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Saturday, March 24, 2012Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed WAS by 11 at halftime and won 95–92.

Final
MEM85
LAC101
Q1 LAC +16; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +20; Q4 LAC +16
Final
ATL95
WAS92
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL -11; Q3 ATL -10; Q4 ATL +3
Final
CHA89
NJN102
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +23; Q4 NJN +13
Final
DET79
NYK101
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +15; Q4 NYK +22
Final · OT
TOR101
CHI102
Q1 CHI -10; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +1
Final · OT
DAL101
HOU99
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +2
Final
SAS89
NOH86
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +3
Final
IND125
MIL104
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +16; Q4 IND +21
Final
SAC108
GSW111
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +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 24, 2011: 2 games. Top scorer: Paul Millsap (UTA vs NOH), 33 points.
The lead · ATL @ WAS

Atlanta rallies from 11 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 11 at the half, Atlanta outscored the Wizards 54–40 the rest of the way. Final: 95–92. Josh Smith led Atlanta with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 2 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 Q3Final00-11-10+3ATL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2318272795
WAS2329261492
Who led
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 33, 18, 23, 7, 10, 32, 30, 20ATL20 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 34, 19, 34, 28, 25, 22, 16, 16ATL16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 6, 13, 12, 15, 22, 22, 6, 21WAS21 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jordan CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 19, 15, 17, 6, 22, 23, 21, 20WAS20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 45 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 27 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+35.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg47.1Today

47 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 9 games went past regulation.

CHI over TOR1DAL over HOU2ATL over WAS3SAS over NOH3GSW over SAC3NJN over CHA13LAC over MEM16IND over MIL21NYK over DET22Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 31

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 22, 27, 27, 27, 33, 26, 16, 31DAL @ HOU · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 14, 26, 19, 17, 17, 27, 10, 31GSW vs SAC · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 28, 19, 14, 20, 9, 23, 22, 28SAC @ GSW · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 18 REB · 5 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 17, 15, 30, 11, 16, 17, 17, 27NOH vs SAS · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 27, 15, 2, 22, 11, 24, 8, 24CHI vs TOR · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 20, 12, 14, 11, 16, 16, 17, 24HOU vs DAL · L
9.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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
Klay ThompsonGSW+8.4 18.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Goran DragicHOU+7.4 16.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.2 22.5 last 10 · 16.3 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.6 18.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Andrew BynumLAL+4.8 22.8 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.5 13.8 last 10 · 19.3 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Shaun LivingstonMIL−3.9 2.5 last 10 · 6.4 season
Monta EllisMIL−3.9 17.1 last 10 · 21.0 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−3.7 16.3 last 10 · 20.0 season