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Sunday, January 28, 2007Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed LAL by 10 after three quarters and won 96–94.

Final · Box score
Suns115
Cavs100
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +15
Final · OT · Box score
Spurs96
Lakers94
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -8; Q3 SAS -10; Q4 Spurs 0; OT1 SAS +2
Final · Box score
Knicks105
Bucks107
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +2
Final · Box score
Wizards105
Celtics91
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +14
Final · Box score
Pacers87
Pistons95
Q1 DET +15; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +8
Final · Box score
Clippers98
Sonics76
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +22; Q3 LAC +33; Q4 LAC +22
On this day · 2005–06Jan 28, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (Hawks-Bulls), 40 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Lakers

San Antonio needs overtime to survive Lakers

Antawn Jamison goes for 34 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+3-8-100+2SAS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Spurs191721231696
Lakers162823131494
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 21, 26, 12, 17, 21, 37, 26, 21SAS21 PTS · 14 REB · 9 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 22, 16, 19, 12, 15, 15, 17, 21SAS21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 28, 25, 34, 26, 23, 42, 32, 31LAL31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 18, 15, 20, 6, 18, 0, 12, 18LAL18 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Lead changes
Wizards-Celtics17
Suns-Cavs9
Spurs-Lakers8
Knicks-Bucks5
Pacers-Pistons1
Clippers-Sonics1
Shot of the night

Finley's three with 1.3 seconds left in OT puts the Spurs ahead, 96-94 final

The night in charts
Suns-Cavs combined for 215, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-CavsSuns 115, Cavs 100
215
Knicks-BucksKnicks 105, Bucks 107
212
Wizards-CelticsWizards 105, Celtics 91
196
Spurs-LakersSpurs 96, Lakers 94
190
Pacers-PistonsPacers 87, Pistons 95
182
Clippers-SonicsClippers 98, Sonics 76
174
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Spurs-LakersSpurs 96, Lakers 94
+2 SAS
Knicks-BucksKnicks 105, Bucks 107
+2 MIL
Pacers-PistonsPacers 87, Pistons 95
+8 DET
Wizards-CelticsWizards 105, Celtics 91
+14 WAS
Suns-CavsSuns 115, Cavs 100
+15 PHX
Clippers-SonicsClippers 98, Sonics 76
+22 LAC
SAS erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Spurs-LakersSAS won · Spurs 96, Lakers 94
10 pts
Suns-CavsPHX won · Suns 115, Cavs 100
3 pts
Wizards-CelticsWAS won · Wizards 105, Celtics 91
2 pts
Patterson shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PattersonMIL · 21 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
80% (8-10)
David LeeNYK · 19 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
BrandLAC · 22 PTS, 7 REB, 3 STL, 1 BLK
73% (11-15)
GomesBOS · 20 PTS, 8 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
71% (10-14)
MarionPHX · 23 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
Final · Spurs-Lakers
Spurs 96Lakers 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Spurs191721231696
Lakers162823131494
The story
Tim Duncan had 21 points and 14 rebounds as San Antonio beat Los Angeles 96-94 in OT

Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles with 31 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB 21 PTS, 14 REB, 9 AST, 3 BLK · 10-23 FG

The swing

Down 10 after the third, the Spurs took the fourth 23-13.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +3−8−100+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Knicks-Bucks
Knicks 105Bucks 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks20272236105
Bucks24282629107
The story
Mo Williams' 30 points and 10 assists carried Milwaukee past New York, 107-105

For New York, David Lee had 19 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST 30 PTS, 10 AST, 6 REB · 13-26 FG, 0-4 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 24-20, was where the Bucks built it.

MIL lead by quarter
200 +4+5+9+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Celtics
Wizards 105Celtics 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards30182928105
Celtics2921202191
The story
Washington beat Boston 105-91 behind 23 points from Gilbert Arenas

Ryan Gomes paced Boston: 20 PTS, 8 REB 23 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 4 STL · 6-16 FG, 2-7 3PT

The swing

A 29-20 third quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Wizards.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +1−2+7+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.6Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.6 in 45 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 42 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Clippers by 22.

SAS over LAL2MIL over NYK2DET over IND8WAS over BOS14PHX over CLE15LAC over SEA22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Antawn Jamison leads the day with 34

Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 11, 8, 21, 31, 23, 9, 35, 34Wizards-Celtics · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 28, 25, 34, 26, 23, 42, 32, 31Lakers-Spurs · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 23, 18, 21, 16, 24, 11, 9, 30Bucks-Knicks · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 34, 28, 30, 23, 30, 32, 18, 39, 30Cavs-Suns · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 26, 14, 17, 25, 22, 10, 21, 26Pacers-Pistons · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 10, 9, 10, 9, 23, 29, 52, 26Knicks-Bucks · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Tracy McGradyHOU+6.4 29.7 last 10 · 23.3 season
Nick CollisonSEA+6.3 15.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.2 20.5 last 10 · 14.3 season
Delonte WestBOS+5.8 16.7 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Luke RidnourSEA−5.2 7.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Zaza PachuliaATL−4.6 7.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Chris DuhonCHI−4.3 2.1 last 10 · 6.4 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL−4.0 8.2 last 10 · 12.2 season