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Monday, February 6, 2012Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed NOH by 13 at halftime and won 100–92.

Final · OT
LAC107
ORL102
Q1 LAC -9; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +5
Final
LAL90
PHI95
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +5
Final · OT
TOR108
WAS111
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS +15; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +3
Final
PHX99
ATL90
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +20; Q4 PHX +9
Final
CHI108
NJN87
Q1 CHI +21; Q2 CHI +25; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +21
Final
UTA88
NYK99
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +11
Final
SAS89
MEM84
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS -6; Q4 SAS +5
Final
SAC100
NOH92
Q1 SAC -9; Q2 SAC -13; Q3 SAC -9; Q4 SAC +8
Final
HOU99
DEN90
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +9
Final · OT
OKC111
POR107
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +4
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 · 2010–11Feb 6, 2011: 4 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (NYK vs PHI), 41 points.
The lead · SAC @ NOH

Sacramento rallies from 13 down to beat New Orleans

Trailing by 13 at the half, Sacramento outscored the Hornets 61–40 the rest of the way. Final: 100–92. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 28 points, 19 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-9-13-9+8SAC AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC20193031100
NOH2923261492
Who led
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 19, 18, 17, 14, 21, 8, 21, 28SAC28 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 8, 23, 13, 9, 12, 31, 22, 18, 26, 20SAC20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Greivis VasquezPoints, last 10 games: 5, 5, 4, 8, 10, 11, 20, 16, 14, 20NOH20 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 8, 9, 13, 13, 11, 8, 8, 19NOH19 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Chicago by 21.

WAS over TOR3OKC over POR4LAC over ORL5PHI over LAL5SAS over MEM5SAC over NOH8PHX over ATL9HOU over DEN9NYK over UTA11CHI over NJN21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 24 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 24 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+35.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.1Season avg44.9Today

45 minutes today, against 9.1 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge 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.
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 23, 18, 23, 25, 22, 28, 29, 39POR vs OKC · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 16, 28, 24, 17, 23, 19, 27, 33ORL vs LAC · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 20, 25, 37, 36, 23, 36, 22, 33OKC @ POR · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 12, 17, 13, 20, 2, 15, 14, 31WAS vs TOR · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 7, 2, 5, 18, 17, 14, 14, 3, 17, 30TOR @ WAS · L
11.7 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Linas KleizaPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 5, 25, 2, 15, 7, 15, 17, 30TOR @ WAS · L
10.2 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 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
Anthony MorrowNJN+3.9 18.6 last 10 · 14.7 season
Paul PierceBOS+3.7 22.3 last 10 · 18.6 season
Dorell WrightGSW+3.6 14.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+3.5 25.4 last 10 · 21.9 season
Danny GrangerIND+3.5 21.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.5 17.8 last 10 · 22.3 season
Hedo TurkogluORL−3.4 8.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
DeJuan BlairSAS−3.3 5.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Josh SmithATL−3.1 12.0 last 10 · 15.1 season
Jose CalderonTOR−2.9 6.6 last 10 · 9.5 season