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Saturday, March 3, 2007Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed ATL by 16 after the first quarter and won 104–100.

Final · OT
BOS96
NJN88
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +8
Final · OT
NYK104
ATL100
Q1 NYK -16; Q2 NYK -12; Q3 NYK -9; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +4
Final
TOR97
CLE120
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +23
Final
DET92
MEM89
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET -3; Q4 DET +3
Final
SAS97
HOU74
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +23
Final
ORL98
DAL103
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +5
Final
SAC104
POR96
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +8
Final
IND64
LAC87
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +23
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 3, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs WAS), 47 points.
The lead · NYK @ ATL

Stephon Marbury drops 38 in 16-point comeback win over Atlanta

Atlanta led by 16 after one. Final: 104–100.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-16-12-90+4NYK AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NYK1522252517104
ATL3118221613100
Who led
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 14, 12, 22, 22, 25, 23, 34, 38NYK38 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 0, 13, 8, 2, 7, 0, 7, 26NYK26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 9, 30, 31, 28, 29, 27, 20, 32ATL32 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 11, 9, 20, 14, 4, 17, 24, 20ATL20 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Cleveland by 23.

DET over MEM3NYK over ATL4DAL over ORL5BOS over NJN8SAC over POR8CLE over TOR23SAS over HOU23LAC over IND23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.0Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.0 in 59 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 51 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 53 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.8Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 5.8 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Stephon Marbury 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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 14, 12, 22, 22, 25, 23, 34, 38NYK @ ATL · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +23.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 23, 38, 29, 29, 29, 35, 39, 36CLE vs TOR · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 22, 14, 2, 35, 23, 36, 20, 33SAC @ POR · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 17, 15, 23, 18, 12, 16, 26, 32BOS @ NJN · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 9, 30, 31, 28, 29, 27, 20, 32ATL vs NYK · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 11, 9, 21, 10, 21, 18, 20, 29DAL vs ORL · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 15 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
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.1 27.0 last 10 · 20.9 season
Rudy GayMEM+5.9 16.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+5.1 20.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
Tyson ChandlerNOK+5.0 13.6 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Rasual ButlerNOK−5.9 4.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Fred JonesPOR−5.0 2.3 last 10 · 7.3 season
Damon JonesCLE−4.9 2.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Tyronn LueATL−4.6 7.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Earl BoykinsMIL−4.5 10.3 last 10 · 14.8 season