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Wednesday, January 21, 2015Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed WAS by 12 at halftime and won 105–103.

Final
MIA76
CHA78
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +2
Final
UTA92
CLE106
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +14
Final
NYK98
PHI91
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +7
Final
IND91
ATL110
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +24; Q4 ATL +19
Final
ORL118
DET128
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +10
Final
TOR86
MEM92
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +6
Final
DAL98
MIN75
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +21; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +23
Final
LAL80
NOP96
Q1 NOP +2; Q2 NOP -1; Q3 NOP +1; Q4 NOP +16
Final · OT
OKC105
WAS103
Q1 OKC -5; Q2 OKC -12; Q3 OKC -4; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +2
Final
POR113
PHX118
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +5
Final
BKN103
SAC100
Q1 BKN +12; Q2 BKN +16; Q3 BKN +13; Q4 BKN +3
Final
HOU113
GSW126
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +20; Q3 GSW +24; Q4 GSW +13
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 · 2013–14Jan 21, 2014: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs POR), 46 points.
The lead · OKC @ WAS

Kevin Durant scores 34, OKC rallies past Washington

OKC trailed by 12 at the half and won 105–103.

Game flow · OKC 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.Final0-5-12-40+2OKC AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
OKC2612282613105
WAS3119202211103
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 44, 34, 14, 24, 32, 24, 36, 21, 19, 34OKC34 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 22, 10, 25, 16, 17, 17, 19, 32OKC32 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 6, 20, 15, 14, 7, 13, 6, 20, 12, 24WAS24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 16, 15, 25, 21, 13, 11, 11, 18WAS18 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.3Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg1.7Last 3

1.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 38 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.3Season avg34.9Today

35 minutes today, against 10.3 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Mavericks rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Dallas beat Minnesota by 23.

CHA over MIA2OKC over WAS2BKN over SAC3PHX over POR5MEM over TOR6NYK over PHI7DET over ORL10GSW over HOU13CLE over UTA14NOP over LAL16ATL over IND19DAL over MIN23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 34

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: 44, 34, 14, 24, 32, 24, 36, 21, 19, 34OKC @ WAS · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 10, 17, 19, 11, 12, 16, 17, 33PHX vs POR · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 25, 30, 30, 26, 31, 12, 45, 33HOU @ GSW · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 22, 10, 25, 16, 17, 17, 19, 32OKC @ WAS · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 21, 7, 21, 32, 20, 34, 27, 29NOP vs LAL · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 18, 23, 32, 26, 32, 17, 22, 28SAC vs BKN · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 3 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
Mo WilliamsMIN+5.9 18.4 last 10 · 12.5 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+5.4 24.4 last 10 · 19.0 season
Victor OladipoORL+5.2 21.7 last 10 · 16.5 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+5.0 20.1 last 10 · 15.1 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+4.8 15.1 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jeff GreenMEM−5.5 11.5 last 10 · 17.0 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−5.1 20.0 last 10 · 25.1 season
Reggie JacksonOKC−4.4 10.0 last 10 · 14.4 season