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Friday, March 12, 2004Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed NYK by 12 at halftime and won 99–94.

Final · 2OT
NYK94
PHI99
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI -12; Q3 PHI -6; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI 0; OT2 PHI +5
Final
WAS124
ATL138
Q1 ATL -6; Q2 ATL -7; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +14
Final
IND99
BOS81
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +18
Final
SEA74
MIA82
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +8
Final
CHI76
NJN88
Q1 NJN +16; Q2 NJN +10; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +12
Final
LAC89
MEM98
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +9
Final
LAL86
MIN96
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +10
Final
DEN117
MIL111
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +6
Final
GSW74
SAS99
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +25
Final
UTA99
PHX90
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +9
Final
SAC81
POR83
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +2
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2002–03Mar 12, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ ORL), 40 points.
The lead · NYK @ PHI

Philadelphia needs two overtimes to survive New York

Tied 87–87 after regulation. Philadelphia won the final period 7–2 for a 99–94 win. Kenny Thomas led Philadelphia with 25 points, 16 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0+2-12-600+5PHI AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
NYK212619215294
PHI231225275799
Who led
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 20, 11, 21, 15, 27, 14, 22, 25PHI25 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Aaron McKiePoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 2, 18, 0, 0, 7, 2, 21, 22PHI22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 11, 7, 13, 6, 16, 23, 23, 25NYK25 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 15, 15, 28, 5, 36, 35, 24, 14, 21NYK21 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 41 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 24 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg41.5Today

42 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · WAS @ ATL

Washington's skid reaches five

Atlanta won 138–124; the Wizards fall to 20–44. Stephen Jackson led Atlanta with 42 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · WAS
W@ TOR76–74Wvs CHI95–87Lvs LAL110–122Wvs NOH111–106Wvs TOR84–70L@ BOS90–94Lvs NYK86–99Lvs DEN87–117L@ ORL99–108L@ ATL124–138WAS: last 10 games through Mar 12, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Stephen Jackson leads the day with 42

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.
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 16, 24, 17, 20, 19, 30, 11, 42ATL vs WAS · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +26.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high42 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Gordan GiricekPoints, last 10 games: 15, 0, 9, 0, 12, 9, 24, 21, 10, 33UTA @ PHX · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 26, 25, 26, 8, 29, 26, 24, 31DEN @ MIL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 7, 21, 35, 35, 27, 26, 28, 23, 40, 30WAS @ ATL · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 7, 7, 15, 7, 11, 13, 20, 29WAS @ ATL · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 14, 14, 15, 6, 16, 2, 12, 28ATL vs WAS · W
5.2 PPG season to date · +23.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Gilbert ArenasWAS+6.9 27.2 last 10 · 20.3 season
Hedo TurkogluSAS+6.7 15.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.6 25.8 last 10 · 19.2 season
Stephen JacksonATL+6.5 22.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+6.2 18.7 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.1 10.1 last 10 · 18.2 season
Vin BakerNYK−6.2 4.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
David WesleyNOH−5.1 9.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Devean GeorgeLAL−4.6 3.4 last 10 · 8.0 season