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Sunday, March 17, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed ORL by 11 after three quarters and won 115–109.

Final
ORL109
MIL115
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL -10; Q3 MIL -11; Q4 MIL +6
Final
MIA108
TOR91
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +17
Final
NYK80
LAC93
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +13
Final
GSW108
HOU78
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +23; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +30
Final
NOH95
MIN97
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +2
Final
OKC107
DAL101
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +1; Q4 OKC +6
Final
ATL105
BKN93
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +12
Final
SAC102
LAL113
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +11
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 17, 2012: 8 games. Top scorer: Jrue Holiday (PHI @ CHI), 30 points.
The lead · ORL @ MIL

Monta Ellis scores 39, Milwaukee rallies past Orlando

Milwaukee trailed by 11 after three and won 115–109.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-7-10-11+6MIL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL25292728109
MIL18262645115
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 34, 22, 26, 29, 32, 26, 7, 39MIL39 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 20, 29, 7, 20, 7, 21, 26, 20MIL20 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 12, 26, 13, 19, 17, 17, 20, 24ORL24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Maurice HarklessPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 11, 13, 12, 3, 4, 12, 12, 23ORL23 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat Houston by 30, the widest margin of 8 games.

MIN over NOH2MIL over ORL6OKC over DAL6LAL over SAC11ATL over BKN12LAC over NYK13MIA over TOR17GSW over HOU30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
19.2Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.2 in 64 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 47 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg43.2Today

43 minutes today, against 22.5 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 39

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: 27, 23, 34, 22, 26, 29, 32, 26, 7, 39MIL vs ORL · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 38, 29, 37, 21, 11, 15, 25, 19, 23, 35OKC @ DAL · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 26, 34, 19, 23, 26, 23, 26, 31OKC @ DAL · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 26, 13, 24, 16, 26, 31, 8, 29GSW @ HOU · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Derrick WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 25, 16, 13, 18, 13, 10, 19, 28MIN vs NOH · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 32, 7, 24, 21, 26, 5, 17, 19, 28, 27TOR vs MIA · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 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
Monta EllisMIL+6.9 26.5 last 10 · 19.6 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+6.5 19.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Derrick WilliamsMIN+6.3 18.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Deron WilliamsBKN+6.0 24.0 last 10 · 18.0 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.4 17.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−6.1 21.4 last 10 · 27.5 season
Chris KamanDAL−5.6 5.4 last 10 · 11.0 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.3 5.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Jordan CrawfordBOS−5.2 6.7 last 10 · 11.9 season