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Thursday, March 31, 2011Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed SAS by 2 after the first quarter and won 107–97.

Final · Box score
Celtics107
Spurs97
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 Celtics 0; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +10
Final · Box score
Mavs82
Lakers110
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +28
On this day · 2009–10Mar 31, 2010: 13 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (Thunder-Celtics), 37 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Spurs

Boston beats San Antonio, 107–97

Paul Pierce goes for 21 points

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-20+7+10BOS AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics31182830107
Spurs3316212797
Who led
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 0, 4, 9, 13, 6, 10, 22, 22BOS22 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 10, 9, 21, 22, 18, 23, 23, 21BOS21 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 18, 33, 9, 17, 19, 15, 20, 23SAS23 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 2, 15, 15, 11, 14, 22, 4, 20SAS20 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Mavs-Lakers

Lakers lead Dallas wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 110–82. Best quarter: the first, 28–26. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Lakers-Mavs
Kobe Bryant · LALDirk Nowitzki · DALPTS2827REB513AST42Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Mavs-Lakers11
Celtics-Spurs5
The night in charts
Celtics-Spurs combined for 204, 12 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-SpursCeltics 107, Spurs 97
204
Mavs-LakersMavs 82, Lakers 110
192
BOS won the closest game by 10
Closest finishes
Celtics-SpursCeltics 107, Spurs 97
+10 BOS
Mavs-LakersMavs 82, Lakers 110
+28 LAL
KG shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KGBOS · 20 PTS, 9 REB, 1 BLK
75% (9-12)
Glen DavisBOS · 16 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
DuncanSAS · 20 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
67% (8-12)
OdomLAL · 16 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
ParkerSAS · 23 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL
56% (9-16)
Final · Celtics-Spurs
Celtics 107Spurs 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics31182830107
Spurs3316212797
The story
Rajon Rondo had 22 points and 14 assists as Boston beat San Antonio 107-97

Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 20 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST 22 PTS, 14 AST, 5 REB · 11-20 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Celtics won the third 28-21, their biggest quarter edge.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −20+7+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Lakers
Mavs 82Lakers 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2625191282
Lakers28262828110
The story
Andrew Bynum's 18 points and 13 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Dallas, 110-82

For Dallas, Tyson Chandler had 10 REB, 7 PTS 18 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST · 6-9 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 28-12, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
300 +2+3+12+28 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Dirk Nowitzki was the fantasy play: 45.1 FPTS on 27 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.2Season avg31.8Last 5

31.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.2 in 73 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.4Season avg21.4Last 3

21.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 66 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 27.1 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 28

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 16, 16, 18, 22, 42, 37, 30, 28Lakers-Mavs · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 34, 23, 20, 30, 19, 15, 24, 27Mavs-Lakers · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 18, 33, 9, 17, 19, 15, 20, 23Spurs-Celtics · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 0, 4, 9, 13, 6, 10, 22, 22Celtics-Spurs · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 10, 9, 21, 22, 18, 23, 23, 21Celtics-Spurs · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 2, 15, 15, 11, 14, 22, 4, 20Spurs-Celtics · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Marcus ThorntonSAC+12.4 24.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+11.2 21.6 last 10 · 10.4 season
Marcin GortatPHX+6.3 16.0 last 10 · 9.7 season
Maurice EvansWAS+6.1 12.1 last 10 · 6.0 season
Kyle LowryHOU+6.0 19.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Cold
Ben GordonDET−6.0 5.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK−5.9 19.6 last 10 · 25.5 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Ryan GomesLAC−5.5 1.8 last 10 · 7.3 season
Stephen JacksonCHA−5.1 13.4 last 10 · 18.5 season