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Thursday, February 25, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed BOS by 10 after the first quarter and won 108–88.

Final · Box score
Bucks112
Pacers110
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +2
Final · Box score
Cavs108
Celtics88
Q1 CLE -10; Q2 CLE -8; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +20
Final · Box score
Nuggets127
Warriors112
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +15
On this day · 2008–09Feb 25, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: Devin Harris (Nets-Bulls), 42 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Celtics

LeBron James goes for 36 in Cleveland win over Boston

Stephen Curry goes for 30 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-8-1+20CLE AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs21272535108
Celtics3125181488
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 36, 47, 32, 32, 43, 22, 33, 20, 36CLE36 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 10, 18, 22, 8, 12, 4, 6, 19CLE19 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 26, 14, 15, 24, 21, 25, 24, 21BOS21 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 17, 7, 4, 14, 10, 15, 15, 19BOS19 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Lead changes
Bucks-Pacers7
Cavs-Celtics7
Nuggets-Warriors2
The night in charts
Nuggets-Warriors combined for 239, 17 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-WarriorsNuggets 127, Warriors 112
239
Bucks-PacersBucks 112, Pacers 110
222
Cavs-CelticsCavs 108, Celtics 88
196
MIL won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Bucks-PacersBucks 112, Pacers 110
+2 MIL
Nuggets-WarriorsNuggets 127, Warriors 112
+15 DEN
Cavs-CelticsCavs 108, Celtics 88
+20 CLE
CLE erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Cavs-CelticsCLE won · Cavs 108, Celtics 88
10 pts
Bucks-PacersMIL won · Bucks 112, Pacers 110
1 pt
Billups shot 13-of-19 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BillupsDEN · 37 PTS, 9 AST, 6 REB, 1 STL
68% (13-19)
StephGSW · 30 PTS, 13 AST, 7 REB, 2 STL
58% (11-19)
MeloDEN · 27 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST
57% (12-21)
RidnourMIL · 12 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB, 2 STL
55% (6-11)
Mo WilliamsCLE · 19 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
54% (7-13)
Final · Bucks-Pacers
Bucks 112Pacers 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks30312823112
Pacers31252133110
The story
Andrew Bogut had 15 points and 10 rebounds as Milwaukee beat Indiana 112-110

Earl Watson led Indiana with 15 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST 15 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST · 7-9 FG

The swing

The Bucks won the third 28-21, their biggest quarter edge.

MIL lead by quarter
200 −1+5+12+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

T.J. Ford led the game in fantasy with 38.1 FPTS (17 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB)

Final · Nuggets-Warriors
Nuggets 127Warriors 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets29363329127
Warriors21353125112
The story
Denver beat Golden State 127-112 behind 25 points from JR Smith

Monta Ellis paced Golden State: 22 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST 25 PTS, 8 REB, 4 STL, 3 AST · 8-17 FG, 7-13 3PT

The swing

A 29-21 first quarter did the most damage for the Nuggets.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +8+9+11+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Celtics
Cavs 108Celtics 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs21272535108
Celtics3125181488
The story
Anderson Varejao's 14 points and 10 rebounds carried Cleveland past Boston, 108-88

For Boston, Ray Allen had 21 PTS, 2 REB 14 PTS, 10 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 6-7 FG

The swing

The Cavaliers trailed by 1 going into the fourth, then won it 35-14.

CLE lead by quarter
200 −10−8−1+20 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.2Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.2 in 56 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 53 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg35.7Today

36 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · Bucks-Pacers

Milwaukee holds off Indiana, 112–110

Milwaukee led 89–77 after three and held on to win by two. John Salmons led Milwaukee with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over IND2DEN over GSW15CLE over BOS20Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over IND.
Top performances

Chauncey Billups leads the day with 37

Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 11, 39, 16, 17, 18, 28, 26, 37Nuggets-Warriors · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 36, 47, 32, 32, 43, 22, 33, 20, 36Cavs-Celtics · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 6, 23, 25, 36, 11, 24, 13, 32, 17, 30Warriors-Nuggets · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 28, 30, 19, 19, 40, 23, 23, 27Nuggets-Warriors · W
29.1 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 27, 19, 12, 14, 14, 4, 19, 25Nuggets-Warriors · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 34, 46, 15, 27, 6, 26, 22, 22Warriors-Nuggets · L
25.7 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Darren CollisonNOH+11.6 21.4 last 10 · 9.8 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+7.6 18.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+6.7 18.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.2 21.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+5.2 18.0 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−8.1 3.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−7.5 12.2 last 10 · 19.7 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−6.4 6.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season