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Friday, March 29, 2013Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed POR by 10 at halftime and won 105–95.

Final
WAS92
ORL97
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +5
Final
ATL107
BOS118
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +11
Final
PHI97
CLE87
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +10
Final
TOR99
DET82
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +22; Q4 TOR +17
Final
CHA102
NYK111
Q1 NYK +18; Q2 NYK +22; Q3 NYK +19; Q4 NYK +9
Final
HOU94
MEM103
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +9
Final
OKC93
MIN101
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +8
Final
MIA108
NOH89
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +21; Q4 MIA +19
Final
LAC102
SAS104
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +2
Final
BKN87
DEN109
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +22
Final
UTA105
POR95
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA -10; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +10
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 29, 2012: 4 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ LAL), 36 points.
The lead · UTA @ POR

Utah rallies from 10 down to beat Portland

Trailing by 10 at the half, Utah outscored the Trail Blazers 63–43 the rest of the way. Final: 105–95. Mo Williams led Utah with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-8-10-1+10UTA AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA22203231105
POR3022232095
Who led
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 5, 13, 9, 4, 23, 10, 9, 8, 28UTA28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 13, 12, 16, 11, 15, 11, 12, 25UTA25 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 14, 27, 8, 24, 22, 19, 15, 24POR24 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
JJ HicksonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 18, 4, 8, 9, 15, 12, 8, 17POR17 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Second story · TOR @ DET

Toronto gets past Detroit

99–82, with Toronto ahead 46–45 at halftime. Rudy Gay led Toronto with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over LAC2ORL over WAS5MIN over OKC8NYK over CHA9MEM over HOU9PHI over CLE10UTA over POR10BOS over ATL11TOR over DET17MIA over NOH19DEN over BKN22Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 45 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.5Season avg25.2Last 3

25.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.5 in 64 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

JR Smith 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.
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 15, 33, 17, 20, 22, 14, 25, 32, 35, 37NYK vs CHA · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 26, 31, 34, 32, 25, 24, 20, 36OKC @ MIN · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 22, 37, 25, 29, 32, 24, 32, 36MIA @ NOH · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 17, 25, 19, 24, 14, 47, 18, 35WAS @ ORL · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 35, 22, 16, 27, 21, 15, 18, 34, 35CHA @ NYK · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 13, 28, 30, 25, 19, 17, 23, 34SAS vs LAC · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 11 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
Gerald HendersonCHA+8.8 24.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Jerryd BaylessMEM+8.5 17.0 last 10 · 8.5 season
Tobias HarrisORL+8.0 17.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
John WallWAS+7.8 25.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
JR SmithNYK+7.3 25.0 last 10 · 17.7 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