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Thursday, March 1, 2012Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed ORL by 11 after three quarters and won 105–102.

Final · Box score
Thunder105
Magic102
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC -11; Q4 OKC +3
Final · Box score
Wolves95
Suns104
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX -5; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +9
Final · Box score
Clippers108
Kings100
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 Clippers 0; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +8
Final · Box score
Heat107
Blazers93
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +18; Q4 MIA +14
On this day · 2010–11Mar 1, 2011: 8 games. Top scorer: Dwight Howard (Magic-Knicks), 30 points.
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The lead · Thunder-Magic

Kevin Durant scores 38, OKC rallies past Orlando

LeBron James goes for 38 points

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-3-11+3OKC AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder20302035105
Magic23302821102
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 33, 23, 51, 31, 28, 33, 23, 38OKC38 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 26, 18, 40, 31, 31, 19, 22, 29OKC29 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 17, 26, 12, 28, 20, 12, 14, 33ORL33 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 14, 31, 17, 14, 6, 7, 12, 16ORL16 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Wolves-Suns

Phoenix beats Minnesota, 104–95

Phoenix led 77–74 after three and won by 9. Grant Hill led Phoenix with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over ORL3LAC over SAC8PHX over MIN9MIA over POR14Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over MIN.
Lead changes
Clippers-Kings9
Thunder-Magic4
Wolves-Suns2
Heat-Blazers1
The night in charts
Clippers-Kings combined for 208, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-KingsClippers 108, Kings 100
208
Thunder-MagicThunder 105, Magic 102
207
Heat-BlazersHeat 107, Blazers 93
200
Wolves-SunsWolves 95, Suns 104
199
OKC won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Thunder-MagicThunder 105, Magic 102
+3 OKC
Clippers-KingsClippers 108, Kings 100
+8 LAC
Wolves-SunsWolves 95, Suns 104
+9 PHX
Heat-BlazersHeat 107, Blazers 93
+14 MIA
OKC erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Thunder-MagicOKC won · Thunder 105, Magic 102
11 pts
Wolves-SunsPHX won · Wolves 95, Suns 104
5 pts
Dwight shot 14-of-20 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DwightORL · 33 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
70% (14-20)
Grant HillPHX · 20 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
GortatPHX · 17 PTS, 6 REB, 2 BLK, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
LeBronMIA · 38 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST, 5 STL
59% (13-22)
BlakeLAC · 14 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
Final · Thunder-Magic
Thunder 105Magic 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder20302035105
Magic23302821102
The story
Russell Westbrook had 29 points and 10 assists as Oklahoma City beat Orlando 105-102

Jameer Nelson led Orlando with 15 PTS, 9 AST, 6 REB 29 PTS, 10 AST, 2 REB · 11-21 FG

The swing

Down 11 after the third, the Thunder took the fourth 35-21.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −3−3−11+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Dwight Howard led the game in fantasy with 52.8 FPTS (33 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST)

Final · Wolves-Suns
Wolves 95Suns 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves2328232195
Suns22243127104
The story
Phoenix beat Minnesota 104-95 behind 17 assists and 13 points from Steve Nash

Luke Ridnour paced Minnesota: 15 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB 17 AST, 13 PTS, 8 REB · 6-13 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

A 31-23 third quarter erased a 5-point hole for the Suns.

PHX lead by quarter
200 −1−5+3+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Blazers
Heat 107Blazers 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat32282720107
Blazers2418272493
The story
Dwyane Wade's 33 points and 10 assists carried Miami past Portland, 107-93

For Portland, Nicolas Batum had 17 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 33 PTS, 10 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB · 12-23 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 28-18, was where the Heat built it.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +8+18+18+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 31 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.8Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.8 in 34 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 24.4 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 38

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 23, 35, 23, 28, 25, 18, 20, 38Heat-Blazers · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 33, 23, 51, 31, 28, 33, 23, 38Thunder-Magic · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 21, 22, 16, 22, 27, 30, 22, 33Heat-Blazers · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 17, 26, 12, 28, 20, 12, 14, 33Magic-Thunder · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 26, 18, 40, 31, 31, 19, 22, 29Thunder-Magic · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 19, 30, 33, 20, 22, 10, 10, 23Wolves-Suns · L
24.5 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jeremy LinNYK+6.8 21.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+6.1 17.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Arron AfflaloDEN+5.1 17.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Channing FryePHX+5.1 14.9 last 10 · 9.8 season
Tony ParkerSAS+4.9 24.0 last 10 · 19.1 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.3 17.2 last 10 · 21.5 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Byron MullensCHA−3.9 5.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Anthony MorrowNJN−3.9 9.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season