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Tuesday, March 20, 2012Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed LAL by 15 after the first quarter and won 107–104.

Final
LAC89
IND102
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +13
Final
PHX95
MIA99
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +4
Final
TOR87
NYK106
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +19
Final
LAL104
HOU107
Q1 HOU -15; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU -6; Q4 HOU +3
Final
OKC90
UTA97
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +7
Final
MIL116
POR87
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +29
Final
MEM110
SAC119
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +9
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 20, 2011: 9 games. Top scorer: Paul Millsap (UTA @ HOU), 35 points.
The lead · LAL @ HOU

Houston storms back from 15 down to beat Lakers

The Rockets trailed by 15 after one and won 107–104. Courtney Lee led Houston with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-5-6+3HOU AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL40162325104
HOU25262234107
Who led
Courtney LeePoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 3, 17, 5, 21, 9, 25, 2, 23HOU23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 9, 12, 30, 18, 23, 10, 18, 23HOU23 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 30, 34, 26, 34, 33, 28, 15, 29LAL29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 19, 12, 13, 14, 18, 17, 18, 21LAL21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 28 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 13 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 26 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 22.2 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Milwaukee posts the night's biggest win

Milwaukee beat Portland by 29, the widest margin of 7 games.

HOU over LAL3MIA over PHX4UTA over OKC7SAC over MEM9IND over LAC13NYK over TOR19MIL over POR29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Marcus Thornton leads the day with 31

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.
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 25, 17, 12, 9, 9, 36, 24, 31SAC vs MEM · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 20, 9, 13, 23, 12, 10, 23, 29MIA vs PHX · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 30, 34, 26, 34, 33, 28, 15, 29LAL @ HOU · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 19, 19, 18, 11, 20, 9, 11, 25IND vs LAC · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 15, 27, 24, 12, 25, 18, 17, 23LAC @ IND · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Courtney LeePoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 3, 17, 5, 21, 9, 25, 2, 23HOU vs LAL · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 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
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.2 22.5 last 10 · 16.3 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+6.1 18.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.7 23.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+5.4 26.2 last 10 · 20.8 season
Goran DragicHOU+4.9 13.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Ben GordonDET−4.5 7.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Caron ButlerLAC−4.4 8.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Stephen JacksonSAS−4.2 6.1 last 10 · 10.3 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−3.6 16.3 last 10 · 19.9 season