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Wednesday, March 15, 2006Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed MIN by 9 after the first quarter and won 92–89.

Final
DEN101
IND99
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +2
Final · OT
UTA108
ORL114
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +6
Final
DET105
TOR98
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +7
Final
CHA99
WAS107
Q1 WAS +16; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +8
Final
POR65
NJN78
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN -3; Q4 NJN +13
Final · 2OT
ATL117
NYK121
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK -8; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK 0; OT2 NYK +4
Final
CHI88
MIL104
Q1 MIL +14; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +16
Final
DAL95
HOU81
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +14
Final
LAC95
PHX126
Q1 PHX +14; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +29; Q4 PHX +31
Final
MIN89
LAL92
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +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 15, 2005: 6 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs LAL), 36 points.
The lead · MIN @ LAL

Lakers climb out of a 9-point hole against Minnesota

Down 9 after one, the Lakers won the third quarter 27–17 and the game 92–89. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 25 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-9-6+4+3LAL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2620172689
LAL1723272592
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 35, 42, 40, 43, 40, 29, 22, 30, 25LAL25 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 7, 24, 13, 18, 13, 21, 24, 20LAL20 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Marcus BanksPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 8, 12, 26, 4, 15, 0, 2, 18MIN18 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 26, 23, 15, 26, 21, 28, 13, 16MIN16 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Suns rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Phoenix beat Clippers by 31.

DEN over IND2LAL over MIN3NYK over ATL4ORL over UTA6DET over TOR7WAS over CHA8NJN over POR13DAL over HOU14MIL over CHI16PHX over LAC31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 59 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 58 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 22.8 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 36

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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 40, 12, 19, 26, 19, 28, 42, 22, 9, 36ATL @ NYK · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 22, 21, 32, 30, 38, 25, 36, 36HOU vs DAL · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 46, 37, 28, 33, 23, 39, 28, 34, 34, 34WAS vs CHA · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 34, 24, 35, 29, 14, 36, 35, 31DEN @ IND · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 26, 25, 25, 33, 34, 24, 30, 30DAL @ HOU · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 6, 29, 7, 22, 6, 32, 7, 30UTA @ ORL · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 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
Yao MingHOU+7.4 29.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+7.4 18.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Morris PetersonTOR+6.1 21.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+5.8 29.6 last 10 · 23.8 season
Chucky AtkinsMEM+5.1 13.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Bonzi WellsSAC−5.1 8.4 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−5.1 7.8 last 10 · 12.9 season
Donyell MarshallCLE−5.0 4.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Channing FryeNYK−4.5 8.0 last 10 · 12.5 season