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Sunday, March 15, 2009Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed MIA by 7 after three quarters and won 85–77.

Final
IND87
TOR110
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +21; Q4 TOR +23
Final
POR80
ATL98
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +18
Final
MEM89
DET84
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +17; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +5
Final
BOS77
MIL86
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +9
Final
MIA77
PHI85
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI -7; Q4 PHI +8
Final
DAL100
LAL107
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +7
Final
NYK93
CLE98
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +5
Final
UTA87
ORL105
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +18; Q4 ORL +18
Final
SAC104
WAS106
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +2
Final
PHX154
GSW130
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +23; Q4 PHX +24
Final
NJN105
LAC107
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +2
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 15, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: Carlos Boozer (UTA @ NJN), 41 points.
The lead · MIA @ PHI

Philadelphia makes it three straight

Philadelphia beat Miami 85–77 and moved to 33–31. Andre Iguodala led Philadelphia with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7+3-7+8PHI AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA222125977
PHI2917152485
Who led
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 15, 22, 30, 24, 9, 15, 25, 21PHI21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 23, 18, 11, 14, 20, 29, 31, 17PHI17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 16, 6, 8, 19, 11, 12, 28, 20MIA20 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 21, 46, 41, 35, 42, 25, 48, 32, 50, 18MIA18 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Phoenix by 24.

WAS over SAC2LAC over NJN2MEM over DET5CLE over NYK5LAL over DAL7PHI over MIA8MIL over BOS9ATL over POR18ORL over UTA18TOR over IND23PHX over GSW24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 66 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.2Season avg22.1Last 3

22.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.2 in 52 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg33.0Today

33 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 41

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 26, 15, 34, 19, 25, 14, 19, 41NJN @ LAC · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 16, 18, 12, 12, 30, 31, 30, 35ATL vs POR · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 27, 22, 14, 15, 16, 13, 6, 31PHX @ GSW · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 23, 29, 14, 24, 26, 25, 36, 30WAS vs SAC · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 26, 28, 22, 31, 27, 22, 31, 29POR @ ATL · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 20, 17, 10, 33, 25, 24, 20, 29DAL @ LAL · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 3 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+8.1 20.7 last 10 · 12.6 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+7.8 26.0 last 10 · 18.2 season
Steve NashPHX+6.5 21.7 last 10 · 15.2 season
Matt BarnesPHX+6.4 17.0 last 10 · 10.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+6.4 21.3 last 10 · 14.9 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−5.8 3.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mike BibbyATL−5.1 9.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Tim DuncanSAS−4.8 15.2 last 10 · 20.0 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−4.3 12.6 last 10 · 16.9 season