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Saturday, February 28, 2009Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed HOU by 17 after three quarters and won 105–102.

Final
ORL106
PHI100
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL -12; Q3 ORL -10; Q4 ORL +6
Final
NYK115
MIA120
Q1 MIA -12; Q2 MIA -8; Q3 MIA -15; Q4 MIA +5
Final
OKC99
MEM92
Q1 OKC +12; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +16; Q4 OKC +7
Final
HOU102
CHI105
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -17; Q4 CHI +3
Final
WAS93
MIL109
Q1 MIL +13; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +16
Final
SAC89
UTA102
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +13
Final
CHA100
LAC95
Q1 CHA -12; Q2 CHA -6; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +5
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 · 2007–08Feb 28, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL @ NJN), 33 points.
The lead · HOU @ CHI

Chicago storms back from 17 down to beat Houston

The Bulls trailed by 17 after three and won 105–102. Derrick Rose led Chicago with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-3-17+3CHI AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU31273014102
CHI26291634105
Who led
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 18, 18, 10, 3, 22, 9, 10, 22CHI22 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Tyrus ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 15, 8, 21, 16, 11, 13, 7, 19CHI19 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 20, 19, 18, 17, 26, 21, 15, 32HOU32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 7, 24, 20, 22, 19, 15, 28, 17HOU17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Milwaukee by 16.

CHI over HOU3MIA over NYK5CHA over LAC5ORL over PHI6OKC over MEM7UTA over SAC13MIL over WAS16Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.3Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.3 in 51 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 14 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg41.2Today

41 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 46

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 33, 24, 37, 25, 50, 31, 21, 46MIA vs NYK · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
46 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 8, 35, 25, 20, 22, 4, 27, 30, 11, 33LAC vs CHA · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 20, 19, 18, 17, 26, 21, 15, 32HOU @ CHI · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 33, 32, 26, 18, 41, 32, 14, 29NYK @ MIA · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 14, 12, 13, 13, 8, 13, 15, 28CHA @ LAC · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 16, 17, 24, 10, 27, 10, 28, 27OKC @ MEM · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 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
Nate RobinsonNYK+9.8 27.4 last 10 · 17.6 season
Lamar OdomLAL+6.5 17.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ramon SessionsMIL+6.4 18.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+6.3 22.7 last 10 · 16.4 season
Charlie BellMIL+6.3 14.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Quentin RichardsonNYK−4.9 5.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.3 16.2 last 10 · 20.5 season
Mickael PietrusORL−4.1 6.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Paul MillsapUTA−4.1 10.3 last 10 · 14.4 season