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Friday, March 7, 2008Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed PHX by 9 after three quarters and won 126–118.

Final
ATL93
CHA108
Q1 CHA -8; Q2 CHA +3; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +15
Final
SEA83
PHI117
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +22; Q4 PHI +34
Final · OT
WAS110
TOR106
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS -6; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +4
Final
GSW134
MIA99
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +27; Q4 GSW +35
Final
DET101
NYK97
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +4
Final
CHI93
BOS116
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +23
Final
NJN96
NOH107
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH -3; Q3 NOH +11; Q4 NOH +11
Final
POR103
MIL101
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +2
Final
UTA126
PHX118
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA -7; Q3 UTA -9; Q4 UTA +8
Final
MIN111
SAC103
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +8
Final
SAS96
DEN109
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN -8; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +13
Final
LAC82
LAL119
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +27; Q4 LAL +37
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 7, 2007: 10 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ DET), 41 points.
The lead · UTA @ PHX

Utah rallies from 9 down to beat Phoenix

Trailing by 9 after three, Utah outscored the Suns 41–24 the rest of the way. Final: 126–118. Deron Williams led Utah with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 15 assists. Amar'e Stoudemire scored 37 for Phoenix in the loss.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-5-7-9+8UTA AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA28312641126
PHX33332824118
Who led
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 12, 18, 14, 22, 13, 17, 21, 25UTA25 PTS · 6 REB · 15 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 8, 11, 24, 23, 17, 20, 15, 25UTA25 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 28, 31, 25, 32, 26, 22, 22, 37PHX37 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 4, 7, 13, 15, 8, 6, 12, 20PHX20 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.7Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.7 in 54 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 51 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg40.8Today

41 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Lakers rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Lakers beat Clippers by 37.

POR over MIL2WAS over TOR4DET over NYK4UTA over PHX8MIN over SAC8NOH over NJN11DEN over SAS13CHA over ATL15BOS over CHI23PHI over SEA34GSW over MIA35LAL over LAC37Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Martin leads the day with 48

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.
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 15, 21, 14, 6, 25, 29, 23, 48SAC vs MIN · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high48 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 28, 31, 25, 32, 26, 22, 22, 37PHX vs UTA · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 29, 26, 28, 31, 38, 17, 31, 29DEN vs SAS · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 23, 14, 24, 9, 22, 15, 11, 29POR @ MIL · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 10, 10, 20, 13, 22, 24, 7, 28DET @ NYK · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 25, 2, 12, 27, 6, 6, 12, 27TOR vs WAS · L
10.7 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 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
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+6.8 30.4 last 10 · 23.6 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.6 13.4 last 10 · 6.8 season
Monta EllisGSW+5.4 24.8 last 10 · 19.4 season
Al ThorntonLAC+4.9 16.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+4.5 28.6 last 10 · 24.1 season
Cold
Linas KleizaDEN−5.7 5.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Tony ParkerSAS−4.9 13.3 last 10 · 18.2 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Chris KamanLAC−4.3 11.7 last 10 · 16.0 season