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Monday, March 19, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOK trailed BOS by 5 after the first quarter and won 106–88.

Final · Box score
Kings76
Hawks99
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +28; Q4 ATL +23
Final · Box score
Celtics88
Hornets106
Q1 NOK -5; Q2 NOK +17; Q3 NOK +28; Q4 NOK +18
On this day · 2005–06Mar 19, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (Hawks-Magic), 40 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Hornets

New Orleans/Oklahoma City beats Boston, 106–88

Josh Smith goes for 12 rebounds

Game flow · NOK margin at each break
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+17+28+18NOK AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics319183088
Hornets26312920106
Who led
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 5, 11, 5, 4, 0, 17, 9, 18NOK18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 20, 15, 12, 12, 6, 6, 4, 16NOK16 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 20, 21, 8, 24, 17, 29, 30, 28BOS28 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Allan RayPoints, last 10 games: 0, 3, 3, 0, 4, 7, 10, 8, 0, 12BOS12 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Kings-Hawks

Atlanta leads Sacramento wire to wire

Atlanta was ahead at every break and won 99–76. Best quarter: the first, 31–21. Josh Childress led Atlanta with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Hawks-Kings
Josh Childress · ATLCorliss Williamson · SACPTS2514REB31AST30Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Kings-Hawks4
Celtics-Hornets2
The night in charts
Celtics-Hornets combined for 194, 19 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-HornetsCeltics 88, Hornets 106
194
Kings-HawksKings 76, Hawks 99
175
NOK won the closest game by 18
Closest finishes
Celtics-HornetsCeltics 88, Hornets 106
+18 NOK
Kings-HawksKings 76, Hawks 99
+23 ATL
Pachulia shot 11-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PachuliaATL · 23 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
92% (11-12)
ChildressATL · 25 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
67% (10-15)
PierceBOS · 28 PTS, 3 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
61% (11-18)
StoudamireATL · 13 PTS, 4 AST, 2 STL
55% (6-11)
MasonNOK · 11 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
50% (5-10)
Final · Celtics-Hornets
Celtics 88Hornets 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics319183088
Hornets26312920106
The story
Tyson Chandler's 16 points and 11 rebounds carried New Orleans/Oklahoma City past Boston, 106-88

For Boston, Al Jefferson had 10 REB, 9 PTS 16 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST · 6-9 FG

The swing

The Hornets trailed by 5 going into the second, then won it 31-9.

NOK lead by quarter
300 −5+17+28+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Hawks
Kings 76Hawks 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings212182676
Hawks3122252199
The story
Zaza Pachulia had 23 points as Atlanta beat Sacramento 99-76

Metta World Peace led Sacramento with 12 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 23 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST · 11-12 FG

The swing

The Hawks won the third 25-8, their biggest quarter edge.

ATL lead by quarter
300 +10+11+28+23 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.4Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.4 in 59 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.7Season avg26.3Last 3

26.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.7 in 66 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 20.6 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 28

Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 20, 21, 8, 24, 17, 29, 30, 28Celtics-Hornets · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Josh ChildressPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 14, 7, 17, 16, 15, 7, 11, 25Hawks-Kings · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Zaza PachuliaPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 7, 27, 11, 16, 15, 5, 16, 23Hawks-Kings · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 5, 11, 5, 4, 0, 17, 9, 18Hornets-Celtics · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 20, 15, 12, 12, 6, 6, 4, 16Hornets-Celtics · W
9.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 14, 13, 14, 12, 25, 20, 21, 15Hornets-Celtics · W
17.3 PPG season to date · −2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Stephon MarburyNYK+9.7 25.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA+6.8 14.0 last 10 · 7.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.7 35.7 last 10 · 30.0 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.2 13.4 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−6.6 12.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
Sam CassellLAC−6.4 6.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Yao MingHOU−6.2 18.3 last 10 · 24.5 season
JR SmithDEN−6.2 8.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Mike JamesMIN−5.8 4.2 last 10 · 10.0 season