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Thursday, March 31, 2011Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed SAS by 2 after the first quarter and won 107–97.

Final
BOS107
SAS97
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +10
Final
DAL82
LAL110
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +28
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 31, 2010: 13 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ BOS), 37 points.
The lead · BOS @ SAS

Boston beats San Antonio, 107–97

Boston led 77–70 after three and won by 10. Rajon Rondo led Boston with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 14 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-20+7+10BOS AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS31182830107
SAS3316212797
Who led
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 0, 4, 9, 13, 6, 10, 22, 22BOS22 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 10, 9, 21, 22, 18, 23, 23, 21BOS21 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 18, 33, 9, 17, 19, 15, 20, 23SAS23 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 2, 15, 15, 11, 14, 22, 4, 20SAS20 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Second story · DAL @ LAL

Lakers lead Dallas wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 110–82. Best quarter: the first, 28–26. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs DAL
Kobe Bryant · LALDirk Nowitzki · DALPTS2827REB513AST42Top 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
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.2Season avg31.8Last 5

31.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.2 in 73 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.4Season avg21.4Last 3

21.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 66 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 27.1 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 28

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 16, 16, 18, 22, 42, 37, 30, 28LAL vs DAL · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 34, 23, 20, 30, 19, 15, 24, 27DAL @ LAL · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 18, 33, 9, 17, 19, 15, 20, 23SAS vs BOS · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 0, 4, 9, 13, 6, 10, 22, 22BOS @ SAS · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 10, 9, 21, 22, 18, 23, 23, 21BOS @ SAS · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 2, 15, 15, 11, 14, 22, 4, 20SAS vs BOS · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 13 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+12.4 24.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+11.2 21.6 last 10 · 10.4 season
Marcin GortatPHX+6.3 16.0 last 10 · 9.7 season
Maurice EvansWAS+6.1 12.1 last 10 · 6.0 season
Kyle LowryHOU+6.0 19.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Cold
Ben GordonDET−6.0 5.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK−5.9 19.6 last 10 · 25.5 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Ryan GomesLAC−5.5 1.8 last 10 · 7.3 season
Stephen JacksonCHA−5.1 13.4 last 10 · 18.5 season