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Sunday, March 24, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed SAC by 9 after the first quarter and won 117–103.

Final
ATL104
MIL99
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +5
Final
CHA77
MIA109
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +32
Final
SAS95
HOU96
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +1
Final
CHI104
MIN97
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +7
Final
POR83
OKC103
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC +20
Final
UTA108
DAL113
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +5
Final
BKN102
PHX100
Q1 BKN 0; Q2 BKN +12; Q3 BKN -1; Q4 BKN +2
Final
PHI117
SAC103
Q1 PHI -9; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +14
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 · 2011–12Mar 24, 2012: 9 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ HOU), 31 points.
The lead · PHI @ SAC

Philadelphia climbs out of a 9-point hole against Sacramento

Down 9 after one, the 76ers won the second quarter 36–27 and the game 117–103. Dorell Wright led Philadelphia with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-90+9+14PHI AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI22363326117
SAC31272421103
Who led
Dorell WrightPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 9, 15, 13, 13, 16, 8, 0, 22PHI22 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 8, 15, 21, 27, 27, 2, 18, 21PHI21 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 27, 14, 22, 26, 7, 24, 10, 25SAC25 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 9, 23, 9, 7, 15, 25, 2, 10, 22SAC22 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Charlotte by 32, the widest margin of 8 games.

HOU over SAS1BKN over PHX2ATL over MIL5DAL over UTA5CHI over MIN7PHI over SAC14OKC over POR20MIA over CHA32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.9Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 4.9 in 45 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg9.8Last 3

9.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 53 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg43.8Today

44 minutes today, against 22.7 a game in 68 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 32

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 15, 27, 28, 22, 37, 25, 29, 32MIA vs CHA · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 8, 11, 21, 12, 12, 18, 13, 31PHX vs BKN · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 20, 38, 18, 37, 21, 29, 20, 29HOU vs SAS · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Derrick WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 13, 10, 19, 28, 8, 12, 4, 28MIN vs CHI · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 27, 14, 22, 26, 7, 24, 10, 25SAC vs PHI · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 12, 14, 16, 22, 16, 26, 15, 24ATL @ MIL · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 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
Jerryd BaylessMEM+6.9 15.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Deron WilliamsBKN+6.1 24.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+5.8 20.3 last 10 · 14.5 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.3 17.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Maurice HarklessORL+5.3 12.5 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Carl LandryGSW−5.3 5.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Shannon BrownPHX−5.0 5.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.7 6.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
O.J. MayoDAL−4.6 11.9 last 10 · 16.5 season