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Saturday, February 20, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed HOU by 11 at halftime and won 125–115.

Final
WAS104
TOR109
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +5
Final · OT
OKC121
NYK118
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC -5; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +3
Final
PHI90
CHI122
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +19; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +32
Final
MIA91
DAL97
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL -8; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +6
Final
IND125
HOU115
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND -11; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +10
Final
CHA88
MIL93
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +5
Final
SAC89
LAC99
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +10
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 · 2008–09Feb 20, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ MIL), 55 points.
The lead · IND @ HOU

Danny Granger scores 36, Indiana rallies past Houston

Indiana trailed by 11 at the half and won 125–115.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-3-110+10IND AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND27273635125
HOU30352525115
Who led
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 8, 23, 25, 14, 27, 23, 29, 36IND36 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 9, 2, 11, 20, 9, 14, 5, 23IND23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 24, 24, 19, 34, 10, 18, 15, 26HOU26 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 17, 10, 12, 8, 12, 14, 10, 25HOU25 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 51 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 3 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
30.42008–09 avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.4 in 2008–09 (65 games). Today: 7 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg32.0Today

32 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · MIA @ DAL

Dallas fights back from 8 down against Miami

Final: 97–91, after trailing by 8 at the half. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DAL vs MIA
Dirk Nowitzki · DALDaequan Cook · MIAPTS2822REB54AST21Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Danny Granger leads the day with 36

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.
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 8, 23, 25, 14, 27, 23, 29, 36IND @ HOU · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 30, 45, 33, 30, 29, 33, 25, 36OKC @ NYK · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 23, 30, 26, 22, 33, 15, 29, 35CHA @ MIL · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 12, 28, 12, 26, 21, 8, 17, 31OKC @ NYK · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 16, 22, 32, 20, 21, 24, 23, 30NYK vs OKC · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 24, 17, 20, 16, 16, 20, 18, 30LAC vs SAC · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 6 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
Darren CollisonNOH+9.0 18.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+6.1 19.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+5.7 15.5 last 10 · 9.8 season
Paul MillsapUTA+5.3 16.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+5.1 15.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−8.0 3.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−6.9 13.1 last 10 · 20.0 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season
Ben GordonDET−5.7 9.2 last 10 · 14.9 season