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Sunday, March 18, 2007Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: Mavs trailed Pistons by 4 at halftime and won 92–88.

Final · Box score
Raptors74
Knicks92
Q1 Knicks -1; Q2 Knicks -2; Q3 Knicks +20; Q4 Knicks +18
Final · Box score
Mavs92
Pistons88
Q1 Mavs +3; Q2 Mavs -4; Q3 Mavs -2; Q4 Mavs +4
Final · Box score
Magic97
Heat83
Q1 Magic +12; Q2 Magic +18; Q3 Magic +17; Q4 Magic +14
Final · Box score
Clippers95
Nets101
Q1 Nets +3; Q2 Nets +3; Q3 Nets 0; Q4 Nets +6
Final · Box score
Rockets124
Sixers74
Q1 Rockets +17; Q2 Rockets +19; Q3 Rockets +37; Q4 Rockets +50
Final · Box score
Wolves102
Lakers109
Q1 Lakers +7; Q2 Lakers +9; Q3 Lakers +19; Q4 Lakers +7
Final · Box score
Sonics95
Blazers77
Q1 Sonics +1; Q2 Sonics +10; Q3 Sonics +6; Q4 Sonics +18
On this day · 2005–06Mar 18, 2006: 5 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (Bucks-Blazers), 33 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Pistons

Dallas takes care of Detroit

Kobe Bryant goes for 50 points

Game flow · Mavs margin at each break
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-4-2+4Mavs AHEAD ↑Pistons AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2521212592
Pistons2228191988
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 24, 24, 22, 19, 13, 30, 30, 28Mavs28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 1, 9, 4, 10, 11, 10, 16, 2, 9, 22Mavs22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Flip MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 2, 6, 5, 2, 8, 4, 25, 18Pistons18 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 5, 7, 4, 17, 8, 13, 9, 17Pistons17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Lead changes
Clippers-Nets13
Mavs-Pistons9
Raptors-Knicks6
Sonics-Blazers4
Rockets-Sixers2
Wolves-Lakers1
Magic-Heat1
The night in charts
Wolves-Lakers combined for 211, 13 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-LakersWolves 102, Lakers 109
211
Rockets-SixersRockets 124, Sixers 74
198
Clippers-NetsClippers 95, Nets 101
196
Mavs-PistonsMavs 92, Pistons 88
180
Magic-HeatMagic 97, Heat 83
180
Sonics-BlazersSonics 95, Blazers 77
172
Raptors-KnicksRaptors 74, Knicks 92
166
Mavs won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Mavs-PistonsMavs 92, Pistons 88
+4 Mavs
Clippers-NetsClippers 95, Nets 101
+6 Nets
Wolves-LakersWolves 102, Lakers 109
+7 Lakers
Magic-HeatMagic 97, Heat 83
+14 Magic
Raptors-KnicksRaptors 74, Knicks 92
+18 Knicks
Sonics-BlazersSonics 95, Blazers 77
+18 Sonics
Rockets-SixersRockets 124, Sixers 74
+50 Rockets
Mavs rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Mavs-PistonsMavs won · Mavs 92, Pistons 88
4 pts
Raptors-KnicksKnicks won · Raptors 74, Knicks 92
2 pts
Smush Parker shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Smush ParkerLakers · 19 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB
80% (8-10)
McDyessPistons · 17 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
MaggetteClippers · 23 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
70% (7-10)
FryeKnicks · 20 PTS, 7 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
67% (10-15)
LewisSonics · 27 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK
62% (8-13)
Final · Mavs-Pistons
Mavs 92Pistons 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2521212592
Pistons2228191988
The story
Dallas beat Detroit 92-88 behind 28 points and 12 rebounds from Dirk Nowitzki

Flip Murray paced Detroit: 18 PTS, 6 AST 28 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST · 11-20 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 25-19 fourth quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Mavericks.

Mavs lead by quarter
200 +3−4−2+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Nets
Clippers 95Nets 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2421252595
Nets27212231101
The story
Jason Kidd's 23 points and 13 assists carried New Jersey past Los Angeles, 101-95

For Los Angeles, Elton Brand had 17 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST 23 PTS, 13 AST, 6 REB, 6 STL · 7-13 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 31-25, was where the Nets built it.

Nets lead by quarter
200 +3+30+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Lakers
Wolves 102Lakers 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves22212534102
Lakers29233522109
The story
Lamar Odom had 16 points and 8 assists as Los Angeles beat Minnesota 109-102

Ricky Davis led Minnesota with 33 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST 16 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST · 7-12 FG, 0-4 3PT

The swing

The Lakers won the third 35-25, their biggest quarter edge.

Lakers lead by quarter
200 +7+9+19+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.7Season avg39.0Last 5

39.0 points a game over his last five games, against 29.7 in 61 earlier games. Today: 50 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.5 in 59 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.3Season avg41.8Today

42 minutes today, against 19.3 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Philadelphia by 50, the widest margin of 7 games.

Mavs over Pistons4Nets over Clippers6Lakers over Wolves7Magic over Heat14Knicks over Raptors18Sonics over Blazers18Rockets over Sixers50Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 50

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 30, 31, 40, 30, 25, 25, 65, 50Lakers-Wolves · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
50 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 16, 35, 33, 21, 19, 3, 10, 33Wolves-Lakers · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 24, 24, 22, 19, 13, 30, 30, 28Mavs-Pistons · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 28, 24, 11, 16, 26, 13, 23, 27Sonics-Blazers · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 7, 9, 15, 12, 9, 10, 14, 27Clippers-Nets · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 22, 33, 26, 23, 32, 30, 19, 26Wolves-Lakers · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Stephon MarburyKnicks+9.7 25.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Tony AllenCeltics+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eddie JonesHeat+6.8 14.0 last 10 · 7.2 season
Al JeffersonCeltics+6.5 22.1 last 10 · 15.6 season
Kobe BryantLakers+5.7 35.7 last 10 · 30.0 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWizards−6.6 12.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
Sam CassellClippers−6.4 6.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Yao MingRockets−6.2 18.3 last 10 · 24.5 season
JR SmithNuggets−6.2 8.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Mike JamesWolves−5.8 4.2 last 10 · 10.0 season