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Thursday, March 8, 2012Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed DAL by 9 at halftime and won 96–94.

Final · Box score
Magic99
Bulls94
Q1 ORL +15; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +5
Final · Box score
Mavs94
Suns96
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX -9; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +2
On this day · 2010–11Mar 8, 2011: 6 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (Heat-Blazers), 38 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Suns

Phoenix rallies from 9 down to beat Dallas

Dwight Howard goes for 29 points

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-9+2+2PHX AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2429231894
Suns2321341896
Who led
Jared DudleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 25, 8, 17, 12, 22, 14, 17, 18PHX18 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 21, 20, 21, 17, 18, 14, 28, 16PHX16 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 25, 24, 1, 19, 40, 27, 28, 18DAL18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 20, 2, 9, 14, 9, 0, 3, 18DAL18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Magic-Bulls

Orlando leads Chicago wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 99–94. Best quarter: the first, 37–22. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 29 points, 18 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Magic-Bulls
Dwight Howard · ORLCarlos Boozer · CHIPTS2926REB187AST00Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Mavs-Suns6
Magic-Bulls4
The night in charts
Magic-Bulls combined for 193, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Magic-BullsMagic 99, Bulls 94
193
Mavs-SunsMavs 94, Suns 96
190
2 of 2 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Mavs-SunsMavs 94, Suns 96
+2 PHX
Magic-BullsMagic 99, Bulls 94
+5 ORL
Boozer shot 12-of-20 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BoozerCHI · 26 PTS, 7 REB, 4 STL
60% (12-20)
OdomDAL · 15 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST
60% (6-10)
Grant HillPHX · 15 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
DudleyPHX · 18 PTS, 8 REB, 3 BLK
58% (7-12)
DwightORL · 29 PTS, 18 REB, 3 BLK
58% (11-19)
Final · Mavs-Suns
Mavs 94Suns 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2429231894
Suns2321341896
The story
Jared Dudley had 18 points as Phoenix beat Dallas 96-94

Vince Carter led Dallas with 18 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST 18 PTS, 8 REB, 3 BLK · 7-12 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

Down 9 after the second, the Suns took the third 34-23.

PHX lead by quarter
200 −1−9+2+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Magic-Bulls
Magic 99Bulls 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic3720222099
Bulls2230192394
The story
Hedo Turkoglu's 13 points carried Orlando past Chicago, 99-94

For Chicago, Joakim Noah had 10 REB, 9 PTS, 2 AST 13 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST · 3-10 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 37-22, was where the Magic built it.

ORL lead by quarter
200 +15+5+8+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.7Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 20.7 in 40 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 38 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 29

Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 28, 20, 12, 14, 33, 28, 36, 15, 29Magic-Bulls · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 20, 14, 8, 13, 13, 4, 15, 26Bulls-Magic · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 25, 24, 1, 19, 40, 27, 28, 18Mavs-Suns · L
20.1 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 20, 2, 9, 14, 9, 0, 3, 18Mavs-Suns · L
10.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jared DudleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 25, 8, 17, 12, 22, 14, 17, 18Suns-Mavs · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 6, 7, 12, 16, 18, 6, 9, 18Magic-Bulls · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+6.4 18.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+6.2 19.3 last 10 · 13.1 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.1 21.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+5.0 14.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Arron AfflaloDEN+4.8 18.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Cold
Caron ButlerLAC−5.7 7.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.8 16.4 last 10 · 21.2 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−3.9 8.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR−3.7 17.9 last 10 · 21.6 season