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Saturday, March 25, 2006Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Wizards101
Clippers116
Q1 Clippers +12; Q2 Clippers +16; Q3 Clippers +23; Q4 Clippers +15
Final · Box score
Mavs98
Hawks83
Q1 Mavs +14; Q2 Mavs +16; Q3 Mavs +15; Q4 Mavs +15
Final · Box score
Nuggets96
Suns107
Q1 Suns +3; Q2 Suns +9; Q3 Suns +4; Q4 Suns +11
Final · Box score
Kings91
Jazz89
Q1 Kings +10; Q2 Kings +1; Q3 Kings +5; Q4 Kings +2
On this day · 2004–05Mar 25, 2005: 9 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (Sonics-Knicks), 40 points.
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The lead · Kings-Jazz

Sacramento wins a tight one over Utah

Andrei Kirilenko goes for 15 points

Game flow · Kings margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+1+5+2Kings AHEAD ↑Jazz AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings2918242091
Jazz1927202389
Who led
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 19, 12, 29, 22, 35, 30, 10, 24Kings24 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 5, 9, 7, 10, 6, 10, 15, 23Kings23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 10, 12, 30, 21, 19, 23, 30, 19Jazz19 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Devin BrownPoints, last 10 games: 3, 6, 3, 4, 0, 5, 8, 9, 6, 17Jazz17 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Nuggets-Suns

Phoenix leads Denver wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 107–96. Best quarter: the first, 30–27. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 21 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
Kings over Jazz2Suns over Nuggets11Clippers over Wizards15Mavs over Hawks15Final margin, points. Pink = Suns over Nuggets.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Suns17
Kings-Jazz6
Mavs-Hawks1
The night in charts
Wizards-Clippers combined for 217, 14 more than any other game
Points by game
Wizards-ClippersWizards 101, Clippers 116
217
Nuggets-SunsNuggets 96, Suns 107
203
Mavs-HawksMavs 98, Hawks 83
181
Kings-JazzKings 91, Jazz 89
180
Kings won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Kings-JazzKings 91, Jazz 89
+2 Kings
Nuggets-SunsNuggets 96, Suns 107
+11 Suns
Mavs-HawksMavs 98, Hawks 83
+15 Mavs
Wizards-ClippersWizards 101, Clippers 116
+15 Clippers
Terry shot 10-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
TerryMavs · 26 PTS, 4 STL, 3 REB, 3 AST
67% (10-15)
CassellClippers · 26 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
67% (10-15)
BrandClippers · 32 PTS, 9 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
63% (12-19)
MeloNuggets · 28 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
58% (11-19)
KamanClippers · 21 PTS, 13 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK
57% (8-14)
Final · Kings-Jazz
Kings 91Jazz 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings2918242091
Jazz1927202389
The story
Mike Bibby had 24 points and 8 assists as Sacramento beat Utah 91-89

Carlos Boozer led Utah with 19 PTS, 16 REB, 4 AST 24 PTS, 8 AST, 4 STL, 2 REB · 6-15 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

The Kings won the first 29-19, their biggest quarter edge.

Kings lead by quarter
200 +10+1+5+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Suns
Nuggets 96Suns 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets2721272196
Suns30272228107
The story
Phoenix beat Denver 107-96 behind 21 points and 14 rebounds from Shawn Marion

Andre Miller paced Denver: 24 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB 21 PTS, 14 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST · 10-20 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

A 28-21 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Suns.

Suns lead by quarter
200 +3+9+4+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Clippers
Wizards 101Clippers 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards20272430101
Clippers32313122116
The story
Sam Cassell's 26 points and 8 assists carried Los Angeles past Washington, 116-101

For Washington, Antawn Jamison had 31 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 26 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB · 10-15 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 32-20, was where the Clippers built it.

Clippers lead by quarter
300 +12+16+23+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 19 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 2 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
36.12004–05 avg18.0Last 2

18.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 36.1 in 2004–05 (80 games). Today: 6 points in 17 minutes.

Cooling off
−5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.5Season avg7.6Last 5

7.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.5 in 49 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 20 minutes.

Top performances

Elton Brand leads the day with 32

Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 22, 14, 18, 24, 15, 24, 25, 32Clippers-Wizards · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 12, 35, 20, 21, 23, 16, 27, 31Wizards-Clippers · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 36, 35, 31, 33, 28, 32, 31, 28Nuggets-Suns · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 24, 30, 30, 25, 37, 28, 51, 27Mavs-Hawks · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 32, 20, 17, 14, 9, 24, 13, 21, 26Clippers-Wizards · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 14, 20, 19, 25, 8, 12, 29, 26Mavs-Hawks · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 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
Raymond FeltonBobcats+6.4 17.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Antonio DanielsWizards+6.1 15.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Yao MingRockets+5.7 27.7 last 10 · 22.0 season
Josh SmithHawks+5.6 15.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Jumaine JonesBobcats+5.6 16.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyRockets−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Channing FryeKnicks−5.7 6.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Derek AndersonHeat−5.3 3.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
Jermaine O'NealPacers−5.2 15.2 last 10 · 20.4 season
Steve FrancisKnicks−5.1 10.0 last 10 · 15.1 season