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Monday, March 23, 2009Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed NYK by 9 after three quarters and won 106–102.

Final
MIN97
ATL109
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +22; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +12
Final
CHI101
WAS99
Q1 CHI -8; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +2
Final
LAC77
BOS90
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +13
Final
MEM82
MIA94
Q1 MIA +14; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +18; Q4 MIA +12
Final
ORL106
NYK102
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL -9; Q4 ORL +4
Final
DEN115
PHX118
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX -4; Q4 PHX +3
Final · OT
PHI114
POR108
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +6
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 23, 2008: 4 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs GSW), 36 points.
The lead · ORL @ NYK

Orlando fights back late to top New York

New York led 79–70 after three. Orlando won the fourth 36–23 and the game 106–102. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 29 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-4-9+4ORL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL24262036106
NYK24302523102
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 27, 15, 18, 28, 13, 28, 15, 29ORL29 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Courtney LeePoints, last 10 games: 5, 2, 10, 14, 5, 4, 19, 13, 13, 22ORL22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 32, 30, 25, 20, 18, 19, 27, 19NYK19 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 4, 17, 24, 14, 12, 17, 10, 17NYK17 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CHI @ WAS

Chicago climbs back to beat Washington

Washington led by 8 after one. Chicago won it 101–99. Ben Gordon led Chicago with 21 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CHI vs WAS
Ben Gordon · CHIAntawn Jamison · WASPTS2134REB112AST30Top 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
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 69 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.6Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.6 in 55 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Antawn Jamison leads the day with 34

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.
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 25, 36, 30, 13, 24, 27, 25, 34WAS vs CHI · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Flip MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 14, 16, 8, 3, 12, 19, 22, 30ATL vs MIN · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 27, 15, 18, 28, 13, 28, 15, 29ORL @ NYK · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 38, 20, 32, 21, 22, 18, 15, 35, 20, 29DEN @ PHX · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 9, 13, 10, 8, 23, 10, 4, 27PHI @ POR · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 35, 42, 25, 48, 32, 50, 18, 27, 39, 27MIA vs MEM · W
29.9 PPG season to date · −3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 8 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
Thaddeus YoungPHI+6.9 21.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Jarrett JackIND+6.5 19.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Steve NashPHX+5.9 21.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Richard HamiltonDET+5.6 23.7 last 10 · 18.1 season
JR SmithDEN+5.6 20.0 last 10 · 14.4 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Drew GoodenSAS−4.8 7.0 last 10 · 11.8 season
O.J. MayoMEM−4.1 14.3 last 10 · 18.4 season
Kenyon MartinDEN−4.1 7.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
Tim DuncanSAS−3.8 16.0 last 10 · 19.8 season