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Tuesday, March 3, 2015Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed HOU by 14 at halftime and won 104–96.

Final
LAL103
CHA104
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +1
Final
BOS79
CLE110
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +25; Q3 CLE +42; Q4 CLE +31
Final
SAC124
NYK86
Q1 SAC +16; Q2 SAC +26; Q3 SAC +32; Q4 SAC +38
Final
HOU96
ATL104
Q1 ATL -9; Q2 ATL -14; Q3 ATL -9; Q4 ATL +8
Final
WAS92
CHI97
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +5
Final
UTA93
MEM82
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +11
Final
MIL95
DEN106
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +11
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 · 2013–14Mar 3, 2014: 8 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs CHA), 61 points.
The lead · HOU @ ATL

Atlanta climbs out of a 14-point hole against Houston

Down 14 at the half, the Hawks won the fourth quarter 32–15 and the game 104–96. Jeff Teague led Atlanta with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 6 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 Q3Final0-9-14-9+8ATL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU3128221596
ATL22232732104
Who led
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 22, 12, 10, 11, 10, 11, 17, 25ATL25 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 6, 28, 22, 7, 15, 11, 17, 18ATL18 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 3, 8, 3, 9, 8, 5, 3, 21HOU21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Terrence JonesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 3, 9, 11, 15, 14, 26, 19, 18HOU18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Sacramento posts the night's biggest win

Sacramento beat New York by 38, the widest margin of 7 games.

CHA over LAL1CHI over WAS5ATL over HOU8UTA over MEM11DEN over MIL11CLE over BOS31SAC over NYK38Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 41 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 43 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg39.9Today

40 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 27

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, 22, 18, 31, 28, 18, 19, 42, 37, 27CLE vs BOS · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 12, 3, 4, 10, 16, 22, 20, 13, 21, 26DEN vs MIL · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 24, 17, 28, 15, 28, 16, 24, 25SAC @ NYK · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 22, 12, 10, 11, 10, 11, 17, 25ATL vs HOU · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 7, 2, 18, 25, 8, 14, 20, 23LAL @ CHA · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 0, 3, 7, 3, 8, 16, 6, 8, 29, 23CHI vs WAS · W
7.8 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 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
Danilo GallinariDEN+4.8 14.7 last 10 · 9.9 season
DeAndre JordanLAC+4.6 15.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
PJ TuckerPHX+4.3 12.9 last 10 · 8.6 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.1 16.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
Brandon JenningsDET+4.1 19.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Kyle LowryTOR−6.1 11.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Monta EllisDAL−5.4 14.0 last 10 · 19.4 season
Terrence RossTOR−4.8 5.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Gerald GreenPHX−4.7 7.3 last 10 · 12.0 season