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Friday, March 22, 2013Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed LAL by 16 after the first quarter and won 103–100.

Final
MIL78
IND102
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +24
Final
OKC97
ORL89
Q1 OKC +8; Q2 OKC +13; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC +8
Final
NYK99
TOR94
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +5
Final
POR104
ATL93
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +11
Final
DET89
MIA103
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +14
Final
CLE78
HOU116
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +15; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +38
Final
MEM83
NOH90
Q1 NOH -7; Q2 NOH +5; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +7
Final
BOS94
DAL104
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +10
Final · OT
UTA97
SAS104
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +7
Final
MIN117
PHX86
Q1 MIN +13; Q2 MIN +28; Q3 MIN +26; Q4 MIN +31
Final
WAS103
LAL100
Q1 WAS -16; Q2 WAS -16; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +3
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 22, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Al Jefferson (UTA @ SAC), 26 points.
The lead · WAS @ LAL

Washington storms back from 16 down to beat Lakers

The Wizards trailed by 16 after one and won 103–100. Trevor Ariza led Washington with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-16-16-2+3WAS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS19223131103
LAL35221726100
Who led
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 4, 26, 2, 14, 4, 7, 14, 25WAS25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 13, 27, 23, 29, 17, 25, 19, 24WAS24 PTS · 6 REB · 16 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 30, 42, 41, 19, 11, 31, 0, 21LAL21 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 20, 24, 16, 39, 10, 20, 12, 16, 20LAL20 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Second story · MEM @ NOH

New Orleans knocks off Memphis, 90–83

The Grizzlies came in at 46–21; the Hornets at 23–46. Robin Lopez led New Orleans with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over LAL3NYK over TOR5NOH over MEM7SAS over UTA7OKC over ORL8DAL over BOS10POR over ATL11MIA over DET14IND over MIL24MIN over PHX31HOU over CLE38Final margin, points. Pink = NOH over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 63 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 48 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.1Season avg43.1Today

43 minutes today, against 18.1 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony 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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 35, 30, 32, 6, 14, 9, 21, 37NYK @ TOR · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Alan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 10, 17, 18, 4, 6, 0, 4, 35TOR vs NYK · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 13, 15, 27, 28, 22, 37, 25, 29MIA vs DET · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 24, 8, 14, 17, 6, 28, 11, 28POR @ ATL · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 19, 23, 26, 23, 26, 31, 34, 32, 25OKC @ ORL · W
28.4 PPG season to date · −3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Maurice HarklessPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 3, 4, 12, 12, 23, 10, 11, 25ORL vs OKC · L
7.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high25 PTS · 9 REB · 1 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
Jerryd BaylessMEM+5.5 13.3 last 10 · 7.8 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.4 17.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Maurice HarklessORL+5.3 12.5 last 10 · 7.2 season
John WallWAS+5.2 21.2 last 10 · 16.0 season
Cold
Randy FoyeUTA−5.5 5.1 last 10 · 10.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Shannon BrownPHX−5.0 5.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Nicolas BatumPOR−4.6 10.0 last 10 · 14.6 season
O.J. MayoDAL−4.4 12.2 last 10 · 16.6 season