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Friday, March 1, 2013Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by NYK (vs WAS) and NOH (vs DET) and MIA (vs MEM).

Final
HOU118
ORL110
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +8
Final
IND93
TOR81
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +12
Final
NYK96
WAS88
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK -4; Q4 NYK +8
Final
GSW86
BOS94
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +8
Final
LAC105
CLE89
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +16
Final
DAL98
BKN90
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +8
Final
MEM91
MIA98
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +7
Final
DET95
NOH100
Q1 NOH -4; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH +5
Final
SAC102
SAS130
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +28; Q4 SAS +28
Final
ATL87
PHX92
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +5
Final
CHA68
UTA98
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +23; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +30
Final
OKC103
DEN105
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +2
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 · 2011–12Mar 1, 2012: 4 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ POR), 38 points.
The lead · DET @ NOH

New Orleans beats Detroit, 100–95

New Orleans led 74–69 after three and won by 5. Greivis Vasquez led New Orleans with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-2+5+5NOH AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2722202695
NOH23242726100
Who led
Greivis VasquezPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 10, 11, 13, 5, 12, 20, 6, 25NOH25 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 9, 27, 6, 20, 23, 17, 10, 21NOH21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 16, 9, 19, 5, 12, 15, 26, 27DET27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 24, 4, 7, 6, 13, 21, 32, 22DET22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.1Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.1 in 31 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 30 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.4Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 14.4 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 22 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MEM @ MIA

Miami extends win streak to 13

98–91 over Memphis. Record: 42–14. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

Streak strip · MIA
Wvs LAC111–89Wvs LAL107–97Wvs POR117–104W@ OKC110–100W@ ATL103–90W@ CHI86–67W@ PHI114–90Wvs CLE109–105Wvs SAC141–129Wvs MEM98–91MIA: last 10 games through Mar 1, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Russell Westbrook 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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 24, 22, 26, 28, 37, 23, 29, 38OKC @ DEN · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 7, 7, 11, 0, 22, 11, 23, 7, 35DEN vs OKC · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +24.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high35 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 36, 42, 12, 15, 32, 29, 35, 30NYK @ WAS · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 28, 10, 25, 17, 21, 20, 16, 29WAS vs NYK · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 16, 9, 19, 5, 12, 15, 26, 27DET @ NOH · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 2, 2, 0, 2, 14, 16, 23, 27ORL vs HOU · L
6.8 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 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
Ty LawsonDEN+6.6 23.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.0 28.0 last 10 · 22.0 season
Derrick WilliamsMIN+5.9 16.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Maurice HarklessORL+5.8 11.9 last 10 · 6.1 season
Al HorfordATL+5.5 22.7 last 10 · 17.2 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−8.4 4.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−6.9 5.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−5.2 4.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Ben GordonCHA−4.9 7.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season