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Thursday, February 24, 2005Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed SAC by 6 after three quarters and won 122–113.

Final · Box score
Sixers101
Knicks113
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +12
Final · Box score
Kings113
Mavs122
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +9
Final · Box score
Wolves86
Clippers92
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +6
On this day · 2003–04Feb 24, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Jermaine O'Neal (Pacers-Warriors), 34 points.
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The lead · Kings-Mavs

Dirk Nowitzki posts 34 and 11 as Dallas beats Sacramento

Marquis Daniels goes for 29 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+3-6+9DAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings23323325113
Mavs27312440122
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 30, 27, 27, 31, 35, 16, 29, 34DAL34 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 11, 4, 10, 12, 4, 0, 7, 29DAL29 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 40, 35, 27, 16, 25, 27, 21, 25, 23, 26SAC26 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 3, 23, 23, 17, 20, 20, 16, 20, 26SAC26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Sixers-Knicks

New York takes care of Philadelphia

A 12-point win, 113–101. Tim Thomas led New York with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over MIN6DAL over SAC9NYK over PHI12Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over PHI.
Lead changes
Kings-Mavs9
Sixers-Knicks5
Wolves-Clippers0
The night in charts
Kings-Mavs combined for 235, 21 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-MavsKings 113, Mavs 122
235
Sixers-KnicksSixers 101, Knicks 113
214
Wolves-ClippersWolves 86, Clippers 92
178
LAC won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Wolves-ClippersWolves 86, Clippers 92
+6 LAC
Kings-MavsKings 113, Mavs 122
+9 DAL
Sixers-KnicksSixers 101, Knicks 113
+12 NYK
DAL rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Kings-MavsDAL won · Kings 113, Mavs 122
6 pts
Sixers-KnicksNYK won · Sixers 101, Knicks 113
3 pts
Kurt Thomas shot 10-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Kurt ThomasNYK · 21 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
91% (10-11)
SongailaSAC · 23 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST
71% (10-14)
Tim ThomasNYK · 27 PTS, 3 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB
71% (10-14)
DanielsDAL · 29 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST, 2 STL
57% (13-23)
DirkDAL · 34 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
56% (14-25)
Final · Wolves-Clippers
Wolves 86Clippers 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves1620222886
Clippers2619192892
The story
Elton Brand had 24 points as Los Angeles beat Minnesota 92-86

Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 14 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST 24 PTS, 7 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 12-24 FG

The swing

The Clippers won the first 26-16, their biggest quarter edge.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +10+9+6+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Mavs
Kings 113Mavs 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings23323325113
Mavs27312440122
The story
Michael Finley's 22 points carried Dallas past Sacramento, 122-113

For Sacramento, Brad Miller had 16 PTS, 15 REB, 3 AST 22 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST · 8-21 FG, 5-9 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks trailed by 6 going into the fourth, then won it 40-25.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +4+3−6+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Knicks
Sixers 101Knicks 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers31272122101
Knicks28272632113
The story
New York beat Philadelphia 113-101 behind 27 points from Tim Thomas

Samuel Dalembert paced Philadelphia: 15 REB, 14 PTS, 2 AST 27 PTS, 3 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB · 10-14 FG, 4-4 3PT

The swing

A 32-22 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Knicks.

NYK lead by quarter
200 −3−3+2+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Allen Iverson topped the game at 46.1 FPTS: 29 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.2Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.2 in 37 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 34

Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 30, 27, 27, 31, 35, 16, 29, 34Mavs-Kings · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 11, 4, 10, 12, 4, 0, 7, 29Mavs-Kings · W
9.7 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 22, 28, 38, 30, 60, 38, 23, 29Sixers-Knicks · L
29.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 5, 13, 8, 7, 9, 11, 15, 27Knicks-Sixers · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 40, 35, 27, 16, 25, 27, 21, 25, 23, 26Kings-Mavs · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 3, 23, 23, 17, 20, 20, 16, 20, 26Kings-Mavs · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Vince CarterNJN+8.0 30.0 last 10 · 22.0 season
JR SmithNOH+7.8 15.6 last 10 · 7.8 season
Mike BibbySAC+7.3 26.5 last 10 · 19.2 season
Melvin ElyCHA+6.7 13.9 last 10 · 7.2 season
Ben GordonCHI+6.5 21.0 last 10 · 14.5 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Peja StojakovicSAC−5.0 14.7 last 10 · 19.7 season
Zach RandolphPOR−4.7 14.0 last 10 · 18.7 season