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Thursday, February 18, 2010Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed CLE by 4 after three quarters and won 118–116.

Final · OT · Box score
Nuggets118
Cavs116
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 Nuggets 0; OT1 DEN +2
Final · Box score
Celtics87
Lakers86
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +1
On this day · 2008–09Feb 18, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (Suns-Clippers), 42 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Cavs

Carmelo Anthony scores 40 as Denver beats Cleveland

LeBron James posts a triple-double

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+10+8-40+2DEN AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Nuggets3121233112118
Cavs2123352710116
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 27, 37, 23, 28, 30, 19, 19, 40DEN40 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 12, 13, 27, 24, 14, 11, 16, 18DEN18 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 12, 22, 32, 22, 36, 47, 32, 32, 43CLE43 PTS · 13 REB · 15 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 22, 16, 13, 13, 19, 7, 10, 18CLE18 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Celtics-Lakers

Boston leads Lakers wire to wire

Boston was ahead at every break and won 87–86. Best quarter: the first, 30–27. Ray Allen led Boston with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Celtics-Lakers
Ray Allen · BOSPau Gasol · LALPTS2422REB27AST21Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Cavs16
Celtics-Lakers4
Shot of the night

Melo's jumper with 1.9 seconds left in OT breaks the tie, 118-116 final

The night in charts
Nuggets-Cavs combined for 234, 61 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-CavsNuggets 118, Cavs 116
234
Celtics-LakersCeltics 87, Lakers 86
173
2 of 2 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Celtics-LakersCeltics 87, Lakers 86
+1 BOS
Nuggets-CavsNuggets 118, Cavs 116
+2 DEN
Ray Allen shot 10-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Ray AllenBOS · 24 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST
67% (10-15)
ShaqCLE · 18 PTS, 7 REB, 1 BLK
60% (9-15)
PauLAL · 22 PTS, 7 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST
58% (7-12)
JR SmithDEN · 14 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
50% (6-12)
BynumLAL · 14 PTS, 9 REB
47% (7-15)
Final · Celtics-Lakers
Celtics 87Lakers 86
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics3023231187
Lakers2721211786
The story
Rajon Rondo's 14 points and 11 assists carried Boston past Los Angeles, 87-86

For Los Angeles, Lamar Odom had 14 REB, 13 PTS, 3 AST 14 PTS, 11 AST, 5 REB, 5 STL · 6-17 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 30-27, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +3+5+7+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Cavs
Nuggets 118Cavs 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Nuggets3121233112118
Cavs2123352710116
The story
Kenyon Martin had 18 points and 17 rebounds as Denver beat Cleveland 118-116 in OT

Shaquille O'Neal led Cleveland with 18 PTS, 7 REB 18 PTS, 17 REB, 1 AST · 8-18 FG

The swing

The Nuggets won the first 31-21, their biggest quarter edge.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +10+8−40+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.9Season avg38.0Last 5

38.0 points a game over his last five games, against 29.9 in 54 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.3Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.3 in 51 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg39.1Today

39 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 43

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 12, 22, 32, 22, 36, 47, 32, 32, 43Cavs-Nuggets · L
30.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Russell Westbrook OKC, Nov 13, 2016: 41 PTS · 12 REB · 16 AST
43 PTS · 13 REB · 15 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 27, 37, 23, 28, 30, 19, 19, 40Nuggets-Cavs · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Stephen Curry GSW, Nov 25, 2014: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 9, 7, 17, 23, 26, 14, 15, 24Celtics-Lakers · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 10, 14, 17, 13, 21, 22, 14, 22Lakers-Celtics · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 12, 13, 27, 24, 14, 11, 16, 18Nuggets-Cavs · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 19, 25, 23, 11, 39, 16, 17, 18Nuggets-Cavs · W
19.5 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Darren CollisonNOH+8.6 17.4 last 10 · 8.8 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+5.9 18.7 last 10 · 12.8 season
Paul MillsapUTA+5.7 17.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+4.9 15.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+4.5 27.1 last 10 · 22.6 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.9 3.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−6.9 13.6 last 10 · 20.5 season
Ben GordonDET−6.4 8.8 last 10 · 15.2 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.7 2.8 last 10 · 8.5 season