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Thursday, December 11, 2014Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SAC by 10 after the first quarter and won 113–109.

Final
CLE94
OKC103
Q1 OKC -8; Q2 OKC 0; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +9
Final · OT
HOU113
SAC109
Q1 HOU -10; Q2 HOU -10; Q3 HOU -8; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +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 · 2013–14Dec 11, 2013: 9 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs DAL), 33 points.
The lead · HOU @ SAC

James Harden scores 44 as Houston beats Sacramento

Houston won 113–109. James Harden: 44 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-10-10-80+4HOU AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
HOU1620253418113
SAC2620232614109
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 26, 16, 34, 21, 38, 15, 34, 44HOU44 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Patrick BeverleyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 15, 12, 10, 15, 20, 19, 12, 15HOU15 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 15, 16, 4, 20, 22, 16, 26, 24SAC24 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Ben McLemorePoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 14, 18, 21, 12, 2, 6, 15, 21SAC21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CLE @ OKC

OKC climbs back to beat Cleveland

Cleveland led by 8 after one. OKC won it 103–94. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · OKC vs CLE
Russell Westbrook · OKCKyrie Irving · CLEPTS2620REB73AST86Top 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
+5.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 21 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.4Season avg28.3Last 3

28.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.4 in 18 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.9Season avg33.0Today

33 minutes today, against 9.9 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 44

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 26, 16, 34, 21, 38, 15, 34, 44HOU @ SAC · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nick Van Exel DEN, Apr 15, 2000: 44 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Season high44 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 8 games: 38, 2, 32, 21, 27, 22, 28, 26OKC vs CLE · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 15, 16, 4, 20, 22, 16, 26, 24SAC vs HOU · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Ben McLemorePoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 14, 18, 21, 12, 2, 6, 15, 21SAC vs HOU · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 18, 24, 28, 37, 15, 7, 13, 20CLE @ OKC · L
20.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 5 games: 27, 10, 28, 23, 19OKC vs CLE · W
21.4 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 6 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
Donatas MotiejunasHOU+5.2 15.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Andre DrummondDET+3.6 14.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Wilson ChandlerDEN+3.3 18.0 last 10 · 14.7 season
James HardenHOU+3.2 29.6 last 10 · 26.4 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+3.1 19.3 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−4.4 9.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Iman ShumpertNYK−3.1 6.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Shawne WilliamsMIA−3.1 5.4 last 10 · 8.5 season
Chris CopelandIND−2.9 8.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Kobe BryantLAL−2.3 23.2 last 10 · 25.5 season