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Thursday, March 10, 2005Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Lakers trailed Mavs by 4 at halftime and won 100–95.

Final · Box score
Wolves90
Heat107
Q1 Heat 0; Q2 Heat +5; Q3 Heat 0; Q4 Heat +17
Final · Box score
Lakers100
Mavs95
Q1 Lakers +1; Q2 Lakers -4; Q3 Lakers -4; Q4 Lakers +5
On this day · 2003–04Mar 10, 2004: 10 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (Magic-Wizards), 62 points.
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The lead · Lakers-Mavs

Kobe Bryant scores 36 as Lakers win in Dallas

Shaquille O'Neal goes for 33 points

Game flow · Lakers margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-4-4+5Lakers AHEAD ↑Mavs AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers21202930100
Mavs2025292195
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 20, 31, 30, 26, 40, 37, 41, 36Lakers36 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 21, 7, 12, 13, 26, 11, 18, 13, 20, 15Lakers15 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 16, 29, 34, 26, 28, 25, 23, 25Mavs25 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 16, 22, 7, 16, 10, 1, 22, 18Mavs18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Wolves-Heat

Miami makes it seven straight

Miami beat Minnesota 107–90 and moved to 47–16. Shaquille O'Neal led Miami with 33 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · Heat
Wvs Clippers113–95L@ Bulls101–105L@ Pacers91–93Wvs Magic101–98W@ Magic112–103W@ Nets106–90Wvs Kings104–83W@ Cavs102–82Wvs Sixers108–100Wvs Wolves107–90
The night in charts
Wolves-Heat combined for 197, 2 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-HeatWolves 90, Heat 107
197
Lakers-MavsLakers 100, Mavs 95
195
Lakers won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Lakers-MavsLakers 100, Mavs 95
+5 Lakers
Wolves-HeatWolves 90, Heat 107
+17 Heat
Kobe shot 14-of-22 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KobeLakers · 36 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
64% (14-22)
HudsonMIN · 20 PTS, 5 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
HowardMavs · 18 PTS, 10 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
ShaqHeat · 33 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK
56% (10-18)
KGMIN · 22 PTS, 19 REB, 5 AST
50% (10-20)
Final · Lakers-Mavs
Lakers 100Mavs 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers21202930100
Mavs2025292195
The story
Lamar Odom had 15 points and 14 rebounds as Los Angeles beat Dallas 100-95

Alan Henderson led Dallas with 17 REB, 10 PTS 15 PTS, 14 REB, 7 AST · 5-13 FG

The swing

Down 4 after the third, the Lakers took the fourth 30-21.

Lakers lead by quarter
200 +1−4−4+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Heat
Wolves 90Heat 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves2422281690
Heat24272333107
The story
Dwyane Wade's 20 points carried Miami past Minnesota, 107-90

For Minnesota, Troy Hudson had 20 PTS, 5 AST 20 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK · 6-17 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 33-16, was where the Heat built it.

Heat lead by quarter
200 0+50+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.4Season avg36.0Last 5

36.0 points a game over his last five games, against 28.4 in 45 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.8Season avg25.7Last 3

25.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.8 in 56 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 17 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 36

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 20, 31, 30, 26, 40, 37, 41, 36Lakers-Mavs · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 16, 32, 27, 14, 0, 20, 18, 13, 25, 33Heat-Wolves · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 16, 29, 34, 26, 28, 25, 23, 25Mavs-Lakers · L
26.9 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 14, 31, 17, 28, 25, 21, 30, 22Wolves-Heat · L
22.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 19 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 38, 25, 28, 27, 22, 18, 32, 20Heat-Wolves · W
23.9 PPG season to date · −3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 8, 9, 4, 17, 13, 10, 2, 20Wolves-Heat · L
8.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high20 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
JR SmithHornets+7.9 16.4 last 10 · 8.5 season
Brian CardinalGrizzlies+5.9 15.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Tyronn LueHawks+5.6 15.3 last 10 · 9.7 season
Josh ChildressHawks+4.8 13.1 last 10 · 8.3 season
Mo WilliamsBucks+4.7 14.6 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsRaptors−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Jermaine O'NealPacers−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Nazr MohammedSpurs−5.7 5.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Derek AndersonBlazers−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Carlos BoozerJazz−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season