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Wednesday, February 20, 2013Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed MIL by 12 at halftime and won 97–94.

Final
DET105
CHA99
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET -1; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +6
Final
NYK91
IND125
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +30; Q3 IND +36; Q4 IND +34
Final
MEM88
TOR82
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +11; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +6
Final
MIA103
ATL90
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA -10; Q4 MIA +13
Final
NOH100
CLE105
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +5
Final
OKC119
HOU122
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU +3
Final
BKN97
MIL94
Q1 BKN -8; Q2 BKN -12; Q3 BKN -8; Q4 BKN +3
Final
PHI87
MIN94
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +7
Final
ORL96
DAL111
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +15
Final
PHX98
GSW108
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +10
Final
BOS99
LAL113
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +14
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 20, 2012: 11 games. Top scorer: Deron Williams (NJN @ NYK), 38 points.
The lead · BKN @ MIL

Brooklyn rallies from 12 down to beat Milwaukee

Trailing by 12 at the half, Brooklyn outscored the Bucks 55–40 the rest of the way. Final: 97–94. Deron Williams led Brooklyn with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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 Q3Final0-8-12-8+3BKN AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN2121262997
MIL2925221894
Who led
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 9, 11, 15, 12, 20, 15, 19, 23BKN23 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
C.J. WatsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 5, 0, 0, 4, 1, 25, 11, 17BKN17 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 20, 12, 17, 26, 7, 21, 34, 31MIL31 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 21, 12, 13, 8, 24, 27, 18, 14MIL14 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Indiana posts the night's biggest win

Indiana beat New York by 34, the widest margin of 11 games.

HOU over OKC3BKN over MIL3CLE over NOH5DET over CHA6MEM over TOR6MIN over PHI7GSW over PHX10MIA over ATL13LAL over BOS14DAL over ORL15IND over NYK34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.1Season avg34.8Last 5

34.8 points a game over his last five games, against 26.1 in 53 earlier games. Today: 46 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.6Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 26 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 25.1 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 46

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 21, 21, 18, 36, 35, 30, 27, 46HOU vs OKC · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 12, 1999: 46 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Career high46 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 32, 14, 14, 35, 22, 24, 26, 20, 6, 35CLE vs NOH · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 20, 12, 17, 26, 7, 21, 34, 31MIL vs BKN · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 9, 28, 13, 16, 12, 14, 14, 29HOU vs OKC · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 28, 24, 22, 17, 24, 22, 26, 28OKC @ HOU · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 17, 6, 19, 9, 11, 22, 15, 28GSW vs PHX · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 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+7.0 14.1 last 10 · 7.1 season
Tony ParkerSAS+5.4 26.4 last 10 · 21.0 season
Ty LawsonDEN+5.4 21.4 last 10 · 16.0 season
Ricky RubioMIN+4.9 12.8 last 10 · 7.9 season
Maurice HarklessORL+4.7 10.1 last 10 · 5.4 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.8 18.8 last 10 · 26.6 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS−6.0 7.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.6 8.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Jason KiddNYK−4.9 2.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Nicolas BatumPOR−4.7 10.6 last 10 · 15.3 season