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Tuesday, March 10, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed LAC by 17 after three quarters and won 87–83.

Final
UTA112
IND100
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +12
Final
NYK120
MIL112
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -9; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +8
Final
CHA86
SAS100
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +14
Final
DAL122
PHX117
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +5
Final
OKC99
SAC98
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC 0; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +1
Final
CLE87
LAC83
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE -14; Q3 CLE -17; Q4 CLE +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 · 2007–08Mar 10, 2008: 7 games. Top scorer: Cuttino Mobley (LAC @ MIA), 29 points.
The lead · CLE @ LAC

LeBron James posts 32-13-11 as Cleveland tops Clippers

A triple-double in an 87–83 win.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-7-14-17+4CLE AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE1717183587
LAC2424211483
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 21, 30, 26, 42, 23, 21, 14, 32CLE32 PTS · 13 REB · 11 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 11, 10, 17, 12, 14, 12, 4, 16CLE16 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 22, 4, 27, 30, 11, 33, 20, 20LAC20 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 20, 8, 33, 4, 16, 14, 25, 22, 20LAC20 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · NYK @ MIL

New York rallies from 9 down to beat Milwaukee

Trailing by 9 at the half, New York outscored the Bucks 64–47 the rest of the way. Final: 120–112. Larry Hughes led New York with 39 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NYK vs MIL
Larry Hughes · NYKCharlie Villanueva · MILPTS3932REB69AST22Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 65 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.2 in 53 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Larry Hughes 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.
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 5, 2, 25, 19, 23, 13, 11, 39NYK @ MIL · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +26.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 14, 41, 24, 28, 24, 27, 34, 34DAL @ PHX · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 21, 30, 26, 42, 23, 21, 14, 32CLE @ LAC · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 11 AST
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 25, 13, 25, 24, 9, 19, 14, 32MIL vs NYK · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 18, 41, 32, 14, 29, 20, 17, 32NYK @ MIL · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 13, 8, 8, 20, 17, 10, 33, 25DAL @ PHX · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 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
Jarrett JackIND+9.1 21.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+8.2 26.1 last 10 · 17.9 season
Rasual ButlerNOH+7.0 18.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+6.7 36.4 last 10 · 29.7 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+6.5 21.3 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−5.9 4.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mickael PietrusORL−4.6 5.7 last 10 · 10.3 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−4.2 7.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
LeBron JamesCLE−3.8 24.4 last 10 · 28.2 season