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Tuesday, March 5, 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
Celtics109
Sixers101
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +8
Final · Box score
Lakers105
Thunder122
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +16; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +17
Final · Box score
Nuggets120
Kings113
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 Nuggets 0; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +7
On this day · 2011–12Mar 5, 2012: 9 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (Wolves-Clippers), 39 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Kings

Denver keeps rolling, beats Sacramento

Kevin Durant goes for 26 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+20+7+7DEN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets24263634120
Kings22282934113
Who led
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 26, 27, 20, 22, 30, 11, 18, 24DEN24 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 19, 18, 26, 6, 6, 7, 7, 23DEN23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 15, 16, 8, 12, 36, 20, 25, 18, 32SAC32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 22, 30, 16, 14, 2, 18, 10, 23SAC23 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Second story · Celtics-Sixers

Boston never trails at a break against Philadelphia

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 109–101. Avery Bradley led Boston with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over SAC7BOS over PHI8OKC over LAL17Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over PHI.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Kings7
Celtics-Sixers2
The night in charts
Nuggets-Kings combined for 233, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-KingsNuggets 120, Kings 113
233
Lakers-ThunderLakers 105, Thunder 122
227
Celtics-SixersCeltics 109, Sixers 101
210
DEN won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Nuggets-KingsNuggets 120, Kings 113
+7 DEN
Celtics-SixersCeltics 109, Sixers 101
+8 BOS
Lakers-ThunderLakers 105, Thunder 122
+17 OKC
Jason Thompson shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Jason ThompsonSAC · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
82% (9-11)
Andre MillerDEN · 16 PTS, 7 AST, 1 REB
73% (8-11)
BradleyBOS · 22 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
67% (10-15)
GallinariDEN · 23 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST
64% (7-11)
FariedDEN · 19 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
60% (9-15)
Final · Nuggets-Kings
Nuggets 120Kings 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets24263634120
Kings22282934113
The story
Denver beat Sacramento 120-113 behind 24 points from Ty Lawson

Marcus Thornton paced Sacramento: 32 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 24 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB · 8-16 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

A 36-29 third quarter did the most damage for the Nuggets.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +20+7+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Isaiah Thomas topped the game at 44.1 FPTS: 23 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB

Final · Celtics-Sixers
Celtics 109Sixers 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics26272630109
Sixers23232827101
The story
Avery Bradley's 22 points carried Boston past Philadelphia, 109-101

For Philadelphia, Evan Turner had 18 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST 22 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST · 10-15 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 27-23, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +3+7+5+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jrue Holiday was the fantasy play: 46.0 FPTS on 18 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB

Final · Lakers-Thunder
Lakers 105Thunder 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers28273416105
Thunder37342625122
The story
Serge Ibaka had 13 points as Oklahoma City beat Los Angeles 122-105

Steve Nash led Los Angeles with 20 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 13 PTS, 6 REB · 6-8 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

The Thunder won the first 37-28, their biggest quarter edge.

OKC lead by quarter
200 +9+16+8+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+13.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 51 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg12.8Last 3

12.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.1 in 47 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 37

Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 26, 28, 37, 23, 29, 38, 29, 37Thunder-Lakers · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 15, 16, 8, 12, 36, 20, 25, 18, 32Kings-Nuggets · L
13.0 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 4, 20, 16, 40, 38, 29, 33, 34, 30Lakers-Thunder · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 40, 16, 27, 19, 18, 25, 35, 26Thunder-Lakers · W
28.6 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 26, 27, 20, 22, 30, 11, 18, 24Nuggets-Kings · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 22, 30, 16, 14, 2, 18, 10, 23Kings-Nuggets · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Derrick WilliamsMIN+6.8 17.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
Al HorfordATL+6.7 24.0 last 10 · 17.3 season
Maurice HarklessORL+6.7 13.0 last 10 · 6.3 season
Ty LawsonDEN+6.6 23.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.4 28.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−7.6 4.8 last 10 · 12.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−6.3 6.8 last 10 · 13.1 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−5.5 3.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
Ben GordonCHA−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season