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Thursday, April 26, 2012Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NOH by 9 at halftime and won 84–77.

Final
NJN67
TOR98
Q1 TOR +11; Q2 TOR +27; Q3 TOR +30; Q4 TOR +31
Final
DAL89
ATL106
Q1 ATL +17; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +17
Final
MIL74
BOS87
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +13
Final
NYK104
CHA84
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +20
Final
CLE75
CHI107
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +32
Final
PHI86
DET108
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +22; Q3 DET +20; Q4 DET +22
Final
NOH77
HOU84
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU -9; Q3 HOU -8; Q4 HOU +7
Final
ORL76
MEM88
Q1 MEM +18; Q2 MEM +24; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +12
Final
DEN131
MIN102
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +19; Q3 DEN +24; Q4 DEN +29
Final
POR94
UTA96
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +2
Final
MIA70
WAS104
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS +25; Q3 WAS +30; Q4 WAS +34
Final
SAS107
GSW101
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +6
Final
LAL96
SAC113
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +17
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 · 2010–11Apr 26, 2011: 3 games. Top scorer: Derrick Rose (CHI vs IND), 25 points.
The lead · NOH @ HOU

Houston rallies from 9 down to beat New Orleans

Trailing by 9 at the half, Houston outscored the Hornets 51–35 the rest of the way. Final: 84–77. Chase Budinger led Houston with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-9-8+7HOU AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH202229677
HOU1221302184
Who led
Chase BudingerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 13, 19, 4, 14, 22, 11, 5, 27HOU27 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Samuel DalembertPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 0, 4, 4, 5, 2, 9, 0, 11HOU11 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Jerome DysonPoints, last 9 games: 3, 2, 2, 9, 24, 0, 7, 5, 15NOH15 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Darryl WatkinsPoints, last 5 games: 2, 2, 2, 4, 13NOH13 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 53 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 15 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+39.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.7Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 6.7 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · SAS @ GSW

San Antonio extends win streak to 10

107–101 over Golden State. Record: 50–16. Patty Mills led San Antonio with 34 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists.

Streak strip · SAS
Wvs MEM107–97Wvs PHX105–91W@ GSW120–99W@ LAL112–91W@ SAC127–102Wvs LAL121–97Wvs CLE114–98Wvs POR124–89W@ PHX110–106W@ GSW107–101SAS: last 10 games through Apr 26, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Patty Mills leads the day with 34

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.
Patty MillsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 6, 0, 9, 3, 7, 9, 27, 34SAS @ GSW · W
10.3 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Chase BudingerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 13, 19, 4, 14, 22, 11, 5, 27HOU vs NOH · W
9.6 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 24, 9, 9, 8, 14, 19, 7, 26DET vs PHI · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Chris WrightPoints, last 10 games: 2, 1, 8, 0, 4, 0, 0, 1, 5, 25GSW vs SAS · L
3.1 PPG season to date · +23.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
John Lucas IIIPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 19, 8, 5, 7, 2, 12, 16, 25CHI vs CLE · W
7.7 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Ed DavisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 13, 4, 10, 6, 8, 7, 2, 24TOR vs NJN · W
6.3 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high24 PTS · 12 REB · 2 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
Avery BradleyBOS+8.7 16.3 last 10 · 7.6 season
Metta World PeaceLAL+8.2 15.9 last 10 · 7.7 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+8.1 20.6 last 10 · 12.5 season
JJ HicksonPOR+7.8 16.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+7.4 30.0 last 10 · 22.6 season
Cold
Rodney StuckeyDET−6.6 8.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Nick YoungLAC−6.4 7.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Kyle LowryHOU−6.0 8.3 last 10 · 14.3 season
Tony AllenMEM−4.4 5.4 last 10 · 9.8 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−4.1 16.9 last 10 · 21.0 season