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Saturday, March 11, 2006Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed MIN by 6 at halftime and won 110–102.

Final
CHI95
ATL90
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +5
Final
GSW92
ORL103
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +11
Final
DET92
WAS110
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +18
Final
NYK109
CHA116
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA +13; Q4 CHA +7
Final
LAC106
MIL98
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +8
Final
MIN102
PHX110
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX -6; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +8
Final
DAL90
UTA87
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +3
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 11, 2005: 10 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ PHX), 38 points.
The lead · MIN @ PHX

Steve Nash scores 31 in Phoenix win over Minnesota

Final: 110–102. Steve Nash added 2 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-1-6+2+8PHX AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN29252226102
PHX28203032110
Who led
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 9, 29, 23, 23, 18, 25, 12, 31PHX31 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 8 games: 6, 2, 5, 20, 8, 9, 11, 19PHX19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 17, 27, 26, 23, 15, 26, 21, 28MIN28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Trenton HassellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 8, 10, 2, 15, 8, 5, 6, 21MIN21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Washington by 18.

DAL over UTA3CHI over ATL5CHA over NYK7LAC over MIL8PHX over MIN8ORL over GSW11WAS over DET18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.8Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 4.8 in 60 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.7Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.7 in 57 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg35.8Today

36 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 34

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 32, 32, 23, 26, 25, 25, 33, 34DAL @ UTA · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 46, 37, 28, 33, 23, 39, 28, 34WAS vs DET · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 22, 22, 22, 26, 23, 14, 21, 32ATL vs CHI · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 18, 21, 24, 37, 23, 32, 26, 32MIL vs LAC · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 26, 26, 6, 29, 7, 22, 6, 32UTA vs DAL · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 9, 29, 23, 23, 18, 25, 12, 31PHX vs MIN · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 11 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
Jumaine JonesCHA+6.8 17.1 last 10 · 10.3 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+6.2 14.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+5.8 29.6 last 10 · 23.8 season
Boris DiawPHX+5.2 18.3 last 10 · 13.1 season
Mike JamesTOR+5.0 23.9 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−5.4 7.5 last 10 · 12.9 season
Stephon MarburyNYK−5.2 11.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
Bonzi WellsSAC−5.2 8.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
Mo WilliamsMIL−4.7 9.2 last 10 · 13.9 season