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Wednesday, February 22, 2012Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed UTA by 13 after three quarters and won 100–98.

Final
IND102
CHA88
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +14
Final
NOH89
CLE84
Q1 NOH +9; Q2 NOH +7; Q3 NOH +10; Q4 NOH +5
Final
BOS104
OKC119
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +23; Q3 OKC +14; Q4 OKC +15
Final
DET93
TOR103
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +10
Final
SAC115
WAS107
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC -8; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +8
Final
ORL108
NJN91
Q1 ORL +17; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +17
Final
ATL82
NYK99
Q1 NYK +14; Q2 NYK +25; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +17
Final
MIL91
CHI110
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +19
Final
PHI87
HOU93
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU -4; Q4 HOU +6
Final
UTA98
MIN100
Q1 MIN -12; Q2 MIN -12; Q3 MIN -13; Q4 MIN +2
Final
GSW106
PHX104
Q1 GSW +17; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +2
Final
LAL96
DAL91
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +5
Final
DEN95
LAC103
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +8
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 22, 2011: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs SAC), 31 points.
The lead · UTA @ MIN

Minnesota rallies from 13 down to beat Utah

Trailing by 13 after three, Minnesota outscored the Jazz 36–21 the rest of the way. Final: 100–98. J.J. Barea led Minnesota with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-12-12-13+2MIN AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2722282198
MIN15222736100
Who led
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 17, 6, 11, 11, 12, 14, 6, 22MIN22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Luke RidnourPoints, last 10 games: 22, 8, 2, 5, 5, 10, 9, 10, 12, 17MIN17 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 10, 16, 4, 10, 14, 22, 16, 25UTA25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 2, 2, 0, 6, 0, 2, 12, 19UTA19 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 29 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 2 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
28.52010–11 avg12.0Last 2

12.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.5 in 2010–11 (58 games). Today: 1 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg43.8Today

44 minutes today, against 21.9 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · SAC @ WAS

Sacramento climbs back to beat Washington

Washington led by 8 at the half. Sacramento won it 115–107. Tyreke Evans led Sacramento with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs WAS
Tyreke Evans · SACJordan Crawford · WASPTS2232REB62AST44Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Chris Paul 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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 24, 18, 16, 16, 13, 21, 24, 36LAC vs DEN · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Jordan CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 7, 6, 4, 21, 12, 21, 20, 32WAS vs SAC · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 33, 28, 16, 26, 18, 40, 31, 31OKC vs BOS · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 18, 27, 4, 22, 3, 17, 19, 30DET @ TOR · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 33, 27, 19, 21, 33, 23, 51, 31, 28OKC vs BOS · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 16, 21, 20, 23, 21, 22, 21, 27LAC vs DEN · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 5 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
Jeremy LinNYK+9.1 23.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Tony ParkerSAS+6.0 25.5 last 10 · 19.5 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+5.3 24.9 last 10 · 19.6 season
Channing FryePHX+5.2 14.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Antawn JamisonCLE+5.2 22.6 last 10 · 17.4 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−5.8 15.7 last 10 · 21.5 season
Anthony MorrowNJN−4.3 8.7 last 10 · 13.0 season
Kevin MartinHOU−4.1 13.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Chris BoshMIA−4.0 14.2 last 10 · 18.2 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.0 5.7 last 10 · 9.7 season