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Monday, January 14, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed PHX by 3 after the first quarter and won 102–90.

Final
ORL91
WAS120
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +19; Q4 WAS +29
Final
CHA89
BOS100
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +11
Final
ATL58
CHI97
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +28; Q3 CHI +34; Q4 CHI +39
Final
LAC99
MEM73
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +19; Q3 LAC +21; Q4 LAC +26
Final
MIN98
DAL113
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +21; Q4 DAL +15
Final
OKC102
PHX90
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC +12
Final
MIA97
UTA104
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +15; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +7
Final
CLE118
SAC124
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +6
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 14, 2012: 11 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ LAC), 42 points.
The lead · OKC @ PHX

Kevin Durant scores 41 as OKC beats Phoenix

OKC won 102–90. Kevin Durant: 41 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+6+4+12OKC AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC21302130102
PHX2421232290
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 27, 26, 22, 29, 26, 42, 33, 41OKC41 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 26, 27, 23, 17, 23, 27, 18, 36OKC36 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Shannon BrownPoints, last 10 games: 21, 0, 12, 0, 7, 8, 4, 15, 11, 21PHX21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 11, 18, 12, 16, 12, 9, 8, 19PHX19 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.6Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 28.6 in 37 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
28.12011–12 avg11.5Last 2

11.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.1 in 2011–12 (49 games). Today: 8 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: Chicago by 39.

SAC over CLE6UTA over MIA7BOS over CHA11OKC over PHX12DAL over MIN15LAC over MEM26WAS over ORL29CHI over ATL39Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 41

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 27, 26, 22, 29, 26, 42, 33, 41OKC @ PHX · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, May 1, 2009: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
41 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 26, 27, 23, 17, 23, 27, 18, 36OKC @ PHX · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 18, 5, 20, 9, 13, 18, 9, 18, 15, 33CLE @ SAC · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 35, 26, 36, 32, 30, 24, 22, 15, 20, 32MIA @ UTA · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 21, 18, 31, 28, 10, 29, 11, 26SAC vs CLE · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 12, 21, 12, 15, 26, 23, 20, 23UTA vs MIA · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 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
Jameer NelsonORL+4.9 19.9 last 10 · 15.0 season
JR SmithNYK+4.8 21.6 last 10 · 16.8 season
Ed DavisTOR+4.2 13.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Amir JohnsonTOR+4.1 13.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Carlos BoozerCHI+4.1 19.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Kyle LowryTOR−5.5 8.3 last 10 · 13.8 season
Evan TurnerPHI−4.1 9.7 last 10 · 13.8 season
Austin RiversNOH−3.9 2.4 last 10 · 6.3 season
Marc GasolMEM−3.6 9.7 last 10 · 13.2 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−3.4 4.0 last 10 · 7.4 season