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Thursday, January 8, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed LAC by 6 after the first quarter and won 106–84.

Final · Box score
Knicks94
Mavs99
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +5
Final · Box score
Clippers84
Spurs106
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +22
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The lead · Clippers-Spurs

San Antonio rolls past Clippers, 106–84

Brandon Bass goes for 12 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-1+6+22SAS AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2222251584
Spurs16273231106
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 36, 27, 32, 19, 19, 15, 8, 19SAS19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Roger Mason Jr.Points, last 10 games: 16, 11, 12, 7, 0, 15, 3, 19, 11, 18SAS18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 5, 16, 8, 24, 15, 12, 25, 21LAC21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 19, 12, 24, 21, 21, 31, 32, 21LAC21 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Knicks-Mavs

Dallas beats New York, 99–94

Dallas led 80–78 after three and won by 5. Josh Howard led Dallas with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Mavs-Knicks
Josh Howard · DALChris Duhon · NYKPTS1924REB42AST37Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Knicks-Mavs12
Clippers-Spurs8
The night in charts
Knicks-Mavs combined for 193, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Knicks-MavsKnicks 94, Mavs 99
193
Clippers-SpursClippers 84, Spurs 106
190
DAL won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Knicks-MavsKnicks 94, Mavs 99
+5 DAL
Clippers-SpursClippers 84, Spurs 106
+22 SAS
SAS rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Clippers-SpursSAS won · Clippers 84, Spurs 106
6 pts
Knicks-MavsDAL won · Knicks 94, Mavs 99
5 pts
Duhon shot 10-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DuhonNYK · 24 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB
71% (10-14)
ThorntonLAC · 21 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
56% (10-18)
FinleySAS · 15 PTS, 4 REB
55% (6-11)
HowardDAL · 19 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL
53% (8-15)
ParkerSAS · 19 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB
53% (8-15)
Final · Knicks-Mavs
Knicks 94Mavs 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks2930191694
Mavs2727261999
The story
Josh Howard had 19 points as Dallas beat New York 99-94

Wilson Chandler led New York with 20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 19 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 8-15 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the second, the Mavericks took the third 26-19.

DAL lead by quarter
200 −2−5+2+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Spurs
Clippers 84Spurs 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2222251584
Spurs16273231106
The story
Manu Ginobili's 13 points carried San Antonio past Los Angeles, 106-84

For Los Angeles, Mardy Collins had 16 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST 13 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 4 STL · 4-9 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 31-15, was where the Spurs built it.

SAS lead by quarter
300 −6−1+6+22 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+13.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 34 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg25.6Last 3

25.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 31 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg42.6Today

43 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Chris Duhon leads the day with 24

Chris DuhonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 20, 6, 17, 15, 6, 12, 18, 24Knicks-Mavs · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 5, 16, 8, 24, 15, 12, 25, 21Clippers-Spurs · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 19, 12, 24, 21, 21, 31, 32, 21Clippers-Spurs · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 2, 19, 17, 19, 13, 31, 11, 20Knicks-Mavs · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 15, 18, 29, 23, 10, 12, 22, 19Mavs-Knicks · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 36, 27, 32, 19, 19, 15, 8, 19Spurs-Clippers · W
20.9 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Eric GordonLAC+7.8 20.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.5 20.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+5.6 22.2 last 10 · 16.6 season
Randy FoyeMIN+5.3 20.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Hakim WarrickMEM+5.3 17.1 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.2 6.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Beno UdrihSAC−4.0 6.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−3.6 8.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Mike MillerMIN−3.4 6.4 last 10 · 9.8 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−3.3 10.9 last 10 · 14.2 season