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Thursday, March 22, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed WAS by 20 at halftime and won 85–83.

Final · Box score
Pacers85
Wizards83
Q1 IND -16; Q2 IND -20; Q3 IND -9; Q4 IND +2
Final · Box score
Warriors83
Rockets109
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +26
Final · Box score
Celtics100
Bucks91
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +9
Final · Box score
Clippers90
Hornets97
Q1 NOH -6; Q2 NOH -4; Q3 NOH -3; Q4 NOH +7
Final · Box score
Grizzlies93
Blazers97
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +4
Final · Box score
Jazz103
Kings102
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +1
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The lead · Pacers-Wizards

Indiana erases 20-point lead, steals one from Washington

DeMarcus Cousins goes for 22 points

Game flow · IND margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-20-9+2IND AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers1813262885
Wizards3417151783
Who led
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 2, 13, 5, 10, 8, 14, 4, 24, 13, 19IND19 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 19, 18, 11, 20, 9, 11, 25, 16IND16 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jordan CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 8, 19, 15, 17, 6, 22, 23, 21WAS21 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 20, 4, 25, 12, 18, 26, 14, 25, 12, 16WAS16 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Lead changes
Jazz-Kings14
Celtics-Bucks6
Grizzlies-Blazers4
Warriors-Rockets2
Pacers-Wizards1
Clippers-Hornets1
Shot of the night

Jefferson's tip-in with 0.9 seconds left puts the Jazz ahead, 103-102 final

The night in charts
Jazz-Kings combined for 205, 13 more than any other game
Points by game
Jazz-KingsJazz 103, Kings 102
205
Warriors-RocketsWarriors 83, Rockets 109
192
Celtics-BucksCeltics 100, Bucks 91
191
Grizzlies-BlazersGrizzlies 93, Blazers 97
190
Clippers-HornetsClippers 90, Hornets 97
187
Pacers-WizardsPacers 85, Wizards 83
168
3 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Jazz-KingsJazz 103, Kings 102
+1 UTA
Pacers-WizardsPacers 85, Wizards 83
+2 IND
Grizzlies-BlazersGrizzlies 93, Blazers 97
+4 POR
Clippers-HornetsClippers 90, Hornets 97
+7 NOH
Celtics-BucksCeltics 100, Bucks 91
+9 BOS
Warriors-RocketsWarriors 83, Rockets 109
+26 HOU
IND erased a 20-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pacers-WizardsIND won · Pacers 85, Wizards 83
20 pts
Clippers-HornetsNOH won · Clippers 90, Hornets 97
6 pts
Grizzlies-BlazersPOR won · Grizzlies 93, Blazers 97
3 pts
Celtics-BucksBOS won · Celtics 100, Bucks 91
2 pts
Scola shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ScolaHOU · 18 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
80% (8-10)
Jason SmithNOH · 17 PTS, 8 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
KamanNOH · 20 PTS, 10 REB, 4 BLK, 1 AST
69% (9-13)
JeffersonUTA · 26 PTS, 7 REB, 4 BLK, 1 AST
68% (13-19)
PierceBOS · 25 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
67% (10-15)
Final · Jazz-Kings
Jazz 103Kings 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz30282916103
Kings26222925102
The story
Gordon Hayward's 18 points carried Utah past Sacramento, 103-102

For Sacramento, Tyreke Evans had 25 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 18 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST · 6-11 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 28-22, was where the Jazz built it.

UTA lead by quarter
200 +4+10+10+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pacers-Wizards
Pacers 85Wizards 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers1813262885
Wizards3417151783
The story
Roy Hibbert had 19 points as Indiana beat Washington 85-83

John Wall led Washington with 16 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB 19 PTS, 9 REB · 8-14 FG

The swing

Down 20 after the second, the Pacers took the third 26-15.

IND lead by quarter
200 −16−20−9+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jordan Crawford led the game in fantasy with 40.1 FPTS (21 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB)

Final · Grizzlies-Blazers
Grizzlies 93Blazers 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies2024252493
Blazers2623173197
The story
Portland beat Memphis 97-93 behind 18 points from Wesley Matthews

Marc Gasol paced Memphis: 22 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 18 PTS, 9 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST · 5-12 FG, 4-8 3PT

The swing

A 31-24 fourth quarter erased a 3-point hole for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
200 +6+5−3+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 46 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 40 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg35.9Today

36 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Houston by 26.

UTA over SAC1IND over WAS2POR over MEM4NOH over LAC7BOS over MIL9HOU over GSW26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Al Jefferson leads the day with 26

Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 31, 14, 16, 33, 18, 12, 16, 26Jazz-Kings · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 22, 13, 25, 15, 19, 22, 13, 25Celtics-Bucks · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 27, 13, 17, 8, 16, 23, 13, 25Kings-Jazz · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 9, 11, 9, 9, 15, 6, 12, 24Blazers-Grizzlies · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 15, 28, 19, 14, 20, 9, 23, 22Kings-Jazz · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 17, 21, 7, 20, 28, 15, 15, 22Grizzlies-Blazers · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Klay ThompsonGSW+7.4 17.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Goran DragicHOU+6.4 15.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.2 22.5 last 10 · 16.3 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.2 23.0 last 10 · 17.8 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+4.8 17.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Iman ShumpertNYK−4.0 5.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Norris ColeMIA−3.6 3.9 last 10 · 7.5 season
Andray BlatcheWAS−3.5 5.0 last 10 · 8.5 season
Michael BeasleyMIN−3.5 8.0 last 10 · 11.5 season