8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed NYK by 10 after the first quarter and won 78–74.
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 · NYK @ LAC
Clippers fight back from 10 down against New York
Final: 78–74, after trailing by 10 after one. Lamar Odom led Clippers with 16 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.
Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
By quarter
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 23 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 74 |
| LAC | 13 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 78 |
Who led
Lamar OdomLAC16 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Sean RooksLAC14 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Larry JohnsonNYK20 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Allan HoustonNYK17 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate
Four close finishes and one Suns rout
Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Phoenix beat Dallas by 21.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 7 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 43 minutes.
Losing minutes
Felipe LopezWAS
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 8 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.
Stepped-up role
Chris MullinGSW
+25.1minutes, today vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
38 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 1999–00 (47 games). Line: 16 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.
Top performances
Stephon Marbury leads the day with 31
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.
Stephon MarburyNJN vs MIA · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 9 ASTReggie MillerIND @ DET · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 8 ASTJerry StackhouseDET vs IND · L
28.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 5 ASTBryant StithBOS vs WAS · W
10.3 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 ASTMitch RichmondWAS @ BOS · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 0 REB · 3 ASTAntoine WalkerBOS vs WAS · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST