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Friday, February 8, 2013Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed CHA by 12 at halftime and won 100–93.

Final
LAL100
CHA93
Q1 LAL -10; Q2 LAL -12; Q3 LAL -9; Q4 LAL +7
Final · OT
TOR100
IND98
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR -7; Q3 TOR -8; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +2
Final
BKN74
WAS89
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +20; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +15
Final
NOH111
ATL100
Q1 NOH -1; Q2 NOH -5; Q3 NOH +8; Q4 NOH +11
Final
ORL108
CLE119
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +11
Final
SAS109
DET119
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +17; Q4 DET +10
Final
POR103
HOU118
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +15
Final
GSW93
MEM99
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +6
Final
LAC89
MIA111
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +25; Q4 MIA +22
Final
NYK100
MIN94
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK -6; Q4 NYK +6
Final
PHX96
OKC127
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +21; Q4 OKC +31
Final
CHI93
UTA89
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +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 · 2011–12Feb 8, 2012: 11 games. Top scorer: Tony Parker (SAS @ PHI), 37 points.
The lead · LAL @ CHA

Lakers climb out of a 12-point hole against Charlotte

Down 12 at the half, the Lakers won the fourth quarter 31–15 and the game 100–93. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-10-12-9+7LAL AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL20212831100
CHA3023251593
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 21, 14, 17, 17, 18, 21, 27, 20LAL20 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Earl ClarkPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 11, 20, 5, 13, 17, 14, 5, 17LAL17 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Byron MullensPoints, last 10 games: 19, 3, 12, 13, 13, 0, 16, 12, 15, 20CHA20 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 6, 15, 10, 6, 15, 12, 12, 20CHA20 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 48 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg43.3Today

43 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: OKC by 31.

TOR over IND2CHI over UTA4MEM over GSW6NYK over MIN6LAL over CHA7DET over SAS10NOH over ATL11CLE over ORL11WAS over BKN15HOU over POR15MIA over LAC22OKC over PHX31Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 36

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: 29, 28, 25, 42, 20, 25, 9, 27, 31, 36NYK @ MIN · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 30, 29, 25, 21, 21, 18, 36, 35HOU vs POR · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 25, 10, 22, 21, 12, 15, 19, 32UTA vs CHI · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 31, 21, 26, 17, 29, 7, 14, 32GSW @ MEM · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 12, 21, 29, 16, 18, 25, 27, 31POR @ HOU · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 20, 24, 23, 31, 22, 19, 31, 31SAS @ DET · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 8 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
Jerryd BaylessMEM+8.1 15.2 last 10 · 7.1 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+7.7 18.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Jimmy ButlerCHI+5.5 12.7 last 10 · 7.2 season
Nate RobinsonCHI+5.4 17.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Michael BeasleyPHX+5.3 16.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.6 19.8 last 10 · 27.4 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS−6.0 7.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Dwight HowardLAL−5.5 10.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.6 4.1 last 10 · 8.7 season
Michael Kidd-GilchristCHA−4.6 4.9 last 10 · 9.5 season