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Friday, March 19, 2010Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed PHI by 11 after the first quarter and won 92–88.

Final
DET102
IND106
Q1 IND +15; Q2 IND +21; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +4
Final
OKC115
TOR89
Q1 OKC +14; Q2 OKC +27; Q3 OKC +32; Q4 OKC +26
Final · OT
CHA92
ATL93
Q1 ATL -6; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL -5; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +1
Final
PHI88
NYK92
Q1 NYK -11; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK -1; Q4 NYK +4
Final
CLE92
CHI85
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +7
Final
BOS94
HOU87
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +7
Final
GSW116
SAS147
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +31; Q4 SAS +31
Final
UTA100
PHX110
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +10
Final
WAS74
POR76
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +2
Final · 2OT
MIL114
SAC108
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL -7; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL 0; OT2 MIL +6
Final
MIN96
LAL104
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +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 19, 2009: 3 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (GSW @ LAL), 27 points.
The lead · PHI @ NYK

New York climbs out of an 11-point hole against Philadelphia

Down 11 after one, the Knicks won the second quarter 33–24 and the game 92–88. Danilo Gallinari led New York with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-11-2-1+4NYK AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2624142488
NYK1533152992
Who led
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 15, 27, 14, 9, 6, 21, 9, 25NYK25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Toney DouglasPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 0, 11, 2, 19, 21, 20, 11, 22NYK22 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 2, 17, 12, 7, 11, 24, 8, 7, 12, 19PHI19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 16, 5, 13, 30, 15, 14, 20, 17PHI17 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Spurs rout

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat Golden State by 31.

ATL over CHA1POR over WAS2IND over DET4NYK over PHI4MIL over SAC6CLE over CHI7BOS over HOU7LAL over MIN8PHX over UTA10OKC over TOR26SAS over GSW31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 42 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 69 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg35.6Today

36 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 44

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 20, 41, 19, 30, 30, 30, 29, 36, 25, 44PHX vs UTA · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul Pierce BOS, Mar 22, 2001: 44 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Season high44 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 6, 26, 22, 22, 17, 31, 13, 28, 39GSW @ SAS · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 3, 5, 4, 25, 13, 23, 8, 21, 35MIL @ SAC · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 39, 19, 32, 27, 29, 32, 35, 26, 31OKC @ TOR · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 18, 19, 18, 24, 20, 18, 14, 30GSW @ SAS · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 36, 36, 22, 26, 40, 23, 30, 29, 32, 29CLE @ CHI · W
29.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 7 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+8.9 21.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+7.6 30.4 last 10 · 22.8 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+7.4 20.8 last 10 · 13.4 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.7 23.1 last 10 · 16.4 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+6.5 13.7 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Devin BrownCHI−6.4 1.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Martell WebsterPOR−5.6 4.1 last 10 · 9.7 season
Nate RobinsonBOS−4.8 6.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Steve NashPHX−4.8 12.0 last 10 · 16.8 season