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Sunday, November 14, 2010Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed OKC by 5 after the first quarter and won 117–104.

Final · Box score
Wolves105
Hawks111
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +6
Final · Box score
Pistons100
Kings94
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +6
Final · Box score
Spurs117
Thunder104
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS -5; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +13
Final · Box score
Rockets104
Knicks96
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +8
Final · Box score
Suns121
Lakers116
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +5
On this day · 2009–10Nov 14, 2009: 10 games. Top scorer: Brandon Jennings (Bucks-Warriors), 55 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Thunder

San Antonio makes it seven straight

Jason Richardson goes for 35 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-5+2+13SAS AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs30312135117
Thunder35311424104
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 9 games: 20, 13, 19, 11, 21, 12, 21, 24, 24SAS24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 9 games: 22, 23, 14, 18, 28, 26, 22, 18, 21SAS21 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 9 games: 30, 30, 28, 16, 28, 34, 31, 34, 23OKC23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 9 games: 28, 17, 22, 16, 28, 16, 31, 36, 19OKC19 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Second story · Suns-Lakers

Phoenix handles Lakers by 5

The Suns won the third quarter 36–31. Final: 121–116. Jason Richardson led Phoenix with 35 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over LAL5ATL over MIN6DET over SAC6HOU over NYK8SAS over OKC13Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over LAL.
Lead changes
Rockets-Knicks13
Suns-Lakers9
Wolves-Hawks7
Spurs-Thunder5
Pistons-Kings1
The night in charts
Suns-Lakers combined for 237, 16 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-LakersSuns 121, Lakers 116
237
Spurs-ThunderSpurs 117, Thunder 104
221
Wolves-HawksWolves 105, Hawks 111
216
Rockets-KnicksRockets 104, Knicks 96
200
Pistons-KingsPistons 100, Kings 94
194
PHX won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Suns-LakersSuns 121, Lakers 116
+5 PHX
Wolves-HawksWolves 105, Hawks 111
+6 ATL
Pistons-KingsPistons 100, Kings 94
+6 DET
Rockets-KnicksRockets 104, Knicks 96
+8 HOU
Spurs-ThunderSpurs 117, Thunder 104
+13 SAS
SAS rallied from 5 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Spurs-ThunderSAS won · Spurs 117, Thunder 104
5 pts
Suns-LakersPHX won · Suns 121, Lakers 116
2 pts
Rockets-KnicksHOU won · Rockets 104, Knicks 96
1 pt
Pau shot 12-of-17 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PauLAL · 28 PTS, 17 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
71% (12-17)
PrinceDET · 14 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
BonnerSAS · 21 PTS, 4 REB
70% (7-10)
RichardsonPHX · 35 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL
65% (13-20)
HorfordATL · 28 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK
64% (9-14)
Final · Suns-Lakers
Suns 121Lakers 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns23333629121
Lakers25283132116
The story
Steve Nash had 21 points and 13 assists as Phoenix beat Los Angeles 121-116

Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles with 25 PTS, 14 AST, 9 REB 21 PTS, 13 AST, 2 REB · 6-11 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the first, the Suns took the second 33-28.

PHX lead by quarter
200 −2+3+8+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Hawks
Wolves 105Hawks 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves27252033105
Hawks30302328111
The story
Al Horford's 28 points and 10 rebounds carried Atlanta past Minnesota, 111-105

For Minnesota, Kevin Love had 22 PTS, 17 REB 28 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK · 9-14 FG

The swing

The second quarter, 30-25, was where the Hawks built it.

ATL lead by quarter
200 +3+8+11+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Kings
Pistons 100Kings 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons22282525100
Kings1926272294
The story
Detroit beat Sacramento 100-94 behind 17 points from Rodney Stuckey

Carl Landry paced Sacramento: 19 PTS, 8 REB 17 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB · 6-13 FG

The swing

A 22-19 first quarter did the most damage for the Pistons.

DET lead by quarter
200 +3+5+3+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Ben Wallace topped the game at 31.0 FPTS: 10 REB, 4 PTS, 2 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 9 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg23.0Last 3

23.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 8 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg36.7Today

37 minutes today, against 22.2 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jason Richardson leads the day with 35

Jason RichardsonPoints, last 9 games: 22, 16, 17, 21, 38, 21, 17, 14, 35Suns-Lakers · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 26, 21, 22, 30, 20, 18, 17, 28Lakers-Suns · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 16, 18, 14, 30, 16, 14, 12, 28Hawks-Wolves · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 9 games: 26, 28, 21, 18, 24, 21, 31, 20, 28Rockets-Knicks · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 20, 23, 30, 23, 12, 33, 34, 25Lakers-Suns · L
25.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 14 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 18, 14, 18, 21, 19, 33, 14, 25Knicks-Rockets · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST