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Saturday, April 21, 2012Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed ORL by 13 after the first quarter and won 117–107.

Final · Box score
Nuggets118
Suns107
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +11
Final · OT · Box score
Sixers109
Pacers106
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 Sixers 0; OT1 PHI +3
Final · Box score
Wizards86
Heat84
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +2
Final · Box score
Mavs83
Bulls93
Q1 CHI +13; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +10
Final · Box score
Warriors96
Rockets99
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +3
Final · Box score
Blazers89
Grizzlies93
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +4
Final · Box score
Nets95
Bucks106
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +11
Final · OT · Box score
Magic107
Jazz117
Q1 UTA -13; Q2 Jazz 0; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 Jazz 0; OT1 UTA +10
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The lead · Magic-Jazz

Utah outlasts Orlando in overtime

Ersan Ilyasova goes for 17 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-130-20+10UTA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Magic361928186107
Jazz2332262016117
Who led
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 19, 12, 15, 19, 20, 28, 11, 21UTA21 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 28, 18, 25, 6, 3, 20, 23, 27, 21UTA21 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 10, 8, 18, 19, 9, 21, 16, 21, 23ORL23 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 10, 22, 10, 9, 16, 17, 11, 21ORL21 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Lead changes
Magic-Jazz16
Nets-Bucks11
Sixers-Pacers9
Blazers-Grizzlies8
Warriors-Rockets6
Nuggets-Suns5
Wizards-Heat4
Mavs-Bulls2
Shot of the night

Nene's layup with 0.5 seconds left breaks the tie, 86-84 final

The night in charts
Nuggets-Suns combined for 225, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-SunsNuggets 118, Suns 107
225
Magic-JazzMagic 107, Jazz 117
224
Sixers-PacersSixers 109, Pacers 106
215
Nets-BucksNets 95, Bucks 106
201
Warriors-RocketsWarriors 96, Rockets 99
195
Blazers-GrizzliesBlazers 89, Grizzlies 93
182
Mavs-BullsMavs 83, Bulls 93
176
Wizards-HeatWizards 86, Heat 84
170
4 of 8 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Wizards-HeatWizards 86, Heat 84
+2 WAS
Sixers-PacersSixers 109, Pacers 106
+3 PHI
Warriors-RocketsWarriors 96, Rockets 99
+3 HOU
Blazers-GrizzliesBlazers 89, Grizzlies 93
+4 MEM
Mavs-BullsMavs 83, Bulls 93
+10 CHI
Magic-JazzMagic 107, Jazz 117
+10 UTA
Nuggets-SunsNuggets 118, Suns 107
+11 DEN
Nets-BucksNets 95, Bucks 106
+11 MIL
UTA erased a 13-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Magic-JazzUTA won · Magic 107, Jazz 117
13 pts
Nuggets-SunsDEN won · Nuggets 118, Suns 107
4 pts
Blazers-GrizzliesMEM won · Blazers 89, Grizzlies 93
3 pts
Sixers-PacersPHI won · Sixers 109, Pacers 106
1 pt
Rush shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RushGSW · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
FavorsUTA · 16 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
73% (8-11)
FariedDEN · 18 PTS, 14 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
69% (9-13)
LawsonDEN · 29 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB, 1 STL
63% (10-16)
BrandPHI · 20 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST
60% (9-15)
Final · Wizards-Heat
Wizards 86Heat 84
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards2322182386
Heat1522252284
The story
Washington beat Miami 86-84 behind 13 points and 13 assists from John Wall

Mike Miller paced Miami: 16 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST 13 PTS, 13 AST, 6 REB, 4 STL · 6-11 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 23-15 first quarter did the most damage for the Wizards.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +8+8+1+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Pacers
Sixers 109Pacers 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Sixers3419281711109
Pacers233120248106
The story
Jrue Holiday had 17 points as Philadelphia beat Indiana 109-106 in OT

Paul George led Indiana with 16 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 17 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB · 7-14 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The 76ers won the first 34-23, their biggest quarter edge.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +11−1+70+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Magic-Jazz
Magic 107Jazz 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Magic361928186107
Jazz2332262016117
The story
Al Jefferson's 21 points and 10 rebounds carried Utah past Orlando, 117-107 in OT

For Orlando, Glen Davis had 17 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST 21 PTS, 10 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 10-22 FG

The swing

The Jazz trailed by 13 going into the second, then won it 32-19.

UTA lead by quarter
200 −130−20+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 62 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg14.4Last 3

14.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 46 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg41.5Today

41 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Denver by 11.

WAS over MIA2PHI over IND3HOU over GSW3MEM over POR4CHI over DAL10UTA over ORL10DEN over PHX11MIL over NJN11Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

David West leads the day with 32

David WestPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 9, 19, 10, 10, 22, 13, 21, 32Pacers-Sixers · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 21, 13, 22, 20, 16, 25, 27, 30Bucks-Nets · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 2, 23, 10, 24, 9, 20, 25, 24, 29Nuggets-Suns · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Shannon BrownPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 17, 18, 10, 6, 16, 7, 8, 28Suns-Nuggets · L
10.8 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 17, 12, 24, 24, 29, 17, 26, 24Warriors-Rockets · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
JJ HicksonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 9, 12, 23, 13, 10, 22, 16, 23Blazers-Grizzlies · L
8.0 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Avery BradleyBOS+8.8 16.3 last 10 · 7.5 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+8.8 21.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Glen DavisORL+8.8 18.1 last 10 · 9.3 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS+8.5 16.2 last 10 · 7.7 season
Goran DragicHOU+8.1 19.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Kyle LowryHOU−6.0 8.3 last 10 · 14.3 season
Nick YoungLAC−5.7 8.8 last 10 · 14.5 season
Tony AllenMEM−4.6 5.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Tyreke EvansSAC−4.3 12.0 last 10 · 16.3 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−4.1 16.9 last 10 · 21.0 season