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Wednesday, December 2, 2009Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed MIN by 8 at halftime and won 97–95.

Final
TOR115
ATL146
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +21; Q3 ATL +30; Q4 ATL +31
Final
PHX90
CLE107
Q1 CLE +19; Q2 CLE +28; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +17
Final
NYK104
ORL118
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +22; Q4 ORL +14
Final
MIL102
WAS104
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS -1; Q4 WAS +2
Final
DAL117
NJN101
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +27; Q3 DAL +27; Q4 DAL +16
Final
DET85
CHI92
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +17; Q4 CHI +7
Final
MEM97
MIN95
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM -8; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +2
Final
PHI106
OKC117
Q1 OKC -4; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +11
Final
IND105
SAC110
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +5
Final
HOU102
LAC85
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +17
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2008–09Dec 2, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: Danny Granger (IND vs LAL), 32 points.
The lead · MEM @ MIN

Memphis climbs back to beat Minnesota

Minnesota led by 8 at the half. Memphis won it 97–95. Zach Randolph led Memphis with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-8+4+2MEM AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2225302097
MIN2827182295
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 21, 18, 16, 24, 21, 5, 15, 20MEM20 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 21, 33, 24, 24, 16, 14, 15, 20MEM20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Ryan GomesPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 15, 7, 8, 15, 5, 3, 27, 20MIN20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 13, 16, 8, 9, 6, 23, 6, 16MIN16 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Atlanta by 31.

WAS over MIL2MEM over MIN2SAC over IND5CHI over DET7OKC over PHI11ORL over NYK14DAL over NJN16CLE over PHX17HOU over LAC17ATL over TOR31Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 10 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.1Season avg24.3Last 3

24.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.1 in 15 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg40.8Today

41 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 33

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 40, 32, 12, 35, 19, 28, 33, 25, 33OKC vs PHI · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 22, 33, 19, 18, 36, 20, 22, 33IND @ SAC · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 15, 12, 12, 25, 16, 21, 19, 28PHI @ OKC · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 20, 20, 29, 28, 19, 21, 14, 26SAC vs IND · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 41, 20, 28, 25, 31, 27, 28, 24DAL @ NJN · W
27.0 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 10, 2, 15, 10, 24ATL vs TOR · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Jarrett JackTOR+2.3 11.0 last 10 · 8.7 season
Greg OdenPOR+1.8 13.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Rudy FernandezPOR+1.5 10.1 last 10 · 8.6 season
Andre MillerPOR+0.7 11.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Steve BlakePOR+0.2 7.9 last 10 · 7.7 season
Cold
Chris BoshTOR−3.7 20.4 last 10 · 24.1 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−2.1 15.0 last 10 · 17.1 season
Jose CalderonTOR−0.3 11.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Brandon RoyPOR−0.2 19.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
Martell WebsterPOR+0.0 8.5 last 10 · 8.5 season