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Wednesday, March 7, 2012Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed LAL by 15 at halftime and won 106–101.

Final
UTA99
CHA93
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +6
Final
BOS71
PHI103
Q1 PHI +16; Q2 PHI +22; Q3 PHI +27; Q4 PHI +32
Final
HOU98
TOR116
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +18
Final
LAL101
WAS106
Q1 WAS -8; Q2 WAS -15; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +5
Final
ATL86
MIA89
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +3
Final
CHI106
MIL104
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +2
Final
POR94
MIN106
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +12
Final
LAC100
NJN101
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +1
Final
PHX104
OKC115
Q1 OKC -9; Q2 OKC -6; Q3 OKC -4; Q4 OKC +11
Final
NYK105
SAS118
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +13
Final
CLE100
DEN99
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +1
Final
NOH98
SAC99
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 SAC +1
Final
MEM110
GSW92
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +18
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 7, 2011: 7 games. Top scorer: Al Jefferson (UTA @ NYK), 36 points.
The lead · LAL @ WAS

Washington erases 15-point lead, steals one from Lakers

Lakers led 64–49 at halftime. Washington won the second half 57–37 to take it 106–101. Nick Young led Washington with 19 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-15-2+5WAS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL29351918101
WAS21283225106
Who led
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 14, 10, 6, 17, 7, 5, 25, 19WAS19 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Trevor BookerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 4, 16, 3, 20, 7, 9, 14, 18WAS18 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 32, 28, 15, 24, 31, 38, 33, 22, 30LAL30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 16, 24, 22, 15, 15, 11, 20, 19LAL19 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.9Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.9 in 36 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 22 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 21.1 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one 76ers rout

Five of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Philadelphia beat Boston by 32.

NJN over LAC1CLE over DEN1SAC over NOH1CHI over MIL2MIA over ATL3WAS over LAL5UTA over CHA6OKC over PHX11MIN over POR12SAS over NYK13TOR over HOU18MEM over GSW18PHI over BOS32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Antawn Jamison 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.
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 32, 22, 8, 23, 22, 29, 22, 33CLE @ DEN · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 29, 15, 15, 13, 25, 8, 18, 11, 32MIL vs CHI · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 34, 30, 23, 16, 11, 15, 25, 32SAS vs NYK · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 20, 18, 12, 14, 20, 11, 25, 31UTA @ CHA · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 25, 18, 20, 38, 35, 25, 21, 31MIA vs ATL · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 18, 40, 31, 31, 19, 22, 29, 25, 24, 31OKC vs PHX · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 10 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
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+6.4 18.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+6.2 19.3 last 10 · 13.1 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.1 21.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+5.0 25.2 last 10 · 20.2 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+5.0 14.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Caron ButlerLAC−5.7 7.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.8 16.4 last 10 · 21.2 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−3.9 8.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR−3.7 17.9 last 10 · 21.6 season