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Thursday, March 20, 2014Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed MIN by 6 after the first quarter and won 129–106.

Final
OKC102
CLE95
Q1 OKC -4; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +17; Q4 OKC +7
Final
MIN106
HOU129
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +23
Final
WAS103
POR116
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +13
Final
MIL110
GSW115
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +5
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 20, 2013: 11 games. Top scorer: Brook Lopez (BKN @ DAL), 38 points.
The lead · MIN @ HOU

Houston routs Minnesota by 23

Houston led by 10 at halftime and won 129–106. James Harden led Houston with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+10+16+23HOU AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN33212824106
HOU27373431129
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 31, 28, 41, 28, 8, 30, 15, 28HOU28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Donatas MotiejunasPoints, last 10 games: 7, 1, 4, 10, 0, 3, 2, 7, 7, 20HOU20 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 19, 28, 26, 27, 18, 26, 35, 29MIN29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Gorgui DiengPoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 6, 2, 2, 0, 2, 12, 10, 22MIN22 PTS · 21 REB · 4 AST
Second story · WAS @ POR

Portland beats Washington, 116–103

Portland led 86–73 after three and won by 13. Wesley Matthews led Portland with 28 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over MIL5OKC over CLE7POR over WAS13HOU over MIN23Final margin, points. Pink = POR over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.1Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.1 in 68 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 68 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 21 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 28, 42, 34, 27, 42, 29, 30, 35, 35OKC @ CLE · W
31.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 13, 18, 10, 13, 27, 37, 23, 31GSW vs MIL · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 24, 19, 8, 10, 18, 15, 17, 30CLE vs OKC · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 19, 28, 26, 27, 18, 26, 35, 29MIN @ HOU · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 18, 6, 22, 14, 26, 27, 20, 29GSW vs MIL · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 31, 28, 41, 28, 8, 30, 15, 28HOU vs MIN · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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+8.8 21.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Tyreke EvansNOP+6.2 19.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
D.J. AugustinCHI+5.8 18.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Matt BarnesLAC+5.3 14.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Gerald GreenPHX+4.7 20.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−8.2 7.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Glen DavisLAC−7.1 3.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Brandon JenningsDET−5.6 10.6 last 10 · 16.2 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.6 4.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Chandler ParsonsHOU−4.3 11.8 last 10 · 16.1 season