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Sunday, March 26, 2006Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed BOS by 10 after three quarters and won 101–97.

Final
PHI79
IND92
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +13
Final · OT
TOR116
MIL125
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +9
Final
NYK94
MIN98
Q1 MIN +16; Q2 MIN +20; Q3 MIN +19; Q4 MIN +4
Final
CHI101
BOS97
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI -7; Q3 CHI -10; Q4 CHI +4
Final · OT
CLE104
HOU102
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +2
Final
CHA95
MEM102
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +7
Final
ATL101
ORL108
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +7
Final
NJN79
DET74
Q1 NJN +13; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN +5
Final
LAC97
POR83
Q1 LAC +18; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +25; Q4 LAC +14
Final
GSW90
SAC83
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +7
Final
SAS102
SEA106
Q1 SEA -8; Q2 SEA -4; Q3 SEA 0; Q4 SEA +4
Final
NOK94
LAL105
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +11
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 26, 2005: 11 games. Top scorer: Stephen Jackson (IND @ CHI), 34 points.
The lead · CHI @ BOS

Chicago rallies from 10 down to beat Boston

Trailing by 10 after three, Chicago outscored the Celtics 33–19 the rest of the way. Final: 101–97. Luol Deng led Chicago with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-6-7-10+4CHI AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI25212233101
BOS3122251997
Who led
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 21, 9, 15, 19, 18, 9, 17, 20CHI20 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Chris DuhonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 9, 9, 3, 11, 5, 11, 11, 10, 17CHI17 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 24, 36, 15, 34, 19, 22, 26, 32, 24, 24BOS24 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 18, 30, 16, 16, 15, 19, 13, 23BOS23 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Clippers by 14.

CLE over HOU2MIN over NYK4CHI over BOS4SEA over SAS4NJN over DET5MEM over CHA7ORL over ATL7GSW over SAC7MIL over TOR9LAL over NOK11IND over PHI13LAC over POR14Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 64 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg10.6Last 3

10.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 41 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg46.6Today

47 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Charlie Villanueva leads the day with 48

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.
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 0, 10, 6, 8, 6, 14, 15, 6, 6, 48TOR @ MIL · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +35.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high48 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 35, 25, 47, 36, 27, 29, 37, 36, 36CLE @ HOU · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 16, 23, 17, 33, 23, 26, 20, 35MIL vs TOR · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 16, 13, 18, 15, 23, 15, 36, 33MEM vs CHA · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 38, 19, 33, 26, 23, 15, 14, 33SEA vs SAS · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 14, 18, 24, 15, 24, 25, 32, 30LAC @ POR · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 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
Raymond FeltonCHA+6.4 17.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Antonio DanielsWAS+6.1 15.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+5.6 31.9 last 10 · 26.3 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+5.2 15.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Yao MingHOU+5.1 27.2 last 10 · 22.1 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Channing FryeNYK−5.7 6.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Derek AndersonMIA−5.3 3.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.0 15.1 last 10 · 20.1 season
Cuttino MobleyLAC−4.9 10.8 last 10 · 15.7 season