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Thursday, January 21, 2010Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed LAL by 9 after the first quarter and won 93–87.

Final · Box score
Lakers87
Cavs93
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +6
Final · Box score
Clippers85
Nuggets105
Q1 Nuggets 0; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +20
On this day · 2008–09Jan 21, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: Andrew Bynum (Lakers-Clippers), 42 points.
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The lead · Lakers-Cavs

LeBron James goes for 37 in Cleveland win over Lakers

Carmelo Anthony goes for 28 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-2+2+6CLE AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2719192287
Cavs1826232693
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 23, 35, 41, 37, 36, 32, 28, 37CLE37 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 17, 10, 11, 13, 5, 11, 16, 13CLE13 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 33, 32, 12, 16, 10, 30, 11, 31LAL31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 24, 13, 27, 17, 6, 20, 17, 13LAL13 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Clippers-Nuggets

Denver rolls past Clippers, 105–85

The Clippers were held to 17 points in the third quarter. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Nuggets-Clippers
Carmelo Anthony · DENCraig Smith · LACPTS2821REB106AST20Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Clippers-Nuggets15
Lakers-Cavs5
The night in charts
Clippers-Nuggets combined for 190, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-NuggetsClippers 85, Nuggets 105
190
Lakers-CavsLakers 87, Cavs 93
180
CLE won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Lakers-CavsLakers 87, Cavs 93
+6 CLE
Clippers-NuggetsClippers 85, Nuggets 105
+20 DEN
CLE rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Lakers-CavsCLE won · Lakers 87, Cavs 93
9 pts
Clippers-NuggetsDEN won · Clippers 85, Nuggets 105
1 pt
Craig Smith shot 9-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Craig SmithLAC · 21 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
64% (9-14)
LeBronCLE · 37 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB, 2 STL
52% (13-25)
KamanLAC · 18 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
50% (8-16)
Kenyon MartinDEN · 14 REB, 13 PTS, 3 AST, 2 STL
45% (5-11)
MeloDEN · 28 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
39% (7-18)
Final · Lakers-Cavs
Lakers 87Cavs 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2719192287
Cavs1826232693
The story
Shaquille O'Neal had 13 points as Cleveland beat Los Angeles 93-87

Lamar Odom led Los Angeles with 10 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST 13 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST · 5-9 FG

The swing

Down 9 after the first, the Cavaliers took the second 26-19.

CLE lead by quarter
200 −9−2+2+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Nuggets
Clippers 85Nuggets 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2424172085
Nuggets24233424105
The story
Kenyon Martin's 14 rebounds and 13 points carried Denver past Los Angeles, 105-85

For Los Angeles, Craig Smith had 21 PTS, 6 REB 14 REB, 13 PTS, 3 AST · 5-11 FG, 2-2 3PT

The swing

The Nuggets trailed by 1 going into the third, then won it 34-17.

DEN lead by quarter
200 0−1+16+20 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 39 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 39 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 37

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 23, 35, 41, 37, 36, 32, 28, 37Cavs-Lakers · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 33, 32, 12, 16, 10, 30, 11, 31Lakers-Cavs · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 41, 24, 32, 16, 34, 24, 27, 37, 23, 28Nuggets-Clippers · W
29.7 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Craig SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 9, 8, 6, 17, 16, 18, 6, 21Clippers-Nuggets · L
7.1 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 10, 23, 27, 18, 24, 29, 37, 20Nuggets-Clippers · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 25, 26, 20, 21, 22, 22, 20, 18Clippers-Nuggets · L
20.4 PPG season to date · −2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Corey MaggetteGSW+8.5 28.8 last 10 · 20.3 season
Randy FoyeWAS+7.6 17.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Martell WebsterPOR+6.3 16.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
Andre MillerPOR+5.3 18.2 last 10 · 12.9 season
Stephen JacksonCHA+4.7 24.6 last 10 · 19.9 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 21.2 last 10 · 28.4 season
Vince CarterORL−5.2 11.3 last 10 · 16.5 season
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−4.6 9.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.6 13.4 last 10 · 18.0 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−4.2 9.7 last 10 · 13.9 season