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Sunday, March 9, 2014Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 12 points, by HOU (vs POR) and NOP (vs DEN).

Final · OT
MIA88
CHI95
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI -8; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +7
Final
OKC110
LAL114
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +4
Final
SAC89
BKN104
Q1 BKN +9; Q2 BKN +9; Q3 BKN +12; Q4 BKN +15
Final
DET111
BOS118
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +7
Final · OT
DEN107
NOP111
Q1 NOP -12; Q2 NOP -11; Q3 NOP 0; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +4
Final · OT
POR113
HOU118
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU -7; Q3 HOU -12; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +5
Final
TOR111
MIN104
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +7
Final
IND94
DAL105
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +11
Final
PHX107
GSW113
Q1 GSW -7; Q2 GSW -5; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +6
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 9, 2013: 7 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ PHX), 38 points.
The lead · DEN @ NOP

Anthony Davis scores 32, New Orleans wins in overtime

Tied 94–94 after regulation. Final: 111–107.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-12-1100+4NOP AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DEN2925192113107
NOP1726302117111
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 26, 6, 32, 8, 13, 28, 29, 32NOP32 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 4, 8, 8, 4, 14, 22, 27, 24, 25, 20NOP20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kenneth FariedPoints, last 10 games: 26, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 21, 16, 32, 22DEN22 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 27, 18, 24, 6, 31, 20, 30, 15DEN15 PTS · 0 REB · 12 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games need overtime

Three of 9 games went past regulation.

LAL over OKC4NOP over DEN4HOU over POR5GSW over PHX6CHI over MIA7BOS over DET7TOR over MIN7DAL over IND11BKN over SAC15Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.0Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.0 in 54 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.1Season avg23.0Last 3

23.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.1 in 63 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 35 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.1Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.1 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Jodie Meeks 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.
Jodie MeeksPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 13, 19, 22, 21, 17, 7, 16, 42LAL vs OKC · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +27.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Steven Smith ATL, Jan 30, 1997: 41 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Career high42 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 39, 23, 43, 18, 20, 21, 31, 28, 41HOU vs POR · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul Pierce BOS, Dec 13, 2003: 41 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
41 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 26, 6, 32, 8, 13, 28, 29, 32NOP vs DEN · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 13, 27, 16, 21, 23, 21, 24, 28SAC @ BKN · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 32, 18, 24, 21, 15, 15, 13, 28DET @ BOS · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 26, 12, 25, 16, 21, 10, 30, 28POR @ HOU · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 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
Gerald GreenPHX+6.0 21.7 last 10 · 15.7 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+5.8 17.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Matt BarnesLAC+5.8 14.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Al JeffersonCHA+5.0 26.2 last 10 · 21.2 season
LeBron JamesMIA+4.7 31.8 last 10 · 27.1 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsDET−6.0 10.5 last 10 · 16.5 season
Evan TurnerIND−5.8 10.5 last 10 · 16.3 season
Kendall MarshallLAL−5.6 2.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Glen DavisLAC−5.5 5.8 last 10 · 11.3 season
Jameer NelsonORL−4.5 7.7 last 10 · 12.2 season