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Monday, March 25, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed POR by 20 after the first quarter and won 103–100.

Final · Box score
Celtics87
Heat82
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 Celtics 0; Q3 Celtics 0; Q4 BOS +5
Final · Box score
Nuggets84
Knicks83
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN -11; Q3 DEN -9; Q4 DEN +1
Final · Box score
Cavs96
Suns102
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +6
Final · Box score
Grizzlies103
Blazers100
Q1 MEM -20; Q2 MEM -13; Q3 MEM -19; Q4 MEM +3
Final · Box score
Jazz92
Sonics106
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +15; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +14
Final · Box score
Spurs91
Clippers85
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS -5; Q4 SAS +6
On this day · 2000–01Mar 25, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (Celtics-Bulls), 36 points.
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The lead · Grizzlies-Blazers

Memphis storms back from 20 down to beat Portland

Andre Miller goes for 21 points

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-20-13-19+3MEM AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies17272039103
Blazers37202617100
Who led
Lorenzen WrightPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 8, 15, 2, 5, 8, 6, 14, 21MEM21 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Rodney BufordPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 20, 4, 6, 6, 4, 13, 6, 20MEM20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 21, 15, 22, 20, 10, 11, 15, 34POR34 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 14, 8, 4, 9, 14, 12, 21, 23POR23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Nuggets-Knicks

Denver fights back from 11 down against New York

Final: 84–83, after trailing by 11 at the half. Voshon Lenard led Denver with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Nuggets-Knicks
Voshon Lenard · DENLatrell Sprewell · NYKPTS2133REB33AST43Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Grizzlies-Blazers combined for 203, 5 more than any other game
Points by game
Grizzlies-BlazersGrizzlies 103, Blazers 100
203
Cavs-SunsCavs 96, Suns 102
198
Jazz-SonicsJazz 92, Sonics 106
198
Spurs-ClippersSpurs 91, Clippers 85
176
Celtics-HeatCeltics 87, Heat 82
169
Nuggets-KnicksNuggets 84, Knicks 83
167
3 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Nuggets-KnicksNuggets 84, Knicks 83
+1 DEN
Grizzlies-BlazersGrizzlies 103, Blazers 100
+3 MEM
Celtics-HeatCeltics 87, Heat 82
+5 BOS
Cavs-SunsCavs 96, Suns 102
+6 PHX
Spurs-ClippersSpurs 91, Clippers 85
+6 SAS
Jazz-SonicsJazz 92, Sonics 106
+14 SEA
MEM erased a 20-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Grizzlies-BlazersMEM won · Grizzlies 103, Blazers 100
20 pts
Nuggets-KnicksDEN won · Nuggets 84, Knicks 83
11 pts
Celtics-HeatBOS won · Celtics 87, Heat 82
7 pts
Spurs-ClippersSAS won · Spurs 91, Clippers 85
5 pts
Robinson shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RobinsonSAS · 19 PTS, 5 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
73% (8-11)
DoleacCLE · 14 PTS, 10 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK
70% (7-10)
TsakalidisPHX · 23 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
69% (9-13)
Lorenzen WrightMEM · 21 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
67% (10-15)
Ricky DavisCLE · 23 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 1 BLK
67% (10-15)
Final · Nuggets-Knicks
Nuggets 84Knicks 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets1622212584
Knicks2425191583
The story
Juwan Howard's 20 points and 12 rebounds carried Denver past New York, 84-83

For New York, Kurt Thomas had 15 PTS, 14 REB 20 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST · 7-18 FG

The swing

The Nuggets trailed by 9 going into the fourth, then won it 25-15.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −8−11−9+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Latrell Sprewell was the fantasy play: 45.6 FPTS on 33 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST

Final · Grizzlies-Blazers
Grizzlies 103Blazers 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies17272039103
Blazers37202617100
The story
Lorenzen Wright had 21 points as Memphis beat Portland 103-100

Damon Stoudamire led Portland with 23 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 21 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST · 10-15 FG

The swing

Down 19 after the third, the Grizzlies took the fourth 39-17.

MEM lead by quarter
200 −20−13−19+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Suns
Cavs 96Suns 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2414253396
Suns32151738102
The story
Phoenix beat Cleveland 102-96 behind 29 points and 10 rebounds from Shawn Marion

Ricky Davis paced Cleveland: 23 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST 29 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 12-23 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

A 32-24 first quarter did the most damage for the Suns.

PHX lead by quarter
200 +8+9+1+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 68 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.1Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.1 in 43 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg39.8Today

40 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 68 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Bonzi Wells leads the day with 34

Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 21, 15, 22, 20, 10, 11, 15, 34Blazers-Grizzlies · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 21, 23, 24, 37, 25, 32, 23, 33Spurs-Clippers · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 27, 43, 18, 8, 23, 15, 26, 33Knicks-Nuggets · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 18, 27, 12, 22, 16, 31, 32, 29Suns-Cavs · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 20, 17, 11, 4, 26, 13, 16, 28Sonics-Jazz · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Michael OlowokandiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 11, 4, 22, 4, 11, 26, 9, 16, 26Clippers-Spurs · L
10.0 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Gilbert ArenasGSW+6.0 15.6 last 10 · 9.6 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+5.9 15.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
Kurt ThomasNYK+5.1 18.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Troy HudsonORL+4.8 15.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Courtney AlexanderWAS+4.1 12.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−9.7 8.9 last 10 · 18.6 season
Michael JordanWAS−7.1 16.5 last 10 · 23.6 season
Ron MercerIND−7.0 8.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Larry HughesGSW−6.5 6.2 last 10 · 12.7 season