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Saturday, March 5, 2011Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed TOR by 7 after the first quarter and won 137–136.

Final · 3OT · Box score
Raptors136
Nets137
Q1 NJN -7; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 Nets 0; Q4 Nets 0; OT1 Nets 0; OT2 Nets 0; OT3 NJN +1
Final · Box score
Wolves96
Wizards103
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +7
Final · Box score
Pacers95
Rockets112
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +17
Final · OT · Box score
Kings102
Jazz109
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 Jazz 0; Q4 Jazz 0; OT1 UTA +7
Final · Box score
Bobcats69
Blazers93
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +24
Final · Box score
Nuggets94
Clippers100
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +6
On this day · 2009–10Mar 5, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (Cavs-Pistons), 40 points.
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The lead · Raptors-Nets

Brook Lopez scores 34, New Jersey wins in triple overtime

DeMarcus Cousins goes for 18 points

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1End OT2Final0-7+30000+1NJN AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2OT3T
Raptors303226229710136
Nets234223229711137
Who led
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 19, 11, 18, 13, 21, 28, 25, 34NJN34 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Sasha VujacicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 10, 15, 8, 4, 8, 8, 5, 12, 25NJN25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 27, 38, 18, 24, 26, 14, 23, 35TOR35 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 24, 14, 24, 14, 19, 17, 30, 30TOR30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Lead changes
Raptors-Nets21
Wolves-Wizards21
Kings-Jazz18
Bobcats-Blazers6
Nuggets-Clippers6
Pacers-Rockets0
The night in charts
Raptors-Nets combined for 273, 62 more than any other game
Points by game
Raptors-NetsRaptors 136, Nets 137
273
Kings-JazzKings 102, Jazz 109
211
Pacers-RocketsPacers 95, Rockets 112
207
Wolves-WizardsWolves 96, Wizards 103
199
Nuggets-ClippersNuggets 94, Clippers 100
194
Bobcats-BlazersBobcats 69, Blazers 93
162
NJN won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Raptors-NetsRaptors 136, Nets 137
+1 NJN
Nuggets-ClippersNuggets 94, Clippers 100
+6 LAC
Kings-JazzKings 102, Jazz 109
+7 UTA
Wolves-WizardsWolves 96, Wizards 103
+7 WAS
Pacers-RocketsPacers 95, Rockets 112
+17 HOU
Bobcats-BlazersBobcats 69, Blazers 93
+24 POR
NJN rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Raptors-NetsNJN won · Raptors 136, Nets 137
7 pts
Wolves-WizardsWAS won · Wolves 96, Wizards 103
4 pts
Bobcats-BlazersPOR won · Bobcats 69, Blazers 93
1 pt
Hilario shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HilarioDEN · 25 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
79% (11-14)
BledsoeLAC · 20 PTS, 7 STL, 4 REB, 3 AST
64% (7-11)
HendersonCHA · 16 PTS, 2 REB
62% (8-13)
AldridgePOR · 26 PTS, 7 REB, 2 BLK
61% (11-18)
KirilenkoUTA · 16 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
60% (6-10)
Final · Raptors-Nets
Raptors 136Nets 137
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2OT3T
Raptors303226229710136
Nets234223229711137
The story
Deron Williams had 21 points and 18 assists as New Jersey beat Toronto 137-136 in OT

DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 30 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST 21 PTS, 18 AST, 4 REB · 7-20 FG, 3-9 3PT

The swing

Down 7 after the first, the Nets took the second 42-32.

NJN lead by quarter
200 −7+30000+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2OT3
Final · Kings-Jazz
Kings 102Jazz 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Kings292023237102
Jazz3027152314109
The story
Al Jefferson's 27 points carried Utah past Sacramento, 109-102 in OT

For Sacramento, Marcus Thornton had 22 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 27 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST · 13-25 FG

The swing

The second quarter, 27-20, was where the Jazz built it.

UTA lead by quarter
200 +1+800+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Wolves-Wizards
Wolves 96Wizards 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves2920232496
Wizards25261735103
The story
Washington beat Minnesota 103-96 behind 20 points from Andray Blatche

Kevin Love paced Minnesota: 21 REB, 20 PTS, 3 AST 20 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 3 STL · 9-18 FG

The swing

A 35-24 fourth quarter erased a 4-point hole for the Wizards.

WAS lead by quarter
200 −4+2−4+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 50 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 56 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg54Today

54 minutes today, against 25.9 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 17 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 6 games went past regulation.

NJN over TOR1LAC over DEN6WAS over MIN7UTA over SAC7HOU over IND17POR over CHA24Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Andrea Bargnani leads the day with 35

Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 27, 38, 18, 24, 26, 14, 23, 35Raptors-Nets · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 19, 11, 18, 13, 21, 28, 25, 34Nets-Raptors · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 24, 14, 24, 14, 19, 17, 30, 30Raptors-Nets · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 4, 32, 23, 30, 30, 20, 28, 19, 27Jazz-Kings · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 37, 36, 21, 34, 29, 24, 19, 14, 20, 26Blazers-Bobcats · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 10, 15, 12, 12, 13, 14, 13, 25Nuggets-Clippers · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Randy FoyeLAC+6.5 16.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Marcin GortatPHX+6.0 14.2 last 10 · 8.2 season
JJ HicksonCLE+5.8 18.5 last 10 · 12.7 season
Al JeffersonUTA+5.7 23.9 last 10 · 18.2 season
Ramon SessionsCLE+5.7 18.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Cold
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Brandon RoyPOR−5.4 9.8 last 10 · 15.2 season
Al HarringtonDEN−5.2 5.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Vince CarterPHX−5.0 9.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−4.9 15.9 last 10 · 20.8 season