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Tuesday, April 1, 2014Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed DAL by 9 at halftime and won 122–120.

Final
HOU96
BKN105
Q1 BKN +5; Q2 BKN +3; Q3 BKN +4; Q4 BKN +9
Final · OT
GSW122
DAL120
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW -9; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +2
Final
POR124
LAL112
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +12
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 · 2012–13Apr 1, 2013: 8 games. Top scorer: Rudy Gay (TOR vs DET), 34 points.
The lead · GSW @ DAL

Golden State rallies from nine down at the half, wins in overtime

Dallas led 62–53 at the break. It was 108–108 after regulation, and Golden State won the extra time 14–12. Final: 122–120. Klay Thompson led Golden State with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+9-9+40+2GSW AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
GSW3023322314122
DAL2141192712120
Who led
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 26, 27, 20, 29, 16, 14, 15, 27GSW27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 27, 37, 23, 31, 20, 33, 32, 23GSW23 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 19, 27, 21, 10, 32, 21, 19, 33DAL33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 17, 22, 26, 32, 17, 12, 17, 27DAL27 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · HOU @ BKN

Brooklyn leads Houston wire to wire

Brooklyn was ahead at every break and won 105–96. Best quarter: the first, 29–24. Joe Johnson led Brooklyn with 32 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over DAL2BKN over HOU9POR over LAL12Final margin, points. Pink = BKN over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 60 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 72 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 21.2 a game in 73 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Nick Young leads the day with 40

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.
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 24, 6, 10, 21, 26, 20, 17, 11, 11, 40LAL vs POR · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Reggie Miller IND, Jan 23, 1996: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Season high40 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 23, 20, 19, 17, 21, 16, 13, 34POR @ LAL · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 19, 27, 21, 10, 32, 21, 19, 33DAL vs GSW · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 20, 27, 22, 15, 18, 14, 19, 32BKN vs HOU · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 30, 28, 19, 14, 25, 5, 28, 31POR @ LAL · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 26, 27, 20, 29, 16, 14, 15, 27GSW @ DAL · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 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
Ramon SessionsMIL+6.0 17.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+5.6 17.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
Dion WaitersCLE+5.5 20.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Anthony DavisNOP+5.0 26.3 last 10 · 21.3 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+4.9 17.8 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−9.0 5.6 last 10 · 14.6 season
Glen DavisLAC−6.8 3.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.7 13.0 last 10 · 17.7 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.5 4.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.5 4.2 last 10 · 8.7 season