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Wednesday, March 19, 2008Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed MEM by 14 at halftime and won 98–94.

Final
CHA95
IND102
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +7
Final
WAS87
ORL86
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +1
Final
DEN113
PHI115
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +2
Final
MIA54
TOR96
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +32; Q3 TOR +33; Q4 TOR +42
Final
ATL117
NJN125
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN -10; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +8
Final
DET73
CLE89
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +16
Final
MEM94
MIN98
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN -14; Q3 MIN -6; Q4 MIN +4
Final
HOU69
NOH90
Q1 NOH -8; Q2 NOH -5; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +21
Final
PHX110
SEA98
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +12
Final
GSW116
LAC100
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +18; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +16
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 19, 2007: 2 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ NOK), 28 points.
The lead · MEM @ MIN

Minnesota rallies from 14 down to beat Memphis

Trailing by 14 at the half, Minnesota outscored the Grizzlies 60–42 the rest of the way. Final: 98–94. Al Jefferson led Minnesota with 29 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-5-14-6+4MIN AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2824162694
MIN2315243698
Who led
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 11, 21, 30, 20, 16, 18, 22, 29MIN29 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Rashad McCantsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 12, 22, 7, 18, 13, 10, 16, 19MIN19 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 21, 13, 13, 20, 9, 20, 8, 25MEM25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 7, 22, 9, 12, 12, 19, 18, 20MEM20 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Raptors rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Toronto beat Miami by 42.

WAS over ORL1PHI over DEN2MIN over MEM4IND over CHA7NJN over ATL8PHX over SEA12CLE over DET16GSW over LAC16NOH over HOU21TOR over MIA42Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 56 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg10.2Last 3

10.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 62 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 39

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 12, 19, 13, 13, 14, 25, 22, 39NJN vs ATL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 12, 23, 23, 17, 20, 27, 18, 39ORL vs WAS · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 22, 27, 22, 12, 24, 27, 21, 33NJN vs ATL · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 29, 28, 28, 8, 28, 24, 20, 32DEN @ PHI · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 19, 25, 30, 23, 17, 36, 25, 31WAS @ ORL · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 50, 39, 38, 24, 42, 25, 33, 30, 30CLE vs DET · W
30.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 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
Joe JohnsonATL+6.0 27.4 last 10 · 21.4 season
Beno UdrihSAC+6.0 18.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.0 12.5 last 10 · 7.5 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+4.9 15.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+4.4 22.1 last 10 · 17.7 season
Cold
Gerald WallaceCHA−6.5 13.4 last 10 · 19.9 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Andres NocioniCHI−4.9 8.9 last 10 · 13.8 season
Francisco GarciaSAC−4.4 7.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.3 8.4 last 10 · 12.7 season