 26 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
61% (11-18)
ButlerNOK · 30 PTS, 6 REB, 2 BLK
60% (12-20)
Final · Suns-Bulls
Suns 97Bulls 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns1825203497
Bulls2728182396
The story
Amar'e Stoudemire had 24 points and 18 rebounds as Phoenix beat Chicago 97-96

Luol Deng led Chicago with 19 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST 24 PTS, 18 REB, 4 STL, 2 AST · 10-20 FG

The swing

Down 10 after the third, the Suns took the fourth 34-23.

PHX lead by quarter
200 −9−12−10+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Cavs
Spurs 78Cavs 82
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2119102878
Cavs2112113882
The story
Cleveland beat San Antonio 82-78 behind 18 points from Larry Hughes

Tony Parker paced San Antonio: 26 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 18 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL · 6-12 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

A 38-28 fourth quarter erased a 6-point hole for the Cavaliers.

CLE lead by quarter
200 0−7−6+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Tim Duncan topped the game at 41.0 FPTS: 18 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST

Final · Clippers-Magic
Clippers 86Magic 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2820152386
Magic2318262491
The story
Jameer Nelson's 29 points carried Orlando past Los Angeles, 91-86

For Los Angeles, Elton Brand had 15 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 29 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB · 11-16 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The Magic trailed by 7 going into the third, then won it 26-15.

ORL lead by quarter
200 −5−7+4+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Dwight Howard was the fantasy play: 41.3 FPTS on 14 PTS, 14 REB, 5 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 30 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg45.3Today

45 minutes today, against 24.2 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Ben Gordon leads the day with 41

Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 22, 27, 23, 27, 40, 22, 21, 41Bulls-Suns · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 22, 11, 16, 14, 10, 5, 0, 39Kings-Knicks · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +24.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 20, 29, 6, 20, 23, 27, 17, 31Mavs-Sonics · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 45, 37, 26, 25, 22, 28, 44, 21, 28, 30Nuggets-Sixers · L
30.5 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 15, 12, 16, 8, 16, 20, 12, 30Hornets-Warriors · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 25, 31, 38, 10, 21, 27, 8, 29Warriors-Hornets · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Tony AllenBOS+8.0 18.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Earl BoykinsDEN+6.1 20.2 last 10 · 14.1 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.0 19.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Rasual ButlerNOK+5.9 16.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Ben GordonCHI+5.6 26.4 last 10 · 20.8 season
Cold
Vince CarterNJN−5.3 20.1 last 10 · 25.4 season
Sam CassellLAC−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Zach RandolphPOR−3.4 20.9 last 10 · 24.3 season
Joe JohnsonATL−3.3 22.8 last 10 · 26.1 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.3 13.5 last 10 · 16.8 season