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Wednesday, March 25, 2015Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NOP by 15 after the first quarter and won 95–93.

Final
BKN91
CHA88
Q1 BKN -3; Q2 BKN -4; Q3 BKN +4; Q4 BKN +3
Final
LAC111
NYK80
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC +30; Q3 LAC +36; Q4 LAC +31
Final
ATL95
ORL83
Q1 ATL -8; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL -3; Q4 ATL +12
Final
CHI116
TOR103
Q1 CHI -9; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI -5; Q4 CHI +13
Final
IND103
WAS101
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND +2
Final
MIA93
BOS86
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA +7
Final
CLE111
MEM89
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +25; Q4 CLE +22
Final · OT
LAL101
MIN99
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +2
Final
HOU95
NOP93
Q1 HOU -15; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +2
Final
PHI99
DEN85
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI +14
Final
POR92
UTA89
Q1 POR -9; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR -10; Q4 POR +3
Final
OKC91
SAS130
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +26; Q4 SAS +39
Final
SAC108
PHX99
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +13; Q4 SAC +9
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 25, 2014: 4 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ DAL), 43 points.
The lead · HOU @ NOP

Houston storms back from 15 down to beat New Orleans

The Rockets trailed by 15 after one and won 95–93. James Harden led Houston with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-3+8+2HOU AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1930291795
NOP3418182393
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 38, 28, 18, 15, 34, 17, 50, 16, 44, 25HOU25 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 4, 19, 11, 4, 19, 17, 17, 15, 4, 22HOU22 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 11, 26, 13, 25, 12, 9, 2, 28NOP28 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 39, 29, 23, 43, 15, 36, 20, 26, 24NOP24 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 72 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 32 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg47.7Today

48 minutes today, against 21.8 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Spurs rout

Five of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat OKC by 39.

IND over WAS2LAL over MIN2HOU over NOP2BKN over CHA3POR over UTA3MIA over BOS7SAC over PHX9ATL over ORL12CHI over TOR13PHI over DEN14CLE over MEM22LAC over NYK31SAS over OKC39Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Brook Lopez 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.
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 15, 10, 16, 10, 32, 26, 31, 34BKN @ CHA · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 21, 31, 21, 24, 19, 9, 11, 34WAS vs IND · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
George HillPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 17, 30, 23, 10, 24, 18, 20, 29IND @ WAS · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 11, 26, 13, 25, 12, 9, 2, 28NOP vs HOU · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 19, 13, 13, 15, 20, 13, 22, 27MIN vs LAL · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 10, 26, 10, 16, 14, 21, 19, 26UTA vs POR · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 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
Elfrid PaytonORL+6.4 15.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Aaron BrooksCHI+6.0 17.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+5.9 17.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.7 18.8 last 10 · 13.1 season
JJ RedickLAC+5.5 21.4 last 10 · 15.9 season
Cold
Donald SloanIND−7.5 0.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
KJ McDanielsHOU−5.1 3.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Kemba WalkerCHA−4.7 13.3 last 10 · 18.0 season
Jared DudleyMIL−4.3 3.1 last 10 · 7.4 season