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Sunday, March 10, 2013Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed CLE by 9 at halftime and won 100–96.

Final
BOS79
OKC91
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +12
Final
CHI81
LAL90
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +9
Final
IND91
MIA105
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +14
Final
PHI91
ORL99
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +8
Final
CLE96
TOR100
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR -9; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +4
Final
DAL100
MIN77
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +23
Final
POR96
NOH98
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH +9; Q3 NOH +7; Q4 NOH +2
Final
MIL115
SAC113
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +2
Final
DET97
LAC129
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +18; Q3 LAC +28; Q4 LAC +32
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 10, 2012: 9 games. Top scorer: James Harden (OKC vs CHA), 33 points.
The lead · CLE @ TOR

Toronto rallies from 9 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 9 at the half, Toronto outscored the Cavaliers 54–41 the rest of the way. Final: 100–96. Alan Anderson led Toronto with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-9+5+4TOR AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2728192296
TOR20263321100
Who led
Alan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 4, 4, 14, 21, 9, 10, 17, 18TOR18 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Amir JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 6, 10, 2, 19, 23, 14, 8, 17TOR17 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 16, 12, 26, 25, 23, 17, 3, 21CLE21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 19, 7, 10, 16, 11, 12, 13, 15CLE15 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Clippers rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Clippers beat Detroit by 32.

NOH over POR2MIL over SAC2TOR over CLE4ORL over PHI8LAL over CHI9OKC over BOS12MIA over IND14DAL over MIN23LAC over DET32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.0Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.0 in 60 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 59 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.4Season avg42.9Today

43 minutes today, against 14.4 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 1 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 29

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: 18, 14, 14, 22, 27, 23, 34, 22, 26, 29MIL @ SAC · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 8, 9, 14, 14, 19, 16, 25, 26PHI @ ORL · L
15.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Mario ChalmersPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 16, 6, 9, 6, 4, 5, 8, 26MIA vs IND · W
8.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 10, 10, 10, 6, 15, 16, 10, 24ORL vs PHI · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 24, 13, 9, 14, 8, 5, 22, 24SAC vs MIL · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 16, 28, 22, 15, 31, 11, 9, 24IND @ MIA · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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+6.7 18.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+6.2 19.2 last 10 · 13.0 season
Ty LawsonDEN+6.1 23.1 last 10 · 17.0 season
Deron WilliamsBKN+5.3 23.1 last 10 · 17.8 season
Chandler ParsonsHOU+5.0 20.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−7.4 4.6 last 10 · 12.0 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
Randy FoyeUTA−4.2 6.8 last 10 · 11.0 season