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Tuesday, March 23, 2010Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed WAS by 6 at halftime and won 95–86.

Final · OT
CHA95
WAS86
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA -6; Q3 CHA -1; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +9
Final
IND98
DET83
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +15
Final
DEN104
NYK109
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +5
Final
LAC96
DAL106
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +10
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 23, 2009: 7 games. Top scorer: Antawn Jamison (WAS vs CHI), 34 points.
The lead · CHA @ WAS

Charlotte flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Washington led 44–38 at the break. Tied 82–82 after regulation, Charlotte won the extra time 13–4. Final: 95–86. Gerald Wallace led Charlotte with 17 points, 19 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+4-6-10+9CHA AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHA271126181395
WAS23212117486
Who led
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 17, 18, 8, 28, 17, 20, 15, 17CHA17 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
Boris DiawPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 13, 16, 9, 20, 13, 10, 12, 17CHA17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 11, 10, 4, 14, 5, 16, 11, 15WAS15 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
JaVale McGeePoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 20, 4, 5, 7, 5, 9, 2, 14WAS14 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 44 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · DEN @ NYK

New York upsets Denver

New York (25–45) beat Denver (47–23) 109–104. Danilo Gallinari led New York with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over DEN5CHA over WAS9DAL over LAC10IND over DET15Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over DEN.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony 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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 30, 19, 32, 24, 45, 29, 26, 29, 36DEN @ NYK · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 30, 32, 24, 16, 29, 26, 29, 32, 32IND @ DET · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 14, 9, 6, 21, 9, 25, 26, 28NYK vs DEN · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 12, 6, 16, 9, 18, 16, 8, 26LAC @ DAL · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 5, 17, 6, 12, 20, 15, 0, 11, 6, 26DAL vs LAC · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 25, 21, 22, 17, 10, 10, 29, 25DEN @ NYK · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 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+7.9 20.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Manu GinobiliSAS+7.1 22.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.9 29.8 last 10 · 22.9 season
Jrue HolidayPHI+6.7 14.2 last 10 · 7.5 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+6.7 20.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Larry HughesCHA−6.5 2.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Devin BrownCHI−6.4 1.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Omri CasspiSAC−5.6 5.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Nate RobinsonBOS−5.6 5.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ronnie BrewerMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season