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Friday, March 28, 2008Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed SAC by 11 at halftime and won 114–108.

Final
NJN115
IND123
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +8
Final
PHX107
PHI93
Q1 PHX +19; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +14
Final
NYK95
TOR103
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +8
Final
CHI103
ATL106
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +3
Final
NOH92
BOS112
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +20
Final
ORL103
MIL86
Q1 ORL +11; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +24; Q4 ORL +17
Final
MIN84
SAS99
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +15
Final
LAC101
UTA121
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +20
Final
WAS114
SAC108
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -11; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +6
Final
MEM114
LAL111
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +3
Final
CHA96
SEA93
Q1 CHA +11; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA -4; Q4 CHA +3
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 28, 2007: 11 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL @ DAL), 34 points.
The lead · WAS @ SAC

Washington climbs back to beat Sacramento

Sacramento led by 11 at the half. Washington won it 114–108. Antawn Jamison led Washington with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-4-11+3+6WAS AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS27203532114
SAC31272129108
Who led
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 36, 25, 31, 22, 24, 9, 17, 25WAS25 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
DeShawn StevensonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 13, 11, 13, 14, 7, 12, 8, 11, 20WAS20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 22, 26, 19, 26, 23, 17, 24, 28SAC28 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 21, 6, 16, 32, 34, 20, 29, 18, 36, 25SAC25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Celtics rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat New Orleans by 20.

ATL over CHI3MEM over LAL3CHA over SEA3WAS over SAC6IND over NJN8TOR over NYK8PHX over PHI14SAS over MIN15ORL over MIL17BOS over NOH20UTA over LAC20Final 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
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 64 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 71 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 53

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 36, 24, 29, 27, 23, 36, 30, 27, 53LAL vs MEM · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +24.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high53 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 20, 17, 41, 13, 23, 26, 28, 34UTA vs LAC · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 25, 22, 39, 32, 27, 27, 22, 33NJN @ IND · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 26, 32, 11, 21, 26, 15, 14, 32UTA vs LAC · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 8, 14, 4, 23, 15, 20, 18, 16, 30ATL vs CHI · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 24, 28, 7, 8, 24, 17, 21, 29TOR vs NYK · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 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
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Ryan GomesMIN+5.5 17.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
Mickael PietrusGSW+5.4 12.5 last 10 · 7.1 season
Hakim WarrickMEM+5.4 16.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Troy MurphyIND+5.3 17.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Andres NocioniCHI−6.2 7.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Sam CassellBOS−6.1 5.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Wally SzczerbiakCLE−5.5 6.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Gerald WallaceCHA−5.2 14.6 last 10 · 19.8 season