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Wednesday, January 15, 2014Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NOP by 11 after the first quarter and won 103–100.

Final · 3OT
CHI128
ORL125
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -7; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI 0; OT2 CHI 0; OT3 CHI +3
Final
CHA92
PHI95
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +3
Final
MIA97
WAS114
Q1 WAS +25; Q2 WAS +21; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +17
Final
TOR83
BOS88
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +5
Final
MEM82
MIL77
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +5
Final
SAC111
MIN108
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +3
Final
HOU103
NOP100
Q1 HOU -11; Q2 HOU -11; Q3 HOU -7; Q4 HOU +3
Final
UTA105
SAS109
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +4
Final
LAL114
PHX121
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX -4; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +7
Final
CLE96
POR108
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +12
Final
DEN123
GSW116
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +7
Final
DAL127
LAC129
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +2
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 15, 2013: 6 games. Top scorer: Dwight Howard (LAL vs MIL), 31 points.
The lead · HOU @ NOP

Houston climbs back to beat New Orleans

New Orleans led by 11 after one. Houston won it 103–100. James Harden led Houston with 26 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists. Eric Gordon scored 35 for New Orleans in the loss.

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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-11-7+3HOU AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU19262929103
NOP30262519100
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 8, 38, 37, 38, 25, 25, 16, 26HOU26 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Terrence JonesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 2, 12, 6, 15, 6, 19, 12, 25HOU25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 12, 21, 15, 23, 27, 20, 12, 35NOP35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 23, 10, 22, 21, 21, 28, 22, 24NOP24 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 37 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.8Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.8 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.1Season avg60.3Today

60 minutes today, against 33.1 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games go down to the wire

Six of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Washington by 17.

LAC over DAL2CHI over ORL3PHI over CHA3SAC over MIN3HOU over NOP3SAS over UTA4BOS over TOR5MEM over MIL5PHX over LAL7DEN over GSW7POR over CLE12WAS over MIA17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Victor Oladipo leads the day with 35

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.
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 6, 16, 22, 14, 13, 15, 11, 35ORL vs CHI · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 12, 21, 15, 23, 27, 20, 12, 35NOP vs HOU · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 25, 18, 17, 32, 22, 20, 12, 33SAC @ MIN · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 15, 8, 15, 19, 15, 13, 19, 33LAC vs DAL · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 28, 25, 10, 29, 24, 36, 21, 32POR vs CLE · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 14, 21, 3, 17, 6, 10, 21, 31ORL vs CHI · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 10 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
Randy FoyeDEN+5.4 15.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
CJ MilesCLE+5.0 15.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Kevin DurantOKC+4.7 34.5 last 10 · 29.8 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.3 26.6 last 10 · 22.3 season
Darren CollisonLAC+4.0 13.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.6 8.7 last 10 · 13.3 season
Caron ButlerMIL−4.5 5.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Greivis VasquezTOR−3.5 4.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Ben McLemoreSAC−3.5 4.3 last 10 · 7.8 season
Khris MiddletonMIL−3.1 7.7 last 10 · 10.8 season