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Thursday, February 11, 2010Regular 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
Magic106
Cavs115
Q1 CLE +14; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +9
Final · Box score
Spurs111
Nuggets92
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +19
On this day · 2008–09Feb 11, 2009: 12 games. Top scorer: Mo Williams (Cavs-Suns), 44 points.
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The lead · Magic-Cavs

LeBron James scores 32 in Cleveland win over Orlando

Carmelo Anthony goes for 19 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+14+3+4+9CLE AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic23402023106
Cavs37292128115
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 32, 12, 22, 32, 22, 36, 47, 32, 32CLE32 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
JJ HicksonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 0, 23, 6, 5, 15, 12, 10, 8, 20CLE20 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 31, 16, 22, 20, 16, 25, 18, 19ORL19 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 17, 15, 13, 12, 14, 18, 11, 19ORL19 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Spurs-Nuggets

San Antonio leads Denver wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 111–92. Best quarter: the first, 32–29. George Hill led San Antonio with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Spurs-Nuggets
George Hill · SASNene Hilario · DENPTS1720REB69AST41Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Magic-Cavs8
Spurs-Nuggets0
The night in charts
Magic-Cavs combined for 221, 18 more than any other game
Points by game
Magic-CavsMagic 106, Cavs 115
221
Spurs-NuggetsSpurs 111, Nuggets 92
203
CLE won the closest game by 9
Closest finishes
Magic-CavsMagic 106, Cavs 115
+9 CLE
Spurs-NuggetsSpurs 111, Nuggets 92
+19 SAS
Blair shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BlairSAS · 17 PTS, 9 REB
73% (8-11)
VarejaoCLE · 16 PTS, 4 REB
73% (8-11)
HicksonCLE · 20 PTS, 4 REB, 1 BLK
64% (9-14)
DuncanSAS · 16 PTS, 7 REB, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
LeBronCLE · 32 PTS, 13 AST, 8 REB, 2 STL
48% (10-21)
Final · Magic-Cavs
Magic 106Cavs 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic23402023106
Cavs37292128115
The story
JJ Hickson had 20 points as Cleveland beat Orlando 115-106

Jameer Nelson led Orlando with 13 PTS, 5 AST 20 PTS, 4 REB · 9-14 FG

The swing

The Cavaliers won the first 37-23, their biggest quarter edge.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +14+3+4+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Nuggets
Spurs 111Nuggets 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs32222928111
Nuggets2916252292
The story
George Hill's 17 points carried San Antonio past Denver, 111-92

For Denver, JR Smith had 14 PTS, 6 REB 17 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST · 5-12 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 22-16, was where the Spurs built it.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +3+9+13+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.5Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.5 in 46 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.9Season avg26.7Last 3

26.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.9 in 52 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 33 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 21.0 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 32

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 32, 12, 22, 32, 22, 36, 47, 32, 32Cavs-Magic · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 10, 6, 14, 15, 14, 4, 21, 20Nuggets-Spurs · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
JJ HicksonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 0, 23, 6, 5, 15, 12, 10, 8, 20Cavs-Magic · W
7.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 31, 16, 22, 20, 16, 25, 18, 19Magic-Cavs · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 34, 24, 27, 37, 23, 28, 30, 19, 19Nuggets-Spurs · L
29.2 PPG season to date · −10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 17, 15, 13, 12, 14, 18, 11, 19Magic-Cavs · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Darren CollisonNOH+7.4 15.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Stephen CurryGSW+5.9 20.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA+5.2 17.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
George HillSAS+5.0 16.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Paul MillsapUTA+5.0 16.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.5 4.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−6.9 13.6 last 10 · 20.5 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Ben GordonDET−5.2 10.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.1 3.5 last 10 · 8.6 season