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Thursday, February 28, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Clippers99
Pacers91
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +8
Final · Box score
Sixers82
Bulls93
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +11
Final · Box score
Wolves94
Lakers116
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +22
On this day · 2011–12Feb 28, 2012: 9 games. Top scorer: Brook Lopez (Nets-Mavs), 38 points.
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The lead · Clippers-Pacers

Clippers make it three straight

Joakim Noah goes for 23 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1+2+7+8LAC AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2623272399
Pacers2522222291
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 25, 21, 10, 24, 4, 11, 7, 29LAC29 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 13, 27, 20, 13, 8, 15, 12, 23LAC23 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 15, 30, 7, 18, 18, 16, 28, 22IND22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 26, 5, 23, 27, 12, 12, 21, 20IND20 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Sixers-Bulls

Chicago leads Philadelphia wire to wire

Chicago was ahead at every break and won 93–82. Best quarter: the fourth, 25–20. Joakim Noah led Chicago with 23 points, 21 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over IND8CHI over PHI11LAL over MIN22Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over PHI.
Lead changes
Clippers-Pacers8
Sixers-Bulls8
Wolves-Lakers0
The night in charts
Wolves-Lakers combined for 210, 20 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-LakersWolves 94, Lakers 116
210
Clippers-PacersClippers 99, Pacers 91
190
Sixers-BullsSixers 82, Bulls 93
175
LAC won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Clippers-PacersClippers 99, Pacers 91
+8 LAC
Sixers-BullsSixers 82, Bulls 93
+11 CHI
Wolves-LakersWolves 94, Lakers 116
+22 LAL
Ridnour shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RidnourMIN · 19 PTS, 4 AST, 3 BLK, 1 REB
70% (7-10)
BlakeLAC · 18 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST
70% (7-10)
NoahCHI · 23 PTS, 21 REB, 11 BLK, 3 STL
67% (8-12)
JamisonLAL · 17 PTS, 8 REB
64% (7-11)
CP3LAC · 29 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB, 1 STL
61% (11-18)
Final · Clippers-Pacers
Clippers 99Pacers 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2623272399
Pacers2522222291
The story
Los Angeles beat Indiana 99-91 behind 29 points and 8 assists from Chris Paul

David West paced Indiana: 22 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST 29 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB · 11-18 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

A 27-22 third quarter did the most damage for the Clippers.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +1+2+7+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Bulls
Sixers 82Bulls 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers2217232082
Bulls2322232593
The story
Carlos Boozer had 21 points and 12 rebounds as Chicago beat Philadelphia 93-82

Jrue Holiday led Philadelphia with 22 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 21 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST · 5-13 FG

The swing

The Bulls won the second 22-17, their biggest quarter edge.

CHI lead by quarter
200 +1+6+6+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Lakers
Wolves 94Lakers 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves2225281994
Lakers28293425116
The story
Dwight Howard's 13 rebounds and 11 points carried Los Angeles past Minnesota, 116-94

For Minnesota, Luke Ridnour had 19 PTS, 4 AST 13 REB, 11 PTS, 4 BLK, 1 AST · 5-6 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 28-22, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
300 +6+10+16+22 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 50 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
33.32011–12 avg18.8Last 3

18.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 2011–12 (62 games). Today: 12 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg39.9Today

40 minutes today, against 28.5 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 33

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 28, 4, 20, 16, 40, 38, 29, 33Lakers-Wolves · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 25, 21, 10, 24, 4, 11, 7, 29Clippers-Pacers · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Joakim NoahPoints, last 10 games: 2, 12, 7, 10, 15, 11, 10, 8, 9, 23Bulls-Sixers · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 21 REB · 1 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 13, 27, 20, 13, 8, 15, 12, 23Clippers-Pacers · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 15, 30, 7, 18, 18, 16, 28, 22Pacers-Clippers · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 20, 10, 16, 16, 21, 30, 9, 22Sixers-Bulls · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ty LawsonDEN+7.0 23.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Derrick WilliamsMIN+5.9 16.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Maurice HarklessORL+5.2 11.2 last 10 · 6.0 season
Al HorfordATL+5.1 22.2 last 10 · 17.1 season
Stephen CurryGSW+5.0 26.9 last 10 · 21.9 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−8.3 4.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−7.7 5.2 last 10 · 12.9 season
Kevin DurantOKC−5.0 23.6 last 10 · 28.6 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−4.9 4.7 last 10 · 9.6 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season