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Thursday, March 11, 2004Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Hornets86
Rockets97
Q1 Rockets 0; Q2 HOU +15; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +11
Final · Box score
Mavs102
Kings120
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +18
On this day · 2002–03Mar 11, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (Magic-Wizards), 43 points.
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The lead · Hornets-Rockets

Cuttino Mobley hits six threes, Houston tops New Orleans

Doug Christie goes for 22 points

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00+15+17+11HOU AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets2113223086
Rockets2128242497
Who led
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 22, 16, 9, 5, 18, 13, 10, 31HOU31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 8, 21, 15, 16, 25, 11, 24, 19HOU19 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 18, 24, 33, 12, 26, 6, 33, 30NOH30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 7, 4, 7, 3, 0, 11, 0, 11NOH11 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Mavs-Kings

Sacramento leads Dallas wire to wire

Sacramento was ahead at every break and won 120–102. Best quarter: the first, 37–27. Doug Christie led Sacramento with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 12 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Kings-Mavs
Doug Christie · SACDirk Nowitzki · DALPTS2221REB38AST124Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Hornets-Rockets2
The night in charts
Mavs-Kings combined for 222, 39 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-KingsMavs 102, Kings 120
222
Hornets-RocketsHornets 86, Rockets 97
183
HOU won the closest game by 11
Closest finishes
Hornets-RocketsHornets 86, Rockets 97
+11 HOU
Mavs-KingsMavs 102, Kings 120
+18 SAC
Brad Miller shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Brad MillerSAC · 21 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
80% (8-10)
BibbySAC · 21 PTS, 10 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
ChristieSAC · 22 PTS, 12 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL
64% (9-14)
MobleyHOU · 31 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST
59% (10-17)
Jim JacksonHOU · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST
58% (7-12)
Final · Hornets-Rockets
Hornets 86Rockets 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets2113223086
Rockets2128242497
The story
Steve Francis' 19 points carried Houston past New Orleans, 97-86

For New Orleans, Robert Traylor had 10 REB, 9 PTS, 2 AST 19 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST · 6-14 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 28-13, was where the Rockets built it.

HOU lead by quarter
200 0+15+17+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Baron Davis was the fantasy play: 50.0 FPTS on 30 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST

Final · Mavs-Kings
Mavs 102Kings 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs27252426102
Kings37272432120
The story
Brad Miller had 21 points and 16 rebounds as Sacramento beat Dallas 120-102

Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 21 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST 21 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST · 8-10 FG

The swing

The Kings won the first 37-27, their biggest quarter edge.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +10+12+12+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.5Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.5 in 63 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.0Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.0 in 63 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Cuttino Mobley leads the day with 31

Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 22, 16, 9, 5, 18, 13, 10, 31Rockets-Hornets · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 18, 24, 33, 12, 26, 6, 33, 30Hornets-Rockets · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 17, 28, 10, 4, 17, 13, 23, 22Kings-Mavs · W
9.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 37, 21, 32, 23, 27, 14, 28, 20, 22Kings-Mavs · W
25.3 PPG season to date · −3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 18, 16, 23, 19, 8, 22, 7, 21Kings-Mavs · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 23, 21, 19, 15, 21, 18, 26, 21Mavs-Kings · L
21.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+7.5 26.5 last 10 · 19.0 season
Hedo TurkogluSAS+7.0 16.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+6.3 26.3 last 10 · 20.0 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE+5.8 21.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.1 10.2 last 10 · 18.3 season
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
David WesleyNOH−5.1 9.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Devean GeorgeLAL−4.7 3.4 last 10 · 8.1 season