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Friday, March 18, 2005Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed MIN by 7 after the first quarter and won 88–83.

Final
NYK106
ATL92
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +14
Final
PHI93
CLE81
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +12
Final
LAL97
IND103
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +6
Final
UTA80
NJN94
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +14
Final
TOR92
DET103
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +11
Final
MIN83
MEM88
Q1 MEM -7; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +5
Final
NOH94
CHI90
Q1 NOH -6; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH -1; Q4 NOH +4
Final
BOS103
HOU92
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +11
Final
WAS90
MIL99
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +9
Final
CHA76
SAS93
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +17
Final
LAC96
DEN115
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +19
Final
GSW110
PHX100
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW +10
Final
ORL90
SEA98
Q1 SEA -1; Q2 SEA +2; Q3 SEA +2; Q4 SEA +8
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 18, 2004: 3 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (MIN @ SAS), 28 points.
The lead · MIN @ MEM

Memphis makes it three straight

Memphis beat Minnesota 88–83 and moved to 38–27. Jason Williams led Memphis with 17 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+6+1+5MEM AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN1916222683
MEM1229173088
Who led
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 7, 9, 4, 12, 7, 7, 0, 17MEM17 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 12, 13, 11, 3, 8, 0, 9, 0, 16MEM16 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 21, 30, 22, 25, 24, 25, 12, 30MIN30 PTS · 19 REB · 6 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 10, 2, 20, 17, 0, 14, 2, 11MIN11 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Second story · NOH @ CHI

New Orleans upsets Chicago

New Orleans (14–49) beat Chicago (32–30) 94–90. Dan Dickau led New Orleans with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOH over CHI4MEM over MIN5IND over LAL6SEA over ORL8MIL over WAS9GSW over PHX10DET over TOR11BOS over HOU11PHI over CLE12NYK over ATL14NJN over UTA14SAS over CHA17DEN over LAC19Final margin, points. Pink = NOH over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.1Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.1 in 47 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 61 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg31.1Today

31 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Reggie Miller leads the day with 39

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.
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 8, 24, 11, 24, 19, 29, 15, 39IND vs LAL · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +25.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 15, 27, 32, 17, 19, 17, 20, 38SEA vs ORL · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 13, 9, 21, 14, 20, 8, 15, 33GSW @ PHX · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 48, 37, 31, 33, 27, 33, 25, 32, 36, 31PHI @ CLE · W
30.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 17, 33, 27, 26, 20, 22, 44, 31, 13, 31PHX vs GSW · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 21, 30, 22, 25, 24, 25, 12, 30MIN @ MEM · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 19 REB · 6 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
Tim ThomasNYK+7.4 19.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Tyronn LueATL+7.4 17.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Lorenzen WrightMEM+6.7 15.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Reggie MillerIND+5.6 19.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.6 14.3 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Derek AndersonPOR−6.2 2.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Chris WebberPHI−6.0 13.9 last 10 · 19.9 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.5 7.9 last 10 · 13.4 season