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Wednesday, January 19, 2011Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed TOR by 11 at halftime and won 104–95.

Final
PHX106
CLE98
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +8
Final
UTA95
NJN103
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN 0; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +8
Final · OT
PHI98
ORL99
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL -7; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +1
Final
DET82
BOS86
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS +4
Final
WAS87
MIL100
Q1 MIL -8; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +13
Final · OT
MEM102
NOH103
Q1 NOH -8; Q2 NOH -9; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +1
Final
NYK89
HOU104
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +15
Final
TOR95
SAS104
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -11; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +9
Final
LAL100
DAL109
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +9
Final
OKC107
DEN112
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +5
Final · OT
POR94
SAC90
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +4
Final
IND108
GSW110
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW -5; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +2
Final
MIN111
LAC126
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +15
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 · 2009–10Jan 19, 2010: 2 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs IND), 32 points.
The lead · TOR @ SAS

San Antonio climbs out of an 11-point hole against Toronto

Down 11 at the half, the Spurs won the third quarter 33–16 and the game 104–95. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-1-11+6+9SAS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2330162695
SAS22203329104
Who led
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 24, 25, 21, 19, 23, 11, 18, 23SAS23 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
DeJuan BlairPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 2, 4, 0, 6, 5, 18, 3, 22SAS22 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 13, 20, 28, 9, 15, 7, 23, 28TOR28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jose CalderonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 20, 11, 13, 11, 11, 21, 0, 14TOR14 PTS · 1 REB · 8 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
16.5Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.5 in 38 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 40 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 21.8 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Thirteen games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Houston by 15.

ORL over PHI1NOH over MEM1GSW over IND2BOS over DET4POR over SAC4DEN over OKC5PHX over CLE8NJN over UTA8SAS over TOR9DAL over LAL9MIL over WAS13HOU over NYK15LAC over MIN15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Monta Ellis 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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 20, 29, 32, 13, 38, 30, 26, 36GSW vs IND · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 33, 31, 26, 8, 28, 21, 12, 12, 35DEN vs OKC · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 25, 15, 16, 27, 17, 22, 32, 32IND @ GSW · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 31, 22, 23, 24, 28, 18, 47, 29LAC vs MIN · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 8, 28, 15, 22, 23, 32, 32, 28OKC @ DEN · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 13, 20, 28, 9, 15, 7, 23, 28TOR @ SAS · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 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
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.9 27.0 last 10 · 21.1 season
Joe JohnsonATL+5.7 25.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
Antawn JamisonCLE+5.4 22.0 last 10 · 16.6 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.9 27.6 last 10 · 22.7 season
Sasha VujacicNJN+4.7 13.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−5.8 7.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Hakim WarrickPHX−4.5 5.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Roy HibbertIND−4.3 8.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jeff GreenOKC−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Richard JeffersonSAS−3.7 8.8 last 10 · 12.5 season