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Thursday, February 14, 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
Heat110
Thunder100
Q1 MIA +15; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +10
Final · Box score
Clippers125
Lakers101
Q1 LAC +14; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +21; Q4 LAC +24
On this day · 2011–12Feb 14, 2012: 9 games. Top scorer: Nick Young (Wizards-Blazers), 35 points.
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The lead · Heat-Thunder

LeBron James scores 39 as Miami wins in Oklahoma City

Kevin Durant goes for 40 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+15+17+19+10MIA AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat32312522110
Thunder17292331100
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 28, 30, 31, 32, 30, 32, 30, 39MIA39 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 16, 16, 13, 28, 23, 12, 32, 20MIA20 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 35, 27, 32, 19, 25, 21, 18, 33, 40OKC40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 21, 28, 24, 22, 17, 24, 22, 26OKC26 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Second story · Clippers-Lakers

Clippers lead Lakers wire to wire

Clippers were ahead at every break and won 125–101. Best quarter: the third, 37–28. Chris Paul led Clippers with 24 points, 1 rebound and 13 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Clippers-Lakers
Chris Paul · LACKobe Bryant · LALPTS2420REB15AST1311Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Clippers-Lakers combined for 226, 16 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-LakersClippers 125, Lakers 101
226
Heat-ThunderHeat 110, Thunder 100
210
MIA won the closest game by 10
Closest finishes
Heat-ThunderHeat 110, Thunder 100
+10 MIA
Clippers-LakersClippers 125, Lakers 101
+24 LAC
Blake shot 11-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BlakeLAC · 22 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
73% (11-15)
BoshMIA · 20 PTS, 12 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
71% (10-14)
BillupsLAC · 21 PTS, 4 STL, 3 REB, 3 AST
70% (7-10)
DwightLAL · 18 PTS, 8 REB, 2 STL, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
LeBronMIA · 39 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST, 2 STL
58% (14-24)
Final · Heat-Thunder
Heat 110Thunder 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat32312522110
Thunder17292331100
The story
Chris Bosh had 20 points and 12 rebounds as Miami beat Oklahoma City 110-100

Russell Westbrook led Oklahoma City with 26 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB 20 PTS, 12 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 10-14 FG

The swing

The Heat won the first 32-17, their biggest quarter edge.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +15+17+19+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Lakers
Clippers 125Lakers 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers31333724125
Lakers17352821101
The story
Blake Griffin's 22 points and 10 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Los Angeles, 125-101

For Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant had 20 PTS, 11 AST, 5 REB 22 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST · 11-15 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 31-17, was where the Clippers built it.

LAC lead by quarter
300 +14+12+21+24 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.1Season avg32.6Last 5

32.6 points a game over his last five games, against 27.1 in 49 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg23.1Last 3

23.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 50 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg22.0Today

22 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 40

Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 35, 27, 32, 19, 25, 21, 18, 33, 40Thunder-Heat · L
29.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Karl Malone UTA, Nov 20, 1999: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 28, 30, 31, 32, 30, 32, 30, 39Heat-Thunder · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 21, 28, 24, 22, 17, 24, 22, 26Thunder-Heat · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 10, 22, 4, 3, 25, 21, 10, 24Clippers-Lakers · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 1 REB · 13 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 26, 17, 20, 13, 17, 20, 20, 22Clippers-Lakers · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 7 games: 7, 6, 9, 7, 8, 19, 21Clippers-Lakers · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jerryd BaylessMEM+8.0 15.1 last 10 · 7.1 season
Ty LawsonDEN+5.6 21.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Ricky RubioMIN+5.3 13.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
Michael BeasleyPHX+4.8 15.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Nick YoungPHI+4.8 16.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−8.2 18.6 last 10 · 26.8 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS−6.0 7.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Nicolas BatumPOR−5.4 9.9 last 10 · 15.3 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−4.6 10.2 last 10 · 14.8 season