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Wednesday, March 1, 2006Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed CLE by 11 after the first quarter and won 97–90.

Final
SAC97
CLE90
Q1 SAC -11; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +7
Final · OT
ATL113
TOR111
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +2
Final
IND99
WAS93
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND -9; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND +6
Final
MIA103
BOS96
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +7
Final
NYK99
MEM101
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM +2
Final
NJN90
MIN100
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +10
Final
DET87
DEN98
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +11
Final
PHI106
HOU101
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI +5
Final
MIL110
PHX123
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +20; Q4 PHX +13
Final
CHA104
UTA89
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +14; Q4 CHA +15
Final
LAL93
POR99
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +6
Final
ORL94
GSW98
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW -6; Q4 GSW +4
Final
NOK67
LAC89
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +22
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 · 2004–05Mar 1, 2005: 7 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ MIL), 48 points.
The lead · SAC @ CLE

Sacramento rallies from 11 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 11 after one, Sacramento outscored the Cavaliers 79–61 the rest of the way. Final: 97–90. Kenny Thomas led Sacramento with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-4+5+7SAC AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC1825351997
CLE2918261790
Who led
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 12, 17, 16, 12, 8, 7, 11, 22SAC22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 7, 13, 31, 12, 16, 25, 16, 16SAC16 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 44, 43, 26, 33, 25, 22, 26, 19CLE19 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Flip MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 1, 12, 9, 6, 4, 17, 8, 19CLE19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.1Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.1 in 34 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Clippers rout

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Clippers beat New Orleans/Oklahoma City by 22.

ATL over TOR2MEM over NYK2GSW over ORL4PHI over HOU5IND over WAS6POR over LAL6SAC over CLE7MIA over BOS7MIN over NJN10DEN over DET11PHX over MIL13CHA over UTA15LAC over NOK22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 40

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 33, 42, 18, 29, 30, 38, 29, 40PHI @ HOU · W
33.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 37, 31, 35, 31, 50, 30, 20, 37, 39, 38BOS vs MIA · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 19, 24, 18, 30, 18, 21, 24, 37MIL @ PHX · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 23, 39, 27, 36, 39, 40, 28, 35LAL @ POR · L
34.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 21, 18, 21, 16, 44, 31, 30, 29PHX vs MIL · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 13, 19, 45, 22, 26, 4, 22, 29NJN @ MIN · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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
Paul PierceBOS+7.8 34.8 last 10 · 27.0 season
Jameer NelsonORL+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Kevin MartinSAC+5.6 16.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.6 15.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+5.3 13.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−7.1 17.7 last 10 · 24.8 season
Stephon MarburyNYK−5.5 11.9 last 10 · 17.4 season
Marko JaricMIN−5.1 3.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Devin HarrisDAL−5.0 5.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Tim DuncanSAS−4.8 14.3 last 10 · 19.1 season