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Thursday, March 8, 2012Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed DAL by 9 at halftime and won 96–94.

Final
ORL99
CHI94
Q1 ORL +15; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +5
Final
DAL94
PHX96
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX -9; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +2
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 8, 2011: 6 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs POR), 38 points.
The lead · DAL @ PHX

Phoenix rallies from 9 down to beat Dallas

Trailing by 9 at the half, Phoenix outscored the Mavericks 52–41 the rest of the way. Final: 96–94. Jared Dudley led Phoenix with 18 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-9+2+2PHX AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2429231894
PHX2321341896
Who led
Jared DudleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 25, 8, 17, 12, 22, 14, 17, 18PHX18 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 21, 20, 21, 17, 18, 14, 28, 16PHX16 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 25, 24, 1, 19, 40, 27, 28, 18DAL18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 20, 2, 9, 14, 9, 0, 3, 18DAL18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · ORL @ CHI

Orlando leads Chicago wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 99–94. Best quarter: the first, 37–22. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 29 points, 18 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ORL vs CHI
Dwight Howard · ORLCarlos Boozer · CHIPTS2926REB187AST00Top 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
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.7Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 20.7 in 40 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 38 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 29

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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 28, 20, 12, 14, 33, 28, 36, 15, 29ORL @ CHI · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 20, 14, 8, 13, 13, 4, 15, 26CHI vs ORL · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 25, 24, 1, 19, 40, 27, 28, 18DAL @ PHX · L
20.1 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 20, 2, 9, 14, 9, 0, 3, 18DAL @ PHX · L
10.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jared DudleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 25, 8, 17, 12, 22, 14, 17, 18PHX vs DAL · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 6, 7, 12, 16, 18, 6, 9, 18ORL @ CHI · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 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
Isaiah ThomasSAC+5.0 14.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Arron AfflaloDEN+4.8 18.2 last 10 · 13.4 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