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Thursday, March 12, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed PHX by 4 after three quarters and won 119–111.

Final · Box score
Lakers102
Spurs95
Q1 LAL +18; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +7
Final · Box score
Cavs119
Suns111
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +8
On this day · 2007–08Mar 12, 2008: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (Cavs-Nets), 42 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Suns

LeBron James scores 34 as Cleveland wins in Phoenix

Mo Williams goes for 30 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+1-4+8CLE AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs30332630119
Suns27353118111
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 30, 26, 42, 23, 21, 14, 32, 34CLE34 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 9, 20, 30, 15, 26, 29, 14, 30CLE30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 18, 26, 5, 19, 17, 13, 21, 21PHX21 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 19, 22, 20, 29, 32, 23, 23, 20PHX20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Lead changes
Cavs-Suns6
Lakers-Spurs1
The night in charts
Cavs-Suns combined for 230, 33 more than any other game
Points by game
Cavs-SunsCavs 119, Suns 111
230
Lakers-SpursLakers 102, Spurs 95
197
LAL won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Lakers-SpursLakers 102, Spurs 95
+7 LAL
Cavs-SunsCavs 119, Suns 111
+8 CLE
Pau shot 10-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PauLAL · 23 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
67% (10-15)
BarnesPHX · 21 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 2 BLK
64% (9-14)
NashPHX · 20 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB, 1 BLK
60% (9-15)
FinleySAS · 25 PTS, 3 REB, 1 STL
59% (10-17)
ParkerSAS · 25 PTS, 9 AST, 2 REB
56% (10-18)
Final · Lakers-Spurs
Lakers 102Spurs 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers35182524102
Spurs1721322595
The story
Pau Gasol's 23 points and 11 rebounds carried Los Angeles past San Antonio, 102-95

For San Antonio, Tim Duncan had 16 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST 23 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST · 10-15 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 35-17, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +18+15+8+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Suns
Cavs 119Suns 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs30332630119
Suns27353118111
The story
Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 15 points as Cleveland beat Phoenix 119-111

Steve Nash led Phoenix with 20 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB 15 PTS, 4 REB · 6-9 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the third, the Cavaliers took the fourth 30-18.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +3+1−4+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 56 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 32 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg43.0Today

43 minutes today, against 26.6 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · Lakers-Spurs

Lakers lead San Antonio wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 102–95. Best quarter: the first, 35–17. Pau Gasol led Lakers with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Lakers-Spurs
Pau Gasol · LALTony Parker · SASPTS2325REB112AST39Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 34

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 30, 26, 42, 23, 21, 14, 32, 34Cavs-Suns · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 9, 20, 30, 15, 26, 29, 14, 30Cavs-Suns · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 37, 39, 11, 15, 26, 37, 19, 30, 21, 25Spurs-Lakers · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 11, 0, 14, 5, 12, 11, 10, 25Spurs-Lakers · L
9.7 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 16, 18, 30, 13, 21, 18, 20, 23Lakers-Spurs · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 22, 29, 49, 31, 23, 26, 37, 23Lakers-Spurs · W
28.0 PPG season to date · −5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jarrett JackIND+9.1 21.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+7.8 25.9 last 10 · 18.1 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+7.4 37.1 last 10 · 29.7 season
Steve NashPHX+7.0 22.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+6.2 21.1 last 10 · 14.9 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−6.1 3.8 last 10 · 9.9 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mike BibbyATL−5.2 9.7 last 10 · 14.9 season
Mickael PietrusORL−4.5 5.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−4.2 7.4 last 10 · 11.6 season