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Monday, March 29, 2004Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed ATL by 9 after three quarters and won 136–133.

Final · 2OT
MEM136
ATL133
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM -9; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM 0; OT2 MEM +3
Final
CHI96
MIA105
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +9
Final
BOS84
NJN80
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +4
Final
POR91
NYK92
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +1
Final
MIN94
HOU88
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN +6
Final
CLE93
SAS101
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +8
Final
WAS95
PHX101
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +6
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 29, 2003: 6 games. Top scorer: Ricky Davis (CLE vs BOS), 38 points.
The lead · MEM @ ATL

James Posey scores 38, Memphis rallies past Atlanta

Memphis trailed by 9 after three and won 136–133.

Game flow · MEM 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0+6+6-900+3MEM AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
MEM312814341514136
ATL252829251511133
Who led
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 9, 13, 16, 10, 17, 12, 6, 38MEM38 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 11, 8, 10, 5, 7, 18, 13, 22MEM22 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 42, 18, 39, 36, 17, 17, 20, 7, 27, 28ATL28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 28, 5, 19, 19, 16, 19, 7, 23, 15, 23ATL23 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 59 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 55 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg52.4Today

52 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 71 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 13 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 9.

NYK over POR1MEM over ATL3BOS over NJN4MIN over HOU6PHX over WAS6SAS over CLE8MIA over CHI9Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

James Posey leads the day with 38

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.
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 9, 13, 16, 10, 17, 12, 6, 38MEM @ ATL · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 10, 27, 21, 0, 8, 23, 30, 12, 18, 32WAS @ PHX · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 18, 20, 8, 10, 10, 14, 14, 30MIA vs CHI · W
8.9 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 27, 27, 13, 0, 11, 11, 27, 30WAS @ PHX · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 42, 18, 39, 36, 17, 17, 20, 7, 27, 28ATL vs MEM · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 28, 17, 20, 27, 24, 16, 17, 27MIN @ HOU · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 9 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
Stephen JacksonATL+8.0 25.1 last 10 · 17.1 season
Vince CarterTOR+6.1 28.7 last 10 · 22.6 season
Damon StoudamirePOR+6.0 19.6 last 10 · 13.6 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+5.9 24.4 last 10 · 18.5 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+5.9 19.0 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−7.4 9.9 last 10 · 17.3 season
Chauncey BillupsDET−5.6 11.3 last 10 · 16.9 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−5.6 4.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Brian CardinalGSW−5.3 4.4 last 10 · 9.7 season
Allan HoustonNYK−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season