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Sunday, January 20, 2013Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Lakers103
Raptors108
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +5
Final · Box score
Mavs111
Magic105
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +6
Final · Box score
Celtics88
Pistons103
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +15
Final · OT · Box score
Thunder118
Nuggets121
Q1 Nuggets 0; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 Nuggets 0; OT1 DEN +3
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The lead · Thunder-Nuggets

Denver outlasts OKC in overtime

Kevin Durant goes for 37 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final00+1+20+3DEN AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Thunder252529309118
Nuggets2526302812121
Who led
Corey BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 3, 14, 16, 0, 13, 7, 3, 17, 26DEN26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 20, 15, 23, 21, 25, 11, 16, 18DEN18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 29, 26, 42, 33, 41, 20, 52, 37OKC37 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 17, 23, 27, 18, 36, 32, 31, 36OKC36 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Second story · Lakers-Raptors

Toronto leads Lakers wire to wire

Toronto was ahead at every break and won 108–103. Best quarter: the third, 30–21. Jose Calderon led Toronto with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over OKC3TOR over LAL5DAL over ORL6DET over BOS15Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over LAL.
Lead changes
Thunder-Nuggets12
Mavs-Magic3
Lakers-Raptors1
Celtics-Pistons0
The night in charts
Thunder-Nuggets combined for 239, 23 more than any other game
Points by game
Thunder-NuggetsThunder 118, Nuggets 121
239
Mavs-MagicMavs 111, Magic 105
216
Lakers-RaptorsLakers 103, Raptors 108
211
Celtics-PistonsCeltics 88, Pistons 103
191
2 of 4 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Thunder-NuggetsThunder 118, Nuggets 121
+3 DEN
Lakers-RaptorsLakers 103, Raptors 108
+5 TOR
Mavs-MagicMavs 111, Magic 105
+6 DAL
Celtics-PistonsCeltics 88, Pistons 103
+15 DET
Fields shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
FieldsTOR · 18 PTS, 10 REB, 4 STL
73% (8-11)
Ed DavisTOR · 18 PTS, 8 REB
69% (9-13)
PauLAL · 25 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
67% (10-15)
IbakaOKC · 16 PTS, 6 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
MarionDAL · 20 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL
63% (10-16)
Final · Thunder-Nuggets
Thunder 118Nuggets 121
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Thunder252529309118
Nuggets2526302812121
The story
Russell Westbrook had 36 points and 9 assists in a 121-118 in OT loss to Denver

Kenneth Faried led Denver with 16 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST 36 PTS, 9 AST, 8 REB · 10-26 FG, 1-7 3PT

The swing

The Nuggets won the overtime 12-9.

DEN lead by quarter
200 0+1+20+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Lakers-Raptors
Lakers 103Raptors 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers20292133103
Raptors29243025108
The story
Toronto beat Los Angeles 108-103 behind 18 points and 10 rebounds from Landry Fields

Earl Clark paced Los Angeles: 14 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST 18 PTS, 10 REB, 4 STL · 8-11 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 29-20 first quarter did the most damage for the Raptors.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +9+4+13+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kobe Bryant topped the game at 42.8 FPTS: 26 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB

Final · Mavs-Magic
Mavs 111Magic 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs26312826111
Magic24242730105
The story
Shawn Marion's 20 points and 10 rebounds carried Dallas past Orlando, 111-105

For Orlando, Nikola Vucevic had 14 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST 20 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL · 10-16 FG

The swing

The second quarter, 31-24, was where the Mavericks built it.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +2+9+10+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Glen Davis was the fantasy play: 47.2 FPTS on 24 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.6Season avg30.6Last 5

30.6 points a game over his last five games, against 22.6 in 40 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 33 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg34.5Today

35 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 37

Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 29, 26, 42, 33, 41, 20, 52, 37Thunder-Nuggets · L
29.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 17, 23, 27, 18, 36, 32, 31, 36Thunder-Nuggets · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Corey BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 3, 14, 16, 0, 13, 7, 3, 17, 26Nuggets-Thunder · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 38, 29, 20, 27, 28, 23, 31, 22, 26Lakers-Raptors · L
29.6 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 13, 19, 15, 11, 2, 11, 12, 25Lakers-Raptors · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Glen DavisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 8, 20, 28, 12, 13, 11, 4, 24Magic-Mavs · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Carlos BoozerCHI+6.6 22.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Jameer NelsonORL+5.1 20.4 last 10 · 15.3 season
Ed DavisTOR+4.8 14.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Bradley BealWAS+4.7 18.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+4.0 27.0 last 10 · 23.0 season
Cold
Jason TerryBOS−4.0 6.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Austin RiversNOH−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Gerald WallaceBKN−3.6 5.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Patrick PattersonHOU−3.5 7.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ryan AndersonNOH−3.1 13.5 last 10 · 16.6 season