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Thursday, March 24, 2011Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MIN by 6 after the first quarter and won 104–96.

Final · Box score
Wolves96
Mavs104
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +8
Final · OT · Box score
Hornets121
Jazz117
Q1 NOH -5; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 Hornets 0; Q4 Hornets 0; OT1 NOH +4
On this day · 2009–10Mar 24, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (Cavs-Hornets), 38 points.
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The lead · Wolves-Mavs

Dirk Nowitzki posts 30 and 11 as Dallas beats Minnesota

Paul Millsap goes for 33 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+2+4+8DAL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves2324252496
Mavs17322728104
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 26, 23, 25, 28, 34, 23, 20, 30DAL30 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 10, 21, 13, 14, 19, 19, 9, 18DAL18 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Anthony RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 6, 2, 14, 2, 8, 10, 14, 31MIN31 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Jonny FlynnPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 11, 4, 11, 4, 6, 0, 3, 13MIN13 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Hornets-Jazz

New Orleans needs overtime to survive Utah

Tied 105–105 after regulation. New Orleans won the final period 16–12 for a 121–117 win. David West led New Orleans with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Hornets-Jazz
David West · NOHPaul Millsap · UTAPTS2933REB311AST04Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Hornets-Jazz12
Wolves-Mavs9
The night in charts
Hornets-Jazz combined for 238, 38 more than any other game
Points by game
Hornets-JazzHornets 121, Jazz 117
238
Wolves-MavsWolves 96, Mavs 104
200
NOH won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Hornets-JazzHornets 121, Jazz 117
+4 NOH
Wolves-MavsWolves 96, Mavs 104
+8 DAL
DAL rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Wolves-MavsDAL won · Wolves 96, Mavs 104
6 pts
Hornets-JazzNOH won · Hornets 121, Jazz 117
5 pts
Randolph shot 14-of-20 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RandolphMIN · 31 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
70% (14-20)
MillsapUTA · 33 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 3 BLK
65% (13-20)
JeffersonUTA · 22 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
65% (11-17)
PejaDAL · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
TerryDAL · 18 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
Final · Hornets-Jazz
Hornets 121Jazz 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Hornets2729222716121
Jazz3222242712117
The story
David West had 29 points as New Orleans beat Utah 121-117 in OT

Earl Watson led Utah with 14 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB 29 PTS, 3 REB · 12-25 FG

The swing

Down 5 after the first, the Hornets took the second 29-22.

NOH lead by quarter
200 −5+200+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Wolves-Mavs
Wolves 96Mavs 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves2324252496
Mavs17322728104
The story
Shawn Marion's 17 points carried Dallas past Minnesota, 104-96

For Minnesota, Jonny Flynn had 13 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB 17 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST · 8-14 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks trailed by 6 going into the second, then won it 32-24.

DAL lead by quarter
200 −6+2+4+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Anthony Randolph was the fantasy play: 55.7 FPTS on 31 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.4Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 65 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg41.4Today

41 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 70 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Paul Millsap leads the day with 33

Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 17, 10, 12, 4, 35, 15, 18, 33Jazz-Hornets · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Anthony RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 6, 2, 14, 2, 8, 10, 14, 31Wolves-Mavs · L
5.3 PPG season to date · +26.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 26, 23, 25, 28, 34, 23, 20, 30Mavs-Wolves · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 16, 0, 23, 11, 16, 25, 6, 16, 32, 29Hornets-Jazz · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 4, 23, 13, 33, 27, 26, 4, 24Hornets-Jazz · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 34, 9, 33, 30, 26, 17, 12, 32, 22Jazz-Hornets · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Marcus ThorntonSAC+10.9 22.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tyler HansbroughIND+10.0 21.0 last 10 · 11.0 season
Kyle LowryHOU+6.4 19.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Marcin GortatPHX+6.2 15.5 last 10 · 9.3 season
Al JeffersonUTA+6.0 25.1 last 10 · 19.1 season
Cold
Deron WilliamsNJN−5.7 14.7 last 10 · 20.4 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Monta EllisGSW−5.4 18.7 last 10 · 24.1 season
Carlos BoozerCHI−5.3 12.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Luis ScolaHOU−4.7 13.6 last 10 · 18.3 season