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Tuesday, March 13, 2012Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed MIA by 11 at halftime and won 104–98.

Final
TOR96
CLE88
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +8
Final
POR75
IND92
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +23; Q4 IND +17
Final · OT
MIA98
ORL104
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL -11; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +6
Final · 2OT
LAL116
MEM111
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL -9; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL 0; OT2 LAL +5
Final
HOU104
OKC103
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +1
Final
WAS98
DAL107
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +9
Final · OT
ATL117
DEN118
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +1
Final
GSW115
SAC89
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +26
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 · 2010–11Mar 13, 2011: 6 games. Top scorer: Tyler Hansbrough (IND @ NYK), 29 points.
The lead · MIA @ ORL

Orlando rallies from eleven down at the half, wins in overtime

Miami led 56–45 at the break. It was 94–94 after regulation, and Orlando won the extra time 10–4. Final: 104–98. Jameer Nelson led Orlando with 25 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+3-11-10+6ORL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA27291721498
ORL3015272210104
Who led
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 12, 15, 8, 11, 7, 9, 7, 25ORL25 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 14, 33, 28, 36, 15, 29, 30, 24ORL24 PTS · 25 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 22, 33, 31, 16, 13, 18, 28, 28MIA28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 16, 8, 20, 25, 20, 9, 13, 23MIA23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat Sacramento by 26, the widest margin of 8 games.

HOU over OKC1DEN over ATL1LAL over MEM5ORL over MIA6TOR over CLE8DAL over WAS9IND over POR17GSW over SAC26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.1Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 38 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg49Today

49 minutes today, against 22.8 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Andrew Bynum 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.
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 13, 19, 16, 30, 19, 26, 20, 37LAL @ MEM · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 31, 38, 33, 22, 30, 34, 26, 34LAL @ MEM · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 15, 6, 19, 12, 18, 18, 21, 34ATL @ DEN · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 14, 24, 30, 27, 23, 21, 28, 33ATL @ DEN · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 23, 38, 35, 22, 30, 23, 26, 28OKC vs HOU · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 22, 33, 31, 16, 13, 18, 28, 28MIA @ ORL · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 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
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+6.1 18.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Josh SmithATL+5.7 23.5 last 10 · 17.8 season
Derrick WilliamsMIN+5.5 14.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jared DudleyPHX+5.1 18.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+5.0 18.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Caron ButlerLAC−5.8 6.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.8 10.6 last 10 · 15.4 season
Ben GordonDET−4.3 7.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Nick YoungWAS−3.4 13.2 last 10 · 16.6 season