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Thursday, January 15, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHX by 9 after the first quarter and won 119–113.

Final · Box score
Blazers105
Nets99
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +6
Final · OT · Box score
Cavs93
Bulls102
Q1 CHI -8; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 Bulls 0; Q4 Bulls 0; OT1 CHI +9
Final · OT · Box score
Suns113
Nuggets119
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN -6; Q3 Nuggets 0; Q4 Nuggets 0; OT1 DEN +6
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The lead · Suns-Nuggets

Denver flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Kenyon Martin goes for 24 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-600+6DEN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Suns3527202110113
Nuggets2630262116119
Who led
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 18, 24, 14, 24, 21, 30, 23, 26DEN26 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 15, 13, 13, 25, 14, 14, 5, 24DEN24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 11, 15, 13, 18, 10, 21, 6, 25PHX25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 14, 8, 23, 23, 16, 26, 17, 21PHX21 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Cavs-Bulls

Chicago outlasts Cleveland in overtime

87–87 at the end of regulation. Chicago took the last extra period 15–6. Final: 102–93. Luol Deng led Chicago with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Bulls-Cavs
Luol Deng · CHILeBron James · CLEPTS2228REB814AST37Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Blazers-Nets14
Cavs-Bulls11
Suns-Nuggets10
The night in charts
Suns-Nuggets combined for 232, 28 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-NuggetsSuns 113, Nuggets 119
232
Blazers-NetsBlazers 105, Nets 99
204
Cavs-BullsCavs 93, Bulls 102
195
POR won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Blazers-NetsBlazers 105, Nets 99
+6 POR
Suns-NuggetsSuns 113, Nuggets 119
+6 DEN
Cavs-BullsCavs 93, Bulls 102
+9 CHI
DEN rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Suns-NuggetsDEN won · Suns 113, Nuggets 119
9 pts
Cavs-BullsCHI won · Cavs 93, Bulls 102
8 pts
Blazers-NetsPOR won · Blazers 105, Nets 99
4 pts
Kleiza shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KleizaDEN · 18 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST
73% (8-11)
Brook LopezNJN · 17 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
70% (7-10)
DengCHI · 22 PTS, 8 REB, 4 STL, 3 AST
67% (8-12)
Mo WilliamsCLE · 26 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
56% (9-16)
Devin HarrisNJN · 23 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB
56% (10-18)
Final · Suns-Nuggets
Suns 113Nuggets 119
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Suns3527202110113
Nuggets2630262116119
The story
Chauncey Billups had 26 points and 8 assists as Denver beat Phoenix 119-113 in OT

Steve Nash led Phoenix with 20 PTS, 14 AST, 7 REB 26 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL · 6-18 FG, 1-10 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the second, the Nuggets took the third 26-20.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −9−600+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Blazers-Nets
Blazers 105Nets 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers27192237105
Nets2921212899
The story
Portland beat New Jersey 105-99 behind 20 points from LaMarcus Aldridge

Brook Lopez paced New Jersey: 17 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST 20 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST · 10-19 FG

The swing

A 37-28 fourth quarter erased a 3-point hole for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
200 −2−4−3+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Bulls
Cavs 93Bulls 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Cavs28202316693
Bulls2026251615102
The story
Luol Deng's 22 points carried Chicago past Cleveland, 102-93 in OT

For Cleveland, Mo Williams had 26 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 22 PTS, 8 REB, 4 STL, 3 AST · 8-12 FG, 2-2 3PT

The swing

It went to overtime, and the Bulls took it 15-6.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −8−200+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

LeBron James was the fantasy play: 53.8 FPTS on 28 PTS, 14 REB, 7 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 39 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 38 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.8Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 4.8 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Brandon Roy leads the day with 29

Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 52, 8, 19, 22, 32, 19, 11, 27, 29Blazers-Nets · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 33, 38, 16, 30, 21, 38, 30, 28Cavs-Bulls · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 18, 24, 14, 24, 21, 30, 23, 26Nuggets-Suns · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 20, 10, 11, 13, 15, 13, 16, 26Cavs-Bulls · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 11, 15, 13, 18, 10, 21, 6, 25Suns-Nuggets · L
10.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 15, 13, 13, 25, 14, 14, 5, 24Nuggets-Suns · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Eric GordonLAC+8.5 20.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+8.2 20.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+6.1 23.2 last 10 · 17.1 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+5.8 20.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
Hakim WarrickMEM+5.3 17.4 last 10 · 12.1 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.9 5.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Brandon RushIND−4.7 1.8 last 10 · 6.5 season
Matt BarnesPHX−3.9 7.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Caron ButlerWAS−3.7 16.0 last 10 · 19.7 season
John SalmonsSAC−3.5 15.2 last 10 · 18.7 season