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Saturday, March 5, 2011Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed TOR by 7 after the first quarter and won 137–136.

Final · 3OT
TOR136
NJN137
Q1 NJN -7; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN 0; OT2 NJN 0; OT3 NJN +1
Final
MIN96
WAS103
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +7
Final
IND95
HOU112
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +17
Final · OT
SAC102
UTA109
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +7
Final
CHA69
POR93
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +24
Final
DEN94
LAC100
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +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 · 2009–10Mar 5, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs DET), 40 points.
The lead · TOR @ NJN

Brook Lopez scores 34, New Jersey wins in triple overtime

Tied 110–110 after regulation. Final: 137–136. Andrea Bargnani scored 35 for Toronto in the loss.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (7 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1End OT2Final0-7+30000+1NJN AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2OT3T
TOR303226229710136
NJN234223229711137
Who led
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 19, 11, 18, 13, 21, 28, 25, 34NJN34 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Sasha VujacicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 10, 15, 8, 4, 8, 8, 5, 12, 25NJN25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 27, 38, 18, 24, 26, 14, 23, 35TOR35 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 24, 14, 24, 14, 19, 17, 30, 30TOR30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 50 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 56 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg54Today

54 minutes today, against 25.9 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 17 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 6 games went past regulation.

NJN over TOR1LAC over DEN6WAS over MIN7UTA over SAC7HOU over IND17POR over CHA24Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Andrea Bargnani leads the day with 35

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.
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 27, 38, 18, 24, 26, 14, 23, 35TOR @ NJN · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 19, 11, 18, 13, 21, 28, 25, 34NJN vs TOR · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 24, 14, 24, 14, 19, 17, 30, 30TOR @ NJN · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 4, 32, 23, 30, 30, 20, 28, 19, 27UTA vs SAC · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 37, 36, 21, 34, 29, 24, 19, 14, 20, 26POR vs CHA · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 10, 15, 12, 12, 13, 14, 13, 25DEN @ LAC · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 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+6.5 16.3 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
Al JeffersonUTA+5.7 23.9 last 10 · 18.2 season
Ramon SessionsCLE+5.7 18.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Cold
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Brandon RoyPOR−5.4 9.8 last 10 · 15.2 season
Al HarringtonDEN−5.2 5.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Vince CarterPHX−5.0 9.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−4.9 15.9 last 10 · 20.8 season