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Saturday, March 9, 2013Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by MIL (vs GSW) and PHX (vs HOU).

Final
BKN93
ATL80
Q1 BKN 0; Q2 BKN +14; Q3 BKN +19; Q4 BKN +13
Final
UTA84
NYK113
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +17; Q3 NYK +19; Q4 NYK +29
Final
NOH85
MEM96
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +11
Final
CHA87
WAS104
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +17; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +17
Final
MIN88
DEN111
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +23
Final
HOU105
PHX107
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +2
Final
MIL103
GSW93
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +10
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 9, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (LAC @ SAS), 36 points.
The lead · HOU @ PHX

Phoenix holds off Houston, 107–105

Phoenix led 77–76 after three and held on to win by two. Jared Dudley led Phoenix with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists. James Harden scored 38 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+4+1+2PHX AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU28183029105
PHX24262730107
Who led
Jared DudleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 7, 9, 2, 6, 5, 9, 11, 22PHX22 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 19, 10, 10, 13, 19, 8, 17, 18PHX18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 46, 22, 27, 25, 24, 21, 28, 20, 38HOU38 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Carlos DelfinoPoints, last 10 games: 3, 9, 22, 12, 12, 21, 3, 11, 12, 21HOU21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
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
7.1Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 60 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 43 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.1Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 7.1 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: New York by 29.

PHX over HOU2MIL over GSW10MEM over NOH11BKN over ATL13WAS over CHA17DEN over MIN23NYK over UTA29Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 46, 22, 27, 25, 24, 21, 28, 20, 38HOU @ PHX · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 20, 22, 30, 11, 18, 24, 21, 32DEN vs MIN · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 34, 31, 11, 8, 8, 11, 20, 18, 31MIL @ GSW · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 24, 15, 8, 11, 15, 10, 11, 29CHA @ WAS · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 14, 14, 22, 27, 23, 34, 22, 26MIL @ GSW · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 18, 8, 22, 15, 9, 16, 4, 26WAS vs CHA · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 10 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
Derrick WilliamsMIN+7.4 18.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+6.8 19.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Maurice HarklessORL+6.2 12.6 last 10 · 6.4 season
Ty LawsonDEN+6.1 23.1 last 10 · 17.0 season
Deron WilliamsBKN+5.3 23.1 last 10 · 17.8 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−7.3 4.8 last 10 · 12.1 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.7 6.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Chris KamanDAL−4.5 7.3 last 10 · 11.8 season