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Monday, January 28, 2013Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed PHI by 13 after the first quarter and won 103–100.

Final
MEM103
PHI100
Q1 MEM -13; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +3
Final
GSW114
TOR102
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +12
Final
SAC96
WAS94
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC -4; Q4 SAC +2
Final
ORL77
BKN97
Q1 BKN +10; Q2 BKN +16; Q3 BKN +7; Q4 BKN +20
Final
CHA85
CHI93
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +8
Final
IND101
DEN102
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +1
Final
HOU125
UTA80
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +34; Q4 HOU +45
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 28, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Tyreke Evans (SAC @ UTA), 31 points.
The lead · MEM @ PHI

Memphis rallies from 13 down to beat Philadelphia

Trailing by 13 after one, Memphis outscored the 76ers 83–67 the rest of the way. Final: 103–100. Marc Gasol led Memphis with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-13+30+3MEM AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM20372224103
PHI33212521100
Who led
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 12, 18, 19, 6, 8, 20, 14, 27MEM27 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 17, 13, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 26MEM26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Evan TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 10, 12, 14, 8, 18, 23, 20, 27PHI27 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 16, 18, 12, 27, 14, 11, 10, 23PHI23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Utah by 45, the widest margin of 7 games.

DEN over IND1SAC over WAS2MEM over PHI3CHI over CHA8GSW over TOR12BKN over ORL20HOU over UTA45Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 43 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 43 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg41.4Today

41 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Marc Gasol leads the day with 27

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.
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 12, 18, 19, 6, 8, 20, 14, 27MEM @ PHI · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Evan TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 10, 12, 14, 8, 18, 23, 20, 27PHI vs MEM · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 21, 25, 11, 16, 18, 18, 14, 27DEN vs IND · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 17, 13, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 26MEM @ PHI · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 20, 17, 18, 29, 23, 30, 29, 25HOU @ UTA · W
26.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 6, 10, 6, 13, 6, 8, 15, 23WAS vs SAC · L
8.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 15 REB · 3 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
Jimmy ButlerCHI+5.7 12.4 last 10 · 6.7 season
Kevin DurantOKC+5.3 34.9 last 10 · 29.6 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+4.8 15.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Ed DavisTOR+4.7 14.4 last 10 · 9.7 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+4.4 15.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−5.0 23.7 last 10 · 28.7 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−4.2 6.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Paul PierceBOS−4.0 14.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Patrick PattersonHOU−3.9 7.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Shane BattierMIA−3.6 1.9 last 10 · 5.5 season