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Wednesday, March 5, 2008Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed GSW by 13 after the first quarter and won 118–109.

Final
GSW109
CHA118
Q1 CHA -13; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +9
Final
ORL122
WAS92
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL +22; Q4 ORL +30
Final
DET78
BOS90
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +12
Final
TOR108
MIA83
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +22; Q4 TOR +25
Final
CLE119
NYK105
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +14
Final
NJN93
MEM100
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +7
Final
SEA106
MIL118
Q1 MIL +15; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +12
Final
ATL101
NOH116
Q1 NOH +8; Q2 NOH +9; Q3 NOH +15; Q4 NOH +15
Final
IND99
HOU117
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +18
Final
PHX113
DEN126
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +13
Final
MIN76
UTA105
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +25; Q4 UTA +29
Final · 2OT
SAC109
LAC116
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -11; Q3 LAC -8; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC 0; OT2 LAC +7
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 · 2006–07Mar 5, 2007: 6 games. Top scorer: Gerald Wallace (CHA @ UTA), 33 points.
The lead · GSW @ CHA

Jason Richardson scores 42 as Charlotte beats Golden State

Charlotte won 118–109. Jason Richardson: 42 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Game flow · CHA 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 Q3Final0-13+2+7+9CHA AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW38192923109
CHA25343425118
Who led
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 13, 29, 25, 7, 30, 30, 25, 42CHA42 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 19, 17, 9, 14, 22, 17, 14, 22CHA22 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 37, 18, 26, 26, 30, 21, 22, 20, 32GSW32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 17, 29, 35, 20, 4, 18, 35, 30GSW30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 53 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg12.2Last 3

12.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 52 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+36.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg51Today

51 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Orlando posts the night's biggest win

Orlando beat Washington by 30, the widest margin of 12 games.

MEM over NJN7LAC over SAC7CHA over GSW9BOS over DET12MIL over SEA12DEN over PHX13CLE over NYK14NOH over ATL15HOU over IND18TOR over MIA25UTA over MIN29ORL over WAS30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 50

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 39, 26, 31, 33, 25, 35, 26, 30, 37, 50CLE @ NYK · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
50 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 13, 29, 25, 7, 30, 30, 25, 42CHA vs GSW · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 21, 2, 8, 18, 14, 10, 9, 4, 2, 32MIL vs SEA · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +22.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 37, 18, 26, 26, 30, 21, 22, 20, 32GSW @ CHA · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 28, 29, 26, 28, 31, 38, 17, 31DEN vs PHX · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 17, 19, 10, 11, 18, 17, 20, 31BOS vs DET · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Larry HughesCHI+7.5 20.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Al ThorntonLAC+7.0 18.7 last 10 · 11.7 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+6.8 30.4 last 10 · 23.6 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.6 13.4 last 10 · 6.8 season
Monta EllisGSW+5.9 25.4 last 10 · 19.5 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−6.4 6.9 last 10 · 13.3 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Linas KleizaDEN−4.6 6.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tony ParkerSAS−4.6 13.9 last 10 · 18.5 season
Chris KamanLAC−4.5 11.5 last 10 · 16.0 season