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Thursday, January 9, 2014Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed MIA by 6 after the first quarter and won 102–92.

Final
MIA92
NYK102
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +10
Final
OKC88
DEN101
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +23; Q4 DEN +13
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 · 2012–13Jan 9, 2013: 11 games. Top scorer: Brandon Jennings (MIL @ CHI), 35 points.
The lead · MIA @ NYK

New York upsets Miami

New York (12–22) beat Miami (27–8) 102–92. Carmelo Anthony led New York with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-5+4+10NYK AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2721232192
NYK21223227102
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 32, 29, 30, 19, 27, 25, 19, 34, 29NYK29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 3, 13, 9, 18, 12, 10, 7, 13, 13, 19NYK19 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 38, 19, 33, 26, 26, 15, 30, 32, 32MIA32 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 23, 16, 12, 22, 20, 14, 22, 23MIA23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · OKC @ DEN

Denver never trails at a break against OKC

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 101–88. Randy Foye led Denver with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs OKC
Randy Foye · DENKevin Durant · OKCPTS2430REB43AST14Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 34 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 43 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.5Season avg20.3Today

20 minutes today, against 5.5 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Playmaking up
+4.0assists, last 5 vs season avg
Assists per game
8.4Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 assists a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 32 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 40 minutes.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 32

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 38, 19, 33, 26, 26, 15, 30, 32, 32MIA @ NYK · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 34, 33, 37, 24, 48, 21, 48, 30OKC @ DEN · L
29.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 32, 29, 30, 19, 27, 25, 19, 34, 29NYK vs MIA · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 0, 1, 0, 11, 11, 14, 13, 14, 23, 24DEN vs OKC · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 23, 16, 12, 22, 20, 14, 22, 23MIA @ NYK · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 3, 13, 9, 18, 12, 10, 7, 13, 13, 19NYK vs MIA · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 0 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
Brandon KnightMIL+6.5 21.7 last 10 · 15.2 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+4.7 22.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.2 26.2 last 10 · 22.0 season
Thaddeus YoungPHI+4.1 21.9 last 10 · 17.8 season
Darren CollisonLAC+4.0 13.1 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Bradley BealWAS−4.2 13.5 last 10 · 17.7 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−3.9 10.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Caron ButlerMIL−3.3 7.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Greivis VasquezTOR−3.2 5.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
David WestIND−3.1 9.1 last 10 · 12.2 season