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Monday, March 24, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed BKN by 16 at halftime and won 109–104.

Final
HOU100
CHA89
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +11
Final
PHX102
ATL95
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +7
Final
POR91
MIA93
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +2
Final
IND77
CHI89
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +12
Final
MIN92
MEM109
Q1 MEM +15; Q2 MEM +18; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +17
Final · OT
BKN104
NOP109
Q1 NOP -6; Q2 NOP -16; Q3 NOP -3; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +5
Final
DEN96
OKC117
Q1 OKC +17; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +17; Q4 OKC +21
Final
PHI91
SAS113
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +22
Final
DET114
UTA94
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +20; Q3 DET +17; Q4 DET +20
Final
MIL98
LAC106
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +8
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 24, 2013: 8 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs CHA), 32 points.
The lead · BKN @ NOP

Tyreke Evans posts 33 and 10 as New Orleans beats Brooklyn

33 points and 10 rebounds in a 109–104 win.

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 comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6-16-30+5NOP AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
BKN263218226104
NOP2022312511109
Who led
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 25, 20, 16, 26, 18, 21, 16, 33NOP33 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 29, 32, 29, 36, 40, 34, 30, 24NOP24 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 15, 29, 15, 10, 7, 14, 15, 24BKN24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 18, 6, 14, 28, 25, 6, 15, 23BKN23 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Second story · IND @ CHI

Chicago takes care of Indiana

A 12-point win, 89–77. Taj Gibson led Chicago with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over POR2NOP over BKN5PHX over ATL7LAC over MIL8HOU over CHA11CHI over IND12MEM over MIN17DET over UTA20OKC over DEN21SAS over PHI22Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over IND.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.7Season avg32.8Last 5

32.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.7 in 60 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.2Season avg20.1Last 3

20.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.2 in 69 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 17 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tyreke Evans 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.
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 25, 20, 16, 26, 18, 21, 16, 33NOP vs BKN · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 23, 19, 21, 24, 43, 15, 25, 32MIA vs POR · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 13, 8, 7, 17, 11, 16, 14, 32UTA vs DET · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 28, 41, 28, 8, 30, 15, 28, 37, 31HOU @ CHA · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 11, 7, 14, 18, 23, 18, 13, 28MIL @ LAC · L
11.5 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 27, 37, 30, 20, 21, 26, 25, 27LAC vs MIL · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 REB · 6 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+8.7 22.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Anthony DavisNOP+7.7 29.5 last 10 · 21.8 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+6.1 17.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+5.6 18.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Darren CollisonLAC+5.1 15.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−9.0 6.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Glen DavisLAC−6.7 3.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Jeremy LambOKC−5.2 3.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE−4.1 7.6 last 10 · 11.7 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.0 5.4 last 10 · 9.4 season