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Thursday, March 8, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Bulls100
Magic76
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +20; Q3 CHI +23; Q4 CHI +24
Final · Box score
Spurs100
Kings93
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +7
On this day · 2005–06Mar 8, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (Heat-Wizards), 40 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Kings

Manu Ginobili scores 31 as San Antonio wins in Sacramento

Tim Duncan goes for 16 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+4+4+7SAS AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs25231735100
Kings1925173293
Who led
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 40, 11, 13, 31, 5, 16, 23, 31SAS31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 30, 6, 24, 19, 26, 9, 24, 16SAS16 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 2, 35, 23, 36, 20, 33, 27, 26SAC26 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 3, 2, 0, 0, 11, 12, 4, 13, 21SAC21 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Bulls-Magic

Chicago leads Orlando wire to wire

Chicago was ahead at every break and won 100–76. Best quarter: the fourth, 29–28. Ben Gordon led Chicago with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Bulls-Magic
Ben Gordon · CHIDwight Howard · ORLPTS2517REB514AST22Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Spurs-Kings10
Bulls-Magic3
The night in charts
Spurs-Kings combined for 193, 17 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-KingsSpurs 100, Kings 93
193
Bulls-MagicBulls 100, Magic 76
176
SAS won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Spurs-KingsSpurs 100, Kings 93
+7 SAS
Bulls-MagicBulls 100, Magic 76
+24 CHI
Williamson shot 9-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
WilliamsonSAC · 21 PTS, 3 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
69% (9-13)
HinrichCHI · 17 PTS, 5 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
ManuSAS · 31 PTS, 5 REB, 4 STL, 3 AST
56% (9-16)
DwightORL · 17 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
55% (6-11)
Kevin MartinSAC · 26 PTS, 12 REB
50% (10-20)
Final · Spurs-Kings
Spurs 100Kings 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs25231735100
Kings1925173293
The story
Tony Parker had 15 points as San Antonio beat Sacramento 100-93

Corliss Williamson led Sacramento with 21 PTS, 3 REB 15 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB · 5-17 FG

The swing

The Spurs won the first 25-19, their biggest quarter edge.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +6+4+4+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bulls-Magic
Bulls 100Magic 76
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls26232229100
Magic1712192876
The story
Ben Gordon's 25 points carried Chicago past Orlando, 100-76

Luol Deng chipped in 15 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST 25 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST · 7-17 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 23-12, was where the Bulls built it.

CHI lead by quarter
300 +9+20+23+24 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Dwight Howard was the fantasy play: 41.8 FPTS on 17 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.4Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.4 in 59 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.5Season avg24.3Last 3

24.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.5 in 45 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Manu Ginobili leads the day with 31

Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 40, 11, 13, 31, 5, 16, 23, 31Spurs-Kings · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 2, 35, 23, 36, 20, 33, 27, 26Kings-Spurs · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 18, 21, 32, 22, 27, 48, 14, 25Bulls-Magic · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 3, 2, 0, 0, 11, 12, 4, 13, 21Kings-Spurs · L
9.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 20, 18, 21, 23, 9, 25, 10, 17Magic-Bulls · L
17.9 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 20, 6, 10, 12, 22, 23, 11, 17Bulls-Magic · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Stephon MarburyNYK+7.9 23.7 last 10 · 15.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Rudy GayMEM+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
LeBron JamesCLE+5.7 33.1 last 10 · 27.4 season
Tyson ChandlerNOK+5.6 14.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Carlos BoozerUTA−6.8 14.1 last 10 · 20.9 season
Damon JonesCLE−4.9 2.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Caron ButlerWAS−4.8 15.0 last 10 · 19.8 season
Rasual ButlerNOK−4.8 5.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
Fred JonesPOR−4.7 2.5 last 10 · 7.2 season