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Saturday, February 20, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed HOU by 11 at halftime and won 125–115.

Final · Box score
Wizards104
Raptors109
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +5
Final · OT · Box score
Thunder121
Knicks118
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC -5; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 Thunder 0; OT1 OKC +3
Final · Box score
Sixers90
Bulls122
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +19; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +32
Final · Box score
Heat91
Mavs97
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL -8; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +6
Final · Box score
Pacers125
Rockets115
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND -11; Q3 Pacers 0; Q4 IND +10
Final · Box score
Bobcats88
Bucks93
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +5
Final · Box score
Kings89
Clippers99
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +10
On this day · 2008–09Feb 20, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (Cavs-Bucks), 55 points.
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The lead · Pacers-Rockets

Danny Granger scores 36, Indiana rallies past Houston

David Lee goes for 30 points

Game flow · IND margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-110+10IND AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers27273635125
Rockets30352525115
Who led
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 8, 23, 25, 14, 27, 23, 29, 36IND36 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 9, 2, 11, 20, 9, 14, 5, 23IND23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 24, 24, 19, 34, 10, 18, 15, 26HOU26 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 17, 10, 12, 8, 12, 14, 10, 25HOU25 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Lead changes
Pacers-Rockets21
Thunder-Knicks13
Sixers-Bulls9
Heat-Mavs6
Kings-Clippers6
Wizards-Raptors4
Bobcats-Bucks1
Shot of the night

KD's jumper with 16 seconds left in OT puts the Thunder ahead, 121-118 final

The night in charts
Pacers-Rockets combined for 240, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Pacers-RocketsPacers 125, Rockets 115
240
Thunder-KnicksThunder 121, Knicks 118
239
Wizards-RaptorsWizards 104, Raptors 109
213
Sixers-BullsSixers 90, Bulls 122
212
Kings-ClippersKings 89, Clippers 99
188
Heat-MavsHeat 91, Mavs 97
188
Bobcats-BucksBobcats 88, Bucks 93
181
3 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Thunder-KnicksThunder 121, Knicks 118
+3 OKC
Wizards-RaptorsWizards 104, Raptors 109
+5 TOR
Bobcats-BucksBobcats 88, Bucks 93
+5 MIL
Heat-MavsHeat 91, Mavs 97
+6 DAL
Pacers-RocketsPacers 125, Rockets 115
+10 IND
Kings-ClippersKings 89, Clippers 99
+10 LAC
Sixers-BullsSixers 90, Bulls 122
+32 CHI
IND erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pacers-RocketsIND won · Pacers 125, Rockets 115
11 pts
Heat-MavsDAL won · Heat 91, Mavs 97
8 pts
Thunder-KnicksOKC won · Thunder 121, Knicks 118
6 pts
Wizards-RaptorsTOR won · Wizards 104, Raptors 109
3 pts
Kings-ClippersLAC won · Kings 89, Clippers 99
1 pt
David Lee shot 12-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
David LeeNYK · 30 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 3 BLK
75% (12-16)
GrangerIND · 36 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL
71% (12-17)
Antoine WrightTOR · 19 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
70% (7-10)
ScolaHOU · 25 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST
65% (11-17)
Tyreke EvansSAC · 21 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB
64% (9-14)
Final · Thunder-Knicks
Thunder 121Knicks 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Thunder2527302316121
Knicks3126232513118
The story
Kevin Durant had 36 points as Oklahoma City beat New York 121-118 in OT

Tracy McGrady led New York with 26 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB 36 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST · 10-25 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the second, the Thunder took the third 30-23.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −6−5+20+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Heat-Mavs
Heat 91Mavs 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2725122791
Mavs2123272697
The story
Dallas beat Miami 97-91 behind 21 points and 11 assists from Jason Kidd

Jermaine O'Neal paced Miami: 18 PTS, 13 REB 21 PTS, 11 AST, 5 REB, 3 STL · 5-8 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

A 27-12 third quarter erased a 8-point hole for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
200 −6−8+7+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pacers-Rockets
Pacers 125Rockets 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers27273635125
Rockets30352525115
The story
Troy Murphy's 18 points and 12 rebounds carried Indiana past Houston, 125-115

For Houston, Trevor Ariza had 16 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST 18 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL · 6-15 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The Pacers trailed by 11 going into the third, then won it 36-25.

IND lead by quarter
200 −3−110+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 51 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 3 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
30.42008–09 avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.4 in 2008–09 (65 games). Today: 7 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg32.0Today

32 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · Heat-Mavs

Dallas fights back from 8 down against Miami

Final: 97–91, after trailing by 8 at the half. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Mavs-Heat
Dirk Nowitzki · DALDaequan Cook · MIAPTS2822REB54AST21Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Danny Granger leads the day with 36

Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 8, 23, 25, 14, 27, 23, 29, 36Pacers-Rockets · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 30, 45, 33, 30, 29, 33, 25, 36Thunder-Knicks · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 23, 30, 26, 22, 33, 15, 29, 35Bobcats-Bucks · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 12, 28, 12, 26, 21, 8, 17, 31Thunder-Knicks · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 16, 22, 32, 20, 21, 24, 23, 30Knicks-Thunder · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 24, 17, 20, 16, 16, 20, 18, 30Clippers-Kings · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Darren CollisonNOH+9.0 18.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+6.1 19.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+5.7 15.5 last 10 · 9.8 season
Paul MillsapUTA+5.3 16.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+5.1 15.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−8.0 3.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−6.9 13.1 last 10 · 20.0 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season
Ben GordonDET−5.7 9.2 last 10 · 14.9 season