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Saturday, March 15, 2014Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed DET by 19 at halftime and won 112–104.

Final
MIL94
NYK115
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +18; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +21
Final
BKN94
WAS101
Q1 WAS -7; Q2 WAS -9; Q3 WAS -7; Q4 WAS +7
Final
DEN92
ATL97
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +5
Final · OT
IND112
DET104
Q1 IND -9; Q2 IND -19; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +8
Final
MEM103
PHI77
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +17; Q4 MEM +26
Final
SAC87
CHI94
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +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 15, 2013: 10 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs MIN), 37 points.
The lead · IND @ DET

Paul George drops 30 in 19-point comeback win over Detroit

Detroit led by 19 at the half. Final: 112–104.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-19-60+8IND AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
IND2021322712112
DET293119214104
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 22, 26, 2, 13, 27, 12, 25, 30IND30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Evan TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 8, 0, 22, 5, 2, 9, 2, 20IND20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 21, 15, 15, 13, 28, 24, 13, 23DET23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 5, 17, 23, 16, 8, 2, 3, 23, 0, 19DET19 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · BKN @ WAS

Washington fights back from 9 down against Brooklyn

Final: 101–94, after trailing by 9 at the half. John Wall led Washington with 33 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · WAS vs BKN
John Wall · WASMarcus Thornton · BKNPTS3319REB43AST61Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 63 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg46.3Today

46 minutes today, against 27.3 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

John Wall leads the day with 33

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.
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 17, 23, 14, 9, 7, 23, 21, 33WAS vs BKN · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 22, 26, 2, 13, 27, 12, 25, 30IND @ DET · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 22, 22, 25, 14, 10, 19, 20, 26SAC @ CHI · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 21, 23, 21, 24, 28, 13, 19, 25SAC @ CHI · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Kenneth FariedPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 21, 16, 32, 22, 15, 26, 24, 25DEN @ ATL · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 7, 21, 23, 16, 14, 23, 17, 24ATL vs DEN · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 5 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
Kenneth FariedDEN+8.6 21.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Matt BarnesLAC+6.9 16.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Darren CollisonLAC+4.4 15.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
D.J. AugustinCHI+4.3 16.4 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jerryd BaylessBOS+4.3 13.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Glen DavisLAC−7.6 3.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Evan TurnerIND−6.9 9.1 last 10 · 16.0 season
Brandon JenningsDET−5.4 11.0 last 10 · 16.4 season
Stephen CurryGSW−5.2 18.0 last 10 · 23.2 season
Jeremy LambOKC−5.2 3.9 last 10 · 9.1 season