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Thursday, March 3, 2011Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed MIA by 18 at halftime and won 99–96.

Final
ORL99
MIA96
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL -18; Q3 ORL -9; Q4 ORL +3
Final
DEN103
UTA101
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +2
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 · 2009–10Mar 3, 2010: 12 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX @ LAC), 30 points.
The lead · ORL @ MIA

Orlando erases 18-point lead, steals one from Miami

Miami led 63–45 at halftime. Orlando won the second half 54–33 to take it 99–96. Jason Richardson led Orlando with 24 points, 3 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 comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-18-9+3ORL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2223262899
MIA3033171696
Who led
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 6, 12, 16, 8, 17, 11, 8, 24ORL24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 7, 6, 10, 15, 14, 13, 26, 16ORL16 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 41, 16, 22, 27, 23, 31, 29, 25, 27, 29MIA29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 16, 41, 28, 23, 34, 41, 12, 28MIA28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · DEN @ UTA

Denver takes over late to edge Utah

Down 2 after three, Denver won the fourth 29–25. Final: 103–101. Ty Lawson led Denver with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs UTA
Ty Lawson · DENCJ Miles · UTAPTS2322REB66AST51Top 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
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.0Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.0 in 61 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 58 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 29

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 41, 16, 22, 27, 23, 31, 29, 25, 27, 29MIA vs ORL · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 16, 41, 28, 23, 34, 41, 12, 28MIA vs ORL · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 6, 12, 16, 8, 17, 11, 8, 24ORL @ MIA · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 4, 0, 21, 4, 6, 6, 14, 23DEN @ UTA · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 4, 19, 19, 20, 16, 4, 9, 2, 22UTA vs DEN · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 16, 22, 10, 16, 14, 17, 19, 21UTA vs DEN · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 9 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
Randy FoyeLAC+7.5 17.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Ramon SessionsCLE+6.1 18.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Willie GreenNOH+5.5 13.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Al JeffersonUTA+5.5 23.5 last 10 · 18.0 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.4 27.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Rashard LewisWAS−6.2 5.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Joe JohnsonATL−5.6 13.6 last 10 · 19.2 season
Al HarringtonDEN−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Vince CarterPHX−5.0 9.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.9 6.7 last 10 · 11.6 season