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Tuesday, March 15, 2005Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed CHI by 11 at halftime and won 99–93.

Final · Box score
Jazz73
Cavs92
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +18; Q3 CLE +24; Q4 CLE +19
Final · Box score
Lakers91
Sixers108
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +25; Q4 PHI +17
Final · Box score
Heat98
Knicks96
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA -10; Q4 MIA +2
Final · Box score
Sonics99
Bulls93
Q1 Sonics 0; Q2 SEA -11; Q3 SEA +5; Q4 SEA +6
Final · Box score
Wolves100
Mavs91
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +9
Final · Box score
Magic94
Kings105
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +11
On this day · 2003–04Mar 15, 2004: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (Lakers-Magic), 38 points.
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The lead · Sonics-Bulls

Rashard Lewis scores 30, Seattle rallies past Chicago

Allen Iverson goes for 36 points

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-11+5+6SEA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics2521282599
Bulls2532122493
Who led
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 30, 20, 18, 26, 26, 27, 23, 30SEA30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 18, 31, 15, 27, 32, 17, 19, 17SEA17 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 15, 20, 20, 11, 8, 22, 14, 21CHI21 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 5, 3, 8, 13, 6, 13, 14, 6, 5, 15CHI15 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Heat-Knicks

Miami climbs out of a 10-point hole against New York

Down 10 after three, the Heat won the fourth quarter 30–18 and the game 98–96. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Heat-Knicks
Dwyane Wade · MIAStephon Marbury · NYKPTS2424REB31AST54Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Lakers-Sixers6
Heat-Knicks6
Magic-Kings3
Shot of the night

D Wade's jumper at the buzzer breaks the tie, 98-96 final

The night in charts
Lakers-Sixers combined for 199
Points by game
Lakers-SixersLakers 91, Sixers 108
199
Magic-KingsMagic 94, Kings 105
199
Heat-KnicksHeat 98, Knicks 96
194
Sonics-BullsSonics 99, Bulls 93
192
Wolves-MavsWolves 100, Mavs 91
191
Jazz-CavsJazz 73, Cavs 92
165
MIA won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Heat-KnicksHeat 98, Knicks 96
+2 MIA
Sonics-BullsSonics 99, Bulls 93
+6 SEA
Wolves-MavsWolves 100, Mavs 91
+9 MIN
Magic-KingsMagic 94, Kings 105
+11 SAC
Lakers-SixersLakers 91, Sixers 108
+17 PHI
Jazz-CavsJazz 73, Cavs 92
+19 CLE
SEA erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Sonics-BullsSEA won · Sonics 99, Bulls 93
11 pts
Heat-KnicksMIA won · Heat 98, Knicks 96
10 pts
Lewis shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
LewisSEA · 30 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
79% (11-14)
LeBronCLE · 36 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
73% (11-15)
ShaqMIA · 23 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
67% (10-15)
PejaSAC · 27 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST
61% (11-18)
Kenny ThomasSAC · 16 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
Final · Heat-Knicks
Heat 98Knicks 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2717243098
Knicks2228281896
The story
Dwyane Wade's 24 points carried Miami past New York, 98-96

For New York, Kurt Thomas had 14 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST 24 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB · 8-15 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

The Heat trailed by 10 going into the fourth, then won it 30-18.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +5−6−10+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sonics-Bulls
Sonics 99Bulls 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics2521282599
Bulls2532122493
The story
Reggie Evans had 19 rebounds and 6 points as Seattle beat Chicago 99-93

Ben Gordon led Chicago with 21 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 19 REB, 6 PTS, 1 AST · 1-3 FG

The swing

Down 11 after the second, the SuperSonics took the third 28-12.

SEA lead by quarter
200 0−11+5+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Sixers
Lakers 91Sixers 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2517202991
Sixers27253521108
The story
Philadelphia beat Los Angeles 108-91 behind 11 rebounds and 7 points from Samuel Dalembert

Kobe Bryant paced Los Angeles: 20 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 11 REB, 7 PTS, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 3-5 FG

The swing

A 35-20 third quarter did the most damage for the 76ers.

PHI lead by quarter
300 +2+10+25+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 62 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 44 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 36

Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 48, 37, 31, 33, 27, 33, 25, 32, 36Sixers-Lakers · W
30.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 28, 20, 32, 34, 23, 23, 35, 36Cavs-Jazz · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 30, 20, 18, 26, 26, 27, 23, 30Sonics-Bulls · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 9, 0, 28, 15, 14, 19, 6, 21, 27Kings-Magic · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 28, 25, 21, 30, 22, 25, 24, 25Wolves-Mavs · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 29, 13, 26, 21, 27, 18, 11, 25Magic-Kings · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Tyronn LueATL+8.2 18.6 last 10 · 10.4 season
Tim ThomasNYK+6.4 18.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
JR SmithNOH+6.2 14.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Jason TerryDAL+5.9 18.4 last 10 · 12.5 season
Brian CardinalMEM+5.8 15.7 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Chris WebberPHI−5.9 14.1 last 10 · 20.0 season
Nazr MohammedSAS−5.9 4.7 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season