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Friday, January 4, 2013Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed MIL by 11 at halftime and won 115–101.

Final
CLE106
CHA104
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +2
Final
SAC105
TOR96
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +9
Final · 2OT
BKN115
WAS113
Q1 BKN -10; Q2 BKN -3; Q3 BKN -1; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN 0; OT2 BKN +2
Final
ATL84
DET85
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +15; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +1
Final
IND75
BOS94
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +19
Final
POR86
MEM84
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +2
Final
CHI96
MIA89
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +7
Final
PHI85
OKC109
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +24
Final
HOU115
MIL101
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU -11; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +14
Final
UTA87
PHX80
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +7
Final
LAL102
LAC107
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +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 · 2011–12Jan 4, 2012: 12 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (GSW @ SAS), 38 points.
The lead · HOU @ MIL

Houston rallies from 11 down to beat Milwaukee

Trailing by 11 at the half, Houston outscored the Bucks 68–43 the rest of the way. Final: 115–101. James Harden led Houston with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 7 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-11+5+14HOU AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU23243038115
MIL21371429101
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 31, 26, 30, 33, 25, 28, 31, 29HOU29 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Carlos DelfinoPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 16, 0, 11, 7, 11, 22, 2, 22HOU22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 34, 26, 12, 7, 25, 25, 9, 31, 16MIL16 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 4, 27, 37, 20, 14, 30, 18, 12MIL12 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Thunder rout

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Philadelphia by 24.

DET over ATL1CLE over CHA2BKN over WAS2POR over MEM2LAC over LAL5CHI over MIA7UTA over PHX7SAC over TOR9HOU over MIL14BOS over IND19OKC over PHI24Final 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
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 24 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 17 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 38

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 30, 34, 30, 34, 34, 40, 27, 36, 38LAL @ LAC · L
30.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 41, 23, 22, 17, 15, 26, 28, 13, 22, 33CLE @ CHA · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 9, 24, 9, 15, 12, 21, 18, 31SAC @ TOR · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 20 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 17, 14, 8, 29, 19, 10, 23, 30LAC vs LAL · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 30, 29, 27, 35, 26, 36, 32, 30MIA vs CHI · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 31, 26, 30, 33, 25, 28, 31, 29HOU @ MIL · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 7 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
Dorell WrightPHI+4.5 13.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jared DudleyPHX+4.5 16.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jarrett JackGSW+4.0 16.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+3.8 32.7 last 10 · 28.9 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−4.3 14.3 last 10 · 18.6 season
Michael BeasleyPHX−4.0 5.6 last 10 · 9.6 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−4.0 3.6 last 10 · 7.6 season
Jeremy PargoCLE−3.3 5.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Marc GasolMEM−3.1 10.8 last 10 · 13.9 season