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Sunday, March 30, 2008Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by Cavs (vs Sixers) and Kings (vs Sonics).

Final · Box score
Rockets88
Spurs109
Q1 Spurs +11; Q2 Spurs +18; Q3 Spurs +20; Q4 Spurs +21
Final · Box score
Jazz103
Wolves110
Q1 Wolves -3; Q2 Wolves -1; Q3 Wolves +2; Q4 Wolves +7
Final · Box score
Knicks109
Hawks114
Q1 Hawks +3; Q2 Hawks +1; Q3 Hawks +4; Q4 Hawks +5
Final · Box score
Heat62
Celtics88
Q1 Celtics +19; Q2 Celtics +20; Q3 Celtics +20; Q4 Celtics +26
Final · Box score
Sixers88
Cavs91
Q1 Cavs -5; Q2 Cavs -5; Q3 Cavs 0; Q4 Cavs +3
Final · Box score
Hornets118
Raptors111
Q1 Hornets +9; Q2 Hornets +11; Q3 Hornets +22; Q4 Hornets +7
Final · Box score
Mavs104
Warriors114
Q1 Warriors +1; Q2 Warriors +8; Q3 Warriors +8; Q4 Warriors +10
Final · Box score
Kings120
Sonics107
Q1 Kings -5; Q2 Kings -3; Q3 Kings +11; Q4 Kings +13
Final · OT · Box score
Wizards120
Lakers126
Q1 Lakers +2; Q2 Lakers +11; Q3 Lakers 0; Q4 Lakers 0; OT1 Lakers +6
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The lead · Sixers-Cavs

Cleveland wins a tight one over Philadelphia

Metta World Peace goes for 29 points

Game flow · Cavs margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-50+3Cavs AHEAD ↑Sixers AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers2721202088
Cavs2221252391
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 42, 25, 33, 30, 30, 29, 29, 21, 13, 26Cavs26 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Delonte WestPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 10, 7, 16, 7, 3, 8, 4, 18Cavs18 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 25, 21, 14, 28, 28, 21, 13, 19Sixers19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 12, 7, 18, 15, 9, 23, 15, 17Sixers17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Miami by 26, the widest margin of 9 games.

Cavs over Sixers3Hawks over Knicks5Lakers over Wizards6Wolves over Jazz7Hornets over Raptors7Warriors over Mavs10Kings over Sonics13Spurs over Rockets21Celtics over Heat26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Lead changes
Jazz-Wolves21
Knicks-Hawks10
Kings-Sonics9
Sixers-Cavs7
Wizards-Lakers6
Rockets-Spurs4
Mavs-Warriors3
Hornets-Raptors3
Heat-Celtics0
Shot of the night

LeBron's jumper with 19 seconds left breaks the tie, 91-88 final

The night in charts
Wizards-Lakers combined for 246, 17 more than any other game
Points by game
Wizards-LakersWizards 120, Lakers 126
246
Hornets-RaptorsHornets 118, Raptors 111
229
Kings-SonicsKings 120, Sonics 107
227
Knicks-HawksKnicks 109, Hawks 114
223
Mavs-WarriorsMavs 104, Warriors 114
218
Jazz-WolvesJazz 103, Wolves 110
213
Rockets-SpursRockets 88, Spurs 109
197
Sixers-CavsSixers 88, Cavs 91
179
Heat-CelticsHeat 62, Celtics 88
150
2 of 9 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Sixers-CavsSixers 88, Cavs 91
+3 Cavs
Knicks-HawksKnicks 109, Hawks 114
+5 Hawks
Wizards-LakersWizards 120, Lakers 126
+6 Lakers
Jazz-WolvesJazz 103, Wolves 110
+7 MIN
Hornets-RaptorsHornets 118, Raptors 111
+7 Hornets
Mavs-WarriorsMavs 104, Warriors 114
+10 Warriors
Kings-SonicsKings 120, Sonics 107
+13 Kings
Rockets-SpursRockets 88, Spurs 109
+21 Spurs
Heat-CelticsHeat 62, Celtics 88
+26 Celtics
Cavs rallied from 5 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Sixers-CavsCavs won · Sixers 88, Cavs 91
5 pts
Kings-SonicsKings won · Kings 120, Sonics 107
5 pts
Jazz-WolvesWolves won · Jazz 103, Wolves 110
3 pts
Corey Brewer shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Corey BrewerMIN · 16 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
Ronnie BrewerJazz · 20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 STL
69% (9-13)
PejaHornets · 25 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST
69% (9-13)
FinleySpurs · 22 PTS, 6 REB
69% (9-13)
Marvin WilliamsHawks · 27 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
69% (11-16)
Final · Sixers-Cavs
Sixers 88Cavs 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers2721202088
Cavs2221252391
The story
LeBron James' 26 points and 9 assists carried Cleveland past Philadelphia, 91-88

For Philadelphia, Andre Miller had 16 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB 26 PTS, 9 REB, 9 AST, 3 STL · 11-18 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The Cavaliers trailed by 5 going into the third, then won it 25-20.

Cavs lead by quarter
200 −5−50+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Hawks
Knicks 109Hawks 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks23312629109
Hawks26292930114
The story
Atlanta beat New York 114-109 behind 25 points and 13 assists from Joe Johnson

David Lee paced New York: 17 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST 25 PTS, 13 AST, 4 REB · 8-21 FG, 1-7 3PT

The swing

A 26-23 first quarter did the most damage for the Hawks.

Hawks lead by quarter
200 +3+1+4+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Lakers
Wizards 120Lakers 126
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Wizards252239259120
Lakers2731282515126
The story
Kobe Bryant had 26 points and 13 assists as Los Angeles beat Washington 126-120 in OT

DeShawn Stevenson led Washington with 27 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 26 PTS, 13 AST, 4 REB · 7-24 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

The Lakers won the second 31-22, their biggest quarter edge.

Lakers lead by quarter
200 +2+1100+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Caron Butler led the game in fantasy with 56.9 FPTS (17 PTS, 12 REB, 12 AST)

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.5Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.5 in 61 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.6Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.6 in 49 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg44.5Today

44 minutes today, against 21.2 a game in 70 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Jamal Crawford leads the day with 39

Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 4, 16, 22, 16, 26, 24, 26, 39Knicks-Hawks · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 18, 15, 19, 24, 13, 32, 30, 36Mavs-Warriors · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 29, 12, 23, 37, 35, 20, 14, 32Hornets-Raptors · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 32, 34, 20, 29, 18, 36, 25, 31Kings-Sonics · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 11, 28, 24, 31, 18, 18, 22, 30Warriors-Mavs · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 26, 19, 26, 23, 17, 24, 28, 29Kings-Sonics · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Hakim WarrickGrizzlies+6.1 16.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Vince CarterNets+6.0 27.3 last 10 · 21.3 season
Nate RobinsonKnicks+5.7 18.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Charlie BellBucks+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Amar'e StoudemireSuns+5.5 30.4 last 10 · 24.9 season
Cold
Wally SzczerbiakCavs−6.3 5.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Sam CassellCeltics−5.8 5.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
John SalmonsKings−5.6 6.8 last 10 · 12.4 season
Andres NocioniBulls−5.6 7.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jamaal TinsleyPacers−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season