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Thursday, March 3, 2011Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed MIA by 18 at halftime and won 99–96.

Final · Box score
Magic99
Heat96
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL -18; Q3 ORL -9; Q4 ORL +3
Final · Box score
Nuggets103
Jazz101
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +2
On this day · 2009–10Mar 3, 2010: 12 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (Suns-Clippers), 30 points.
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The lead · Magic-Heat

Orlando erases 18-point lead, steals one from Miami

Dwight Howard goes for 18 rebounds

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-18-9+3ORL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2223262899
Heat3033171696
Who led
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 6, 12, 16, 8, 17, 11, 8, 24ORL24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 7, 6, 10, 15, 14, 13, 26, 16ORL16 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 41, 16, 22, 27, 23, 31, 29, 25, 27, 29MIA29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 16, 41, 28, 23, 34, 41, 12, 28MIA28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Nuggets-Jazz

Denver takes over late to edge Utah

Down 2 after three, Denver won the fourth 29–25. Final: 103–101. Ty Lawson led Denver with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Nuggets-Jazz
Ty Lawson · DENCJ Miles · UTAPTS2322REB66AST51Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Magic-Heat4
Nuggets-Jazz4
The night in charts
Nuggets-Jazz combined for 204, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-JazzNuggets 103, Jazz 101
204
Magic-HeatMagic 99, Heat 96
195
2 of 2 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Nuggets-JazzNuggets 103, Jazz 101
+2 DEN
Magic-HeatMagic 99, Heat 96
+3 ORL
ORL erased a 18-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Magic-HeatORL won · Magic 99, Heat 96
18 pts
Nuggets-JazzDEN won · Nuggets 103, Jazz 101
2 pts
LeBron shot 11-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
LeBronMIA · 29 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK
69% (11-16)
AfflaloDEN · 19 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB
67% (8-12)
RichardsonORL · 24 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST
64% (9-14)
D WadeMIA · 28 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 4 STL
56% (10-18)
KirilenkoUTA · 12 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB, 3 BLK
55% (6-11)
Final · Nuggets-Jazz
Nuggets 103Jazz 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets30281629103
Jazz23282525101
The story
Ty Lawson's 23 points carried Denver past Utah, 103-101

For Utah, Devin Harris had 21 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB 23 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST · 7-13 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 30-23, was where the Nuggets built it.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +7+7−2+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Al Jefferson was the fantasy play: 52.5 FPTS on 19 PTS, 10 REB

Final · Magic-Heat
Magic 99Heat 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2223262899
Heat3033171696
The story
Jason Richardson had 24 points as Orlando beat Miami 99-96

Chris Bosh led Miami with 13 PTS, 5 REB 24 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST · 9-14 FG, 6-8 3PT

The swing

Down 9 after the third, the Magic took the fourth 28-16.

ORL lead by quarter
200 −8−18−9+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.0Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.0 in 61 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 58 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 29

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 41, 16, 22, 27, 23, 31, 29, 25, 27, 29Heat-Magic · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 16, 41, 28, 23, 34, 41, 12, 28Heat-Magic · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 6, 12, 16, 8, 17, 11, 8, 24Magic-Heat · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 4, 0, 21, 4, 6, 6, 14, 23Nuggets-Jazz · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 4, 19, 19, 20, 16, 4, 9, 2, 22Jazz-Nuggets · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 16, 22, 10, 16, 14, 17, 19, 21Jazz-Nuggets · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Randy FoyeLAC+7.5 17.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Ramon SessionsCLE+6.1 18.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Willie GreenNOH+5.5 13.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Al JeffersonUTA+5.5 23.5 last 10 · 18.0 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.4 27.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Rashard LewisWAS−6.2 5.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Joe JohnsonATL−5.6 13.6 last 10 · 19.2 season
Al HarringtonDEN−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Vince CarterPHX−5.0 9.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.9 6.7 last 10 · 11.6 season