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Friday, March 9, 2012Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed MIN by 12 after the first quarter and won 105–102.

Final
NJN83
CHA74
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +9
Final
UTA91
PHI104
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +13
Final
POR86
BOS104
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +35; Q3 BOS +34; Q4 BOS +18
Final
ATL85
DET86
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET -9; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +1
Final
LAL105
MIN102
Q1 LAL -12; Q2 LAL -9; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +3
Final
CLE96
OKC90
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +6
Final
NYK114
MIL119
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +5
Final
LAC120
SAS108
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +12
Final
NOH97
DEN110
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +13
Final
DAL97
SAC110
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +13
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 9, 2011: 11 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ PHI), 34 points.
The lead · LAL @ MIN

Kobe Bryant scores 34, Lakers rally past Minnesota

Lakers trailed by 12 after one and won 105–102.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-12-90+3LAL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL21282927105
MIN33252024102
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 15, 24, 31, 38, 33, 22, 30, 34LAL34 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 19, 14, 13, 19, 16, 30, 19, 26LAL26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 17, 7, 15, 12, 10, 14, 9, 25MIN25 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Derrick WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 5, 13, 27, 10, 6, 15, 15, 9, 22MIN22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Boston by 18.

DET over ATL1LAL over MIN3MIL over NYK5CLE over OKC6NJN over CHA9LAC over SAS12PHI over UTA13DEN over NOH13SAC over DAL13BOS over POR18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
17.1Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 37 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg42.6Today

43 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 36

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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 36, 27, 22, 16, 28, 18, 22, 36LAC @ SAS · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 15, 24, 31, 38, 33, 22, 30, 34LAL @ MIN · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 6, 8, 18, 13, 14, 19, 9, 33LAC @ SAS · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 20, 19, 12, 17, 14, 32, 13, 28DEN vs NOH · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 17, 7, 13, 14, 16, 26, 18, 27NYK @ MIL · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 19, 14, 13, 19, 16, 30, 19, 26LAL @ MIN · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 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
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+7.3 19.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
Arron AfflaloDEN+6.5 20.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+6.2 19.3 last 10 · 13.1 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+5.0 20.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+5.0 14.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−5.3 16.0 last 10 · 21.3 season
Caron ButlerLAC−5.0 8.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR−4.8 16.8 last 10 · 21.6 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−3.4 12.5 last 10 · 15.9 season