6 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · DET @ BOS
Boston handles Detroit by 4
The Celtics won the fourth quarter 29–26. Final: 100–96. Dino Radja led Boston with 29 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists.
Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
By quarter
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 96 |
| BOS | 26 | 26 | 19 | 29 | 100 |
Who led
Dino RadjaBOS29 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Dana BarrosBOS17 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Allan HoustonDET31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillDET29 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate
Atlanta posts the night's biggest win
Atlanta beat Philadelphia by 25, the widest margin of 6 games.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.8 in 12 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 42 minutes.
Losing minutes
Eddie JonesLAL
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs 1994–95 avg
Minutes per game
18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 1994–95 (64 games). Today: 8 points in 28 minutes.
Stepped-up role
Chuck PersonSAS
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
43 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.
Top performances
David Robinson leads the day with 33
Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
David RobinsonSAS vs LAC · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 ASTAllan HoustonDET @ BOS · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 ASTDino RadjaBOS vs DET · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 15 REB · 4 ASTGrant HillDET @ BOS · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 3 ASTJohn StarksNYK @ CHH · L
15.1 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 2 ASTGlen RiceCHH vs NYK · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST