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Thursday, April 11, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed NYK by 7 after the first quarter and won 118–111.

Final · OT · Box score
Knicks111
Bulls118
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 Bulls 0; OT1 CHI +7
Final · Box score
Thunder116
Warriors97
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +19; Q4 OKC +19
On this day · 2011–12Apr 11, 2012: 11 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (Bucks-Knicks), 35 points.
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The lead · Knicks-Bulls

Nate Robinson scores 35, Chicago wins in overtime

Kevin Durant goes for 31 points

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-5-20+7CHI AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Knicks302923236111
Bulls2331262513118
Who led
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 25, 16, 17, 12, 19, 18, 22, 35CHI35 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 4, 16, 13, 16, 12, 14, 28, 22CHI22 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 32, 24, 50, 40, 41, 36, 36, 36NYK36 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 32, 35, 37, 15, 14, 19, 30, 22, 17, 28NYK28 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Thunder-Warriors

OKC leads Golden State wire to wire

OKC was ahead at every break and won 116–97. Best quarter: the third, 36–23. Kevin Durant led OKC with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Thunder-Warriors
Kevin Durant · OKCStephen Curry · GSWPTS3122REB103AST87Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Thunder-Warriors2
The night in charts
Knicks-Bulls combined for 229, 16 more than any other game
Points by game
Knicks-BullsKnicks 111, Bulls 118
229
Thunder-WarriorsThunder 116, Warriors 97
213
CHI won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Knicks-BullsKnicks 111, Bulls 118
+7 CHI
Thunder-WarriorsThunder 116, Warriors 97
+19 OKC
Kevin Martin shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Kevin MartinOKC · 23 PTS, 3 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
80% (8-10)
IbakaOKC · 17 PTS, 7 REB, 3 BLK, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
KDOKC · 31 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST, 3 STL
63% (10-16)
JimmyCHI · 22 PTS, 14 REB, 3 STL, 3 BLK
60% (9-15)
Nate RobinsonCHI · 35 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
56% (10-18)
Final · Knicks-Bulls
Knicks 111Bulls 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Knicks302923236111
Bulls2331262513118
The story
Jimmy Butler had 22 points and 14 rebounds as Chicago beat New York 118-111 in OT

JR Smith led New York with 28 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST 22 PTS, 14 REB, 3 STL, 3 BLK, 2 AST · 9-15 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

The Bulls won the overtime 13-6.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −7−5−20+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Thunder-Warriors
Thunder 116Warriors 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder31293620116
Warriors2727232097
The story
Russell Westbrook's 18 points and 9 assists carried Oklahoma City past Golden State, 116-97

For Golden State, Stephen Curry had 22 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB 18 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB · 7-17 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 36-23, was where the Thunder built it.

OKC lead by quarter
200 +4+6+19+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 77 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 50 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg50.2Today

50 minutes today, against 29.2 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Rebounding up
+5.0rebounds, last 5 vs season avg
Rebounds per game
6.6Season avg11.6Last 5

11.6 rebounds a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 64 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 45 minutes.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 36

Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 32, 24, 50, 40, 41, 36, 36, 36Knicks-Bulls · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 25, 16, 17, 12, 19, 18, 22, 35Bulls-Knicks · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 20, 36, 30, 25, 34, 27, 21, 31Thunder-Warriors · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 32, 35, 37, 15, 14, 19, 30, 22, 17, 28Knicks-Bulls · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 18, 4, 17, 2, 9, 15, 5, 23Thunder-Warriors · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 4, 16, 13, 16, 12, 14, 28, 22Bulls-Knicks · W
8.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Tobias HarrisORL+9.3 19.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
John WallWAS+8.5 26.8 last 10 · 18.3 season
Jimmy ButlerCHI+7.7 16.2 last 10 · 8.5 season
Roy HibbertIND+7.2 19.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Maurice HarklessORL+7.2 15.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−7.2 8.4 last 10 · 15.6 season
Shannon BrownPHX−7.0 3.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Tyson ChandlerNYK−4.7 5.7 last 10 · 10.4 season