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Tuesday, March 26, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed LAC by 5 after the first quarter and won 109–102.

Final · Box score
Knicks100
Celtics85
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +15; Q4 NYK +15
Final · Box score
Wolves105
Pistons82
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +28; Q4 MIN +23
Final · OT · Box score
Clippers102
Mavs109
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 Mavs 0; OT1 DAL +7
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The lead · Clippers-Mavs

Dirk Nowitzki scores 33, Dallas wins in overtime

JR Smith goes for 32 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-5+2+10+7DAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Clippers272125245102
Mavs2228242312109
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 21, 13, 23, 22, 16, 22, 17, 33DAL33 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 10, 7, 18, 13, 8, 19, 15, 14DAL14 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 16, 20, 24, 20, 11, 19, 29, 33LAC33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 17, 22, 22, 12, 26, 7, 11, 14LAC14 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Lead changes
Knicks-Celtics14
Clippers-Mavs14
Wolves-Pistons2
The night in charts
Clippers-Mavs combined for 211, 24 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-MavsClippers 102, Mavs 109
211
Wolves-PistonsWolves 105, Pistons 82
187
Knicks-CelticsKnicks 100, Celtics 85
185
DAL won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Clippers-MavsClippers 102, Mavs 109
+7 DAL
Knicks-CelticsKnicks 100, Celtics 85
+15 NYK
Wolves-PistonsWolves 105, Pistons 82
+23 MIN
CP3 shot 12-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
CP3LAC · 33 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
80% (12-15)
BareaMIN · 21 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST
73% (8-11)
PekovicMIN · 18 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
DirkDAL · 33 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST
57% (12-21)
JR SmithNYK · 32 PTS, 7 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
54% (13-24)
Final · Clippers-Mavs
Clippers 102Mavs 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Clippers272125245102
Mavs2228242312109
The story
Vince Carter had 14 points as Dallas beat Los Angeles 109-102 in OT

Blake Griffin led Los Angeles with 14 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 14 PTS, 5 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST · 3-9 FG, 2-7 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the first, the Mavericks took the second 28-21.

DAL lead by quarter
200 −5+2+10+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Knicks-Celtics
Knicks 100Celtics 85
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks28302616100
Celtics2420251685
The story
Carmelo Anthony's 29 points carried New York past Boston, 100-85

For Boston, Jeff Green had 19 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST 29 PTS, 8 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST · 10-30 FG, 2-8 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 30-20, was where the Knicks built it.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +4+14+15+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Pistons
Wolves 105Pistons 82
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves19253823105
Pistons1622162882
The story
Minnesota beat Detroit 105-82 behind 18 points and 11 rebounds from Nikola Pekovic

Ricky Rubio backed him with 14 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB 18 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST · 7-10 FG

The swing

A 38-16 third quarter did the most damage for the Timberwolves.

MIN lead by quarter
300 +3+6+28+23 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Greg Monroe topped the game at 36.9 FPTS: 12 REB, 11 PTS

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 69 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 30 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg41.1Today

41 minutes today, against 24.0 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · Knicks-Celtics

New York never trails at a break against Boston

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 100–85. JR Smith led New York with 32 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over LAC7NYK over BOS15MIN over DET23Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over BOS.
Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 33

Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 16, 20, 24, 20, 11, 19, 29, 33Clippers-Mavs · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 21, 13, 23, 22, 16, 22, 17, 33Mavs-Clippers · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 15, 33, 17, 20, 22, 14, 25, 32Knicks-Celtics · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 30, 32, 6, 14, 9, 21, 37, 28, 29Knicks-Celtics · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 5, 19, 6, 11, 11, 5, 9, 21Wolves-Pistons · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high21 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 14, 20, 10, 43, 13, 10, 12, 19Celtics-Knicks · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
John WallWAS+7.0 23.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Jerryd BaylessMEM+6.5 14.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Deron WilliamsBKN+6.1 24.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+5.8 20.3 last 10 · 14.5 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.3 17.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−5.6 10.8 last 10 · 16.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Carl LandryGSW−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Shannon BrownPHX−5.0 5.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.7 6.3 last 10 · 11.0 season