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Thursday, March 4, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed CHI by 13 after the first quarter and won 105–96.

Final
MEM105
CHI96
Q1 MEM -13; Q2 MEM -6; Q3 MEM -4; Q4 MEM +9
Final · OT
LAL111
MIA114
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +3
Final
UTA116
PHX108
Q1 UTA -10; Q2 UTA -8; Q3 UTA -11; Q4 UTA +8
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 · 2008–09Mar 4, 2009: 10 games. Top scorer: Tony Parker (SAS @ DAL), 37 points.
The lead · MEM @ CHI

Zach Randolph scores 31, Memphis rallies past Chicago

Memphis trailed by 13 after one and won 105–96.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-13-6-4+9MEM AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM19263129105
CHI3219291696
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 31, 22, 23, 31MEM31 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 24, 25, 17, 14, 10, 9, 13, 20MEM20 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 23, 18, 12, 11, 31, 23, 13, 23CHI23 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 19, 17, 22, 23, 33, 27, 24, 20CHI20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · UTA @ PHX

Utah fights back late to top Phoenix

Phoenix led 86–75 after three. Utah won the fourth 41–22 and the game 116–108. Deron Williams led Utah with 27 points, 0 rebounds and 9 assists.

Top-scorer duel · UTA vs PHX
Deron Williams · UTAAmar'e Stoudemire · PHXPTS2730REB07AST90Top 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
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 59 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.6Season avg20.5Last 3

20.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 59 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 44, 5, 33, 32, 20, 19, 14, 24, 39LAL @ MIA · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 31, 22, 23, 31MEM @ CHI · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 19, 30, 22, 20, 41, 19, 30, 30PHX vs UTA · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 20, 17, 18, 24, 8, 21, 35, 27MIA vs LAL · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 16, 9, 18, 20, 10, 35, 13, 27UTA @ PHX · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 0 REB · 9 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 16, 8, 8, 5, 2, 4, 15, 25MIA vs LAL · W
8.4 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 5 REB · 0 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
Andray BlatcheWAS+11.5 22.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Darren CollisonNOH+11.0 21.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
C.J. WatsonGSW+7.9 18.3 last 10 · 10.4 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+7.0 19.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.1 21.7 last 10 · 15.6 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.0 3.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
Steve NashPHX−6.7 10.3 last 10 · 17.0 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−6.0 9.9 last 10 · 15.9 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season