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Thursday, April 1, 2010Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Magic97
Mavs82
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +15
Final · Box score
Blazers92
Nuggets109
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +17
On this day · 2008–09Apr 1, 2009: 9 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (Kings-Warriors), 50 points.
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The lead · Magic-Mavs

Orlando makes it three straight

Dwight Howard goes for 20 rebounds

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+7+16+15ORL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic1825292597
Mavs1620202682
Who led
Mickael PietrusPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 7, 6, 3, 20, 3, 10, 4, 24ORL24 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 23, 24, 27, 17, 16, 13, 0, 19ORL19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 28, 16, 18, 15, 13, 34, 28, 24DAL24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 14, 15, 3, 2, 5, 2, 5, 16DAL16 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Blazers-Nuggets

Denver leads Portland wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 109–92. Best quarter: the third, 31–21. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Nuggets-Blazers
Carmelo Anthony · DENAndre Miller · PORPTS2524REB53AST21Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Blazers-Nuggets6
Magic-Mavs2
The night in charts
Blazers-Nuggets combined for 201, 22 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-NuggetsBlazers 92, Nuggets 109
201
Magic-MavsMagic 97, Mavs 82
179
ORL won the closest game by 15
Closest finishes
Magic-MavsMagic 97, Mavs 82
+15 ORL
Blazers-NuggetsBlazers 92, Nuggets 109
+17 DEN
Hilario shot 9-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HilarioDEN · 22 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 BLK
64% (9-14)
DwightORL · 20 REB, 17 PTS, 5 BLK, 1 AST
55% (6-11)
MeloDEN · 25 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
48% (10-21)
VinceORL · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST
47% (8-17)
AldridgePOR · 16 PTS, 7 REB, 4 BLK, 3 AST
47% (7-15)
Final · Magic-Mavs
Magic 97Mavs 82
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic1825292597
Mavs1620202682
The story
Mickael Pietrus had 24 points as Orlando beat Dallas 97-82

J.J. Barea led Dallas with 16 PTS 24 PTS, 3 REB · 7-8 FG, 6-6 3PT

The swing

The Magic won the third 29-20, their biggest quarter edge.

ORL lead by quarter
200 +2+7+16+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Nuggets
Blazers 92Nuggets 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2431211692
Nuggets27293122109
The story
Nene Hilario's 22 points carried Denver past Portland, 109-92

For Portland, LaMarcus Aldridge had 16 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 22 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 BLK · 9-14 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 31-21, was where the Nuggets built it.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +3+1+11+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg12.0Last 5

12.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 68 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 58 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 25

Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 45, 29, 26, 29, 36, 32, 25, 26, 10, 25Nuggets-Blazers · W
28.5 PPG season to date · −3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 28, 16, 18, 15, 13, 34, 28, 24Mavs-Magic · L
24.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 13, 14, 22, 19, 8, 26, 6, 24Blazers-Nuggets · L
14.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Mickael PietrusPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 7, 6, 3, 20, 3, 10, 4, 24Magic-Mavs · W
8.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 20, 7, 10, 7, 20, 13, 14, 22Nuggets-Blazers · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 10, 29, 25, 12, 18, 18, 11, 21Nuggets-Blazers · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Manu GinobiliSAS+7.6 23.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+6.3 14.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+5.9 19.2 last 10 · 13.3 season
John SalmonsMIL+5.7 20.6 last 10 · 14.9 season
Drew GoodenLAC+5.5 16.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Devin BrownCHI−6.5 1.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Nate RobinsonBOS−5.9 4.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Ronnie BrewerMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Omri CasspiSAC−5.4 5.1 last 10 · 10.5 season
Chris KamanLAC−5.1 13.3 last 10 · 18.4 season