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Thursday, April 9, 2015Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed MIA by 19 at halftime and won 89–78.

Final
CHI89
MIA78
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -19; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +11
Final
POR105
GSW116
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +11
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 · 2013–14Apr 9, 2014: 12 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ MEM), 37 points.
The lead · CHI @ MIA

Chicago erases 19-point lead, steals one from Miami

Miami led 51–32 at halftime. Chicago won the second half 57–27 to take it 89–78. Pau Gasol led Chicago with 16 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CHI 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+2-19+6+11CHI AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2012332489
MIA183381978
Who led
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 11, 27, 27, 18, 19, 14, 26, 12, 15, 16CHI16 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Taj GibsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 13, 4, 2, 12, 12, 10, 5, 15, 14CHI14 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 14, 13, 7, 10, 17, 13, 12, 19MIA19 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 6, 10, 19, 11, 21, 15, 28, 15MIA15 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · POR @ GSW

Golden State handles Portland by 11

The Warriors won the fourth quarter 32–21. Final: 116–105. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 45 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · GSW vs POR
Stephen Curry · GSWLaMarcus Aldridge · PORPTS4527REB26AST104Top 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
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 59 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 64 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg37.9Today

38 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 45

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 38, 25, 27, 28, 11, 24, 25, 45GSW vs POR · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Jan 24, 2005: 45 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
45 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 27, 32, 17, 29, 14, 21, 24, 27POR @ GSW · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 28, 21, 25, 16, 21, 6, 7, 26GSW vs POR · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 8, 19, 18, 20, 19, 36, 17, 20POR @ GSW · L
21.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 14, 13, 7, 10, 17, 13, 12, 19MIA vs CHI · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 9, 4, 13, 27, 10, 15, 13, 17POR @ GSW · L
6.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 2 REB · 1 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
Brook LopezBKN+8.4 25.6 last 10 · 17.2 season
Zach LaVineMIN+8.3 17.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL+8.2 19.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Reggie JacksonDET+7.3 21.7 last 10 · 14.4 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+7.3 19.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
KJ McDanielsHOU−6.8 1.1 last 10 · 7.9 season
Donald SloanIND−6.3 1.7 last 10 · 8.0 season
Mason PlumleeBKN−4.8 4.1 last 10 · 8.9 season
D.J. AugustinOKC−4.1 5.7 last 10 · 9.8 season