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Thursday, March 28, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed LAL by 7 after the first quarter and won 113–103.

Final
LAL103
MIL113
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +10
Final
IND103
DAL78
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +25
Final
SAC117
PHX103
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +14
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 28, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (MIN @ CHA), 40 points.
The lead · LAL @ MIL

Milwaukee handles Lakers by 10

The Bucks won the second quarter 35–31. Final: 113–103. Larry Sanders led Milwaukee with 21 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-3+5+10MIL AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL25312126103
MIL18352931113
Who led
Larry SandersPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 6, 13, 8, 19, 6, 15, 15, 21MIL21 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 8, 21, 15, 24, 21, 4, 12, 0, 20MIL20 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 42, 41, 19, 11, 31, 0, 21, 36, 31, 30LAL30 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 11, 15, 19, 19, 9, 21, 16, 16LAL16 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · SAC @ PHX

Sacramento controls Phoenix start to finish

Sacramento won 117–103, leading by as many as 14 at a break. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 34 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over LAL10SAC over PHX14IND over DAL25Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 40 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 56 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg33.7Today

34 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 1 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 34

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 22, 24, 17, 15, 24, 8, 14, 34SAC @ PHX · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 42, 41, 19, 11, 31, 0, 21, 36, 31, 30LAL @ MIL · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 6, 7, 14, 11, 17, 8, 20, 25PHX vs SAC · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 18, 14, 19, 20, 23, 13, 16, 24IND @ DAL · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 27, 14, 22, 26, 7, 24, 10, 25, 31, 23SAC @ PHX · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Larry SandersPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 6, 13, 8, 19, 6, 15, 15, 21MIL vs LAL · W
9.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high21 PTS · 13 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
Gerald HendersonCHA+7.8 22.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Jerryd BaylessMEM+7.7 16.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
John WallWAS+7.5 24.3 last 10 · 16.8 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+6.9 20.9 last 10 · 14.0 season
Roy HibbertIND+5.7 17.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Shannon BrownPHX−6.7 3.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
O.J. MayoDAL−5.6 10.7 last 10 · 16.3 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Chris KamanDAL−5.1 5.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.9 12.9 last 10 · 17.8 season