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Tuesday, March 19, 2013Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed OKC by 8 after the first quarter and won 114–104.

Final · Box score
Magic73
Pacers95
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +22
Final · Box score
Blazers95
Bucks102
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +27; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +7
Final · Box score
Nuggets114
Thunder104
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +10
Final · Box score
Clippers101
Kings116
Q1 Kings 0; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC -5; Q4 SAC +15
On this day · 2011–12Mar 19, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (Wolves-Warriors), 36 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Thunder

Denver rallies from 8 down to beat OKC

Monta Ellis goes for 21 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-1+7+10DEN AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets26392425114
Thunder34321622104
Who led
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 24, 21, 32, 19, 13, 8, 13, 25DEN25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 16, 12, 8, 7, 4, 10, 8, 20DEN20 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 26, 34, 19, 23, 26, 23, 26, 31, 34OKC34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 29, 37, 21, 11, 15, 25, 19, 23, 35, 25OKC25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Clippers-Kings

Sacramento upsets Clippers

Sacramento (23–44) beat Clippers (46–21) 116–101. Marcus Thornton led Sacramento with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over POR7DEN over OKC10SAC over LAC15IND over ORL22Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over LAC.
Lead changes
Clippers-Kings12
Blazers-Bucks6
Nuggets-Thunder3
Magic-Pacers1
The night in charts
Nuggets-Thunder combined for 218, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-ThunderNuggets 114, Thunder 104
218
Clippers-KingsClippers 101, Kings 116
217
Blazers-BucksBlazers 95, Bucks 102
197
Magic-PacersMagic 73, Pacers 95
168
MIL won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Blazers-BucksBlazers 95, Bucks 102
+7 MIL
Nuggets-ThunderNuggets 114, Thunder 104
+10 DEN
Clippers-KingsClippers 101, Kings 116
+15 SAC
Magic-PacersMagic 73, Pacers 95
+22 IND
DEN rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nuggets-ThunderDEN won · Nuggets 114, Thunder 104
8 pts
Clippers-KingsSAC won · Clippers 101, Kings 116
5 pts
Blake shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BlakeLAC · 26 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL
79% (11-14)
LawsonDEN · 25 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST
62% (8-13)
CousinsSAC · 17 PTS, 11 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
PattersonSAC · 13 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
DouglasSAC · 19 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
Final · Blazers-Bucks
Blazers 95Bucks 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers238263895
Bucks27311925102
The story
Brandon Jennings had 24 points as Milwaukee beat Portland 102-95

Wesley Matthews led Portland with 28 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB 24 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB · 9-20 FG, 4-7 3PT

The swing

The Bucks won the second 31-8, their biggest quarter edge.

MIL lead by quarter
300 +4+27+20+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Thunder
Nuggets 114Thunder 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets26392425114
Thunder34321622104
The story
Andre Miller's 20 points and 9 assists carried Denver past Oklahoma City, 114-104

For Oklahoma City, Russell Westbrook had 25 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB 20 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB · 6-11 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Nuggets trailed by 1 going into the third, then won it 24-16.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −8−1+7+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Kings
Clippers 101Kings 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers23312918101
Kings23332238116
The story
Sacramento beat Los Angeles 116-101 behind 25 points from Marcus Thornton

Blake Griffin paced Los Angeles: 26 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB 25 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 7-14 FG, 6-10 3PT

The swing

A 38-18 fourth quarter erased a 5-point hole for the Kings.

SAC lead by quarter
200 0+2−5+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Chris Paul topped the game at 46.9 FPTS: 15 AST, 11 PTS, 7 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 40 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 67 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 26.7 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 34

Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 26, 34, 19, 23, 26, 23, 26, 31, 34Thunder-Nuggets · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 11, 15, 24, 8, 14, 17, 6, 28Blazers-Bucks · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 16, 20, 23, 17, 22, 22, 12, 26Clippers-Kings · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 29, 37, 21, 11, 15, 25, 19, 23, 35, 25Thunder-Nuggets · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 18, 32, 9, 23, 9, 7, 15, 25Kings-Clippers · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 24, 21, 32, 19, 13, 8, 13, 25Nuggets-Thunder · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Deron WilliamsBKN+6.5 24.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Monta EllisMIL+6.3 25.9 last 10 · 19.6 season
Derrick WilliamsMIN+5.6 17.3 last 10 · 11.7 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.4 17.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Dorell WrightPHI+5.4 13.8 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−6.1 21.4 last 10 · 27.5 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.4 5.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Randy FoyeUTA−5.1 5.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.3 last 10 · 11.0 season