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Thursday, March 5, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Mavs88
Hornets104
Q1 NOH +3; Q2 Hornets 0; Q3 NOH +8; Q4 NOH +16
Final · Box score
Blazers90
Nuggets106
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +16
On this day · 2007–08Mar 5, 2008: 12 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (Cavs-Knicks), 50 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Hornets

New Orleans makes it six straight

Chris Paul goes for 27 points

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+30+8+16NOH AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2124222188
Hornets24213029104
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 21, 36, 21, 24, 27, 20, 9, 14, 16, 27NOH27 PTS · 4 REB · 15 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 37, 14, 16, 18, 24, 30, 28, 32, 30, 19NOH19 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 12, 14, 14, 41, 24, 28, 24, 27DAL27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 23, 3, 11, 2, 19, 10, 9, 9, 17, 13DAL13 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Blazers-Nuggets

Denver leads Portland wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 106–90. Best quarter: the first, 32–18. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 38 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Nuggets-Blazers
Carmelo Anthony · DENBrandon Roy · PORPTS3822REB21AST24Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Mavs-Hornets4
Blazers-Nuggets4
The night in charts
Blazers-Nuggets combined for 196, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-NuggetsBlazers 90, Nuggets 106
196
Mavs-HornetsMavs 88, Hornets 104
192
DEN won the closest game by 16
Closest finishes
Blazers-NuggetsBlazers 90, Nuggets 106
+16 DEN
Mavs-HornetsMavs 88, Hornets 104
+16 NOH
Outlaw shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
OutlawPOR · 15 PTS, 6 REB
70% (7-10)
HilarioDEN · 16 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 2 BLK
64% (7-11)
MeloDEN · 38 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
62% (16-26)
JR SmithDEN · 17 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
RoyPOR · 22 PTS, 4 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
56% (9-16)
Final · Mavs-Hornets
Mavs 88Hornets 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2124222188
Hornets24213029104
The story
David West had 19 points and 10 rebounds as New Orleans beat Dallas 104-88

Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 27 PTS, 7 REB 19 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK · 8-16 FG

The swing

The Hornets won the third 30-22, their biggest quarter edge.

NOH lead by quarter
200 +30+8+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Nuggets
Blazers 90Nuggets 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers1826262090
Nuggets32212825106
The story
Nene Hilario's 16 points carried Denver past Portland, 106-90

For Portland, Brandon Roy had 22 PTS, 4 AST 16 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST · 7-11 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 32-18, was where the Nuggets built it.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +14+9+11+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.5Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.5 in 53 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg24.9Last 3

24.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 44 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 38

Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 26, 12, 33, 18, 23, 12, 20, 38Nuggets-Blazers · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 21, 36, 21, 24, 27, 20, 9, 14, 16, 27Hornets-Mavs · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 15 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 12, 14, 14, 41, 24, 28, 24, 27Mavs-Hornets · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 37, 24, 27, 20, 24, 14, 19, 26, 28, 22Blazers-Nuggets · L
22.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 37, 14, 16, 18, 24, 30, 28, 32, 30, 19Hornets-Mavs · W
20.5 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 24, 28, 21, 13, 15, 26, 21, 19Blazers-Nuggets · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Nate RobinsonNYK+9.8 27.4 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jarrett JackIND+7.8 20.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Rasual ButlerNOH+6.1 17.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Ryan GomesMIN+5.3 17.8 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−6.2 4.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mickael PietrusORL−4.4 6.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Mike BibbyATL−4.3 10.9 last 10 · 15.2 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−3.6 21.6 last 10 · 25.2 season