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Thursday, April 10, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed GSW by 15 after the first quarter and won 114–105.

Final · Box score
Nuggets114
Warriors105
Q1 DEN -15; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +9
Final · Box score
Jazz94
Mavs97
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +3
Final · Box score
Lakers106
Clippers78
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +28
On this day · 2006–07Apr 10, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: Elton Brand (Clippers-Hornets), 37 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Warriors

Allen Iverson drops 33 in 15-point comeback win over Golden State

Monta Ellis goes for 29 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15+1+7+9DEN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets22392825114
Warriors37232223105
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 26, 31, 14, 21, 31, 13, 26, 21, 33DEN33 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 32, 25, 18, 25, 47, 38, 36, 25DEN25 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 22, 30, 14, 27, 19, 35, 16, 29GSW29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 12, 28, 21, 19, 20, 9, 17, 33, 20GSW20 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Lead changes
Nuggets-Warriors18
Jazz-Mavs15
Lakers-Clippers3
Shot of the night

Dirk's three with 0.9 seconds left breaks the tie, 97-94 final

The night in charts
Nuggets-Warriors combined for 219, 28 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-WarriorsNuggets 114, Warriors 105
219
Jazz-MavsJazz 94, Mavs 97
191
Lakers-ClippersLakers 106, Clippers 78
184
DAL won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Jazz-MavsJazz 94, Mavs 97
+3 DAL
Nuggets-WarriorsNuggets 114, Warriors 105
+9 DEN
Lakers-ClippersLakers 106, Clippers 78
+28 LAL
Harrington shot 7-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HarringtonGSW · 20 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST
64% (7-11)
MeloDEN · 25 PTS, 9 REB, 5 STL, 2 BLK
60% (12-20)
JR SmithDEN · 24 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST
58% (7-12)
WaltonLAL · 18 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
AIDEN · 33 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL
57% (12-21)
Final · Jazz-Mavs
Jazz 94Mavs 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz1525262894
Mavs2423203097
The story
Dirk Nowitzki's 32 points carried Dallas past Utah, 97-94

For Utah, Deron Williams had 18 PTS, 12 AST, 3 REB 32 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST · 12-23 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 24-15, was where the Mavericks built it.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +9+7+1+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Warriors
Nuggets 114Warriors 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets22392825114
Warriors37232223105
The story
Carmelo Anthony had 25 points as Denver beat Golden State 114-105

Baron Davis led Golden State with 20 PTS, 11 AST, 10 REB 25 PTS, 9 REB, 5 STL, 1 AST · 12-20 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

Down 15 after the first, the Nuggets took the second 39-23.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −15+1+7+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Clippers
Lakers 106Clippers 78
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers27242233106
Clippers2517191778
The story
Los Angeles beat Los Angeles 106-78 behind 18 points from Luke Walton

Elton Brand paced Los Angeles: 23 PTS, 7 REB 18 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST · 7-12 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

A 33-17 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Lakers.

LAL lead by quarter
300 +2+9+12+28 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Al Thornton topped the game at 43.5 FPTS: 22 PTS, 10 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.1Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 26.1 in 73 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 70 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 26.8 a game in 75 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Jazz-Mavs

Dallas leads Utah wire to wire

Dallas was ahead at every break and won 97–94. Best quarter: the fourth, 30–28. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 32 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over UTA3DEN over GSW9LAL over LAC28Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over UTA.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 33

Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 26, 31, 14, 21, 31, 13, 26, 21, 33Nuggets-Warriors · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 35, 22, 11, 18, 27, 32, 11, 32Mavs-Jazz · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 22, 30, 14, 27, 19, 35, 16, 29Warriors-Nuggets · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 32, 25, 18, 25, 47, 38, 36, 25Nuggets-Warriors · W
26.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 13, 20, 23, 17, 13, 11, 10, 24Nuggets-Warriors · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 5 games: 19, 15, 19, 17, 23Clippers-Lakers · L
18.6 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Rasho NesterovicTOR+9.2 16.7 last 10 · 7.5 season
Chris QuinnMIA+8.2 15.9 last 10 · 7.7 season
Vince CarterNJN+7.6 29.2 last 10 · 21.6 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Hakim WarrickMEM+5.4 16.4 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Sam CassellBOS−4.8 6.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Dwight HowardORL−4.7 16.3 last 10 · 21.0 season
Daniel GibsonCLE−4.6 6.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Grant HillPHX−4.5 8.8 last 10 · 13.3 season