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Wednesday, February 23, 2011Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed WAS by 7 after the first quarter and won 117–94.

Final
HOU124
CLE119
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +5
Final
DET101
IND102
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +1
Final
SAC111
ORL105
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC -5; Q4 SAC +6
Final
WAS94
PHI117
Q1 PHI -7; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +24; Q4 PHI +23
Final
OKC105
SAS109
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +4
Final
CHI113
TOR118
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +5
Final
MIL108
NYK114
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +6
Final
MEM104
MIN95
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +9
Final
UTA99
DAL118
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +19
Final
ATL97
PHX105
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +8
Final
LAC87
NOH98
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH +7; Q3 NOH +11; Q4 NOH +11
Final · OT
LAL106
POR101
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +5
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 · 2009–10Feb 23, 2010: 8 games. Top scorer: Marcus Thornton (NOH @ CLE), 37 points.
The lead · WAS @ PHI

Philadelphia routs Washington by 23

Philadelphia led by 5 at halftime and won 117–94. Jrue Holiday led Philadelphia with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+5+24+23PHI AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS3118153094
PHI24303429117
Who led
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 2, 15, 3, 27, 10, 10, 20, 20PHI20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 16, 16, 7, 4, 18, 23, 19, 18PHI18 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 17, 4, 14, 18, 15, 8, 19, 27, 15, 21WAS21 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Trevor BookerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 6, 0, 1, 7, 2, 2, 5, 21WAS21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.3Season avg31.4Last 5

31.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.3 in 56 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.1 in 55 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg39.0Today

39 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Philadelphia by 23.

IND over DET1SAS over OKC4HOU over CLE5TOR over CHI5LAL over POR5SAC over ORL6NYK over MIL6PHX over ATL8MEM over MIN9NOH over LAC11DAL over UTA19PHI over WAS23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 37

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 32, 19, 23, 33, 17, 20, 17, 20, 37LAL @ POR · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 32, 14, 36, 29, 23, 18, 42, 32CHI @ TOR · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 22, 28, 22, 30, 20, 31, 32, 31ORL vs SAC · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 43, 24, 21, 31, 35, 29, 17, 21, 30OKC @ SAS · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 28, 21, 23, 26, 4, 32, 23, 30UTA @ DAL · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Chase BudingerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 2, 11, 2, 1, 15, 0, 10, 30HOU @ CLE · W
8.2 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 8 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+6.7 29.1 last 10 · 22.4 season
Ramon SessionsCLE+6.4 18.8 last 10 · 12.4 season
Randy FoyeLAC+5.9 14.6 last 10 · 8.7 season
Marcin GortatPHX+5.7 13.3 last 10 · 7.6 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+5.4 30.6 last 10 · 25.2 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−5.3 6.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.2 8.0 last 10 · 13.2 season
Brandon RushIND−5.0 5.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−5.0 6.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Manu GinobiliSAS−5.0 12.8 last 10 · 17.8 season