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Thursday, April 3, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Bulls trailed Cavs by 10 at halftime and won 101–98.

Final · Box score
Bulls101
Cavs98
Q1 Bulls 0; Q2 Bulls -10; Q3 Bulls -8; Q4 Bulls +3
Final · Box score
Clippers98
Kings110
Q1 Kings -5; Q2 Kings +7; Q3 Kings +14; Q4 Kings +12
Final · Box score
Rockets95
Blazers86
Q1 Rockets +1; Q2 Rockets +9; Q3 Rockets +11; Q4 Rockets +9
On this day · 2006–07Apr 3, 2007: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (Lakers-Nuggets), 39 points.
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The lead · Bulls-Cavs

Chicago rallies from 10 down to beat Cleveland

Tracy McGrady goes for 35 points

Game flow · Bulls margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-10-8+3Bulls AHEAD ↑Cavs AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls26193224101
Cavs2629301398
Who led
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 10, 7, 9, 3, 5, 19, 2, 25Bulls25 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 12, 21, 16, 12, 18, 11, 9, 24Bulls24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 30, 29, 29, 21, 13, 26, 29, 33Cavs33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 4, 20, 16, 20, 29, 11, 14, 16, 23Cavs23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Clippers-Kings

Sacramento beats Clippers, 110–98

Sacramento led 84–70 after three and won by 12. Kevin Martin led Sacramento with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
Bulls over Cavs3Rockets over Blazers9Kings over Clippers12Final margin, points. Pink = Kings over Clippers.
Lead changes
Rockets-Blazers6
Bulls-Cavs6
Clippers-Kings5
The night in charts
Clippers-Kings combined for 208, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-KingsClippers 98, Kings 110
208
Bulls-CavsBulls 101, Cavs 98
199
Rockets-BlazersRockets 95, Blazers 86
181
Bulls won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Bulls-CavsBulls 101, Cavs 98
+3 Bulls
Rockets-BlazersRockets 95, Blazers 86
+9 Rockets
Clippers-KingsClippers 98, Kings 110
+12 Kings
Bulls erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bulls-CavsBulls won · Bulls 101, Cavs 98
10 pts
Clippers-KingsKings won · Clippers 98, Kings 110
5 pts
Fazekas shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
FazekasClippers · 18 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
HughesBulls · 25 PTS, 9 AST, 8 REB, 2 STL
65% (11-17)
DengBulls · 15 PTS, 3 AST, 1 REB, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
Ben GordonBulls · 24 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
Kevin MartinKings · 26 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
57% (8-14)
Final · Bulls-Cavs
Bulls 101Cavs 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls26193224101
Cavs2629301398
The story
Larry Hughes had 25 points and 9 assists as Chicago beat Cleveland 101-98

Zydrunas Ilgauskas led Cleveland with 23 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 25 PTS, 9 AST, 8 REB · 11-17 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

Down 8 after the third, the Bulls took the fourth 24-13.

Bulls lead by quarter
200 0−10−8+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LeBron James led the game in fantasy with 55.5 FPTS (33 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST)

Final · Rockets-Blazers
Rockets 95Blazers 86
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets2329222195
Blazers2221202386
The story
Aaron Brooks' 12 points carried Houston past Portland, 95-86

For Portland, Travis Outlaw had 14 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST 12 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST · 4-10 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 29-21, was where the Rockets built it.

Rockets lead by quarter
200 +1+9+11+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Kings
Clippers 98Kings 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2518272898
Kings20303426110
The story
Sacramento beat Los Angeles 110-98 behind 26 points from Kevin Martin

Elton Brand paced Los Angeles: 15 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 26 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST · 8-14 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

A 30-18 second quarter erased a 5-point hole for the Kings.

Kings lead by quarter
200 −5+7+14+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Brad Miller topped the game at 44.0 FPTS: 10 REB, 6 PTS, 4 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
Al ThorntonClippers
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 72 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg9.9Last 3

9.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 35

Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 15, 26, 30, 17, 23, 13, 32, 35Rockets-Blazers · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 30, 29, 29, 21, 13, 26, 29, 33Cavs-Bulls · L
30.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 34, 21, 21, 21, 22, 28, 26, 23, 20, 28Clippers-Kings · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 20, 29, 18, 36, 25, 31, 27, 26Kings-Clippers · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 10, 7, 9, 3, 5, 19, 2, 25Bulls-Cavs · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 12, 21, 16, 12, 18, 11, 9, 24Bulls-Cavs · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Vince CarterNets+7.3 28.8 last 10 · 21.5 season
Chris QuinnHeat+7.1 14.2 last 10 · 7.1 season
Charlie BellBucks+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Mickael PietrusWarriors+5.4 12.5 last 10 · 7.1 season
Amar'e StoudemireSuns+5.4 30.5 last 10 · 25.1 season
Cold
John SalmonsKings−6.0 6.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Wally SzczerbiakCavs−5.5 6.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jamaal TinsleyPacers−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Sam CassellCeltics−5.1 6.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Grant HillSuns−4.9 8.5 last 10 · 13.4 season