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Wednesday, March 11, 2009Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed NJN by 14 at halftime and won 116–112.

Final
UTA93
ATL100
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +13; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +7
Final
CHI79
ORL107
Q1 ORL +13; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +32; Q4 ORL +28
Final
TOR106
PHI115
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +17; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +9
Final
NOH109
WAS98
Q1 NOH -6; Q2 NOH -1; Q3 NOH +17; Q4 NOH +11
Final · OT
NYK116
DET111
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK -8; Q3 NYK -10; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +5
Final
BOS99
MIA107
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +8
Final
MEM79
MIN104
Q1 MIN +21; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +25
Final
LAL102
HOU96
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -11; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +6
Final
OKC99
DEN112
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +13
Final
DAL93
POR89
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +4
Final
NJN112
GSW116
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW -14; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +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 11, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs TOR), 34 points.
The lead · NJN @ GSW

Golden State handles New Jersey by 4

The Warriors won the third quarter 32–20. Final: 116–112. Stephen Jackson led Golden State with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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+2-14-2+4GSW AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN28392025112
GSW30233231116
Who led
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 20, 24, 26, 28, 33, 23, 19, 23, 29GSW29 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 2, 15, 12, 17, 20, 15, 14, 19GSW19 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 39, 42, 26, 14, 25, 25, 35, 31NJN31 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 7, 13, 8, 24, 10, 8, 16, 14NJN14 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Orlando posts the night's biggest win

Orlando beat Chicago by 28, the widest margin of 11 games.

DAL over POR4GSW over NJN4NYK over DET5LAL over HOU6ATL over UTA7MIA over BOS8PHI over TOR9NOH over WAS11DEN over OKC13MIN over MEM25ORL over CHI28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 39 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.1Season avg29.6Last 3

29.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.1 in 62 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 64 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 37

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: 39, 28, 36, 22, 29, 49, 31, 23, 26, 37LAL @ HOU · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 50, 31, 21, 46, 41, 35, 42, 25, 48, 32MIA vs BOS · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 39, 42, 26, 14, 25, 25, 35, 31NJN @ GSW · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 24, 21, 16, 18, 12, 12, 30, 31ATL vs UTA · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 20, 9, 14, 16, 27, 21, 24, 30NOH @ WAS · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 41, 32, 14, 29, 20, 17, 32, 30NYK @ DET · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 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
Jarrett JackIND+9.1 21.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+7.8 25.9 last 10 · 18.1 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+7.4 37.1 last 10 · 29.7 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+6.2 21.1 last 10 · 14.9 season
Ryan GomesMIN+6.0 19.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−6.1 3.8 last 10 · 9.9 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mike BibbyATL−5.2 9.7 last 10 · 14.9 season
Mickael PietrusORL−4.5 5.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−4.2 7.4 last 10 · 11.6 season