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Friday, January 29, 2010Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed POR by 10 after the first quarter and won 104–100.

Final
CLE94
IND73
Q1 CLE +18; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +21
Final
LAL99
PHI91
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +8
Final
BOS91
ATL100
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +9
Final
MIA92
DET65
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +23; Q4 MIA +27
Final
LAC97
MIN111
Q1 MIN +14; Q2 MIN +19; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +14
Final
WAS81
NJN79
Q1 WAS -8; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS +2
Final · OT
CHI108
NOH106
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +2
Final
DEN84
OKC101
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +19; Q4 OKC +17
Final
POR100
HOU104
Q1 HOU -10; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +4
Final
MEM97
SAS104
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +7
Final
SAC94
UTA101
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +7
Final
CHA121
GSW110
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +11
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 · 2008–09Jan 29, 2009: 2 games. Top scorer: Manu Ginobili (SAS @ PHX), 30 points.
The lead · POR @ HOU

Aaron Brooks scores 33, Houston rallies past Portland

Houston trailed by 10 after one and won 104–100.

Game flow · HOU 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+2+7+4HOU AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR28192429100
HOU18312926104
Who led
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 43, 14, 13, 23, 20, 15, 22, 33HOU33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 16, 5, 12, 19, 22, 16, 7, 21HOU21 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Rudy FernandezPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 10, 2, 7, 6, 19, 12, 9, 25POR25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 14, 22, 23, 19, 21, 16, 25, 20POR20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.0Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.0 in 44 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 45 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.7Season avg40.1Today

40 minutes today, against 19.7 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Heat rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Miami beat Detroit by 27.

WAS over NJN2CHI over NOH2HOU over POR4SAS over MEM7UTA over SAC7LAL over PHI8ATL over BOS9CHA over GSW11MIN over LAC14OKC over DEN17CLE over IND21MIA over DET27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 35

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 24, 20, 24, 21, 24, 22, 12, 35BOS @ ATL · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 43, 14, 13, 23, 20, 15, 22, 33HOU vs POR · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 48, 29, 19, 23, 9, 23, 5, 5, 5, 33SAC @ UTA · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 5, 7, 17, 13, 20, 12, 15, 32UTA vs SAC · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 29, 28, 20, 25, 9, 20, 21, 30CHA @ GSW · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 35, 30, 36, 29, 31, 30, 34, 28, 30OKC vs DEN · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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
Stephen CurryGSW+6.8 21.0 last 10 · 14.2 season
Corey MaggetteGSW+6.2 26.8 last 10 · 20.6 season
Corey BrewerMIN+5.4 18.8 last 10 · 13.4 season
Randy FoyeWAS+5.1 15.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Chauncey BillupsDEN+5.0 24.2 last 10 · 19.2 season
Cold
Vince CarterORL−6.8 9.4 last 10 · 16.2 season
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−6.3 7.1 last 10 · 13.4 season
Chris DuhonNYK−5.3 2.8 last 10 · 8.1 season
Kobe BryantLAL−5.1 23.1 last 10 · 28.2 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season