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Saturday, April 6, 2013Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed HOU by 10 after the first quarter and won 132–114.

Final
IND85
WAS104
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +19
Final
CHA96
BKN105
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN -1; Q3 BKN +8; Q4 BKN +9
Final
PHI87
MIA106
Q1 MIA +15; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +19
Final
DET101
MIN107
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +6
Final
TOR83
MIL100
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +25; Q4 MIL +17
Final
ATL97
SAS99
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +2
Final
HOU114
DEN132
Q1 DEN -10; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +18
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 · 2011–12Apr 6, 2012: 11 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ IND), 44 points.
The lead · HOU @ DEN

Denver climbs back to beat Houston

Houston led by 10 after one. Denver won it 132–114. Corey Brewer led Denver with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+8+19+18DEN AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU35212731114
DEN25393830132
Who led
Corey BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 29, 2, 9, 9, 13, 14, 23, 22DEN22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 5, 35, 9, 11, 15, 16, 10, 8, 21DEN21 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 4, 6, 8, 8, 15, 19, 15, 22, 23HOU23 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 37, 21, 29, 20, 29, 22, 7, 21, 33, 14HOU14 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 75 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 70 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 70 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Washington by 19.

SAS over ATL2MIN over DET6BKN over CHA9MIL over TOR17DEN over HOU18WAS over IND19MIA over PHI19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

John Wall 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.
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 14, 47, 18, 35, 18, 27, 20, 37WAS vs IND · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 18, 20, 6, 19, 21, 24, 30, 32BKN vs CHA · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 19, 17, 23, 34, 17, 5, 24, 31SAS vs ATL · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 37, 25, 29, 32, 24, 32, 36, 27MIA vs PHI · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 3, 0, 8, 12, 0, 14, 9, 0, 27CHA @ BKN · L
11.7 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 18, 17, 28, 16, 20, 26, 22, 25IND @ WAS · L
11.9 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 2 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
John WallWAS+7.9 25.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Roy HibbertIND+7.3 19.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
Maurice HarklessORL+7.2 15.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
Jeff GreenBOS+6.9 19.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Jonas ValanciunasTOR+6.8 15.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Shannon BrownPHX−7.0 3.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
O.J. MayoDAL−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Tyson ChandlerNYK−5.2 5.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season