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Sunday, January 18, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Suns117
Raptors113
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +4
Final · Box score
Heat104
Thunder94
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +10
On this day · 2007–08Jan 18, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Baron Davis (Warriors-Bulls), 40 points.
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The lead · Suns-Raptors

Amar'e Stoudemire scores 31 as Phoenix wins in Toronto

Dwyane Wade goes for 32 points

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+8+8+4PHX AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns36352422117
Raptors34292426113
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 23, 23, 16, 26, 17, 21, 19, 31PHX31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 7, 15, 16, 21, 21, 7, 16, 8, 17PHX17 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Anthony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 12, 15, 3, 5, 11, 15, 16, 26TOR26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Joey GrahamPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 3, 5, 8, 12, 7, 0, 8, 22TOR22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Heat-Thunder

Miami leads OKC wire to wire

Miami was ahead at every break and won 104–94. Best quarter: the first, 31–27. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 32 points, 1 rebound and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Heat-Thunder
Dwyane Wade · MIAKevin Durant · OKCPTS3231REB16AST105Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Heat-Thunder7
Suns-Raptors3
The night in charts
Suns-Raptors combined for 230, 32 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-RaptorsSuns 117, Raptors 113
230
Heat-ThunderHeat 104, Thunder 94
198
PHX won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Suns-RaptorsSuns 117, Raptors 113
+4 PHX
Heat-ThunderHeat 104, Thunder 94
+10 MIA
Amar'e shot 12-of-20 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Amar'ePHX · 31 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST
60% (12-20)
Anthony ParkerTOR · 26 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 1 BLK
59% (10-17)
BarnesPHX · 16 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST
55% (6-11)
RichardsonPHX · 17 PTS, 2 STL, 1 REB, 1 AST
54% (7-13)
BoshTOR · 20 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
53% (8-15)
Final · Suns-Raptors
Suns 117Raptors 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns36352422117
Raptors34292426113
The story
Steve Nash had 18 assists and 9 points as Phoenix beat Toronto 117-113

Anthony Parker led Toronto with 26 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST 18 AST, 9 PTS, 6 REB · 2-6 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

The Suns won the second 35-29, their biggest quarter edge.

PHX lead by quarter
200 +2+8+8+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Thunder
Heat 104Thunder 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat31262720104
Thunder2723232194
The story
Mario Chalmers' 13 points carried Miami past Oklahoma City, 104-94

For Oklahoma City, Jeff Green had 22 PTS, 6 REB 13 PTS, 4 AST, 3 STL, 1 REB · 5-9 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 31-27, was where the Heat built it.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +4+7+11+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 31 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 32

Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 29, 24, 31, 41, 27, 31, 17, 29, 32Heat-Thunder · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 27, 9, 27, 28, 26, 21, 32, 31Thunder-Heat · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 23, 23, 16, 26, 17, 21, 19, 31Suns-Raptors · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Anthony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 12, 15, 3, 5, 11, 15, 16, 26Raptors-Suns · L
10.2 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Joey GrahamPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 3, 5, 8, 12, 7, 0, 8, 22Raptors-Suns · L
6.9 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 27, 9, 11, 14, 15, 23, 9, 22Thunder-Heat · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Eric GordonLAC+8.6 21.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+8.1 21.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+6.5 24.0 last 10 · 17.5 season
Michael ReddMIL+5.2 26.9 last 10 · 21.7 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.9 15.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−5.5 14.0 last 10 · 19.5 season
Vince CarterNJN−5.3 16.2 last 10 · 21.5 season
Nate RobinsonNYK−5.2 9.5 last 10 · 14.7 season
Ramon SessionsMIL−5.0 5.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Brandon RushIND−4.6 1.7 last 10 · 6.3 season