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Tuesday, March 6, 2007Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed POR by 9 after three quarters and won 99–94.

Final
TOR109
WAS129
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +14; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +20
Final
SEA100
NYK99
Q1 SEA +13; Q2 SEA +13; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +1
Final · 2OT
LAL107
MIN117
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -7; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN 0; OT2 MIN +10
Final
NJN89
DAL102
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +13
Final
NOK91
DEN106
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +22; Q4 DEN +15
Final
SAS99
POR94
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS -7; Q3 SAS -9; Q4 SAS +5
Final
IND98
SAC102
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +4
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 6, 2006: 6 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs SAS), 43 points.
The lead · SAS @ POR

San Antonio climbs out of a 9-point hole against Portland

Down 9 after three, the Spurs won the fourth quarter 34–20 and the game 99–94. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-7-7-9+5SAS AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2225183499
POR2925202094
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 12, 30, 6, 24, 19, 26, 9, 24SAS24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 14, 40, 11, 13, 31, 5, 16, 23SAS23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 19, 27, 16, 19, 6, 14, 15, 19POR19 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 28, 22, 22, 25, 11, 20, 24, 14POR14 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.4Season avg32.0Last 5

32.0 points a game over his last five games, against 15.4 in 60 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 42 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg49.4Today

49 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · LAL @ MIN

Minnesota goes to double overtime again, beats Lakers

Back-to-back games past regulation for the Timberwolves. 98–98 after 48 minutes, 117–107 final. Ricky Davis led Minnesota with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIN vs LAL
Ricky Davis · MINKobe Bryant · LALPTS3340REB1013AST88Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 40

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 31, 34, 25, 38, 26, 35, 30, 31, 40LAL @ MIN · L
29.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 12, 22, 22, 25, 23, 34, 38, 40NYK vs SEA · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +24.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 7, 24, 8, 12, 27, 15, 16, 35, 33MIN vs LAL · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 17, 46, 26, 40, 27, 25, 9, 32NJN @ DAL · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 31, 27, 32, 12, 16, 19, 34, 29SEA @ NYK · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 14, 2, 35, 23, 36, 20, 33, 27SAC vs IND · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 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
Stephon MarburyNYK+7.9 23.7 last 10 · 15.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Rudy GayMEM+5.9 16.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Tyson ChandlerNOK+5.6 14.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+5.0 21.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Damon JonesCLE−4.9 2.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Rasual ButlerNOK−4.8 5.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
Fred JonesPOR−4.7 2.5 last 10 · 7.2 season
Earl BoykinsMIL−4.5 10.3 last 10 · 14.8 season
Tyronn LueATL−4.5 7.0 last 10 · 11.5 season