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Thursday, March 7, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed NYK by 6 after three quarters and won 95–94.

Final · Box score
Thunder95
Knicks94
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC -6; Q4 OKC +1
Final · Box score
Clippers92
Nuggets107
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 Nuggets 0; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +15
On this day · 2011–12Mar 7, 2012: 13 games. Top scorer: Antawn Jamison (Cavs-Nuggets), 33 points.
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The lead · Thunder-Knicks

Kevin Durant scores 34 as OKC wins in New York

JR Smith goes for 36 points

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+3-6+1OKC AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder3524162095
Knicks2630251394
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 40, 16, 27, 19, 18, 25, 35, 26, 34OKC34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 28, 37, 23, 29, 38, 29, 37, 21OKC21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 26, 5, 19, 14, 26, 13, 13, 18, 20, 36NYK36 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 14, 22, 14, 12, 12, 22, 22, 16NYK16 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Clippers-Nuggets

Denver makes it seven straight

Denver beat Clippers 107–92 and moved to 41–22. Ty Lawson led Denver with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists.

Streak strip · DEN
L@ BKN108–119Wvs BOS97–90L@ WAS113–119W@ CHA113–99Wvs LAL119–108W@ POR111–109Wvs OKC105–103Wvs ATL104–88W@ SAC120–113Wvs LAC107–92
Lead changes
Clippers-Nuggets12
Thunder-Knicks11
The night in charts
Clippers-Nuggets combined for 199, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-NuggetsClippers 92, Nuggets 107
199
Thunder-KnicksThunder 95, Knicks 94
189
OKC won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Thunder-KnicksThunder 95, Knicks 94
+1 OKC
Clippers-NuggetsClippers 92, Nuggets 107
+15 DEN
Lawson shot 9-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
LawsonDEN · 21 PTS, 11 AST, 6 REB, 1 STL
60% (9-15)
BlakeLAC · 17 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
CP3LAC · 16 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB
55% (6-11)
GallinariDEN · 20 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 2 STL
53% (8-15)
IguodalaDEN · 14 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB, 2 STL
50% (5-10)
Final · Thunder-Knicks
Thunder 95Knicks 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder3524162095
Knicks2630251394
The story
Russell Westbrook had 21 points as Oklahoma City beat New York 95-94

Amar'e Stoudemire led New York with 16 PTS, 8 REB 21 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST · 8-22 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Thunder won the first 35-26, their biggest quarter edge.

OKC lead by quarter
200 +9+3−6+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Nuggets
Clippers 92Nuggets 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2524261792
Nuggets27223622107
The story
Ty Lawson's 21 points and 11 assists carried Denver past Los Angeles, 107-92

For Los Angeles, Chris Paul had 16 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB 21 PTS, 11 AST, 6 REB · 9-15 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 36-26, was where the Nuggets built it.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +20+10+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.6Season avg30.8Last 5

30.8 points a game over his last five games, against 23.6 in 60 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
22.32011–12 avg11.0Last 2

11.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 22.3 in 2011–12 (42 games). Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg35.9Today

36 minutes today, against 25.9 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

JR Smith leads the day with 36

JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 26, 5, 19, 14, 26, 13, 13, 18, 20, 36Knicks-Thunder · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 40, 16, 27, 19, 18, 25, 35, 26, 34Thunder-Knicks · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 27, 20, 22, 30, 11, 18, 24, 21Nuggets-Clippers · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 28, 37, 23, 29, 38, 29, 37, 21Thunder-Knicks · W
23.6 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 18, 26, 6, 6, 7, 7, 23, 20Nuggets-Clippers · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 18, 8, 17, 2, 6, 8, 20, 19Clippers-Nuggets · L
10.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Derrick WilliamsMIN+7.4 18.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Maurice HarklessORL+7.4 13.8 last 10 · 6.4 season
Al HorfordATL+6.6 24.0 last 10 · 17.4 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+6.2 19.1 last 10 · 12.9 season
Ty LawsonDEN+5.7 22.5 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−7.5 4.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.7 7.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−4.9 4.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Ben GordonCHA−4.8 7.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season