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Tuesday, April 9, 2013Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CLE by 20 after three quarters and won 99–94.

Final
CLE94
IND99
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND -5; Q3 IND -20; Q4 IND +5
Final
PHI83
BKN104
Q1 BKN +13; Q2 BKN +18; Q3 BKN +23; Q4 BKN +21
Final
MIL83
MIA94
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +11
Final
WAS99
NYK120
Q1 NYK +13; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +24; Q4 NYK +21
Final
TOR101
CHI98
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +3
Final
PHX98
HOU101
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +3
Final
CHA75
MEM94
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +19
Final
OKC90
UTA80
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC +10
Final
MIN89
GSW105
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +16
Final
NOH96
LAL104
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +8
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 9, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: Kenneth Faried (DEN vs GSW), 27 points.
The lead · CLE @ IND

Indiana storms back from 20 down to beat Cleveland

The Pacers trailed by 20 after three and won 99–94. George Hill led Indiana with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · IND 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+3-5-20+5IND AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2627311094
IND2919163599
Who led
George HillPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 11, 2, 10, 15, 13, 10, 11, 27IND27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 8, 18, 7, 14, 16, 17, 12, 15IND15 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 20, 24, 12, 31, 16, 11, 9, 29CLE29 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Tyler ZellerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 11, 14, 4, 12, 14, 9, 5, 18CLE18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · NOH @ LAL

Lakers handle New Orleans by 8

The Lakers won the fourth quarter 34–26. Final: 104–96. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 30 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over CHI3HOU over PHX3IND over CLE5LAL over NOH8OKC over UTA10MIA over MIL11GSW over MIN16MEM over CHA19BKN over PHI21NYK over WAS21Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over NOH.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.4Season avg40.6Last 5

40.6 points a game over his last five games, against 28.4 in 63 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 60 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 24.8 a game in 76 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 36

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: 28, 29, 22, 32, 24, 50, 40, 41, 36, 36NYK vs WAS · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 20, 29, 22, 7, 21, 33, 14, 33HOU vs PHX · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 14, 47, 18, 35, 18, 27, 20, 37, 16, 33WAS @ NYK · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 0, 21, 36, 31, 30, 19, 23, 24, 25, 30LAL vs NOH · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 0, 20, 8, 19, 13, 25, 16, 30MIL @ MIA · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 18, 22, 4, 6, 8, 25, 20, 30GSW vs MIN · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 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+8.2 26.5 last 10 · 18.3 season
Tobias HarrisORL+8.1 18.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Roy HibbertIND+7.2 19.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Maurice HarklessORL+6.9 14.9 last 10 · 8.0 season
JR SmithNYK+6.8 24.6 last 10 · 17.8 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−7.1 8.7 last 10 · 15.8 season
Shannon BrownPHX−7.0 3.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Marcus MorrisPHX−5.0 3.0 last 10 · 8.0 season