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Sunday, January 10, 2010Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Hornets trailed Wizards by 3 after the first quarter and won 115–110.

Final · Box score
Celtics114
Raptors107
Q1 Celtics +3; Q2 Celtics +9; Q3 Celtics +13; Q4 Celtics +7
Final · Box score
Hornets115
Wizards110
Q1 Hornets -3; Q2 Hornets +11; Q3 Hornets -2; Q4 Hornets +5
Final · Box score
Heat84
Clippers94
Q1 Clippers +10; Q2 Clippers +15; Q3 Clippers +21; Q4 Clippers +10
Final · Box score
Nets85
Spurs97
Q1 Spurs -2; Q2 Spurs +2; Q3 Spurs +12; Q4 Spurs +12
Final · Box score
Cavs106
Blazers94
Q1 Cavs +5; Q2 Cavs +15; Q3 Cavs +4; Q4 Cavs +12
Final · Box score
Bucks77
Lakers95
Q1 Lakers +16; Q2 Lakers +11; Q3 Lakers +19; Q4 Lakers +18
On this day · 2008–09Jan 10, 2009: 6 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (Bucks-Wolves), 32 points.
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The lead · Hornets-Wizards

New Orleans extends win streak to 6

LeBron James goes for 41 points

Game flow · Hornets margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+11-2+5Hornets AHEAD ↑Wizards AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets28322035115
Wizards31183328110
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 15, 16, 18, 28, 12, 14, 11, 26Hornets26 PTS · 3 REB · 14 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 8, 0, 6, 5, 5, 12, 9, 20Hornets20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 20, 24, 28, 17, 32, 26, 28, 32Wizards32 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 16, 11, 12, 6, 2, 18, 20, 23Wizards23 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Lead changes
Hornets-Wizards14
Nets-Spurs8
Celtics-Raptors0
Heat-Clippers0
The night in charts
Hornets-Wizards combined for 225, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Hornets-WizardsHornets 115, Wizards 110
225
Celtics-RaptorsCeltics 114, Raptors 107
221
Cavs-BlazersCavs 106, Blazers 94
200
Nets-SpursNets 85, Spurs 97
182
Heat-ClippersHeat 84, Clippers 94
178
Bucks-LakersBucks 77, Lakers 95
172
Hornets won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Hornets-WizardsHornets 115, Wizards 110
+5 Hornets
Celtics-RaptorsCeltics 114, Raptors 107
+7 Celtics
Heat-ClippersHeat 84, Clippers 94
+10 Clippers
Nets-SpursNets 85, Spurs 97
+12 Spurs
Cavs-BlazersCavs 106, Blazers 94
+12 Cavs
Bucks-LakersBucks 77, Lakers 95
+18 Lakers
Hornets rallied from 3 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Hornets-WizardsHornets won · Hornets 115, Wizards 110
3 pts
Nets-SpursSpurs won · Nets 85, Spurs 97
2 pts
Rasheed Wallace shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Rasheed WallaceCeltics · 29 PTS, 8 REB, 2 BLK, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
AldridgeBlazers · 18 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
Nick YoungWizards · 20 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
LeBronCavs · 41 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST, 1 BLK
68% (13-19)
Shannon BrownLakers · 19 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
67% (8-12)
Final · Hornets-Wizards
Hornets 115Wizards 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets28322035115
Wizards31183328110
The story
New Orleans beat Washington 115-110 behind 15 points from Marcus Thornton

Randy Foye paced Washington: 23 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB 15 PTS, 4 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST · 6-8 FG, 3-3 3PT

The swing

A 32-18 second quarter erased a 3-point hole for the Hornets.

Hornets lead by quarter
200 −3+11−2+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Raptors
Celtics 114Raptors 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics29303421114
Raptors26243027107
The story
Rajon Rondo's a 22-10-13 triple-double carried Boston past Toronto, 114-107

For Toronto, Chris Bosh had 31 PTS, 13 REB, 4 AST 22 PTS, 13 AST, 10 REB, 4 STL · 9-17 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 30-24, was where the Celtics built it.

Celtics lead by quarter
200 +3+9+13+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Blazers
Cavs 106Blazers 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs34301824106
Blazers2920291694
The story
Mo Williams had 16 points as Cleveland beat Portland 106-94

LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 18 PTS, 13 REB 16 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST · 5-15 FG, 2-7 3PT

The swing

The Cavaliers won the second 30-20, their biggest quarter edge.

Cavs lead by quarter
200 +5+15+4+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
Al ThorntonClippers
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.5Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.5 in 34 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.8Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 16.8 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · Nets-Spurs

San Antonio beats New Jersey, 97–85

San Antonio led 77–65 after three and won by 12. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
Hornets over Wizards5Celtics over Raptors7Clippers over Heat10Spurs over Nets12Cavs over Blazers12Lakers over Bucks18Final margin, points. Pink = Spurs over Nets.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 41

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 29, 14, 48, 28, 29, 23, 35, 41Cavs-Blazers · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Dwyane Wade Heat, Dec 11, 2005: 41 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
41 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 41, 24, 25, 37, 6, 27, 32, 34Blazers-Cavs · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 20, 24, 28, 17, 32, 26, 28, 32Wizards-Hornets · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 12, 25, 33, 25, 22, 18, 29, 31Raptors-Celtics · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 11, 8, 6, 6, 16, 16, 11, 29Celtics-Raptors · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 17, 10, 21, 20, 11, 12, 14, 28Nets-Spurs · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Corey MaggetteWarriors+6.2 25.0 last 10 · 18.8 season
Luther HeadPacers+5.5 14.4 last 10 · 8.9 season
Wilson ChandlerKnicks+4.8 19.8 last 10 · 15.0 season
Zach RandolphGrizzlies+4.8 25.2 last 10 · 20.4 season
Gilbert ArenasWizards+4.5 27.1 last 10 · 22.6 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsBucks−5.4 12.9 last 10 · 18.3 season
Dirk NowitzkiMavs−5.0 20.0 last 10 · 25.0 season
Terrence WilliamsNets−4.8 2.7 last 10 · 7.5 season
Charlie VillanuevaPistons−4.7 9.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Al ThorntonClippers−4.3 7.6 last 10 · 11.9 season