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Thursday, April 3, 2014Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed SAS by 3 at halftime and won 106–94.

Final
SAS94
OKC106
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +12
Final
DAL113
LAC107
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +6
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 3, 2013: 12 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK @ ATL), 40 points.
The lead · SAS @ OKC

OKC makes it three straight

OKC beat San Antonio 106–94 and moved to 55–19. Kevin Durant led OKC with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-3+9+12OKC AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2427202394
OKC22263226106
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 35, 35, 51, 27, 43, 29, 31, 28OKC28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 36, 20, 24, 29, 17, 15, 23, 18, 19, 27OKC27 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Patty MillsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 4, 15, 7, 16, 13, 10, 13, 21SAS21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 10, 19, 29, 20, 12, 9, 15, 17SAS17 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DAL @ LAC

Dallas never trails at a break against Clippers

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 113–107. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · DAL vs LAC
Dirk Nowitzki · DALBlake Griffin · LACPTS2625REB1110AST111Top 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
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 74 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 62 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg36.4Today

36 minutes today, against 24.1 a game in 62 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 28

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: 29, 30, 35, 35, 51, 27, 43, 29, 31, 28OKC vs SAS · W
32.1 PPG season to date · −4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 36, 20, 24, 29, 17, 15, 23, 18, 19, 27OKC vs SAS · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 27, 21, 10, 32, 21, 19, 33, 26DAL @ LAC · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 26, 25, 27, 21, 18, 7, 23, 25LAC vs DAL · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Gary Payton SEA, Apr 2, 2002: 25 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
25 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 11, 15, 11, 11, 11, 28, 23, 22LAC vs DAL · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
DeAndre JordanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 9, 6, 8, 16, 20, 11, 4, 21LAC vs DAL · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 15 REB · 0 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+7.1 19.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Dion WaitersCLE+6.1 21.7 last 10 · 15.6 season
Tyreke EvansNOP+5.7 19.9 last 10 · 14.2 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+5.6 18.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+5.2 16.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−10.4 4.0 last 10 · 14.4 season
Glen DavisLAC−6.5 3.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.9 12.7 last 10 · 17.6 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.8 4.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Brandon JenningsDET−4.7 11.0 last 10 · 15.7 season