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Wednesday, March 23, 2011Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAS by 10 after the first quarter and won 115–112.

Final
IND111
CHA88
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +23
Final · OT
NJN98
CLE94
Q1 NJN -5; Q2 NJN -3; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +4
Final
ATL100
PHI105
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI -6; Q4 PHI +5
Final
MEM90
BOS87
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +3
Final
MIA100
DET94
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA -8; Q4 MIA +6
Final
SAC97
MIL90
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +7
Final
ORL111
NYK99
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +12
Final
UTA94
OKC106
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +12
Final
GSW112
HOU131
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +19
Final
TOR106
PHX114
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -6; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +8
Final
SAS112
DEN115
Q1 DEN -10; Q2 DEN -5; Q3 DEN -3; Q4 DEN +3
Final · 2OT
WAS119
LAC127
Q1 LAC +12; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC 0; OT2 LAC +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 23, 2010: 4 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ NYK), 36 points.
The lead · SAS @ DEN

Denver climbs out of a 10-point hole against San Antonio

Down 10 after one, the Nuggets won the second quarter 40–35 and the game 115–112. Al Harrington led Denver with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-10-5-3+3DEN AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS34352419112
DEN24402625115
Who led
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 8, 2, 0, 6, 10, 0, 9, 15, 27DEN27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 8, 18, 5, 12, 22, 8, 4, 18DEN18 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Gary NealPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 15, 6, 10, 8, 8, 15, 7, 25SAS25 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 17, 24, 19, 12, 25, 11, 28, 20SAS20 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Indiana by 23.

MEM over BOS3DEN over SAS3NJN over CLE4PHI over ATL5MIA over DET6SAC over MIL7PHX over TOR8LAC over WAS8ORL over NYK12OKC over UTA12HOU over GSW19IND over CHA23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 29 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 53 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.1Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.1 in 62 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dorell Wright leads the day with 34

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.
Dorell WrightPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 32, 16, 18, 14, 30, 6, 14, 34GSW @ HOU · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 15, 17, 28, 23, 21, 25, 34, 34HOU vs GSW · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 12, 23, 26, 8, 14, 30, 17, 33LAC vs WAS · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Nov 22, 2024: 33 PTS · 17 REB · 10 AST
33 PTS · 17 REB · 10 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 16, 13, 26, 22, 31, 16, 28, 33ORL @ NYK · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 15, 14, 17, 13, 10, 17, 14, 33ATL @ PHI · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 10, 25, 26, 15, 19, 17, 20, 33IND @ CHA · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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
Marcus ThorntonSAC+10.9 22.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tyler HansbroughIND+10.0 21.0 last 10 · 11.0 season
Al JeffersonUTA+6.5 25.6 last 10 · 19.1 season
Kyle LowryHOU+6.4 19.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Marcin GortatPHX+6.2 15.5 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Deron WilliamsNJN−5.7 14.7 last 10 · 20.4 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Monta EllisGSW−5.4 18.7 last 10 · 24.1 season
Carlos BoozerCHI−5.3 12.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Luis ScolaHOU−4.7 13.6 last 10 · 18.3 season