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Thursday, April 7, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed HOU by 12 after the first quarter and won 124–115.

Final
TOR87
ATL95
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +8
Final
PHX124
HOU115
Q1 PHX -12; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +9
Final
CHI98
MIA106
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +8
Final
MIN105
SAC97
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +8
Final
SAS101
GSW112
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +18; 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 · 2014–15Apr 7, 2015: 6 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (MIN @ SAC), 37 points.
The lead · PHX @ HOU

Phoenix climbs out of a 12-point hole against Houston

Down 12 after one, the Suns won the fourth quarter 35–25 and the game 124–115. Mirza Teletovic led Phoenix with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-3-1+9PHX AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX27303235124
HOU39213025115
Who led
Mirza TeletovicPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 17, 12, 17, 19, 24, 24, 12, 26PHX26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
PJ TuckerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 4, 9, 6, 20, 18, 14, 0, 24PHX24 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 26, 32, 34, 27, 24, 41, 26, 30HOU30 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 12, 6, 14, 15, 14, 18, 9, 22HOU22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CHI @ MIA

Miami beats Chicago, 106–98

Miami led 75–69 after three and won by 8. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over TOR8MIA over CHI8MIN over SAC8PHX over HOU9GSW over SAS11Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.6Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.6 in 75 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.9Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.9 in 23 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg31.0Today

31 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 30

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: 25, 24, 26, 32, 34, 27, 24, 41, 26, 30HOU vs PHX · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 33, 20, 26, 31, 29, 39, 21, 27GSW vs SAS · W
29.9 PPG season to date · −3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Mirza TeletovicPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 17, 12, 17, 19, 24, 24, 12, 26PHX @ HOU · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 12, 15, 14, 21, 28, 25, 5, 25CHI @ MIA · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
PJ TuckerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 4, 9, 6, 20, 18, 14, 0, 24PHX @ HOU · W
7.8 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high24 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 5, 23, 9, 18, 12, 26, 18, 28, 20, 23ATL vs TOR · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 0 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
J.J. BareaDAL+8.4 19.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Devin BookerPHX+8.1 21.8 last 10 · 13.7 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN+6.2 17.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.0 22.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Josh RichardsonMIA+5.3 11.9 last 10 · 6.6 season
Cold
Blake GriffinLAC−5.0 16.8 last 10 · 21.8 season
Dwight HowardHOU−4.9 8.8 last 10 · 13.7 season
Arron AfflaloNYK−4.7 8.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Damian LillardPOR−4.7 20.3 last 10 · 25.0 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season