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Thursday, January 6, 2011Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DAL by 7 after the first quarter and won 99–95.

Final · Box score
Thunder99
Mavs95
Q1 OKC -7; Q2 OKC -4; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +4
Final · Box score
Nuggets102
Kings122
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +20
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The lead · Thunder-Mavs

OKC beats Dallas, 99–95

Tyreke Evans goes for 27 points

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-4+3+4OKC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder2328222699
Mavs3025152595
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 26, 44, 28, 27, 33, 16, 28, 28OKC28 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 14, 12, 12, 9, 10, 7, 8, 16OKC16 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 7, 7, 20, 12, 10, 22, 8, 25DAL25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 13, 13, 18, 8, 7, 18, 18, 19DAL19 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Nuggets-Kings

Sacramento leads Denver wire to wire

Sacramento was ahead at every break and won 122–102. Best quarter: the second, 40–28. Tyreke Evans led Sacramento with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Kings-Nuggets
Tyreke Evans · SACCarmelo Anthony · DENPTS2726REB54AST120Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Kings4
Thunder-Mavs1
The night in charts
Nuggets-Kings combined for 224, 30 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-KingsNuggets 102, Kings 122
224
Thunder-MavsThunder 99, Mavs 95
194
OKC won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Thunder-MavsThunder 99, Mavs 95
+4 OKC
Nuggets-KingsNuggets 102, Kings 122
+20 SAC
Marion shot 12-of-17 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MarionDAL · 25 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
71% (12-17)
Tyreke EvansSAC · 27 PTS, 12 AST, 5 REB, 2 STL
61% (11-18)
CousinsSAC · 20 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
TerryDAL · 19 PTS, 4 AST, 1 STL
56% (9-16)
MeloDEN · 26 PTS, 4 REB
53% (9-17)
Final · Thunder-Mavs
Thunder 99Mavs 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder2328222699
Mavs3025152595
The story
Russell Westbrook's 15 points and 9 assists carried Oklahoma City past Dallas, 99-95

For Dallas, Shawn Marion had 25 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 15 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB · 5-16 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Thunder trailed by 4 going into the third, then won it 22-15.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −7−4+3+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Kings
Nuggets 102Kings 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets27282621102
Kings29402231122
The story
DeMarcus Cousins had 20 points as Sacramento beat Denver 122-102

Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 26 PTS, 4 REB 20 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST · 7-12 FG

The swing

The Kings won the second 40-28, their biggest quarter edge.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +2+14+10+20 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 32 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg14.5Last 3

14.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 34 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 28

Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 26, 44, 28, 27, 33, 16, 28, 28Thunder-Mavs · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 15, 4, 32, 21, 12, 6, 29, 27Kings-Nuggets · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 31, 35, 31, 24, 16, 33, 31, 26Nuggets-Kings · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 7, 7, 20, 12, 10, 22, 8, 25Mavs-Thunder · L
11.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 7, 2, 4, 21, 16, 28, 24, 20Kings-Nuggets · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 13, 13, 18, 8, 7, 18, 18, 19Mavs-Thunder · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Antawn JamisonCLE+6.2 22.3 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jared DudleyPHX+5.1 14.1 last 10 · 9.0 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+4.8 24.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.8 20.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR+4.6 18.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
Jason RichardsonORL−4.9 12.7 last 10 · 17.6 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.3 10.8 last 10 · 15.1 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.1 21.0 last 10 · 25.1 season
Mike ConleyMEM−3.8 9.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Pau GasolLAL−3.7 14.7 last 10 · 18.4 season