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Thursday, March 9, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHI by 9 at halftime and won 97–93.

Final · Box score
Nuggets97
Sixers93
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN -9; Q3 DEN -7; Q4 DEN +4
Final · Box score
Mavs109
Blazers92
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +17
Final · Box score
Spurs117
Suns93
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +24
On this day · 2004–05Mar 9, 2005: 6 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (Suns-Spurs), 44 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Sixers

Denver rallies from 9 down to beat Philadelphia

Dirk Nowitzki goes for 33 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-9-7+4DEN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets2322272597
Sixers2232251493
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 29, 24, 30, 19, 25, 34, 24, 35, 29DEN29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 7, 25, 8, 13, 6, 21, 16, 20DEN20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 30, 38, 29, 40, 47, 33, 32, 38PHI38 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 24, 19, 19, 21, 30, 17, 18, 17PHI17 PTS · 20 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Mavs-Blazers

Dallas leads Portland wire to wire

Dallas was ahead at every break and won 109–92. Best quarter: the fourth, 30–29. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over PHI4DAL over POR17SAS over PHX24Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over POR.
Lead changes
Mavs-Blazers3
Nuggets-Sixers2
Spurs-Suns1
Shot of the night

Melo's jumper with 18 seconds left breaks the tie, 97-93 final

The night in charts
Spurs-Suns combined for 210, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-SunsSpurs 117, Suns 93
210
Mavs-BlazersMavs 109, Blazers 92
201
Nuggets-SixersNuggets 97, Sixers 93
190
DEN won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Nuggets-SixersNuggets 97, Sixers 93
+4 DEN
Mavs-BlazersMavs 109, Blazers 92
+17 DAL
Spurs-SunsSpurs 117, Suns 93
+24 SAS
Duncan shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DuncanSAS · 16 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
73% (8-11)
UdrihSAS · 13 PTS, 4 AST, 1 REB
60% (6-10)
PattersonDEN · 20 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
60% (6-10)
ParkerSAS · 29 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
57% (12-21)
DiawPHX · 16 PTS, 9 REB, 9 AST
57% (8-14)
Final · Nuggets-Sixers
Nuggets 97Sixers 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets2322272597
Sixers2232251493
The story
Marcus Camby had 14 rebounds and 13 points as Denver beat Philadelphia 97-93

Chris Webber led Philadelphia with 20 REB, 17 PTS, 4 AST 14 REB, 13 PTS, 5 BLK, 3 STL, 2 AST · 6-17 FG

The swing

Down 7 after the third, the Nuggets took the fourth 25-14.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +1−9−7+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Blazers
Mavs 109Blazers 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs25292530109
Blazers1921232992
The story
Jason Terry's 19 points carried Dallas past Portland, 109-92

For Portland, Sebastian Telfair had 12 PTS, 8 AST 19 PTS, 2 AST · 6-11 FG, 4-7 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 29-21, was where the Mavericks built it.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +6+14+16+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Suns
Spurs 117Suns 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs38262528117
Suns2921212293
The story
San Antonio beat Phoenix 117-93 behind 29 points from Tony Parker

Shawn Marion paced Phoenix: 18 PTS, 11 REB 29 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB · 12-21 FG

The swing

A 38-29 first quarter did the most damage for the Spurs.

SAS lead by quarter
300 +9+14+18+24 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Tim Duncan topped the game at 41.5 FPTS: 16 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.1Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.1 in 58 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.5Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 8.5 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 38

Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 30, 38, 29, 40, 47, 33, 32, 38Sixers-Nuggets · L
33.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 31, 32, 32, 23, 26, 25, 25, 33Mavs-Blazers · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 29, 24, 30, 19, 25, 34, 24, 35, 29Nuggets-Sixers · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 9, 14, 20, 23, 18, 21, 20, 29Spurs-Suns · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 19, 23, 2, 20, 24, 15, 33, 29Blazers-Mavs · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 7, 25, 8, 13, 6, 21, 16, 20Nuggets-Sixers · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Paul PierceBOS+6.7 34.0 last 10 · 27.3 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+5.9 14.6 last 10 · 8.7 season
Mike JamesTOR+5.3 24.0 last 10 · 18.7 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+5.3 15.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Jameer NelsonORL+5.2 19.1 last 10 · 13.9 season
Cold
Stephon MarburyNYK−6.2 10.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Baron DavisGSW−5.0 13.0 last 10 · 18.0 season
Mo WilliamsMIL−4.7 9.2 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−4.5 8.6 last 10 · 13.1 season