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Friday, March 3, 2006Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed DEN by 8 after the first quarter and won 89–78.

Final
SAC102
ATL93
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +9
Final
IND98
BOS99
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +1
Final
CHI108
NYK101
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI -7; Q4 CHI +7
Final
WAS113
PHI119
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +6
Final
CHA76
DAL90
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +14
Final
DEN78
HOU89
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +11
Final
ORL118
PHX123
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX -4; Q4 PHX +5
Final
LAC103
UTA105
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +2
Final
LAL106
GSW94
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +12
Final
DET98
SEA96
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +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 · 2004–05Mar 3, 2005: 3 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs IND), 28 points.
The lead · DEN @ HOU

Houston climbs back to beat Denver

Denver led by 8 after one. Houston won it 89–78. Tracy McGrady led Houston with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-8+2+9+11HOU AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2420201478
HOU1630271689
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 7, 28, 10, 26, 19, 13, 25, 23HOU23 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 17, 6, 29, 22, 29, 27, 22, 21HOU21 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 24, 33, 29, 24, 30, 19, 25, 34DEN34 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Marcus CambyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 2, 12, 12, 10DEN10 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.0Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.0 in 56 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.4Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.4 in 42 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Dallas by 14.

BOS over IND1UTA over LAC2DET over SEA2PHX over ORL5PHI over WAS6CHI over NYK7SAC over ATL9HOU over DEN11LAL over GSW12DAL over CHA14Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 47

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: 20, 33, 42, 18, 29, 30, 38, 29, 40, 47PHI vs WAS · W
33.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
47 PTS · 2 REB · 12 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 39, 27, 36, 39, 40, 28, 35, 42LAL @ GSW · W
35.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 24, 33, 29, 24, 30, 19, 25, 34DEN @ HOU · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 43, 12, 34, 26, 46, 37, 28, 33WAS @ PHI · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 21, 18, 26, 13, 13, 30, 25, 33CHI @ NYK · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 11, 30, 21, 19, 24, 15, 11, 16, 32CHI @ NYK · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
Jameer NelsonORL+7.9 22.0 last 10 · 14.1 season
Paul PierceBOS+7.1 34.2 last 10 · 27.1 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+5.5 13.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Kevin MartinSAC+5.2 16.1 last 10 · 10.9 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.0 14.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Stephon MarburyNYK−6.1 11.2 last 10 · 17.3 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.1 18.7 last 10 · 24.8 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−5.5 7.6 last 10 · 13.1 season
Marko JaricMIN−5.1 3.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Devin HarrisDAL−5.0 5.1 last 10 · 10.1 season