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Thursday, December 20, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by CLE (vs LAL) and DEN (vs HOU).

Final · OT · Box score
Nets107
Heat103
Q1 Nets 0; Q2 NJN -3; Q3 NJN -4; Q4 Nets 0; OT1 NJN +4
Final · Box score
Lakers90
Cavs94
Q1 Cavs 0; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE +4
Final · 2OT · Box score
Rockets111
Nuggets112
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 Nuggets 0; OT1 Nuggets 0; OT2 DEN +1
On this day · 2006–07Dec 20, 2006: 12 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (Nets-Cavs), 38 points.
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The lead · Rockets-Nuggets

Carmelo Anthony scores 37, Denver wins in double overtime

Dwyane Wade goes for 41 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-5+2+400+1DEN AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Rockets2319272589111
Nuggets18262921810112
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 30, 26, 23, 14, 32, 15, 19, 37DEN37 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 20, 51, 35, 23, 22, 30, 38, 36DEN36 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 10, 29, 24, 25, 15, 12, 21, 28, 19, 26HOU26 PTS · 19 REB · 6 AST
Luther HeadPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 4, 4, 2, 18, 6, 6, 6, 22HOU22 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Lakers-Cavs

Cleveland takes care of Lakers

A 4-point win, 94–90. LeBron James led Cleveland with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over HOU1NJN over MIA4CLE over LAL4Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over LAL.
Lead changes
Rockets-Nuggets28
Lakers-Cavs18
Nets-Heat17
Shot of the night

Carter's jumper with 0.8 seconds left in 2OT puts the Nuggets ahead, 112-111 final

The night in charts
Rockets-Nuggets combined for 223, 13 more than any other game
Points by game
Rockets-NuggetsRockets 111, Nuggets 112
223
Nets-HeatNets 107, Heat 103
210
Lakers-CavsLakers 90, Cavs 94
184
3 of 3 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Rockets-NuggetsRockets 111, Nuggets 112
+1 DEN
Nets-HeatNets 107, Heat 103
+4 NJN
Lakers-CavsLakers 90, Cavs 94
+4 CLE
CLE rallied from 5 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Lakers-CavsCLE won · Lakers 90, Cavs 94
5 pts
Rockets-NuggetsDEN won · Rockets 111, Nuggets 112
5 pts
Nets-HeatNJN won · Nets 107, Heat 103
4 pts
Malik Allen shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Malik AllenNJN · 18 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
82% (9-11)
OdomLAL · 19 PTS, 11 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
75% (9-12)
D WadeMIA · 41 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 3 STL
65% (15-23)
JeffersonNJN · 29 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST
56% (10-18)
Dorell WrightMIA · 13 PTS, 8 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
55% (6-11)
Final · Rockets-Nuggets
Rockets 111Nuggets 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Rockets2319272589111
Nuggets18262921810112
The story
Allen Iverson's 36 points and 9 assists carried Denver past Houston, 112-111 in OT

For Houston, Rafer Alston had 18 PTS, 10 AST, 7 REB 36 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB · 14-30 FG, 0-4 3PT

The swing

The Nuggets trailed by 5 going into the second, then won it 26-19.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −5+2+400+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2
Final · Nets-Heat
Nets 107Heat 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Nets2120252813107
Heat212326249103
The story
Vince Carter had 31 points as New Jersey beat Miami 107-103 in OT

Udonis Haslem led Miami with 18 PTS, 12 REB 31 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST · 9-23 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the third, the Nets took the fourth 28-24.

NJN lead by quarter
200 0−3−40+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Lakers-Cavs
Lakers 90Cavs 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2825251290
Cavs2823222194
The story
Cleveland beat Los Angeles 94-90 behind 33 points and 10 rebounds from LeBron James

Andrew Bynum paced Los Angeles: 17 PTS, 11 REB 33 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 12-29 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

A 21-12 fourth quarter erased a 5-point hole for the Cavaliers.

CLE lead by quarter
200 0−2−5+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.6Season avg29.6Last 5

29.6 points a game over his last five games, against 23.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg19.5Last 3

19.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 23 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg45.0Today

45 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 41

Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 33, 33, 31, 17, 24, 30, 36, 41Heat-Nets · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 30, 26, 23, 14, 32, 15, 19, 37Nuggets-Rockets · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 20, 51, 35, 23, 22, 30, 38, 36Nuggets-Rockets · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 30, 38, 15, 17, 29, 21, 31, 32, 33Cavs-Lakers · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 19, 32, 30, 16, 32, 24, 15, 31Nets-Heat · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 36, 31, 29, 9, 21, 24, 14, 36, 29Nets-Heat · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Travis OutlawPOR+4.5 16.8 last 10 · 12.3 season
Bonzi WellsHOU+4.1 13.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Allen IversonDEN+3.9 30.2 last 10 · 26.3 season
Rudy GayMEM+3.8 23.5 last 10 · 19.7 season
Craig SmithMIN+3.7 15.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−4.4 18.9 last 10 · 23.3 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.0 8.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Devin HarrisDAL−3.3 10.1 last 10 · 13.4 season
Eddy CurryNYK−3.3 11.3 last 10 · 14.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−3.2 6.3 last 10 · 9.5 season