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Wednesday, March 18, 2009Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MEM by 10 after three quarters and won 111–109.

Final · OT
MIA108
BOS112
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +4
Final
SAC88
CHA104
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +16
Final
POR95
IND85
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +21; Q4 POR +10
Final
NJN115
NYK89
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +20; Q4 NJN +26
Final
DEN111
MEM109
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN -6; Q3 DEN -10; Q4 DEN +2
Final
ORL106
MIL80
Q1 ORL +16; Q2 ORL +30; Q3 ORL +22; Q4 ORL +26
Final
MIN93
NOH94
Q1 NOH +8; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH +8; Q4 NOH +1
Final
CHI103
OKC96
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +7
Final · 2OT
DET101
HOU106
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU 0; OT2 HOU +5
Final
PHI116
PHX126
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +10
Final
WAS108
LAC123
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC -8; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +15
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 18, 2008: 7 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs LAL), 35 points.
The lead · DEN @ MEM

Carmelo Anthony scores 35, Denver holds off Memphis

Final: 111–109. Carmelo Anthony added 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-9-6-10+2DEN AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN26272830111
MEM35243218109
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 38, 20, 32, 21, 22, 18, 15, 35DEN35 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 3, 16, 17, 27, 19, 15, 11, 17, 19, 21DEN21 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 35, 8, 21, 12, 26, 15, 17, 30MEM30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 10 games: 2, 1, 17, 9, 9, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16MEM16 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New Jersey by 26.

NOH over MIN1DEN over MEM2BOS over MIA4HOU over DET5CHI over OKC7POR over IND10PHX over PHI10LAC over WAS15CHA over SAC16NJN over NYK26ORL over MIL26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 65 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.9Season avg21.1Last 3

21.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.9 in 53 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg45.4Today

45 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 36

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 31, 29, 16, 16, 17, 15, 37, 36BOS vs MIA · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 33, 29, 16, 26, 20, 12, 10, 35IND vs POR · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 38, 20, 32, 21, 22, 18, 15, 35DEN @ MEM · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 19, 15, 24, 15, 16, 23, 18, 31HOU vs DET · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 35, 8, 21, 12, 26, 15, 17, 30MEM vs DEN · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Rashad McCantsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 17, 20, 7, 13, 5, 2, 4, 30SAC @ CHA · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 1 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
Steve NashPHX+6.9 22.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Thabo SefoloshaOKC+6.7 12.6 last 10 · 5.9 season
Jarrett JackIND+6.0 18.7 last 10 · 12.7 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+5.9 35.8 last 10 · 29.9 season
Larry HughesNYK+5.9 18.9 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Tim DuncanSAS−5.1 14.8 last 10 · 19.9 season
Kenyon MartinDEN−4.8 7.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Chris DuhonNYK−4.5 7.2 last 10 · 11.7 season