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Tuesday, March 23, 2010Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed WAS by 6 at halftime and won 95–86.

Final · OT · Box score
Bobcats95
Wizards86
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA -6; Q3 CHA -1; Q4 Bobcats 0; OT1 CHA +9
Final · Box score
Pacers98
Pistons83
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +15
Final · Box score
Nuggets104
Knicks109
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +5
Final · Box score
Clippers96
Mavs106
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +10
On this day · 2008–09Mar 23, 2009: 7 games. Top scorer: Antawn Jamison (Wizards-Bulls), 34 points.
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The lead · Bobcats-Wizards

Charlotte flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Drew Gooden goes for 26 points

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+4-6-10+9CHA AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Bobcats271126181395
Wizards23212117486
Who led
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 17, 18, 8, 28, 17, 20, 15, 17CHA17 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
Boris DiawPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 13, 16, 9, 20, 13, 10, 12, 17CHA17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 11, 10, 4, 14, 5, 16, 11, 15WAS15 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
JaVale McGeePoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 20, 4, 5, 7, 5, 9, 2, 14WAS14 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Lead changes
Nuggets-Knicks13
Bobcats-Wizards12
Clippers-Mavs7
Pacers-Pistons6
The night in charts
Nuggets-Knicks combined for 213, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-KnicksNuggets 104, Knicks 109
213
Clippers-MavsClippers 96, Mavs 106
202
Bobcats-WizardsBobcats 95, Wizards 86
181
Pacers-PistonsPacers 98, Pistons 83
181
NYK won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Nuggets-KnicksNuggets 104, Knicks 109
+5 NYK
Bobcats-WizardsBobcats 95, Wizards 86
+9 CHA
Clippers-MavsClippers 96, Mavs 106
+10 DAL
Pacers-PistonsPacers 98, Pistons 83
+15 IND
CHA rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bobcats-WizardsCHA won · Bobcats 95, Wizards 86
6 pts
Nuggets-KnicksNYK won · Nuggets 104, Knicks 109
4 pts
Clippers-MavsDAL won · Clippers 96, Mavs 106
1 pt
Dirk shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DirkDAL · 18 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
KamanLAC · 22 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
59% (10-17)
HarringtonNYK · 23 PTS, 9 REB, 2 STL
57% (8-14)
MeloDEN · 36 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
54% (14-26)
McGeeWAS · 14 PTS, 12 REB, 2 BLK
50% (6-12)
Final · Nuggets-Knicks
Nuggets 104Knicks 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets27262130104
Knicks26233426109
The story
Danilo Gallinari's 28 points carried New York past Denver, 109-104

For Denver, Chauncey Billups had 25 PTS, 6 AST 28 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST · 7-19 FG, 5-13 3PT

The swing

The Knicks trailed by 4 going into the third, then won it 34-21.

NYK lead by quarter
200 −1−4+9+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bobcats-Wizards
Bobcats 95Wizards 86
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Bobcats271126181395
Wizards23212117486
The story
Gerald Wallace had 19 rebounds and 17 points as Charlotte beat Washington 95-86 in OT

Mike Miller led Washington with 15 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 19 REB, 17 PTS, 3 STL, 2 AST · 5-17 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The Bobcats won the overtime 13-4.

CHA lead by quarter
200 +4−6−10+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Clippers-Mavs
Clippers 96Mavs 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2424291996
Mavs32301430106
The story
Dallas beat Los Angeles 106-96 behind 26 points and 12 assists from Jason Kidd

Baron Davis paced Los Angeles: 13 AST, 11 PTS, 6 REB 26 PTS, 12 AST, 6 REB · 10-21 FG, 6-11 3PT

The swing

A 30-19 fourth quarter erased a 1-point hole for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +8+14−1+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 44 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · Nuggets-Knicks

New York upsets Denver

New York (25–45) beat Denver (47–23) 109–104. Danilo Gallinari led New York with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over DEN5CHA over WAS9DAL over LAC10IND over DET15Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over DEN.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 36

Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 30, 19, 32, 24, 45, 29, 26, 29, 36Nuggets-Knicks · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 30, 32, 24, 16, 29, 26, 29, 32, 32Pacers-Pistons · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 14, 9, 6, 21, 9, 25, 26, 28Knicks-Nuggets · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 12, 6, 16, 9, 18, 16, 8, 26Clippers-Mavs · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 5, 17, 6, 12, 20, 15, 0, 11, 6, 26Mavs-Clippers · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 25, 21, 22, 17, 10, 10, 29, 25Nuggets-Knicks · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Andray BlatcheWAS+7.9 20.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Manu GinobiliSAS+7.1 22.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.9 29.8 last 10 · 22.9 season
Jrue HolidayPHI+6.7 14.2 last 10 · 7.5 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+6.7 20.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Larry HughesCHA−6.5 2.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Devin BrownCHI−6.4 1.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Omri CasspiSAC−5.6 5.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Nate RobinsonBOS−5.6 5.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ronnie BrewerMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season