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Friday, February 29, 2008Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed CHI by 18 at halftime and won 97–91.

Final
IND122
TOR111
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +11
Final
NYK93
ATL99
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +6
Final
CHA100
BOS108
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +8
Final
MIN84
CLE92
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +8
Final
WAS97
CHI91
Q1 WAS -7; Q2 WAS -18; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +6
Final
UTA98
NOH110
Q1 NOH +23; Q2 NOH +13; Q3 NOH +8; Q4 NOH +12
Final
SAC106
DAL115
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +9
Final
MEM95
HOU116
Q1 HOU +20; Q2 HOU +19; Q3 HOU +21; Q4 HOU +21
Final
LAC104
DEN110
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +6
Final
PHI97
GSW119
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +15; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +22
Final
LAL111
POR119
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +8
Final
MIA103
SEA93
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +10
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · WAS @ CHI

Washington erases 18-point lead, steals one from Chicago

Chicago led 52–34 at halftime. Washington won the second half 63–39 to take it 97–91. Antawn Jamison led Washington with 17 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-18+3+6WAS AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2311352897
CHI3022142591
Who led
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 25, 29, 20, 16, 22, 10, 18, 17WAS17 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 6, 13, 10, 12, 13, 4, 6, 17WAS17 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 28, 18, 11, 21, 12, 5, 11, 19CHI19 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 17, 13, 13, 10, 10, 10, 16, 18CHI18 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.6Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.6 in 58 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg34.4Today

34 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · LAL @ POR

Portland gets past Lakers

119–111, with Portland ahead 64–59 at halftime. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over NYK6WAS over CHI6DEN over LAC6BOS over CHA8CLE over MIN8POR over LAL8DAL over SAC9MIA over SEA10IND over TOR11NOH over UTA12HOU over MEM21GSW over PHI22Final margin, points. Pink = POR over LAL.
Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 16, 21, 28, 29, 26, 28, 31, 38DEN vs LAC · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 13, 11, 9, 34, 19, 17, 25, 36IND @ TOR · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high36 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 37, 36, 31, 27, 29, 29, 28, 34DAL vs SAC · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 25, 24, 13, 27, 14, 11, 11, 33LAC @ DEN · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 29, 23, 41, 17, 21, 30, 21, 33LAL @ POR · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 19, 29, 30, 33, 33, 15, 18, 31MIA @ SEA · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 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
Al ThorntonLAC+8.1 19.5 last 10 · 11.4 season
Larry HughesCHI+7.4 20.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.8 26.0 last 10 · 19.2 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.6 13.4 last 10 · 6.8 season
Mo WilliamsMIL+6.0 24.0 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−8.1 5.2 last 10 · 13.3 season
Tony ParkerSAS−5.9 12.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Eddy CurryNYK−4.9 8.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Marvin WilliamsATL−4.8 10.7 last 10 · 15.5 season