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Thursday, March 9, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHI by 9 at halftime and won 97–93.

Final
DEN97
PHI93
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN -9; Q3 DEN -7; Q4 DEN +4
Final
DAL109
POR92
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +17
Final
SAS117
PHX93
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +24
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 9, 2005: 6 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX vs SAS), 44 points.
The lead · DEN @ PHI

Denver rallies from 9 down to beat Philadelphia

Trailing by 9 at the half, Denver outscored the 76ers 52–39 the rest of the way. Final: 97–93. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists. Allen Iverson scored 38 for Philadelphia in the loss.

Game flow · DEN 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+1-9-7+4DEN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2322272597
PHI2232251493
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 29, 24, 30, 19, 25, 34, 24, 35, 29DEN29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 7, 25, 8, 13, 6, 21, 16, 20DEN20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 30, 38, 29, 40, 47, 33, 32, 38PHI38 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 24, 19, 19, 21, 30, 17, 18, 17PHI17 PTS · 20 REB · 4 AST
Second story · DAL @ POR

Dallas leads Portland wire to wire

Dallas was ahead at every break and won 109–92. Best quarter: the fourth, 30–29. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over PHI4DAL over POR17SAS over PHX24Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.1Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.1 in 58 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.5Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 8.5 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 30, 38, 29, 40, 47, 33, 32, 38PHI vs DEN · L
33.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 31, 32, 32, 23, 26, 25, 25, 33DAL @ POR · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 29, 24, 30, 19, 25, 34, 24, 35, 29DEN @ PHI · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 9, 14, 20, 23, 18, 21, 20, 29SAS @ PHX · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 19, 23, 2, 20, 24, 15, 33, 29POR vs DAL · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 7, 25, 8, 13, 6, 21, 16, 20DEN @ PHI · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 2 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
Paul PierceBOS+6.7 34.0 last 10 · 27.3 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+5.9 14.6 last 10 · 8.7 season
Mike JamesTOR+5.3 24.0 last 10 · 18.7 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+5.3 15.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Jameer NelsonORL+5.2 19.1 last 10 · 13.9 season
Cold
Stephon MarburyNYK−6.2 10.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Baron DavisGSW−5.0 13.0 last 10 · 18.0 season
Mo WilliamsMIL−4.7 9.2 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−4.5 8.6 last 10 · 13.1 season