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Sunday, March 21, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NYK by 15 after the first quarter and won 116–112.

Final
HOU116
NYK112
Q1 HOU -15; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +4
Final
OKC101
IND121
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +20
Final
SAC102
LAC89
Q1 SAC +13; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +13
Final
DET79
CLE104
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +22; Q4 CLE +25
Final · OT
SAS114
ATL119
Q1 ATL -11; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +5
Final
WAS92
LAL99
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +26; Q3 LAL +22; Q4 LAL +7
Final
POR87
PHX93
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX -4; Q4 PHX +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 · 2008–09Mar 21, 2009: 7 games. Top scorer: Jason Richardson (PHX vs WAS), 35 points.
The lead · HOU @ NYK

Houston storms back from 15 down to beat New York

The Rockets trailed by 15 after one and won 116–112. Kevin Martin led Houston with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-2-2+4HOU AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU17453024116
NYK32323018112
Who led
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 30, 27, 21, 20, 29, 18, 17, 28HOU28 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 7, 14, 6, 5, 8, 5, 4, 18HOU18 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 23, 19, 21, 17, 15, 8, 29, 27NYK27 PTS · 20 REB · 6 AST
Toney DouglasPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 11, 2, 19, 21, 20, 11, 22, 26NYK26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · SAS @ ATL

Atlanta goes to overtime again, beats San Antonio

Back-to-back games past regulation for the Hawks. 105–105 after 48 minutes, 119–114 final. Marvin Williams led Atlanta with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ATL vs SAS
Marvin Williams · ATLManu Ginobili · SASPTS2638REB91AST06Top 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
+12.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 43 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 66 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Manu Ginobili leads the day with 38

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.
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 38, 28, 6, 14, 22, 18, 23, 38SAS @ ATL · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +23.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 9, 30, 32, 24, 16, 29, 26, 29, 32IND vs OKC · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 13, 18, 15, 8, 12, 5, 17, 29SAS @ ATL · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 11, 20, 17, 15, 26, 28, 17, 28LAL vs WAS · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 30, 27, 21, 20, 29, 18, 17, 28HOU @ NYK · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 23, 19, 21, 17, 15, 8, 29, 27NYK vs HOU · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 20 REB · 6 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+8.7 21.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+7.5 30.2 last 10 · 22.7 season
Jrue HolidayPHI+6.7 14.2 last 10 · 7.5 season
Manu GinobiliSAS+6.7 22.0 last 10 · 15.3 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+6.6 13.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Cold
Larry HughesCHA−6.7 2.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Devin BrownCHI−6.4 1.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Nate RobinsonBOS−6.0 5.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Omri CasspiSAC−5.6 5.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Martell WebsterPOR−5.4 4.1 last 10 · 9.5 season