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Wednesday, March 16, 2011Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed SAC by 10 after the first quarter and won 97–93.

Final
DEN102
ATL87
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +15
Final
IND80
BOS92
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +12
Final
TOR93
DET107
Q1 DET +14; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +14
Final
OKC96
MIA85
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +5; Q4 OKC +11
Final · OT
ORL93
MIL89
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +4
Final
PHX95
NOH100
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH +10; Q3 NOH +12; Q4 NOH +5
Final
CHA78
HOU94
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +16
Final
MIN104
UTA119
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +21; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +15
Final
CLE97
SAC93
Q1 CLE -10; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +4
Final
DAL112
GSW106
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL -6; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +6
Final
PHI104
LAC94
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +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 · 2009–10Mar 16, 2010: 8 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ SAC), 30 points.
The lead · CLE @ SAC

Cleveland climbs out of a 10-point hole against Sacramento

Down 10 after one, the Cavaliers won the third quarter 28–23 and the game 97–93. Ramon Sessions led Cleveland with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-10-6-1+4CLE AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE1827282497
SAC2823231993
Who led
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 20, 14, 11, 15, 8, 10, 4, 20CLE20 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
JJ HicksonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 24, 22, 12, 23, 15, 10, 4, 8, 17CLE17 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 26, 22, 16, 22, 11, 25, 42, 23SAC23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Samuel DalembertPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 8, 7, 8, 5, 2, 16, 27, 16SAC16 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DAL @ GSW

Dallas climbs back to beat Golden State

Golden State led by 9 after one. Dallas won it 112–106. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 34 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DAL vs GSW
Dirk Nowitzki · DALMonta Ellis · GSWPTS3426REB136AST211Top 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
+14.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 56 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 61 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg41.5Today

42 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

CJ Miles leads the day with 40

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.
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 22, 12, 12, 23, 15, 13, 19, 40UTA vs MIN · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +27.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Antawn Jamison GSW, Mar 8, 2003: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Career high40 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 29, 23, 25, 26, 23, 25, 28, 34DAL @ GSW · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 40, 20, 30, 14, 20, 16, 13, 26, 22, 31ORL @ MIL · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 21 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 29, 18, 23, 34, 24, 19, 32, 29OKC @ MIA · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 41, 27, 24, 16, 39, 16, 15, 26GSW vs DAL · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 6, 7, 4, 23, 13, 33, 27, 26NOH vs PHX · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 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
Tyler HansbroughIND+8.8 19.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Al JeffersonUTA+7.2 26.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Greg MonroeDET+6.9 15.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Chase BudingerHOU+6.4 15.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Kyle LowryHOU+5.5 18.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cold
Steve NashPHX−6.5 9.1 last 10 · 15.6 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Al HarringtonDEN−5.5 4.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Raymond FeltonDEN−5.4 10.7 last 10 · 16.1 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−5.3 15.4 last 10 · 20.7 season