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Tuesday, March 10, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed LAC by 17 after three quarters and won 87–83.

Final · Box score
Jazz112
Pacers100
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +12
Final · Box score
Knicks120
Bucks112
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -9; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +8
Final · Box score
Bobcats86
Spurs100
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 Spurs 0; Q3 Spurs 0; Q4 SAS +14
Final · Box score
Mavs122
Suns117
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +5
Final · Box score
Thunder99
Kings98
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 Thunder 0; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +1
Final · Box score
Cavs87
Clippers83
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE -14; Q3 CLE -17; Q4 CLE +4
On this day · 2007–08Mar 10, 2008: 7 games. Top scorer: Cuttino Mobley (Clippers-Heat), 29 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Clippers

LeBron James posts 32-13-11 as Cleveland tops Clippers

Dirk Nowitzki goes for 34 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-14-17+4CLE AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs1717183587
Clippers2424211483
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 21, 30, 26, 42, 23, 21, 14, 32CLE32 PTS · 13 REB · 11 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 11, 10, 17, 12, 14, 12, 4, 16CLE16 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 22, 4, 27, 30, 11, 33, 20, 20LAC20 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 20, 8, 33, 4, 16, 14, 25, 22, 20LAC20 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Knicks-Bucks

New York rallies from 9 down to beat Milwaukee

Trailing by 9 at the half, New York outscored the Bucks 64–47 the rest of the way. Final: 120–112. Larry Hughes led New York with 39 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Knicks-Bucks
Larry Hughes · NYKCharlie Villanueva · MILPTS3932REB69AST22Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Thunder-Kings18
Bobcats-Spurs12
Knicks-Bucks11
Mavs-Suns7
Jazz-Pacers6
Cavs-Clippers6
Shot of the night

Williams's three with 6.6 seconds left puts the Cavaliers ahead, 87-83 final

The night in charts
Mavs-Suns combined for 239, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-SunsMavs 122, Suns 117
239
Knicks-BucksKnicks 120, Bucks 112
232
Jazz-PacersJazz 112, Pacers 100
212
Thunder-KingsThunder 99, Kings 98
197
Bobcats-SpursBobcats 86, Spurs 100
186
Cavs-ClippersCavs 87, Clippers 83
170
3 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Thunder-KingsThunder 99, Kings 98
+1 OKC
Cavs-ClippersCavs 87, Clippers 83
+4 CLE
Mavs-SunsMavs 122, Suns 117
+5 DAL
Knicks-BucksKnicks 120, Bucks 112
+8 NYK
Jazz-PacersJazz 112, Pacers 100
+12 UTA
Bobcats-SpursBobcats 86, Spurs 100
+14 SAS
CLE erased a 17-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Cavs-ClippersCLE won · Cavs 87, Clippers 83
17 pts
Knicks-BucksNYK won · Knicks 120, Bucks 112
9 pts
Bobcats-SpursSAS won · Bobcats 86, Spurs 100
6 pts
Mavs-SunsDAL won · Mavs 122, Suns 117
4 pts
Shaq shot 9-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ShaqPHX · 21 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
90% (9-10)
MillsapUTA · 22 PTS, 9 REB
73% (8-11)
David LeeNYK · 19 PTS, 18 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
HughesNYK · 39 PTS, 6 REB, 4 STL, 2 AST
65% (13-20)
OkurUTA · 24 PTS, 6 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
60% (9-15)
Final · Thunder-Kings
Thunder 99Kings 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder2728291599
Kings2629212298
The story
Thabo Sefolosha's 17 points carried Oklahoma City past Sacramento, 99-98

For Sacramento, Francisco Garcia had 18 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 17 PTS, 7 REB, 5 STL, 2 AST · 6-11 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 29-21, was where the Thunder built it.

OKC lead by quarter
200 +10+8+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Clippers
Cavs 87Clippers 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs1717183587
Clippers2424211483
The story
Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 16 points as Cleveland beat Los Angeles 87-83

Al Thornton led Los Angeles with 20 PTS, 9 REB 16 PTS, 8 REB · 6-15 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

Down 17 after the third, the Cavaliers took the fourth 35-14.

CLE lead by quarter
200 −7−14−17+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Suns
Mavs 122Suns 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs33253430122
Suns30322530117
The story
Dallas beat Phoenix 122-117 behind 12 points from Jason Kidd

Steve Nash paced Phoenix: 23 PTS, 13 AST 12 PTS, 8 REB, 4 STL, 3 AST · 4-8 FG, 4-8 3PT

The swing

A 34-25 third quarter erased a 4-point hole for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +3−4+5+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 65 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.2 in 53 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Larry Hughes leads the day with 39

Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 5, 2, 25, 19, 23, 13, 11, 39Knicks-Bucks · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +26.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 14, 41, 24, 28, 24, 27, 34, 34Mavs-Suns · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 21, 30, 26, 42, 23, 21, 14, 32Cavs-Clippers · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 11 AST
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 25, 13, 25, 24, 9, 19, 14, 32Bucks-Knicks · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 18, 41, 32, 14, 29, 20, 17, 32Knicks-Bucks · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 13, 8, 8, 20, 17, 10, 33, 25Mavs-Suns · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jarrett JackIND+9.1 21.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+8.2 26.1 last 10 · 17.9 season
Rasual ButlerNOH+7.0 18.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+6.7 36.4 last 10 · 29.7 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+6.5 21.3 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−5.9 4.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mickael PietrusORL−4.6 5.7 last 10 · 10.3 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−4.2 7.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
LeBron JamesCLE−3.8 24.4 last 10 · 28.2 season