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Thursday, March 24, 2011Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MIN by 6 after the first quarter and won 104–96.

Final
MIN96
DAL104
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +8
Final · OT
NOH121
UTA117
Q1 NOH -5; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +4
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 24, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ NOH), 38 points.
The lead · MIN @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki posts 30 and 11 as Dallas beats Minnesota

30 points and 11 rebounds in a 104–96 win.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+2+4+8DAL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2324252496
DAL17322728104
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 26, 23, 25, 28, 34, 23, 20, 30DAL30 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 10, 21, 13, 14, 19, 19, 9, 18DAL18 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Anthony RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 6, 2, 14, 2, 8, 10, 14, 31MIN31 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Jonny FlynnPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 11, 4, 11, 4, 6, 0, 3, 13MIN13 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · NOH @ UTA

New Orleans needs overtime to survive Utah

Tied 105–105 after regulation. New Orleans won the final period 16–12 for a 121–117 win. David West led New Orleans with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NOH vs UTA
David West · NOHPaul Millsap · UTAPTS2933REB311AST04Top 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
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.4Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 65 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg41.4Today

41 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 70 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Paul Millsap leads the day with 33

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.
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 17, 10, 12, 4, 35, 15, 18, 33UTA vs NOH · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Anthony RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 6, 2, 14, 2, 8, 10, 14, 31MIN @ DAL · L
5.3 PPG season to date · +26.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 26, 23, 25, 28, 34, 23, 20, 30DAL vs MIN · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 16, 0, 23, 11, 16, 25, 6, 16, 32, 29NOH @ UTA · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 4, 23, 13, 33, 27, 26, 4, 24NOH @ UTA · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 34, 9, 33, 30, 26, 17, 12, 32, 22UTA vs NOH · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 13 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
Marcus ThorntonSAC+10.9 22.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tyler HansbroughIND+10.0 21.0 last 10 · 11.0 season
Kyle LowryHOU+6.4 19.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Marcin GortatPHX+6.2 15.5 last 10 · 9.3 season
Al JeffersonUTA+6.0 25.1 last 10 · 19.1 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