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Tuesday, March 4, 2014Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed PHX by 11 at halftime and won 104–96.

Final
SAS122
CLE101
Q1 SAS -10; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +21
Final
GSW98
IND96
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +2
Final
MIA103
HOU106
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +3
Final
PHI92
OKC125
Q1 OKC +14; Q2 OKC +16; Q3 OKC +22; Q4 OKC +33
Final
LAC104
PHX96
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -11; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +8
Final
NOP132
LAL125
Q1 NOP +12; Q2 NOP +16; Q3 NOP +10; Q4 NOP +7
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 · 2012–13Mar 4, 2013: 7 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (MIL vs UTA), 34 points.
The lead · LAC @ PHX

Clippers fight back from 11 down against Phoenix

Final: 104–96, after trailing by 11 at the half. Matt Barnes led Clippers with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-1-11+8+8LAC AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC24203723104
PHX2530182396
Who led
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 5, 5, 15, 24, 12, 11, 14, 28LAC28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 36, 26, 36, 35, 28, 20, 22, 23, 20, 22LAC22 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
PJ TuckerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 10, 4, 9, 6, 3, 8, 10, 18PHX18 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Gerald GreenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 17, 13, 23, 19, 17, 12, 33, 17PHX17 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.2Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 4.2 in 47 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg9.2Last 3

9.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 47 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg43.4Today

43 minutes today, against 25.6 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

OKC posts the night's biggest win

OKC beat Philadelphia by 33, the widest margin of 6 games.

GSW over IND2HOU over MIA3NOP over LAL7LAC over PHX8SAS over CLE21OKC over PHI33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 42

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: 29, 41, 36, 43, 28, 42, 28, 37, 28, 42OKC vs PHI · W
31.7 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, May 10, 1997: 42 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
42 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 24, 16, 22, 13, 17, 22, 22, 29LAL vs NOP · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 18, 26, 26, 6, 32, 8, 13, 28NOP @ LAL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 14, 10, 10, 19, 21, 2, 10, 28NOP @ LAL · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 5, 5, 15, 24, 12, 11, 14, 28LAC @ PHX · W
8.7 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 17, 4, 30, 11, 9, 12, 25, 27IND vs GSW · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 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
Gerald GreenPHX+6.1 21.3 last 10 · 15.2 season
LeBron JamesMIA+5.2 32.6 last 10 · 27.4 season
Kevin LoveMIN+5.2 31.8 last 10 · 26.6 season
Matt BarnesLAC+4.7 13.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+4.4 32.4 last 10 · 28.0 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−5.7 11.0 last 10 · 16.7 season
Brandon JenningsDET−4.8 11.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Glen DavisLAC−4.6 6.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jameer NelsonORL−4.6 7.7 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jeremy LinHOU−4.0 8.4 last 10 · 12.4 season