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Wednesday, March 20, 2013Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed CLE by 21 at halftime and won 98–95.

Final
TOR101
CHA107
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +6
Final
MIA98
CLE95
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA -21; Q3 MIA -9; Q4 MIA +3
Final
MIL90
ATL98
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +18; Q4 ATL +8
Final
ORL94
NYK106
Q1 NYK +11; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +12
Final
BKN113
DAL96
Q1 BKN -10; Q2 BKN 0; Q3 BKN +8; Q4 BKN +17
Final
UTA93
HOU100
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +19; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +7
Final · OT
OKC89
MEM90
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +1
Final
BOS86
NOH87
Q1 NOH -9; Q2 NOH -10; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +1
Final
GSW93
SAS104
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +11
Final
WAS88
PHX79
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS +14; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +9
Final
PHI72
LAC101
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +29
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 20, 2012: 7 games. Top scorer: Marcus Thornton (SAC vs MEM), 31 points.
The lead · MIA @ CLE

LeBron James posts 25-12-10 as Miami tops Cleveland

A triple-double in a 98–95 win.

Game flow · MIA 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-21-9+3MIA AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2410343098
CLE3223221895
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 25, 13, 15, 27, 28, 22, 37, 25MIA25 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Mario ChalmersPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 8, 26, 14, 7, 7, 1, 21, 17MIA17 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Wayne EllingtonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 7, 16, 7, 7, 12, 21, 3, 20CLE20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Tristan ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 16, 10, 11, 13, 12, 8, 20, 18CLE18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.3Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.3 in 53 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 54 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Clippers by 29.

MEM over OKC1NOH over BOS1MIA over CLE3CHA over TOR6HOU over UTA7ATL over MIL8WAS over PHX9SAS over GSW11NYK over ORL12BKN over DAL17LAC over PHI29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Brook Lopez 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.
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 16, 11, 18, 19, 26, 17, 18, 38BKN @ DAL · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 19, 23, 26, 23, 26, 31, 34, 32OKC @ MEM · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 20, 42, 17, 27, 21, 18, 31, 31BKN @ DAL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 21, 28, 20, 38, 18, 37, 21, 29HOU vs UTA · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 18, 13, 27, 20, 15, 14, 17, 28BOS @ NOH · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 27, 26, 7, 12, 8, 11, 19, 27ATL vs MIL · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 11 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
Deron WilliamsBKN+6.1 24.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
Derrick WilliamsMIN+5.6 17.3 last 10 · 11.7 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.4 17.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+5.2 19.6 last 10 · 14.4 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+5.2 18.3 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Randy FoyeUTA−5.4 5.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−5.1 22.3 last 10 · 27.4 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.8 6.1 last 10 · 10.9 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.4 7.0 last 10 · 11.4 season