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Wednesday, March 26, 2008Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed MEM by 8 at halftime and won 107–106.

Final
MIL96
ATL115
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +19
Final
PHX97
BOS117
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +20
Final
NOH100
CLE99
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH +2; Q4 NOH +1
Final
CHI99
PHI121
Q1 PHI +15; Q2 PHI +16; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +22
Final
DET82
TOR89
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +7
Final
IND117
NJN124
Q1 NJN +13; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +7
Final · OT
MIA96
NYK103
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +7
Final
MIN86
HOU97
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +11
Final
LAC88
SAS97
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +9
Final · OT
MEM106
SAC107
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC -8; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +1
Final
WAS104
SEA99
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS -7; Q4 WAS +5
Final
CHA108
LAL95
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +14; Q4 CHA +13
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 26, 2007: 9 games. Top scorer: Carlos Boozer (UTA vs WAS), 41 points.
The lead · MEM @ SAC

Kevin Martin goes for 36 in Sacramento win over Memphis

Sacramento won 107–106.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-1-8+70+1SAC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MEM242623258106
SAC231938189107
Who led
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 48, 21, 6, 16, 32, 34, 20, 29, 18, 36SAC36 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 17, 22, 26, 19, 26, 23, 17, 24SAC24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 12, 23, 19, 7, 11, 12, 29, 26MEM26 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 5, 11, 6, 12, 4, 8, 9, 10, 9, 16MEM16 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 12 games went past regulation.

NOH over CLE1SAC over MEM1WAS over SEA5TOR over DET7NJN over IND7NYK over MIA7SAS over LAC9HOU over MIN11CHA over LAL13ATL over MIL19BOS over PHX20PHI over CHI22Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 66 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg12.2Last 3

12.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 70 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.7Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 18.7 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Martin leads the day with 36

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: 48, 21, 6, 16, 32, 34, 20, 29, 18, 36SAC vs MEM · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 34, 11, 28, 33, 8, 20, 24, 26, 34CHA @ LAL · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 32, 18, 16, 36, 12, 25, 25, 17, 33IND @ NJN · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 37, 16, 29, 36, 30, 25, 26, 38, 33, 32PHX @ BOS · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 16, 24, 23, 16, 20, 23, 23, 32SEA vs WAS · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 15, 19, 21, 22, 20, 19, 18, 30BOS vs PHX · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 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
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+5.6 16.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Ryan GomesMIN+5.5 17.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
Mickael PietrusGSW+5.4 12.5 last 10 · 7.1 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.4 30.2 last 10 · 24.8 season
Cold
Andres NocioniCHI−6.9 6.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Sam CassellBOS−6.1 5.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Gerald WallaceCHA−6.0 13.9 last 10 · 19.9 season
Wally SzczerbiakCLE−5.5 6.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season