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Friday, January 6, 2012Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed WAS by 14 after the first quarter and won 99–96.

Final · OT
ATL102
CHA96
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +6
Final
DET73
PHI96
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +23
Final
NJN97
TOR85
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +12
Final
NYK99
WAS96
Q1 NYK -14; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +3
Final
IND87
BOS74
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +13
Final
CLE98
MIN87
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +11
Final
DEN96
NOH88
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN -6; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +8
Final
HOU94
OKC109
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +17; Q3 OKC +21; Q4 OKC +15
Final
CHI97
ORL83
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +14
Final
MEM85
UTA94
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +9
Final
GSW90
LAL97
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +7
Final
POR77
PHX102
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +25
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 · 2010–11Jan 6, 2011: 2 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ DAL), 28 points.
The lead · NYK @ WAS

Carmelo Anthony scores 37 as New York wins in Washington

Final: 99–96. Carmelo Anthony made 16 of 33 shots from the field.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-14-1+3+3NYK AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK1828262799
WAS3215222796
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 7 games: 37, 13, 27, 23, 35, 32, 37NYK37 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 5 games: 21, 16, 15, 25, 23NYK23 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 7 games: 16, 21, 3, 18, 10, 17, 24WAS24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
John WallPoints, last 7 games: 13, 20, 6, 19, 11, 14, 22WAS22 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Phoenix by 25.

NYK over WAS3ATL over CHA6LAL over GSW7DEN over NOH8UTA over MEM9CLE over MIN11NJN over TOR12IND over BOS13CHI over ORL14OKC over HOU15PHI over DET23PHX over POR25Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg11.8Last 3

11.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 7 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg36.6Today

37 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists.

Cooling off
−5.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg11.6Last 5

11.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 6 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 23 minutes.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 39

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 9 games: 28, 29, 26, 28, 17, 16, 37, 30, 39LAL vs GSW · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 7 games: 37, 13, 27, 23, 35, 32, 37NYK @ WAS · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 7 games: 22, 31, 25, 25, 24, 27, 29MIN vs CLE · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 8 games: 11, 21, 16, 20, 19, 19, 28, 28ORL vs CHI · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 8 games: 30, 33, 32, 30, 12, 27, 19, 26OKC vs HOU · W
26.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 7 games: 23, 10, 10, 23, 16, 22, 24NJN @ TOR · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST