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Wednesday, March 21, 2012Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed CLE by 15 after the first quarter and won 103–102.

Final
PHX93
ORL103
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +19; Q4 ORL +10
Final
NYK82
PHI79
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +3
Final
CHI94
TOR82
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI -8; Q3 CHI -7; Q4 CHI +12
Final · OT
CLE102
ATL103
Q1 ATL -15; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +1
Final
WAS108
NJN89
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +19
Final
GSW101
NOH92
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +9
Final
LAC91
OKC114
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +16; Q3 OKC +17; Q4 OKC +23
Final
MIN100
SAS116
Q1 SAS +16; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +16
Final
DET115
DEN116
Q1 DEN +22; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +1
Final
LAL109
DAL93
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +16
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 21, 2011: 7 games. Top scorer: Dwight Howard (ORL @ CLE), 28 points.
The lead · CLE @ ATL

Josh Smith drops 32 in 15-point comeback win over Cleveland

Cleveland led by 15 after one. Final: 103–102.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-15+1-10+1ATL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CLE3617201811102
ATL2133181912103
Who led
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 21, 28, 33, 18, 23, 7, 10, 32ATL32 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 18, 21, 34, 19, 34, 28, 25, 22ATL22 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 18, 9, 21, 14, 28, 19, 26, 29CLE29 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 33, 21, 28, 20, 13, 17, 13, 23CLE23 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Thunder rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Clippers by 23.

ATL over CLE1DEN over DET1NYK over PHI3GSW over NOH9ORL over PHX10CHI over TOR12SAS over MIN16LAL over DAL16WAS over NJN19OKC over LAC23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 43 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg15.9Last 3

15.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 46 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 27.2 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Ben Gordon leads the day with 45

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.
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 0, 15, 3, 8, 12, 6, 6, 7, 45DET @ DEN · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +33.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Trae Young ATL, Mar 22, 2022: 45 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Season high45 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 21, 28, 33, 18, 23, 7, 10, 32ATL vs CLE · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 23, 26, 28, 24, 25, 26, 18, 32OKC vs LAC · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 34, 26, 34, 33, 28, 15, 29, 30LAL @ DAL · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 18, 9, 21, 14, 28, 19, 26, 29CLE @ ATL · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 11, 12, 16, 19, 12, 5, 10, 29ORL vs PHX · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 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
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.2 22.5 last 10 · 16.3 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+6.1 18.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.2 23.0 last 10 · 17.8 season
Goran DragicHOU+4.9 13.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Drew GoodenMIL+4.5 19.1 last 10 · 14.6 season
Cold
Caron ButlerLAC−4.4 8.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Iman ShumpertNYK−4.0 5.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Norris ColeMIA−3.6 3.9 last 10 · 7.5 season
Andray BlatcheWAS−3.5 5.0 last 10 · 8.5 season