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Friday, March 16, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed DET by 5 at halftime and won 109–101.

Final
NJN70
ORL86
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +16
Final
MIA84
PHI78
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +27; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +6
Final
WAS88
ATL102
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +14
Final
IND100
NYK115
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +19; Q3 NYK +30; Q4 NYK +15
Final
POR100
CHI89
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +11
Final · OT
TOR114
MEM110
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +4
Final
SAS114
OKC105
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +9
Final
DET101
PHX109
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX -5; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +8
Final
BOS95
SAC120
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +25
Final
MIL120
GSW98
Q1 MIL +19; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +22
Final
MIN92
LAL97
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 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 · 2010–11Mar 16, 2011: 11 games. Top scorer: CJ Miles (UTA vs MIN), 40 points.
The lead · DET @ PHX

Phoenix handles Detroit by 8

The Suns won the first quarter 31–27. Final: 109–101. Jared Dudley led Phoenix with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-5-1+8PHX AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET27322121101
PHX31232530109
Who led
Jared DudleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 14, 17, 18, 19, 28, 21, 11, 23PHX23 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 14, 28, 16, 15, 8, 25, 8, 16PHX16 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 17, 29, 20, 34, 11, 20, 29, 35, 23DET23 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 20, 15, 0, 6, 19, 11, 10, 17DET17 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Sacramento by 25.

TOR over MEM4LAL over MIN5MIA over PHI6PHX over DET8SAS over OKC9POR over CHI11ATL over WAS14NYK over IND15ORL over NJN16MIL over GSW22SAC over BOS25Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 42 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 29 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg43.6Today

44 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook 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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 25, 24, 31, 19, 23, 19, 23, 36OKC vs SAS · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 21, 27, 25, 17, 12, 9, 9, 36SAC vs BOS · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 19, 12, 18, 18, 21, 34, 19, 34ATL vs WAS · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 38, 35, 25, 21, 31, 27, 19, 35, 29MIA @ PHI · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 5, 18, 5, 15, 5, 12, 16, 20, 16, 28TOR @ MEM · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 22, 21, 17, 17, 21, 7, 20, 28MEM vs TOR · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 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
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+6.6 19.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Josh SmithATL+6.2 24.1 last 10 · 17.9 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+5.2 21.8 last 10 · 16.6 season
Jared DudleyPHX+5.2 18.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Trevor BookerWAS+5.1 14.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Ben GordonDET−4.7 6.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Roy HibbertIND−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.1 11.3 last 10 · 15.4 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Caron ButlerLAC−3.9 8.7 last 10 · 12.6 season