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Sunday, April 1, 2007Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed MIA by 11 after the first quarter and won 94–88.

Final
MIA88
DET94
Q1 DET -11; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET -4; Q4 DET +6
Final
CHI105
ATL97
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +8
Final
MEM117
GSW122
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +5
Final
WAS121
MIL107
Q1 WAS -10; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +14
Final
DAL104
PHX126
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +22
Final
CLE96
BOS98
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +2
Final
UTA86
HOU83
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA +3
Final · OT
MIN105
ORL104
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +1
Final
CHA94
TOR107
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +13
Final
SAS99
IND100
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +1
Final
DEN114
SEA103
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +11
Final
SAC103
LAL126
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +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 · 2005–06Apr 1, 2006: 5 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs MIA), 47 points.
The lead · MIA @ DET

Detroit rallies from 11 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 11 after one, Detroit outscored the Heat 81–64 the rest of the way. Final: 94–88. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-11-5-4+6DET AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2422231988
DET1328242994
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 10, 21, 6, 13, 18, 12, 16, 19DET19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 6, 13, 13, 12, 34, 12, 32, 17DET17 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 20, 12, 13, 18, 22, 17, 15, 23MIA23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 10, 21, 5, 21, 14, 9, 15, 21MIA21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Lakers by 23.

MIN over ORL1IND over SAS1BOS over CLE2UTA over HOU3GSW over MEM5DET over MIA6CHI over ATL8DEN over SEA11TOR over CHA13WAS over MIL14PHX over DAL22LAL over SAC23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.6Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.6 in 39 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 67 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg38.2Today

38 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Ricky Davis 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.
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 33, 9, 14, 13, 15, 21, 18, 10, 36MIN @ ORL · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 24, 32, 27, 16, 22, 24, 39, 35HOU vs UTA · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 30, 28, 10, 27, 13, 28, 32, 32DEN @ SEA · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 23, 12, 22, 14, 38, 16, 12, 30CHI @ ATL · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 25, 20, 17, 27, 12, 27, 19, 29PHX vs DAL · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 12, 24, 7, 19, 28, 25, 17, 20, 28DAL @ PHX · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 0 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
Kobe BryantLAL+10.3 41.3 last 10 · 31.0 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Sasha PavlovicCLE+6.5 14.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Antonio McDyessDET+5.9 13.8 last 10 · 7.9 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.3 14.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Sam CassellLAC−6.5 6.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Caron ButlerWAS−6.3 12.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Adam MorrisonCHA−5.8 6.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Earl BoykinsMIL−5.4 9.0 last 10 · 14.4 season
Richard HamiltonDET−5.1 15.2 last 10 · 20.3 season