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Thursday, March 19, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed POR by 7 after the first quarter and won 97–92.

Final · Box score
Mavs87
Hawks95
Q1 ATL -6; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +8
Final · OT · Box score
Blazers92
Cavs97
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 Cavs 0; OT1 CLE +5
Final · Box score
Warriors106
Lakers114
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +8
On this day · 2007–08Mar 19, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (Nets-Hawks), 39 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Cavs

LeBron James posts 26-11-10 as Cleveland tops Portland

Lamar Odom goes for 16 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-2+80+5CLE AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Blazers19172129692
Cavs122231211197
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 42, 23, 21, 14, 32, 34, 51, 19, 43, 26CLE26 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 12, 4, 16, 15, 9, 12, 8, 21CLE21 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 31, 27, 22, 31, 29, 20, 20, 24POR24 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Travis OutlawPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 14, 22, 20, 13, 10, 18, 15, 17POR17 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Lead changes
Warriors-Lakers11
Blazers-Cavs6
Mavs-Hawks2
The night in charts
Warriors-Lakers combined for 220, 31 more than any other game
Points by game
Warriors-LakersWarriors 106, Lakers 114
220
Blazers-CavsBlazers 92, Cavs 97
189
Mavs-HawksMavs 87, Hawks 95
182
CLE won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Blazers-CavsBlazers 92, Cavs 97
+5 CLE
Warriors-LakersWarriors 106, Lakers 114
+8 LAL
Mavs-HawksMavs 87, Hawks 95
+8 ATL
CLE rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Blazers-CavsCLE won · Blazers 92, Cavs 97
7 pts
Mavs-HawksATL won · Mavs 87, Hawks 95
6 pts
Warriors-LakersLAL won · Warriors 106, Lakers 114
2 pts
Ilgauskas shot 8-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
IlgauskasCLE · 21 PTS, 5 REB, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
AzubuikeGSW · 25 PTS, 8 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
60% (9-15)
PauLAL · 21 PTS, 14 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
60% (9-15)
HorfordATL · 13 PTS, 8 REB, 4 BLK, 3 AST
60% (6-10)
Flip MurrayATL · 19 PTS, 2 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
58% (7-12)
Final · Blazers-Cavs
Blazers 92Cavs 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Blazers19172129692
Cavs122231211197
The story
Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 21 points as Cleveland beat Portland 97-92 in OT

Joel Przybilla led Portland with 13 PTS, 11 REB 21 PTS, 5 REB · 8-13 FG

The swing

Down 2 after the second, the Cavaliers took the third 31-21.

CLE lead by quarter
200 −7−2+80+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Warriors-Lakers
Warriors 106Lakers 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors28232233106
Lakers26263032114
The story
Pau Gasol's 21 points and 14 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Golden State, 114-106

For Golden State, Kelenna Azubuike had 25 PTS, 8 REB 21 PTS, 14 REB, 1 AST · 9-15 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 30-22, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −2+1+9+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Hawks
Mavs 87Hawks 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2916271587
Hawks2333201995
The story
Atlanta beat Dallas 95-87 behind 24 points from Joe Johnson

Ryan Hollins paced Dallas: 13 PTS, 7 REB 24 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST · 7-19 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

A 33-16 second quarter erased a 6-point hole for the Hawks.

ATL lead by quarter
200 −6+11+4+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Dirk Nowitzki topped the game at 44.4 FPTS: 23 PTS, 12 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.3Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.3 in 17 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg8.4Last 3

8.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 62 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.5Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 9.5 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Mavs-Hawks

Atlanta extends win streak to 7

95–87 over Dallas. Record: 41–28. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · ATL
W@ WAS98–89L@ NYK105–109L@ CHA91–98Wvs DET87–83Wvs NOH89–79Wvs UTA100–93Wvs IND101–87Wvs POR98–80Wvs SAC119–97Wvs DAL95–87
Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 27

Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 20, 15, 14, 19, 29, 26, 29, 27Warriors-Lakers · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 42, 23, 21, 14, 32, 34, 51, 19, 43, 26Cavs-Blazers · W
28.6 PPG season to date · −2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Kelenna AzubuikePoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 14, 13, 8, 4, 14, 18, 16, 25Warriors-Lakers · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 31, 27, 22, 31, 29, 20, 20, 24Blazers-Cavs · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 12, 12, 30, 31, 30, 35, 20, 24Hawks-Mavs · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 27, 34, 34, 29, 27, 20, 30, 23Mavs-Hawks · L
25.5 PPG season to date · −2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Steve NashPHX+6.9 22.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Thabo SefoloshaOKC+6.7 12.6 last 10 · 5.9 season
Jarrett JackIND+6.0 18.7 last 10 · 12.7 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+5.9 35.8 last 10 · 29.9 season
Larry HughesNYK+5.9 18.9 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Tim DuncanSAS−5.1 14.8 last 10 · 19.9 season
Kenyon MartinDEN−4.8 7.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Chris DuhonNYK−4.5 7.2 last 10 · 11.7 season