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Thursday, March 29, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed DET by 3 at halftime and won 83–81.

Final · Box score
Pistons81
Bulls83
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +2
Final · Box score
Grizzlies96
Blazers92
Q1 Grizzlies 0; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +4
Final · Box score
Suns119
Warriors124
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +23; Q4 GSW +5
On this day · 2005–06Mar 29, 2006: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (Cavs-Mavs), 46 points.
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The lead · Pistons-Bulls

Chicago takes over late to edge Detroit

Zach Randolph goes for 43 points

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8-3-1+2CHI AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons1724202081
Bulls2513222383
Who led
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 11, 8, 33, 10, 25, 31, 17, 25CHI25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 19, 20, 23, 12, 22, 14, 38, 16CHI16 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 7, 12, 30, 8, 12, 28, 19, 26DET26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 8, 20, 13, 12, 13, 21, 22, 19DET19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Grizzlies-Blazers

Portland's skid reaches three

Memphis won 96–92; the Trail Blazers fall to 29–43. Tarence Kinsey led Memphis with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

Streak strip · POR
L@ DEN99–107Lvs DET75–87L@ LAL111–116Lvs SEA77–95Wvs WAS100–98W@ NYK92–86W@ ATL102–100L@ MIN93–94L@ CHI89–100Lvs MEM92–96
Lead changes
Pistons-Bulls6
Grizzlies-Blazers6
Suns-Warriors1
The night in charts
Suns-Warriors combined for 243, 55 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-WarriorsSuns 119, Warriors 124
243
Grizzlies-BlazersGrizzlies 96, Blazers 92
188
Pistons-BullsPistons 81, Bulls 83
164
3 of 3 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Pistons-BullsPistons 81, Bulls 83
+2 CHI
Grizzlies-BlazersGrizzlies 96, Blazers 92
+4 MEM
Suns-WarriorsSuns 119, Warriors 124
+5 GSW
Diaw shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DiawPHX · 18 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB, 1 BLK
73% (8-11)
RandolphPOR · 43 PTS, 17 REB, 5 AST, 2 BLK
62% (16-26)
KinseyMEM · 20 PTS, 4 STL, 3 REB
62% (8-13)
Stephen JacksonGSW · 29 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB, 2 STL
61% (11-18)
RichardsonGSW · 36 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
61% (14-23)
Final · Pistons-Bulls
Pistons 81Bulls 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons1724202081
Bulls2513222383
The story
Ben Gordon's 25 points carried Chicago past Detroit, 83-81

For Detroit, Rasheed Wallace had 19 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 25 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST · 8-19 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 25-17, was where the Bulls built it.

CHI lead by quarter
200 +8−3−1+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Tayshaun Prince was the fantasy play: 38.7 FPTS on 26 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST

Final · Grizzlies-Blazers
Grizzlies 96Blazers 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies2426192796
Blazers2422202692
The story
Rudy Gay had 18 points as Memphis beat Portland 96-92

Brandon Roy led Portland with 13 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB 18 PTS, 4 AST, 4 BLK, 3 REB · 5-14 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The Grizzlies won the second 26-22, their biggest quarter edge.

MEM lead by quarter
200 0+4+3+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Warriors
Suns 119Warriors 124
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns33302333119
Warriors45323215124
The story
Golden State beat Phoenix 124-119 behind 36 points and 12 rebounds from Jason Richardson

Leandro Barbosa paced Phoenix: 27 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB 36 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST · 14-23 FG, 8-13 3PT

The swing

A 45-33 first quarter did the most damage for the Warriors.

GSW lead by quarter
300 +12+14+23+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.8Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 4.8 in 37 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg10.5Last 3

10.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 66 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Zach Randolph leads the day with 43

Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 25, 26, 21, 31, 16, 19, 17, 43Blazers-Grizzlies · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high43 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 16, 14, 23, 21, 23, 9, 0, 36Warriors-Suns · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 16, 15, 8, 16, 2, 16, 12, 29Warriors-Suns · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 17, 8, 25, 20, 17, 27, 12, 27Suns-Warriors · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 7, 12, 30, 8, 12, 28, 19, 26Pistons-Bulls · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 11, 8, 33, 10, 25, 31, 17, 25Bulls-Pistons · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Kobe BryantLAL+10.3 41.1 last 10 · 30.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+7.4 16.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Sasha PavlovicCLE+6.4 14.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Josh SmithATL+5.4 21.2 last 10 · 15.8 season
Cold
Shawn MarionPHX−6.0 11.2 last 10 · 17.2 season
Caron ButlerWAS−6.0 13.1 last 10 · 19.1 season
Sam CassellLAC−5.9 7.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Adam MorrisonCHA−5.9 6.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
JR SmithDEN−5.7 8.3 last 10 · 14.0 season