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Monday, March 11, 2013Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed OKC by 10 after the first quarter and won 105–93.

Final · Box score
Nets97
Sixers106
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +9
Final · Box score
Thunder93
Spurs105
Q1 SAS -10; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +12
Final · Box score
Pistons90
Jazz103
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +13
Final · Box score
Nuggets108
Suns93
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +15
Final · Box score
Knicks63
Warriors92
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +15; Q3 GSW +21; Q4 GSW +29
On this day · 2011–12Mar 11, 2012: 8 games. Top scorer: Ersan Ilyasova (Bucks-Raptors), 31 points.
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The lead · Thunder-Spurs

San Antonio climbs out of a 10-point hole against OKC

Deron Williams goes for 27 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+7+9+12SAS AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder3218241993
Spurs22352622105
Who led
Tiago SplitterPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 10, 14, 4, 14, 8, 13, 9, 21SAS21 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 10, 16, 15, 14, 14, 14, 16, 17SAS17 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 18, 25, 35, 26, 34, 19, 23, 26OKC26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 29, 38, 29, 37, 21, 11, 15, 25OKC25 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Nets-Sixers

Philadelphia beats Brooklyn, 106–97

Philadelphia led 82–75 after three and won by 9. Spencer Hawes led Philadelphia with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over BKN9SAS over OKC12UTA over DET13DEN over PHX15GSW over NYK29Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over BKN.
Lead changes
Nets-Sixers12
Nuggets-Suns10
Pistons-Jazz6
Thunder-Spurs4
Knicks-Warriors1
The night in charts
Nets-Sixers combined for 203, 2 more than any other game
Points by game
Nets-SixersNets 97, Sixers 106
203
Nuggets-SunsNuggets 108, Suns 93
201
Thunder-SpursThunder 93, Spurs 105
198
Pistons-JazzPistons 90, Jazz 103
193
Knicks-WarriorsKnicks 63, Warriors 92
155
PHI won the closest game by 9
Closest finishes
Nets-SixersNets 97, Sixers 106
+9 PHI
Thunder-SpursThunder 93, Spurs 105
+12 SAS
Pistons-JazzPistons 90, Jazz 103
+13 UTA
Nuggets-SunsNuggets 108, Suns 93
+15 DEN
Knicks-WarriorsKnicks 63, Warriors 92
+29 GSW
SAS erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Thunder-SpursSAS won · Thunder 93, Spurs 105
10 pts
Nets-SixersPHI won · Nets 97, Sixers 106
4 pts
Nuggets-SunsDEN won · Nuggets 108, Suns 93
1 pt
Koufos shot 10-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KoufosDEN · 22 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
91% (10-11)
SplitterSAS · 21 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
82% (9-11)
Joe JohnsonBKN · 20 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
HawesPHI · 24 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST, 2 BLK
67% (10-15)
Mo WilliamsUTA · 20 PTS, 6 AST, 1 REB
64% (9-14)
Final · Nets-Sixers
Nets 97Sixers 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets2818292297
Sixers24292924106
The story
Spencer Hawes' 24 points and 10 rebounds carried Philadelphia past Brooklyn, 106-97

For Brooklyn, Joe Johnson had 20 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB 24 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST · 10-15 FG

The swing

The 76ers trailed by 4 going into the second, then won it 29-18.

PHI lead by quarter
200 −4+7+7+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Thunder-Spurs
Thunder 93Spurs 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder3218241993
Spurs22352622105
The story
Tiago Splitter had 21 points and 10 rebounds as San Antonio beat Oklahoma City 105-93

Russell Westbrook led Oklahoma City with 25 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST 21 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 9-11 FG

The swing

Down 10 after the first, the Spurs took the second 35-18.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −10+7+9+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kevin Durant led the game in fantasy with 45.2 FPTS (26 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST)

Final · Knicks-Warriors
Knicks 63Warriors 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks231219963
Warriors2624251792
The story
Golden State beat New York 92-63 behind 23 points from Klay Thompson

Carmelo Anthony paced New York: 14 PTS, 10 REB 23 PTS, 5 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST · 9-18 FG, 4-7 3PT

The swing

A 24-12 second quarter did the most damage for the Warriors.

GSW lead by quarter
300 +3+15+21+29 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.8Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 3.8 in 39 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.2 in 53 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Deron Williams leads the day with 27

Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 24, 33, 24, 14, 20, 42, 17, 27Nets-Sixers · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 18, 25, 35, 26, 34, 19, 23, 26Thunder-Spurs · L
28.4 PPG season to date · −2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 38, 54, 25, 30, 26, 13, 24, 16, 26Warriors-Knicks · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 29, 38, 29, 37, 21, 11, 15, 25Thunder-Spurs · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Spencer HawesPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 20, 0, 14, 14, 8, 13, 15, 24Sixers-Nets · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 6, 15, 29, 22, 20, 22, 18, 23Warriors-Knicks · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Derrick WilliamsMIN+6.7 18.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+6.2 19.2 last 10 · 13.0 season
Deron WilliamsBKN+6.0 23.9 last 10 · 17.9 season
Ty LawsonDEN+5.4 22.4 last 10 · 17.0 season
Chandler ParsonsHOU+5.0 20.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−7.4 4.6 last 10 · 12.0 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Randy FoyeUTA−4.9 6.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.7 6.9 last 10 · 11.6 season