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Tuesday, March 30, 2010Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed SAC by 9 at halftime and won 102–95.

Final · Box score
Kings95
Pacers102
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND -9; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +7
Final · Box score
Thunder111
Sixers93
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +18
Final · Box score
Suns111
Bulls105
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +6
Final · Box score
Clippers89
Bucks107
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +18
Final · Box score
Wizards94
Rockets98
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +4
On this day · 2008–09Mar 30, 2009: 4 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (Heat-Magic), 42 points.
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The lead · Kings-Pacers

Danny Granger scores 33 in Indiana win over Sacramento

Andray Blatche goes for 31 points

Game flow · IND margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-9+3+7IND AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings3026142595
Pacers24232629102
Who led
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 26, 29, 32, 32, 31, 44, 18, 33IND33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 19, 20, 22, 10, 12, 17, 21, 19IND19 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Jason ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 14, 9, 6, 4, 8, 12, 16, 18SAC18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Beno UdrihPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 4, 26, 20, 18, 19, 16, 18, 18SAC18 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Lead changes
Suns-Bulls18
Wizards-Rockets11
Clippers-Bucks8
Kings-Pacers7
Thunder-Sixers2
The night in charts
Suns-Bulls combined for 216, 12 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-BullsSuns 111, Bulls 105
216
Thunder-SixersThunder 111, Sixers 93
204
Kings-PacersKings 95, Pacers 102
197
Clippers-BucksClippers 89, Bucks 107
196
Wizards-RocketsWizards 94, Rockets 98
192
HOU won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Wizards-RocketsWizards 94, Rockets 98
+4 HOU
Suns-BullsSuns 111, Bulls 105
+6 PHX
Kings-PacersKings 95, Pacers 102
+7 IND
Clippers-BucksClippers 89, Bucks 107
+18 MIL
Thunder-SixersThunder 111, Sixers 93
+18 OKC
IND rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Kings-PacersIND won · Kings 95, Pacers 102
9 pts
Wizards-RocketsHOU won · Wizards 94, Rockets 98
5 pts
Suns-BullsPHX won · Suns 111, Bulls 105
3 pts
Iguodala shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
IguodalaPHI · 21 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB, 3 STL
75% (9-12)
Flip MurrayCHI · 23 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
ScolaHOU · 16 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
StackhouseMIL · 16 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST
70% (7-10)
BudingerHOU · 24 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
69% (9-13)
Final · Wizards-Rockets
Wizards 94Rockets 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards3023142794
Rockets2721173398
The story
Chase Budinger had 24 points as Houston beat Washington 98-94

Mike Miller led Washington with 14 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST 24 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST · 9-13 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the third, the Rockets took the fourth 33-27.

HOU lead by quarter
200 −3−5−2+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Bulls
Suns 111Bulls 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns36212430111
Bulls25352421105
The story
Phoenix beat Chicago 111-105 behind 22 points and 10 assists from Steve Nash

Flip Murray paced Chicago: 23 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST 22 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB · 8-20 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 36-25 first quarter did the most damage for the Suns.

PHX lead by quarter
200 +11−3−3+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Derrick Rose topped the game at 46.5 FPTS: 23 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB

Final · Kings-Pacers
Kings 95Pacers 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings3026142595
Pacers24232629102
The story
Troy Murphy's 19 points and 13 rebounds carried Indiana past Sacramento, 102-95

For Sacramento, Beno Udrih had 18 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB 19 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST · 6-13 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

The Pacers trailed by 9 going into the third, then won it 26-14.

IND lead by quarter
200 −6−9+3+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.0Season avg31.6Last 5

31.6 points a game over his last five games, against 24.0 in 54 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 10 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.3Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Wizards-Rockets

Washington's skid reaches sixteen

Houston won 98–94; the Wizards fall to 21–52. Chase Budinger led Houston with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · WAS
Lvs ORL95–109L@ UTA89–112L@ DEN87–97L@ POR74–76L@ LAL92–99Lvs CHA86–95L@ IND82–99L@ CHA96–107Lvs UTA87–103L@ HOU94–98
Top performances

Danny Granger leads the day with 33

Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 26, 29, 32, 32, 31, 44, 18, 33Pacers-Kings · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 10 games: 32, 24, 23, 12, 16, 4, 21, 18, 20, 31Wizards-Rockets · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 20, 27, 11, 16, 34, 17, 11, 27Suns-Bulls · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 35, 26, 31, 16, 45, 25, 26, 29, 26Thunder-Sixers · W
29.6 PPG season to date · −3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Chase BudingerPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 2, 2, 18, 8, 0, 14, 6, 24Rockets-Wizards · W
8.3 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 25, 3, 23, 27, 12, 7, 21, 23Bulls-Suns · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Andray BlatcheWAS+6.9 20.1 last 10 · 13.2 season
Manu GinobiliSAS+6.4 22.4 last 10 · 16.0 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+6.2 13.8 last 10 · 7.6 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.9 28.8 last 10 · 22.9 season
Darren CollisonNOH+5.5 17.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Devin BrownCHI−6.5 1.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Anthony MorrowGSW−6.0 6.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
Chris KamanLAC−5.6 12.7 last 10 · 18.3 season
Martell WebsterPOR−5.5 3.8 last 10 · 9.3 season
Ronnie BrewerMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season