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Thursday, January 16, 2014Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed HOU by 14 at halftime and won 104–92.

Final
BKN127
ATL110
Q1 BKN +4; Q2 BKN +12; Q3 BKN +25; Q4 BKN +17
Final
NYK89
IND117
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +18; Q4 IND +28
Final
OKC104
HOU92
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC -14; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +12
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 16, 2013: 10 games. Top scorer: Carlos Boozer (CHI @ TOR), 36 points.
The lead · OKC @ HOU

Kevin Durant scores 36, OKC rallies past Houston

OKC trailed by 14 at the half and won 104–92.

Game flow · OKC 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+4-140+12OKC AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC36232421104
HOU324110992
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 37, 24, 48, 21, 48, 30, 33, 37, 36OKC36 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 9, 10, 27, 20, 13, 2, 17, 23OKC23 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Terrence JonesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 2, 12, 6, 15, 6, 19, 12, 25, 16HOU16 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 38, 37, 38, 25, 25, 16, 26, 16HOU16 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Second story · NYK @ IND

Indiana rolls past New York, 117–89

The Knicks were held to 17 points in the second quarter. Lance Stephenson led Indiana with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over HOU12BKN over ATL17IND over NYK28Final margin, points. Pink = IND over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.8Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.8 in 36 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 14 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 37, 24, 48, 21, 48, 30, 33, 37, 36OKC @ HOU · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 9, 9, 2, 23, 27, 32, 11, 29BKN @ ATL · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 25, 19, 34, 29, 18, 29, 20, 28NYK @ IND · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Lance StephensonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 6, 8, 19, 10, 13, 11, 13, 28IND vs NYK · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 12, 24, 16, 11, 28, 8, 31, 25IND vs NYK · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 9, 10, 27, 20, 13, 2, 17, 23OKC @ HOU · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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 34.7 last 10 · 30.0 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