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Thursday, March 14, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed NYK by 8 after the first quarter and won 105–90.

Final · Box score
Mavs91
Spurs92
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +1
Final · Box score
Knicks90
Blazers105
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +15
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The lead · Knicks-Blazers

Portland fights back from 8 down against New York

Tim Duncan goes for 28 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+3+16+15POR AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks3018142890
Blazers22292727105
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 26, 24, 20, 20, 35, 20, 27, 26POR26 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 22, 17, 23, 10, 26, 16, 28, 22POR22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 13, 18, 20, 36, 24, 9, 15, 33NYK33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 6 games: 0, 4, 10, 3, 5, 12NYK12 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Mavs-Spurs

San Antonio leads Dallas wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 92–91. Best quarter: the second, 28–24. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 28 points, 19 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Spurs-Mavs
Tim Duncan · SASDirk Nowitzki · DALPTS2821REB1911AST23Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Knicks-Blazers5
Mavs-Spurs2
The night in charts
Knicks-Blazers combined for 195, 12 more than any other game
Points by game
Knicks-BlazersKnicks 90, Blazers 105
195
Mavs-SpursMavs 91, Spurs 92
183
SAS won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Mavs-SpursMavs 91, Spurs 92
+1 SAS
Knicks-BlazersKnicks 90, Blazers 105
+15 POR
Dame shot 11-of-18 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DamePOR · 26 PTS, 10 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
61% (11-18)
DuncanSAS · 28 PTS, 19 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
60% (12-20)
Kenyon MartinNYK · 12 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
BatumPOR · 16 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL
60% (6-10)
AldridgePOR · 22 PTS, 10 REB, 5 BLK, 2 AST
53% (8-15)
Final · Mavs-Spurs
Mavs 91Spurs 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs1724252591
Spurs2228231992
The story
Gary Neal had 16 points as San Antonio beat Dallas 92-91

Kawhi Leonard added 12 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 16 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB · 6-13 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

The Spurs won the first 22-17, their biggest quarter edge.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +5+9+7+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Blazers
Knicks 90Blazers 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks3018142890
Blazers22292727105
The story
LaMarcus Aldridge's 22 points and 10 rebounds carried Portland past New York, 105-90

For New York, Marcus Camby had 10 REB, 8 PTS, 3 AST 22 PTS, 10 REB, 5 BLK, 2 AST · 8-15 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 27-14, was where the Trail Blazers built it.

POR lead by quarter
200 −8+3+16+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.5Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.5 in 62 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 49 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.7Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 15.7 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

JR Smith leads the day with 33

JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 13, 18, 20, 36, 24, 9, 15, 33Knicks-Blazers · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 10, 19, 13, 16, 18, 18, 13, 28Spurs-Mavs · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 26, 24, 20, 20, 35, 20, 27, 26Blazers-Knicks · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 22, 17, 23, 10, 26, 16, 28, 22Blazers-Knicks · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 10, 20, 8, 22, 12, 16, 19, 21Mavs-Spurs · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 10, 12, 20, 10, 2, 11, 4, 16Blazers-Knicks · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Derrick WilliamsMIN+6.4 17.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+6.2 19.1 last 10 · 12.9 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.1 28.3 last 10 · 22.2 season
Monta EllisMIL+6.1 25.5 last 10 · 19.4 season
Deron WilliamsBKN+5.7 23.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−6.1 21.4 last 10 · 27.5 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.8 5.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Randy FoyeUTA−5.7 5.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Chris KamanDAL−5.1 6.2 last 10 · 11.3 season