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Thursday, March 12, 2015Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed MIL by 12 after the first quarter and won 109–103.

Final · OT
MIL103
IND109
Q1 IND -12; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +6
Final
MEM87
WAS107
Q1 WAS -7; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +20
Final
HOU91
UTA109
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +17; Q4 UTA +18
Final · OT
CLE128
SAS125
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +3
Final
NYK101
LAL94
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +7
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 · 2013–14Mar 12, 2014: 11 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK @ BOS), 34 points.
The lead · MIL @ IND

Indiana flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Milwaukee led 53–51 at the break. Tied 96–96 after regulation, Indiana won the extra time 13–7. Final: 109–103. Rodney Stuckey led Indiana with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · IND 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.Final0-12-2+80+6IND AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIL312221227103
IND1932311413109
Who led
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 5, 19, 12, 17, 12, 17, 34, 25IND25 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 9, 8, 15, 9, 7, 6, 15, 17IND17 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Michael Carter-WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 8, 16, 11, 16, 12, 25, 11, 28MIL28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 17, 12, 21, 13, 10, 6, 12, 19MIL19 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.7Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.7 in 49 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 56 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.9Season avg32.8Today

33 minutes today, against 4.9 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MEM @ WAS

Washington rolls past Memphis, 107–87

The Grizzlies were held to 14 points in the second quarter. Marcin Gortat led Washington with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over SAS3IND over MIL6NYK over LAL7UTA over HOU18WAS over MEM20Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over MEM.
Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 57

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 18, 24, 18, 26, 20, 8, 22, 57CLE @ SAS · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +35.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jerry Stackhouse DET, Apr 3, 2001: 57 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Career high57 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 42, 37, 27, 29, 18, 17, 27, 31CLE @ SAS · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 2, 5, 2, 19, 6, 19, 24, 32, 23, 31SAS vs CLE · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 20, 15, 14, 21, 13, 25, 24, 29UTA vs HOU · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Michael Carter-WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 8, 16, 11, 16, 12, 25, 11, 28MIL @ IND · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 5, 19, 12, 17, 12, 17, 34, 25IND vs MIL · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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
Danilo GallinariDEN+7.1 17.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Rodney StuckeyIND+7.0 20.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Mo WilliamsCHA+6.9 21.0 last 10 · 14.1 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+6.5 19.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+6.0 33.3 last 10 · 27.3 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Ty LawsonDEN−5.5 10.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Arron AfflaloPOR−5.2 8.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
Donald SloanIND−4.9 3.7 last 10 · 8.6 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.8 12.5 last 10 · 17.3 season