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Friday, March 21, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed MEM by 7 after the first quarter and won 91–86.

Final
CHI79
IND91
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +12
Final
NYK93
PHI92
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +1
Final · 2OT
OKC119
TOR118
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC -4; Q3 OKC +1; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC 0; OT2 OKC +1
Final
NOP111
ATL105
Q1 NOP +4; Q2 NOP 0; Q3 NOP -2; Q4 NOP +6
Final
BOS98
BKN114
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN +10; Q3 BKN +16; Q4 BKN +16
Final
MEM86
MIA91
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +5
Final
DEN106
DAL122
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +16
Final
DET92
PHX98
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +6
Final
SAS99
SAC79
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +20
Final
WAS117
LAL107
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +10
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 21, 2013: 3 games. Top scorer: Corey Brewer (DEN vs PHI), 29 points.
The lead · MEM @ MIA

Miami handles Memphis by 5

The Heat won the second quarter 30–21. Final: 91–86. Ray Allen led Miami with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+20+5MIA AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2221251886
MIA1530232391
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 7, 13, 1, 22, 25, 14, 14, 18MIA18 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 61, 22, 19, 17, 23, 19, 21, 24, 43, 15MIA15 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 10, 16, 18, 13, 16, 14, 21, 25MEM25 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 18, 14, 19, 15, 8, 11, 20, 14MEM14 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · OKC @ TOR

OKC flips a halftime deficit, wins in double overtime

Toronto led 46–42 at the break. Tied 96–96 after regulation, OKC won the extra time 12–11. Final: 119–118. Kevin Durant led OKC with 51 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · OKC vs TOR
Kevin Durant · OKCDeMar DeRozan · TORPTS5133REB128AST73Top 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
+12.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.4Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 21.4 in 58 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 67 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg49.9Today

50 minutes today, against 29.3 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 51

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: 28, 42, 34, 27, 42, 29, 30, 35, 35, 51OKC @ TOR · W
32.2 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James MIA, Feb 3, 2011: 51 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
51 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 8, 13, 28, 29, 32, 29, 36, 40, 34NOP @ ATL · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 15, 25, 14, 25, 16, 17, 29, 31, 33TOR vs OKC · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 9, 7, 23, 21, 33, 14, 24, 28WAS @ LAL · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 3, 17, 14, 5, 9, 12, 11, 23, 28BOS @ BKN · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 21, 18, 14, 8, 16, 19, 20, 27BKN vs BOS · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 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
Tyreke EvansNOP+7.7 21.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+7.4 19.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Anthony DavisNOP+6.5 28.1 last 10 · 21.6 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+5.3 16.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Matt BarnesLAC+5.3 14.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−8.2 7.3 last 10 · 15.5 season
Glen DavisLAC−7.1 3.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Brandon JenningsDET−5.4 10.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.8 4.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Chandler ParsonsHOU−4.3 11.8 last 10 · 16.1 season