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Friday, March 15, 2013Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed MIN by 18 at halftime and won 108–100.

Final
LAL99
IND93
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +6
Final
CHA78
TOR92
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +14
Final
NOH87
WAS96
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +9
Final
PHX94
ATL107
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +13
Final
MIN100
HOU108
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU -18; Q3 HOU -6; Q4 HOU +8
Final
ORL104
OKC117
Q1 OKC +13; Q2 OKC +17; Q3 OKC +11; Q4 OKC +13
Final
CLE86
DAL96
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -8; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +10
Final
MIA107
MIL94
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +13
Final
MEM80
DEN87
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 DEN +7
Final
CHI113
GSW95
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +31; Q4 CHI +18
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 15, 2012: 5 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs CHA), 27 points.
The lead · MIN @ HOU

James Harden drops 37 in 18-point comeback win over Minnesota

Minnesota led by 18 at the half. Final: 108–100.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-18-6+8HOU AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN27302320100
HOU22173534108
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 25, 24, 21, 28, 20, 38, 18, 37HOU37 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 10, 11, 21, 12, 15, 11, 13, 24HOU24 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Derrick WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 23, 25, 16, 13, 18, 13, 10, 19MIN19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 14, 4, 12, 15, 16, 17, 5, 19MIN19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 50 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 45 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · MEM @ DEN

Denver fights back late to top Memphis

Memphis led 66–58 after three. Denver won the fourth 29–14 and the game 87–80. Kosta Koufos led Denver with 18 points, 16 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs MEM
Kosta Koufos · DENZach Randolph · MEMPTS1818REB1618AST01Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 37

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: 22, 27, 25, 24, 21, 28, 20, 38, 18, 37HOU vs MIN · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 16, 16, 19, 16, 13, 27, 23, 29WAS vs NOH · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 40, 18, 29, 20, 26, 25, 13, 15, 27, 28MIA @ MIL · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 16, 11, 17, 16, 24, 14, 10, 28MIA @ MIL · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 32, 7, 24, 21, 26, 5, 17, 19, 28TOR vs CHA · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
George HillPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 12, 5, 21, 14, 11, 7, 16, 27IND vs LAL · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 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
Marcus ThorntonSAC+6.2 19.1 last 10 · 12.9 season
Derrick WilliamsMIN+5.8 17.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Deron WilliamsBKN+5.7 23.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Monta EllisMIL+5.6 24.8 last 10 · 19.2 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+4.8 17.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−6.1 21.4 last 10 · 27.5 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.7 5.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Randy FoyeUTA−5.7 5.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Chris KamanDAL−5.4 5.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season