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Monday, January 13, 2014Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed BOS by 8 after the first quarter and won 104–92.

Final
MIL94
TOR116
Q1 TOR +14; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +22
Final
HOU104
BOS92
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +12
Final · OT
PHX96
NYK98
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +2
Final
WAS102
CHI88
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +14
Final
SAS101
NOP95
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +6
Final
ORL88
DAL107
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +19
Final
DEN103
UTA118
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +15
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 13, 2013: 7 games. Top scorer: LaMarcus Aldridge (POR vs OKC), 33 points.
The lead · HOU @ BOS

Dwight Howard scores 32 as Houston wins in Boston

Final: 104–92. Dwight Howard made 11 of 17 shots from the field.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-8+9+19+12HOU AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU19333220104
BOS2716222792
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 2, 24, 9, 15, 15, 20, 15, 23, 32HOU32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 21, 8, 38, 37, 38, 25, 25, 16HOU16 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 9, 22, 19, 12, 24, 7, 25, 24BOS24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 17, 0, 10, 6, 11, 2, 12, 17BOS17 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.5Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 30 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg40.7Today

41 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · SAS @ NOP

San Antonio makes it five straight

San Antonio beat New Orleans 101–95 and moved to 30–8. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Streak strip · SAS
Lvs HOU98–111W@ DAL116–107Wvs SAC112–104Wvs BKN113–92Lvs NYK101–105Wvs LAC116–92W@ MEM110–108Wvs DAL112–90Wvs MIN104–86W@ NOP101–95SAS: last 10 games through Jan 13, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Alec Burks 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.
Alec BurksPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 13, 8, 14, 13, 3, 9, 16, 34UTA vs DEN · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 2, 24, 9, 15, 15, 20, 15, 23, 32HOU @ BOS · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 19, 27, 25, 19, 34, 29, 18, 29NYK vs PHX · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 4, 15, 8, 12, 20, 14, 8, 29MIL @ TOR · L
9.8 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 26, 33, 15, 21, 26, 21, 15, 28PHX @ NYK · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 23, 22, 18, 12, 17, 10, 25, 14, 27SAS @ NOP · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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
CJ MilesCLE+4.7 15.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kevin DurantOKC+4.1 33.7 last 10 · 29.6 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.0 26.3 last 10 · 22.3 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+4.0 22.3 last 10 · 18.3 season
Darren CollisonLAC+3.9 13.3 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.6 8.7 last 10 · 13.3 season
Markieff MorrisPHX−3.3 8.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Greivis VasquezTOR−3.3 4.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Jared SullingerBOS−3.3 9.6 last 10 · 12.9 season
Caron ButlerMIL−3.3 7.1 last 10 · 10.4 season