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Thursday, January 3, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed DEN by 2 after the first quarter and won 101–97.

Final
SAS83
NYK100
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +17
Final
MIN101
DEN97
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN +4
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 · 2011–12Jan 3, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs HOU), 37 points.
The lead · MIN @ DEN

Minnesota tops Denver in Denver

Final: 101–97. Alexey Shved led Minnesota with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+4-1+4MIN AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN23242232101
DEN2518272797
Who led
Alexey ShvedPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 3, 2, 12, 18, 16, 12, 13, 17MIN17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 10, 10, 18, 12, 18, 10, 4, 17MIN17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kosta KoufosPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 7, 16, 16, 10, 6, 8, 4, 16DEN16 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 12, 13, 0, 15, 17, 11, 3, 16DEN16 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAS @ NYK

New York leads San Antonio wire to wire

New York was ahead at every break and won 100–83. Best quarter: the fourth, 33–23. Carmelo Anthony led New York with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NYK vs SAS
Carmelo Anthony · NYKGary Neal · SASPTS2312REB82AST31Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.5Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.5 in 31 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
32.92011–12 avg19.0Last 2

19.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 32.9 in 2011–12 (47 games). Today: 10 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 23

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 45, 30, 31, 29, 33, 34, 45, 23NYK vs SAS · W
28.9 PPG season to date · −6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 19, 26, 19, 25, 27, 28, 28, 20NYK vs SAS · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Alexey ShvedPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 3, 2, 12, 18, 16, 12, 13, 17MIN @ DEN · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 10, 10, 18, 12, 18, 10, 4, 17MIN @ DEN · W
10.8 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kosta KoufosPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 7, 16, 16, 10, 6, 8, 4, 16DEN vs MIN · L
7.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high16 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 12, 13, 0, 15, 17, 11, 3, 16DEN vs MIN · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 0 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
JR SmithNYK+5.9 22.5 last 10 · 16.6 season
Jared DudleyPHX+5.2 16.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Ed DavisTOR+4.2 12.4 last 10 · 8.2 season
Dorell WrightPHI+4.1 12.8 last 10 · 8.7 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+4.1 16.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−4.3 14.3 last 10 · 18.6 season
Michael BeasleyPHX−4.0 5.9 last 10 · 9.9 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−4.0 3.6 last 10 · 7.6 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR−3.5 11.1 last 10 · 14.6 season
Marc GasolMEM−3.3 10.6 last 10 · 13.9 season