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Monday, March 24, 2008Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed GSW by 11 at halftime and won 123–119.

Final
PHI95
BOS90
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +5
Final · OT
PHX105
DET110
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +5
Final
MIL73
MIA78
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +5
Final
NJN106
NYK91
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +19; Q4 NJN +15
Final
DEN120
MEM106
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN -6; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +14
Final
SAC100
HOU108
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +8
Final
POR84
SEA97
Q1 SEA -4; Q2 SEA -4; Q3 SEA +8; Q4 SEA +13
Final · OT
LAL123
GSW119
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL -11; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +4
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 24, 2007: 4 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN @ CHA), 40 points.
The lead · LAL @ GSW

Kobe Bryant scores 30, Lakers win in overtime

Tied 111–111 after regulation. Final: 123–119.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8-11+10+4LAL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAL2032352412123
GSW283523258119
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 34, 36, 24, 29, 27, 23, 36, 30LAL30 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 20, 15, 17, 17, 21, 13, 19, 23LAL23 PTS · 21 REB · 5 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 33, 23, 38, 19, 24, 14, 27, 18, 30GSW30 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 19, 13, 21, 9, 29, 15, 31, 29GSW29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: New Jersey by 15.

LAL over GSW4PHI over BOS5DET over PHX5MIA over MIL5HOU over SAC8SEA over POR13DEN over MEM14NJN over NYK15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 45 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg6.8Last 3

6.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg43.5Today

44 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 1 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 33

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 22, 37, 16, 29, 36, 30, 25, 26, 38, 33PHX @ DET · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 34, 15, 6, 17, 14, 10, 11, 32DET vs PHX · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 34, 36, 24, 29, 27, 23, 36, 30LAL @ GSW · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 33, 23, 38, 19, 24, 14, 27, 18, 30GSW vs LAL · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 20, 9, 20, 8, 25, 24, 24, 30MEM vs DEN · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 19, 13, 21, 9, 29, 15, 31, 29GSW vs LAL · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 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
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Hakim WarrickMEM+5.5 16.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Mickael PietrusGSW+5.4 12.5 last 10 · 7.1 season
Joe JohnsonATL+5.4 27.0 last 10 · 21.6 season
Troy MurphyIND+5.2 17.5 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Gerald WallaceCHA−6.5 13.5 last 10 · 20.0 season
Sam CassellBOS−5.6 5.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Andres NocioniCHI−5.6 8.0 last 10 · 13.6 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Brad MillerSAC−5.2 8.4 last 10 · 13.6 season