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Thursday, January 31, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Grizzlies89
Thunder106
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +24; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +17
Final · Box score
Mavs97
Warriors100
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +3
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The lead · Mavs-Warriors

Golden State holds off Dallas, 100–97

David Lee goes for 20 rebounds

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+2+1+3GSW AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2330261897
Warriors28272520100
Who led
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 21, 29, 18, 19, 13, 19, 19, 32, 27GSW27 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 22, 12, 22, 23, 12, 21, 20, 15GSW15 PTS · 20 REB · 9 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 20, 18, 18, 15, 14, 8, 15, 25DAL25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 8, 10, 4, 29, 15, 17, 15, 9, 22DAL22 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Grizzlies-Thunder

OKC leads Memphis wire to wire

OKC was ahead at every break and won 106–89. Best quarter: the first, 32–22. Kevin Durant led OKC with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Thunder-Grizzlies
Kevin Durant · OKCJerryd Bayless · MEMPTS2723REB73AST66Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Mavs-Warriors combined for 197, 2 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-WarriorsMavs 97, Warriors 100
197
Grizzlies-ThunderGrizzlies 89, Thunder 106
195
GSW won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Mavs-WarriorsMavs 97, Warriors 100
+3 GSW
Grizzlies-ThunderGrizzlies 89, Thunder 106
+17 OKC
Marion shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MarionDAL · 18 PTS, 17 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
KDOKC · 27 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
63% (10-16)
MayoDAL · 25 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
KlayGSW · 27 PTS, 1 REB, 1 STL
61% (11-18)
BaylessMEM · 23 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
53% (9-17)
Final · Mavs-Warriors
Mavs 97Warriors 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2330261897
Warriors28272520100
The story
Klay Thompson had 27 points as Golden State beat Dallas 100-97

Shawn Marion led Dallas with 18 PTS, 17 REB 27 PTS, 1 REB · 11-18 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

The Warriors won the first 28-23, their biggest quarter edge.

GSW lead by quarter
200 +5+2+1+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Grizzlies-Thunder
Grizzlies 89Thunder 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies2212332289
Thunder32262127106
The story
Russell Westbrook's 21 points carried Oklahoma City past Memphis, 106-89

For Memphis, Jerryd Bayless had 23 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB 21 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST · 9-17 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 26-12, was where the Thunder built it.

OKC lead by quarter
300 +10+24+12+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 44 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 42 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 38 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg38.8Today

39 minutes today, against 25.2 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 27

Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 41, 20, 52, 37, 32, 33, 24, 35, 27Thunder-Grizzlies · W
29.6 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 21, 29, 18, 19, 13, 19, 19, 32, 27Warriors-Mavs · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 20, 18, 18, 15, 14, 8, 15, 25Mavs-Warriors · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 3, 4, 1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 14, 21, 23Grizzlies-Thunder · L
6.2 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 8, 10, 4, 29, 15, 17, 15, 9, 22Mavs-Warriors · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 18, 36, 32, 31, 36, 26, 10, 18, 17, 21Thunder-Grizzlies · W
22.5 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jimmy ButlerCHI+6.0 12.9 last 10 · 6.9 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+4.9 15.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Ed DavisTOR+4.7 14.4 last 10 · 9.7 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+4.6 15.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
Kevin DurantOKC+3.8 33.4 last 10 · 29.6 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−6.8 21.3 last 10 · 28.1 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS−5.0 9.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Michael Kidd-GilchristCHA−4.2 5.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Zach RandolphMEM−4.2 11.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Serge IbakaOKC−3.6 10.1 last 10 · 13.7 season