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Friday, March 2, 2007Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed MEM by 3 at halftime and won 117–112.

Final · OT
MEM112
PHI117
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +5
Final
MIL94
TOR81
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +13
Final
ATL92
WAS93
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +1
Final
GSW97
NYK106
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +9
Final
DET82
MIA85
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +19; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +3
Final
UTA109
MIN83
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +18; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +26
Final
ORL74
SAS98
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +24
Final
NOK93
CHI104
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +11
Final
IND90
PHX115
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +25
Final
HOU108
DEN97
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +11
Final
SAC116
LAL108
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +17; Q3 SAC +18; Q4 SAC +8
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 · 2005–06Mar 2, 2006: 2 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ CHI), 33 points.
The lead · MEM @ PHI

Philadelphia needs overtime to survive Memphis

Tied 103–103 after regulation. Philadelphia won the final period 14–9 for a 117–112 win. Andre Iguodala led Philadelphia with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-1-300+5PHI AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MEM232525309112
PHI2223283014117
Who led
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 21, 14, 10, 10, 22, 22, 24, 27PHI27 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 18, 18, 31, 21, 8, 7, 16, 27PHI27 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 11, 19, 17, 22, 23, 21, 28, 31MEM31 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 22, 12, 20, 45, 19, 21, 17, 27MEM27 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.7Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.7 in 58 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 58 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 24.2 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Utah posts the night's biggest win

Utah beat Minnesota by 26, the widest margin of 11 games.

WAS over ATL1MIA over DET3PHI over MEM5SAC over LAL8NYK over GSW9CHI over NOK11HOU over DEN11MIL over TOR13SAS over ORL24PHX over IND25UTA over MIN26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Stephon Marbury 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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 7, 14, 12, 22, 22, 25, 23, 34NYK vs GSW · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 8, 10, 30, 3, 28, 7, 30, 33SAC @ LAL · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 16, 6, 20, 17, 19, 20, 23, 31MIA vs DET · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 11, 19, 17, 22, 23, 21, 28, 31MEM @ PHI · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 26, 14, 20, 14, 40, 11, 13, 31SAS vs ORL · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 36, 31, 34, 25, 38, 26, 35, 30LAL vs SAC · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 10 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
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Rudy GayMEM+6.6 16.7 last 10 · 10.1 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.1 27.0 last 10 · 20.9 season
Tyson ChandlerNOK+5.0 13.6 last 10 · 8.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+4.7 15.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Rasual ButlerNOK−5.9 4.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Fred JonesPOR−5.3 2.1 last 10 · 7.4 season
Tyronn LueATL−5.1 6.7 last 10 · 11.8 season
Earl BoykinsMIL−4.5 10.3 last 10 · 14.8 season
Jannero PargoNOK−4.4 5.2 last 10 · 9.6 season