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Friday, March 2, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed MIL by 12 at halftime and won 99–94.

Final
MEM102
TOR99
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM -7; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM +3
Final
MIL94
ATL99
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL -12; Q3 ATL -11; Q4 ATL +5
Final
NJN94
BOS107
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +13
Final
CHI112
CLE91
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +23; Q4 CHI +21
Final
DEN117
HOU105
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +12
Final
DAL92
NOH97
Q1 NOH +6; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH +5
Final
GSW83
PHI105
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +22
Final
CHA72
SAS102
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +30
Final
MIA98
UTA99
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +1
Final
SAC107
LAL115
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +8
Final
LAC78
PHX81
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +3
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 · 2010–11Mar 2, 2011: 10 games. Top scorer: Al Horford (ATL vs CHI), 31 points.
The lead · MIL @ ATL

Atlanta climbs back to beat Milwaukee

Milwaukee led by 12 at the half. Atlanta won it 99–94. Josh Smith led Atlanta with 24 points, 19 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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+2-12-11+5ATL AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2526251894
ATL2712263499
Who led
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 23, 8, 15, 30, 14, 17, 13, 22, 14, 24ATL24 PTS · 19 REB · 4 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 18, 16, 5, 6, 18, 13, 15, 11ATL11 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 18, 14, 17, 22, 20, 14, 6, 34MIL34 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 20, 19, 21, 12, 11, 15, 23, 26MIL26 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: San Antonio by 30.

UTA over MIA1MEM over TOR3PHX over LAC3ATL over MIL5NOH over DAL5LAL over SAC8DEN over HOU12BOS over NJN13CHI over CLE21PHI over GSW22SAS over CHA30Final 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
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 32 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.6 in 29 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg39.7Today

40 minutes today, against 22.1 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 38

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: 34, 27, 10, 36, 32, 28, 15, 24, 31, 38LAL vs SAC · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 35, 23, 28, 25, 18, 20, 38, 35MIA @ UTA · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 28, 0, 32, 16, 11, 22, 16, 14, 6, 35HOU vs DEN · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 18, 14, 17, 22, 20, 14, 6, 34MIL @ ATL · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 22, 16, 22, 27, 30, 22, 33, 31MIA @ UTA · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 4 games: 9, 15, 38, 28NJN @ BOS · L
22.5 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 3 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
Jeremy LinNYK+6.8 21.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Drew GoodenMIL+6.1 19.6 last 10 · 13.5 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.8 16.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Chris KamanNOH+5.5 17.8 last 10 · 12.3 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+5.0 14.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Byron MullensCHA−4.5 4.7 last 10 · 9.2 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.3 17.2 last 10 · 21.5 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.9 4.0 last 10 · 7.9 season
Anthony MorrowNJN−3.4 9.6 last 10 · 13.0 season