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Saturday, February 27, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed DET by 13 at halftime and won 95–88.

Final · Box score
Nets104
Celtics96
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +8
Final · Box score
Bucks94
Heat71
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +23
Final · Box score
Bulls90
Pacers100
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +10
Final · Box score
Grizzlies120
Knicks109
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +11
Final · Box score
Blazers110
Wolves91
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +26; Q4 POR +19
Final · Box score
Rockets110
Jazz133
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +23
Final · Box score
Pistons88
Warriors95
Q1 GSW -8; Q2 GSW -13; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +7
On this day · 2008–09Feb 27, 2009: 13 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (Suns-Raptors), 45 points.
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The lead · Pistons-Warriors

Golden State rallies from 13 down to beat Detroit

Zach Randolph goes for 31 points

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-13-3+7GSW AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2228191988
Warriors1423292995
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 36, 11, 24, 13, 32, 17, 30, 27GSW27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Anthony TolliverPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 29, 9, 11, 9, 2, 8, 10, 19GSW19 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 11, 13, 12, 16, 22, 17, 8, 18DET18 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 10, 11, 13, 20, 13, 14, 19, 17DET17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Lead changes
Grizzlies-Knicks16
Pistons-Warriors10
Rockets-Jazz6
Bucks-Heat3
Bulls-Pacers2
Blazers-Wolves2
Nets-Celtics1
The night in charts
Rockets-Jazz combined for 243, 14 more than any other game
Points by game
Rockets-JazzRockets 110, Jazz 133
243
Grizzlies-KnicksGrizzlies 120, Knicks 109
229
Blazers-WolvesBlazers 110, Wolves 91
201
Nets-CelticsNets 104, Celtics 96
200
Bulls-PacersBulls 90, Pacers 100
190
Pistons-WarriorsPistons 88, Warriors 95
183
Bucks-HeatBucks 94, Heat 71
165
GSW won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Pistons-WarriorsPistons 88, Warriors 95
+7 GSW
Nets-CelticsNets 104, Celtics 96
+8 NJN
Bulls-PacersBulls 90, Pacers 100
+10 IND
Grizzlies-KnicksGrizzlies 120, Knicks 109
+11 MEM
Blazers-WolvesBlazers 110, Wolves 91
+19 POR
Bucks-HeatBucks 94, Heat 71
+23 MIL
Rockets-JazzRockets 110, Jazz 133
+23 UTA
GSW erased a 13-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pistons-WarriorsGSW won · Pistons 88, Warriors 95
13 pts
Grizzlies-KnicksMEM won · Grizzlies 120, Knicks 109
3 pts
Millsap shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MillsapUTA · 18 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 2 BLK
80% (8-10)
Deron WilliamsUTA · 35 PTS, 13 AST, 7 REB, 1 BLK
76% (13-17)
KGBOS · 26 PTS, 9 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
75% (12-16)
MurphyIND · 17 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
Kevin MartinHOU · 32 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST
69% (9-13)
Final · Pistons-Warriors
Pistons 88Warriors 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2228191988
Warriors1423292995
The story
Stephen Curry had 27 points as Golden State beat Detroit 95-88

Tayshaun Prince led Detroit with 18 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB 27 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST · 11-25 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

Down 13 after the second, the Warriors took the third 29-19.

GSW lead by quarter
200 −8−13−3+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Anthony Tolliver led the game in fantasy with 46.8 FPTS (19 PTS, 14 REB, 5 AST)

Final · Grizzlies-Knicks
Grizzlies 120Knicks 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies31252935120
Knicks23293621109
The story
Marc Gasol's 25 points and 13 rebounds carried Memphis past New York, 120-109

For New York, Al Harrington had 31 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 25 PTS, 13 REB, 8 AST · 10-15 FG

The swing

The Grizzlies trailed by 3 going into the fourth, then won it 35-21.

MEM lead by quarter
200 +8+4−3+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Rockets-Jazz
Rockets 110Jazz 133
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets35243516110
Jazz39313726133
The story
Utah beat Houston 133-110 behind 17 points from Mehmet Okur

Kevin Martin paced Houston: 32 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 17 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK · 6-11 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

A 26-16 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Jazz.

UTA lead by quarter
300 +4+11+13+23 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 46 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 54 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg39.3Today

39 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · Grizzlies-Knicks

Memphis gets past New York

120–109, with Memphis ahead 56–52 at halftime. Zach Randolph led Memphis with 31 points, 25 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over DET7NJN over BOS8IND over CHI10MEM over NYK11POR over MIN19MIL over MIA23UTA over HOU23Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over NYK.
Top performances

Deron Williams leads the day with 35

Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 11, 17, 16, 9, 18, 20, 10, 35Jazz-Rockets · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 26, 11, 10, 14, 13, 19, 33, 32Rockets-Jazz · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 18, 24, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 31Grizzlies-Knicks · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 25 REB · 2 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 3, 6, 2, 14, 2, 9, 8, 31Blazers-Wolves · W
9.5 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 17, 15, 27, 6, 8, 18, 37, 31Knicks-Grizzlies · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 14, 27, 23, 29, 36, 20, 21, 30Pacers-Bulls · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Darren CollisonNOH+12.2 22.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+8.9 19.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Stephen CurryGSW+8.1 23.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+6.4 18.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
C.J. WatsonGSW+5.8 15.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.8 3.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−6.3 13.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−6.2 6.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season