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Wednesday, March 26, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed DET by 16 after three quarters and won 97–96.

Final · OT
BKN111
CHA116
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +5
Final
PHX99
WAS93
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +6
Final
TOR99
BOS90
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +9
Final
CLE97
DET96
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE -16; Q4 CLE +1
Final
MIA83
IND84
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND -5; Q4 IND +1
Final
ATL83
MIN107
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +24
Final
LAC96
NOP98
Q1 NOP +2; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +1; Q4 NOP +2
Final
DEN103
SAS108
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +5
Final
NYK107
SAC99
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +8
Final
MEM91
UTA87
Q1 MEM -8; Q2 MEM -10; Q3 MEM -9; Q4 MEM +4
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 26, 2013: 3 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (LAC @ DAL), 33 points.
The lead · CLE @ DET

Cleveland storms back from 16 down to beat Detroit

The Cavaliers trailed by 16 after three and won 97–96. Matthew Dellavedova led Cleveland with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-1-16+1CLE AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2426163197
DET3318311496
Who led
Matthew DellavedovaPoints, last 10 games: 3, 7, 6, 4, 5, 11, 14, 9, 0, 21CLE21 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 18, 15, 17, 30, 26, 22, 24, 18CLE18 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 24, 13, 23, 8, 15, 12, 12, 24DET24 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Kyle SinglerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 11, 2, 14, 13, 9, 6, 5, 18DET18 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Timberwolves rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Minnesota beat Atlanta by 24.

CLE over DET1IND over MIA1NOP over LAC2MEM over UTA4CHA over BKN5SAS over DEN5PHX over WAS6NYK over SAC8TOR over BOS9MIN over ATL24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
2.8Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 2.8 in 46 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 58 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg42.7Today

43 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 38

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 19, 21, 24, 43, 15, 25, 32, 38MIA @ IND · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 22, 34, 23, 34, 21, 32, 29, 36NYK @ SAC · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 26, 25, 20, 16, 18, 28, 20, 35CHA vs BKN · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 28, 13, 19, 25, 24, 15, 32, 32SAC vs NYK · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 23, 36, 24, 8, 3, 9, 13, 31LAC @ NOP · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 4, 10, 9, 16, 12, 10, 19, 29SAS vs DEN · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 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
Anthony DavisNOP+8.1 29.8 last 10 · 21.7 season
Tyreke EvansNOP+7.0 20.9 last 10 · 13.9 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+5.6 18.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+5.2 16.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Kyle LowryTOR+5.2 22.8 last 10 · 17.6 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−8.6 6.5 last 10 · 15.1 season
Glen DavisLAC−6.0 4.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Jeremy LambOKC−5.2 3.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.0 5.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Carlos BoozerCHI−3.6 10.2 last 10 · 13.8 season