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Friday, March 4, 2011Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed MIN by 9 after the first quarter and won 111–100.

Final
TOR103
NJN116
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN -4; Q3 NJN -3; Q4 NJN +13
Final
CHI89
ORL81
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +8
Final
MIN100
PHI111
Q1 PHI -9; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +11
Final
OKC111
ATL104
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +7
Final
GSW103
BOS107
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +4
Final
CLE119
NYK115
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +4
Final
NOH98
MEM91
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH 0; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +7
Final
IND108
DAL116
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +8
Final
PHX102
MIL88
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +14
Final
MIA95
SAS125
Q1 SAS +24; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +30
Final
CHA84
LAL92
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +12; 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 · 2009–10Mar 4, 2010: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ MIA), 39 points.
The lead · MIN @ PHI

Andre Iguodala posts 22-10-13 as Philadelphia tops Minnesota

A triple-double in a 111–100 win.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-9+7+7+11PHI AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN31182922100
PHI22342926111
Who led
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 21, 7, 15, 9, 13, 10, 21, 6, 15, 22PHI22 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 12, 13, 10, 15, 20, 16, 12, 21PHI21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 18, 20, 15, 11, 37, 13, 20, 21MIN21 PTS · 23 REB · 3 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 4, 5, 2, 2, 11, 0, 2, 16MIN16 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 57 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg3.3Last 3

3.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 34 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: San Antonio by 30.

BOS over GSW4CLE over NYK4OKC over ATL7NOH over MEM7CHI over ORL8DAL over IND8LAL over CHA8PHI over MIN11NJN over TOR13PHX over MIL14SAS over MIA30Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 41

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: 41, 23, 24, 23, 19, 31, 16, 30, 24, 41NYK vs CLE · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Apr 22, 2019: 41 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Ties season high41 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 33, 21, 35, 15, 16, 20, 13, 21, 41GSW @ BOS · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 7, 1997: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 17, 24, 14, 24, 14, 19, 17, 30TOR @ NJN · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 29, 17, 21, 30, 23, 21, 21, 29OKC @ ATL · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 42, 28, 16, 38, 27, 27, 29, 25, 22, 29NYK vs CLE · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 22, 13, 35, 23, 21, 31, 22, 29DAL vs IND · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
Marcin GortatPHX+6.0 14.2 last 10 · 8.2 season
JJ HicksonCLE+5.8 18.5 last 10 · 12.7 season
Ramon SessionsCLE+5.7 18.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Al JeffersonUTA+5.5 23.5 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
Rashard LewisWAS−6.2 5.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−5.6 15.2 last 10 · 20.8 season
Al HarringtonDEN−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Vince CarterPHX−5.0 9.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Michael BeasleyMIN−4.7 14.5 last 10 · 19.2 season