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Thursday, April 8, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed LAL by 1 after three quarters and won 98–96.

Final · Box score
Cavs108
Bulls109
Q1 Bulls 0; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +1
Final · Box score
Clippers94
Kings116
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +16; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +22
Final · Box score
Lakers96
Nuggets98
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +2
On this day · 2008–09Apr 8, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (Nets-Celtics), 33 points.
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The lead · Lakers-Nuggets

Carmelo Anthony scores 31, Denver holds off Lakers

Pau Gasol goes for 26 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+10-1+2DEN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2027272296
Nuggets2235162598
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 32, 25, 26, 10, 25, 24, 24, 31DEN31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 21, 16, 13, 27, 15, 8, 10, 26DEN26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 10, 9, 30, 26, 16, 14, 32, 26LAL26 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 16, 2, 7, 14, 15, 8, 8, 22LAL22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Cavs-Bulls

Chicago holds off Cleveland, 109–108

Chicago led 82–80 after three and held on to win by one. Derrick Rose led Chicago with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over CLE1DEN over LAL2SAC over LAC22Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over CLE.
Lead changes
Cavs-Bulls20
Lakers-Nuggets9
Clippers-Kings5
The night in charts
Cavs-Bulls combined for 217, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Cavs-BullsCavs 108, Bulls 109
217
Clippers-KingsClippers 94, Kings 116
210
Lakers-NuggetsLakers 96, Nuggets 98
194
2 of 3 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Cavs-BullsCavs 108, Bulls 109
+1 CHI
Lakers-NuggetsLakers 96, Nuggets 98
+2 DEN
Clippers-KingsClippers 94, Kings 116
+22 SAC
Hinrich shot 8-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HinrichCHI · 23 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
World PeaceLAL · 22 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
64% (7-11)
Tyreke EvansSAC · 28 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB, 2 STL
63% (12-19)
KamanLAC · 23 PTS, 6 REB, 2 BLK, 1 STL
63% (10-16)
GoodenLAC · 17 PTS, 4 REB, 2 STL
62% (8-13)
Final · Cavs-Bulls
Cavs 108Bulls 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs28282428108
Bulls28322227109
The story
Joakim Noah's 17 points and 15 rebounds carried Chicago past Cleveland, 109-108

For Cleveland, Antawn Jamison had 23 PTS, 6 REB 17 PTS, 15 REB, 4 AST, 4 BLK · 8-14 FG

The swing

The second quarter, 32-28, was where the Bulls built it.

CHI lead by quarter
200 0+4+2+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Nuggets
Lakers 96Nuggets 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2027272296
Nuggets2235162598
The story
JR Smith had 26 points as Denver beat Los Angeles 98-96

Metta World Peace led Los Angeles with 22 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 26 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST · 10-19 FG, 5-11 3PT

The swing

The Nuggets won the second 35-27, their biggest quarter edge.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +2+10−1+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Kings
Clippers 94Kings 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2720291894
Kings33302132116
The story
Sacramento beat Los Angeles 116-94 behind 28 points from Tyreke Evans

Chris Kaman paced Los Angeles: 23 PTS, 6 REB 28 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB · 12-19 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

A 32-18 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Kings.

SAC lead by quarter
300 +6+16+8+22 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.5Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 67 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 72 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Mo Williams leads the day with 35

Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 8, 6, 5, 21, 24, 17, 14, 35Cavs-Bulls · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 32, 25, 26, 10, 25, 24, 24, 31Nuggets-Lakers · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 29, 25, 15, 17, 20, 6, 22, 28Kings-Clippers · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 10, 9, 30, 26, 16, 14, 32, 26Lakers-Nuggets · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 21, 16, 13, 27, 15, 8, 10, 26Nuggets-Lakers · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 12, 7, 21, 23, 24, 26, 12, 24Bulls-Cavs · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Manu GinobiliSAS+9.5 26.0 last 10 · 16.5 season
John SalmonsMIL+5.8 21.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+5.6 19.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+5.4 18.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+5.3 13.3 last 10 · 8.0 season
Cold
Devin BrownCHI−6.5 1.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Nate RobinsonBOS−5.7 4.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Ronnie BrewerMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Omri CasspiSAC−4.8 5.6 last 10 · 10.4 season
Lou WilliamsPHI−4.4 9.8 last 10 · 14.2 season