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Sunday, March 13, 2005Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed WAS by 9 after three quarters and won 105–101.

Final
DAL102
MIN93
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +9
Final
CHI78
LAC83
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +5
Final
HOU111
SAC96
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +15
Final
WAS101
BOS105
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS -9; Q4 BOS +4
Final
UTA62
DET64
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +2
Final
SEA90
NYK80
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA -5; Q3 SEA -5; Q4 SEA +10
Final
NJN98
ORL82
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN +22; Q4 NJN +16
Final
PHI110
TOR128
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +22; Q4 TOR +18
Final
IND86
CLE98
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +12
Final
PHX106
DEN101
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +5
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 · 2003–04Mar 13, 2004: 6 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs SEA), 40 points.
The lead · WAS @ BOS

Boston rallies from 9 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 9 after three, Boston outscored the Wizards 37–24 the rest of the way. Final: 105–101. Paul Pierce led Boston with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+3-9+4BOS AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS21292724101
BOS20331537105
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 15, 25, 29, 8, 12, 27, 38, 20BOS20 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 8, 9, 7, 9, 12, 6, 7, 19BOS19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 26, 23, 22, 31, 27, 19, 27, 26WAS26 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 34, 11, 30, 36, 43, 33, 23, 21, 23, 25WAS25 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 61 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg15.2Last 3

15.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.5 in 59 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · IND @ CLE

Cleveland takes care of Indiana

A 12-point win, 98–86. LeBron James led Cleveland with 35 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over UTA2BOS over WAS4LAC over CHI5PHX over DEN5DAL over MIN9SEA over NYK10CLE over IND12HOU over SAC15NJN over ORL16TOR over PHI18Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over IND.
Top performances

Donyell Marshall 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.
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 19, 11, 10, 9, 5, 14, 19, 38TOR vs PHI · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +27.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 21, 28, 20, 32, 34, 23, 23, 35CLE vs IND · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 34, 32, 27, 20, 13, 24, 20, 33NJN @ ORL · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 48, 37, 31, 33, 27, 33, 25, 32PHI @ TOR · L
30.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 5, 14, 10, 8, 24, 11, 24, 19, 29IND @ CLE · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 13, 11, 14, 21, 16, 16, 25, 27UTA @ DET · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 REB · 3 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
JR SmithNOH+7.5 16.1 last 10 · 8.6 season
Tyronn LueATL+7.2 17.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
Brian CardinalMEM+6.4 16.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Josh ChildressATL+6.2 14.8 last 10 · 8.6 season
Mo WilliamsMIL+5.7 15.7 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Nazr MohammedSAS−5.9 4.7 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season