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Monday, March 4, 2013Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed CLE by 12 at halftime and won 102–97.

Final
NYK102
CLE97
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK -12; Q3 NYK -4; Q4 NYK +5
Final · OT
UTA108
MIL109
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +1
Final
MIA97
MIN81
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +16
Final
ORL105
NOH102
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL -10; Q3 ORL -6; Q4 ORL +3
Final
ATL88
DEN104
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +16
Final
CHA105
POR122
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +17
Final
TOR118
GSW125
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW -7; Q4 GSW +7
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 4, 2012: 8 games. Top scorer: Deron Williams (NJN @ CHA), 57 points.
The lead · NYK @ CLE

New York climbs back to beat Cleveland

Cleveland led by 12 at the half. New York won it 102–97. Amar'e Stoudemire led New York with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-10-12-4+5NYK AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK24252132102
CLE3427132397
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 10, 7, 14, 22, 14, 12, 12, 22NYK22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 26, 5, 19, 14, 26, 13, 13, 18NYK18 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Marreese SpeightsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 9, 4, 18, 11, 8, 11, 10, 23CLE23 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 35, 22, 24, 26, 20, 6, 35, 12, 17, 22CLE22 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.1Season avg34.6Last 5

34.6 points a game over his last five games, against 22.1 in 56 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 40 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.3Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 12.3 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · ORL @ NOH

Orlando fights back from 10 down against New Orleans

Final: 105–102, after trailing by 10 at the half. Arron Afflalo led Orlando with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ORL vs NOH
Arron Afflalo · ORLAnthony Davis · NOHPTS2617REB515AST50Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 34

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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 27, 18, 14, 14, 22, 27, 23, 34MIL vs UTA · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 20, 17, 33, 24, 39, 22, 20, 32MIA @ MIN · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 18, 19, 25, 22, 12, 10, 13, 29GSW vs TOR · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 20, 19, 18, 38, 54, 25, 30, 26GSW vs TOR · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 21, 20, 16, 16, 15, 19, 12, 26ORL @ NOH · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 9, 0, 0, 8, 0, 8, 11, 26TOR @ GSW · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 0 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+7.2 23.8 last 10 · 16.6 season
Derrick WilliamsMIN+6.8 17.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
Al HorfordATL+6.7 24.0 last 10 · 17.3 season
Maurice HarklessORL+6.7 13.0 last 10 · 6.3 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.4 28.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−8.4 4.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−6.3 6.8 last 10 · 13.1 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−5.5 3.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
Ben GordonCHA−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season