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Thursday, February 26, 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
Cavs74
Rockets93
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +19
Final · Box score
Suns106
Lakers132
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +26
On this day · 2007–08Feb 26, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: Mo Williams (Bucks-Cavs), 37 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Rockets

Houston makes it six straight

Kobe Bryant goes for 22 points

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8+5+18+19HOU AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs1129102474
Rockets1926232593
Who led
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 30, 7, 24, 20, 22, 19, 15, 28HOU28 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Von WaferPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 5, 8, 0, 19, 3, 13, 9, 19HOU19 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 19, 15, 44, 17, 23, 11, 18, 21CLE21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 52, 16, 47, 26, 20, 55, 20, 15, 21CLE21 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Suns-Lakers

Lakers lead Phoenix wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 132–106. Best quarter: the first, 39–26. Lamar Odom led Lakers with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Lakers-Suns
Lamar Odom · LALLeandro Barbosa · PHXPTS2318REB96AST47Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Suns-Lakers2
Cavs-Rockets1
The night in charts
Suns-Lakers combined for 238, 71 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-LakersSuns 106, Lakers 132
238
Cavs-RocketsCavs 74, Rockets 93
167
HOU won the closest game by 19
Closest finishes
Cavs-RocketsCavs 74, Rockets 93
+19 HOU
Suns-LakersSuns 106, Lakers 132
+26 LAL
Odom shot 11-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
OdomLAL · 23 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 3 BLK
92% (11-12)
YaoHOU · 28 PTS, 8 REB, 1 BLK
87% (13-15)
KobeLAL · 22 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL
77% (10-13)
TuckerPHX · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
PauLAL · 16 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
50% (6-12)
Final · Cavs-Rockets
Cavs 74Rockets 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs1129102474
Rockets1926232593
The story
Metta World Peace's 15 points carried Houston past Cleveland, 93-74

For Cleveland, Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 13 REB, 11 PTS 15 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST · 5-15 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 23-10, was where the Rockets built it.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +8+5+18+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Mo Williams was the fantasy play: 38.3 FPTS on 21 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST

Final · Suns-Lakers
Suns 106Lakers 132
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns26292625106
Lakers39313230132
The story
Lamar Odom had 23 points as Los Angeles beat Phoenix 132-106

Leandro Barbosa led Phoenix with 18 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB 23 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 3 BLK · 11-12 FG

The swing

The Lakers won the first 39-26, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
300 +13+15+21+26 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 51 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg24.4Last 3

24.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Yao Ming leads the day with 28

Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 30, 7, 24, 20, 22, 19, 15, 28Rockets-Cavs · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 12, 19, 15, 22, 12, 25, 8, 23Lakers-Suns · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 34, 37, 10, 30, 39, 28, 36, 22Lakers-Suns · W
27.6 PPG season to date · −5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 19, 15, 44, 17, 23, 11, 18, 21Cavs-Rockets · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 52, 16, 47, 26, 20, 55, 20, 15, 21Cavs-Rockets · L
28.3 PPG season to date · −7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Von WaferPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 5, 8, 0, 19, 3, 13, 9, 19Rockets-Cavs · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ramon SessionsMIL+8.2 20.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+8.1 25.5 last 10 · 17.4 season
Lamar OdomLAL+7.3 18.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Kevin DurantOKC+6.8 33.1 last 10 · 26.3 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+6.4 22.7 last 10 · 16.3 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.5 20.4 last 10 · 24.9 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−4.3 8.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.3 16.2 last 10 · 20.5 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.2 8.7 last 10 · 12.9 season