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Monday, January 12, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed WAS by 11 at halftime and won 97–91.

Final · Box score
Bucks97
Wizards91
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL -11; Q3 MIL -5; Q4 MIL +6
Final · OT · Box score
Raptors109
Celtics115
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 Celtics 0; OT1 BOS +6
Final · OT · Box score
Thunder99
Nets103
Q1 Nets 0; Q2 NJN -7; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 Nets 0; OT1 NJN +4
Final · Box score
Knicks101
Hornets95
Q1 Knicks 0; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +6
Final · Box score
Blazers109
Bulls95
Q1 POR -7; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +14
Final · Box score
Pacers113
Jazz120
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +7
On this day · 2007–08Jan 12, 2008: 7 games. Top scorer: Steve Nash (Suns-Bucks), 35 points.
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The lead · Bucks-Wizards

Milwaukee rallies from 11 down to beat Washington

Mehmet Okur goes for 43 points

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6-11-5+6MIL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks2516282897
Wizards1933221791
Who led
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 4, 25, 20, 31, 17, 35, 20, 24, 32, 29MIL29 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Andrew BogutPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 12, 9, 17, 20, 11, 2, 14, 18MIL18 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 7, 15, 8, 4, 9, 28, 12, 30WAS30 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 22, 14, 26, 13, 32, 12, 13, 25WAS25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Lead changes
Knicks-Hornets7
Raptors-Celtics6
Bucks-Wizards4
Blazers-Bulls3
Pacers-Jazz3
Thunder-Nets2
The night in charts
Pacers-Jazz combined for 233, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Pacers-JazzPacers 113, Jazz 120
233
Raptors-CelticsRaptors 109, Celtics 115
224
Blazers-BullsBlazers 109, Bulls 95
204
Thunder-NetsThunder 99, Nets 103
202
Knicks-HornetsKnicks 101, Hornets 95
196
Bucks-WizardsBucks 97, Wizards 91
188
NJN won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Thunder-NetsThunder 99, Nets 103
+4 NJN
Bucks-WizardsBucks 97, Wizards 91
+6 MIL
Knicks-HornetsKnicks 101, Hornets 95
+6 NYK
Raptors-CelticsRaptors 109, Celtics 115
+6 BOS
Pacers-JazzPacers 113, Jazz 120
+7 UTA
Blazers-BullsBlazers 109, Bulls 95
+14 POR
MIL erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bucks-WizardsMIL won · Bucks 97, Wizards 91
11 pts
Raptors-CelticsBOS won · Raptors 109, Celtics 115
9 pts
Blazers-BullsPOR won · Blazers 109, Bulls 95
7 pts
Thunder-NetsNJN won · Thunder 99, Nets 103
7 pts
David Lee shot 12-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
David LeeNYK · 24 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
75% (12-16)
BogutMIL · 18 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
75% (9-12)
OkurUTA · 43 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
68% (13-19)
JamisonWAS · 25 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
64% (9-14)
OutlawPOR · 33 PTS, 7 REB, 3 BLK
64% (9-14)
Final · Thunder-Nets
Thunder 99Nets 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Thunder252614231199
Nets2519232115103
The story
Brook Lopez's 31 points and 13 rebounds carried New Jersey past Oklahoma City, 103-99 in OT

For Oklahoma City, Kevin Durant had 26 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST 31 PTS, 13 REB · 10-17 FG

The swing

The Nets trailed by 7 going into the third, then won it 23-14.

NJN lead by quarter
200 0−7+20+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Vince Carter was the fantasy play: 51.0 FPTS on 21 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST

Final · Raptors-Celtics
Raptors 109Celtics 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Raptors2331241516109
Celtics1926291922115
The story
Paul Pierce had 39 points as Boston beat Toronto 115-109 in OT

Andrea Bargnani led Toronto with 23 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST 39 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST · 13-26 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

The Celtics won the overtime 22-16.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −4−9−40+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Bucks-Wizards
Bucks 97Wizards 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks2516282897
Wizards1933221791
The story
Milwaukee beat Washington 97-91 behind 29 points from Michael Redd

Antawn Jamison paced Washington: 25 PTS, 3 REB 29 PTS, 3 AST, 1 REB · 11-20 FG, 3-9 3PT

The swing

A 28-17 fourth quarter erased a 5-point hole for the Bucks.

MIL lead by quarter
200 +6−11−5+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Andrew Bogut topped the game at 41.5 FPTS: 18 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 36 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 6 games went past regulation.

NJN over OKC4MIL over WAS6BOS over TOR6NYK over NOH6UTA over IND7POR over CHI14Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Mehmet Okur leads the day with 43

Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 26, 23, 19, 21, 20, 20, 22, 43Jazz-Pacers · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +25.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high43 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 28, 26, 31, 28, 26, 11, 11, 39Celtics-Raptors · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Travis OutlawPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 13, 12, 17, 16, 3, 14, 19, 33Blazers-Bulls · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 9, 23, 7, 12, 3, 17, 8, 31Nets-Thunder · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 25, 22, 35, 36, 37, 28, 42, 30Pacers-Jazz · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 7, 15, 8, 4, 9, 28, 12, 30Wizards-Bucks · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Eric GordonLAC+8.7 21.0 last 10 · 12.3 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+6.8 19.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.6 20.1 last 10 · 13.5 season
Hakim WarrickMEM+5.5 17.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Shaquille O'NealPHX+5.4 22.8 last 10 · 17.4 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−4.3 15.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.2 6.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Brandon RushIND−4.0 2.6 last 10 · 6.6 season
Devin HarrisNJN−3.7 19.2 last 10 · 22.9 season
Rudy GayMEM−3.2 15.9 last 10 · 19.1 season