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Thursday, January 17, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed SAS by 7 after the first quarter and won 90–88.

Final · Box score
Cavs90
Spurs88
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +2
Final · Box score
Jazz109
Nuggets120
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +11
Final · Box score
Suns106
Lakers98
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +8
On this day · 2006–07Jan 17, 2007: 11 games. Top scorer: Quentin Richardson (Knicks-Wizards), 35 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Spurs

Cleveland holds off San Antonio, 90–88

Marcus Camby goes for 24 rebounds

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+7+8+2CLE AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs1931231790
Spurs2617222388
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 36, 24, 39, 22, 31, 31, 51, 27CLE27 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 3, 14, 8, 4, 7, 14, 14, 17CLE17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 20, 0, 23, 20, 9, 22, 20, 31SAS31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 20, 12, 26, 31, 12, 21, 14, 23SAS23 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Suns-Lakers

Phoenix leads Lakers wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 106–98. Best quarter: the second, 29–19. Leandro Barbosa led Phoenix with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over SAS2PHX over LAL8DEN over UTA11Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over LAL.
Lead changes
Jazz-Nuggets7
Cavs-Spurs7
Suns-Lakers0
The night in charts
Jazz-Nuggets combined for 229, 25 more than any other game
Points by game
Jazz-NuggetsJazz 109, Nuggets 120
229
Suns-LakersSuns 106, Lakers 98
204
Cavs-SpursCavs 90, Spurs 88
178
CLE won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Cavs-SpursCavs 90, Spurs 88
+2 CLE
Suns-LakersSuns 106, Lakers 98
+8 PHX
Jazz-NuggetsJazz 109, Nuggets 120
+11 DEN
Diaw shot 9-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DiawPHX · 19 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 2 BLK
69% (9-13)
ManuSAS · 31 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
67% (10-15)
BarbosaPHX · 22 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
67% (8-12)
IlgauskasCLE · 17 PTS, 6 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
KleizaDEN · 41 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
62% (13-21)
Final · Cavs-Spurs
Cavs 90Spurs 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs1931231790
Spurs2617222388
The story
LeBron James had 27 points as Cleveland beat San Antonio 90-88

Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 31 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 27 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST · 9-24 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

Down 7 after the first, the Cavaliers took the second 31-17.

CLE lead by quarter
200 −7+7+8+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Lakers
Suns 106Lakers 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns27292327106
Lakers2419183798
The story
Phoenix beat Los Angeles 106-98 behind 20 points and 16 rebounds from Shawn Marion

Lamar Odom paced Los Angeles: 19 PTS, 19 REB, 5 AST 20 PTS, 16 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL · 8-14 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

A 29-19 second quarter did the most damage for the Suns.

PHX lead by quarter
200 +3+13+18+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Jazz-Nuggets
Jazz 109Nuggets 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz28312921109
Nuggets31303722120
The story
Allen Iverson's 28 points and 9 assists carried Denver past Utah, 120-109

For Utah, Deron Williams had 23 PTS, 12 AST, 5 REB 28 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL · 9-19 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 37-29, was where the Nuggets built it.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +3+2+10+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.6Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.6 in 37 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 39 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 22.6 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 41 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Linas Kleiza leads the day with 41

Linas KleizaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 0, 17, 9, 5, 18, 5, 5, 41Nuggets-Jazz · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +30.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 20, 0, 23, 20, 9, 22, 20, 31Spurs-Cavs · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 15, 26, 25, 19, 37, 37, 48, 30Lakers-Suns · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 39, 13, 29, 33, 38, 32, 21, 23, 27, 28Nuggets-Jazz · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 36, 24, 39, 22, 31, 31, 51, 27Cavs-Spurs · W
29.7 PPG season to date · −2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 18, 15, 23, 10, 17, 17, 33, 23Jazz-Nuggets · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Joe SmithCHI+6.7 17.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+5.8 27.4 last 10 · 21.6 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 11.5 last 10 · 5.9 season
Rafer AlstonHOU+5.6 17.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+5.1 16.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Damien WilkinsSEA−5.5 4.5 last 10 · 10.0 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−4.9 18.0 last 10 · 22.9 season
Kyle LowryMEM−4.2 4.1 last 10 · 8.3 season
Antoine WrightNJN−4.2 3.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
Metta World PeaceSAC−3.9 14.5 last 10 · 18.4 season