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Thursday, April 10, 2014Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed GSW by 13 after the first quarter and won 100–99.

Final · Box score
Spurs109
Mavs100
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +9
Final · Box score
Nuggets100
Warriors99
Q1 DEN -13; Q2 DEN -10; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +1
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The lead · Nuggets-Warriors

Denver rallies from 13 down to beat Golden State

Timofey Mozgov goes for 29 rebounds

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-10-2+1DEN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets15283027100
Warriors2825222499
Who led
Timofey MozgovPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 14, 7, 23, 15, 13, 15, 22, 23DEN23 PTS · 29 REB · 3 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 8, 20, 13, 9, 21, 11, 30, 20DEN20 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 20, 33, 32, 23, 11, 13, 31, 24GSW24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 16, 14, 15, 27, 15, 21, 33, 21GSW21 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Spurs-Mavs

San Antonio beats Dallas, 109–100

San Antonio led 83–72 after three and won by 9. Patty Mills led San Antonio with 26 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Spurs-Mavs
Patty Mills · SASMonta Ellis · DALPTS2624REB24AST64Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Spurs-Mavs8
Nuggets-Warriors5
Shot of the night

Faried's jumper with 1 second left puts the Nuggets ahead, 100-99 final

The night in charts
Spurs-Mavs combined for 209, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-MavsSpurs 109, Mavs 100
209
Nuggets-WarriorsNuggets 100, Warriors 99
199
DEN won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Nuggets-WarriorsNuggets 100, Warriors 99
+1 DEN
Spurs-MavsSpurs 109, Mavs 100
+9 SAS
DEN erased a 13-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nuggets-WarriorsDEN won · Nuggets 100, Warriors 99
13 pts
Spurs-MavsSAS won · Spurs 109, Mavs 100
2 pts
Mozgov shot 10-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MozgovDEN · 29 REB, 23 PTS, 3 AST, 3 BLK
67% (10-15)
SplitterSAS · 12 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
DuncanSAS · 20 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
DirkDAL · 19 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
57% (8-14)
CrawfordGSW · 10 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
50% (5-10)
Final · Nuggets-Warriors
Nuggets 100Warriors 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets15283027100
Warriors2825222499
The story
Randy Foye had 20 points as Denver beat Golden State 100-99

Klay Thompson led Golden State with 21 PTS, 2 REB 20 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST · 7-23 FG, 4-13 3PT

The swing

Down 10 after the second, the Nuggets took the third 30-22.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −13−10−2+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Mavs
Spurs 109Mavs 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs30193426109
Mavs22292128100
The story
Tim Duncan's 20 points and 15 rebounds carried San Antonio past Dallas, 109-100

For Dallas, Monta Ellis had 24 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 20 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST · 7-12 FG

The swing

The Spurs trailed by 2 going into the third, then won it 34-21.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +8−2+11+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kawhi Leonard was the fantasy play: 47.7 FPTS on 16 PTS, 16 REB, 5 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 78 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg21.8Last 3

21.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 61 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg39.5Today

39 minutes today, against 21.4 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Patty Mills leads the day with 26

Patty MillsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 16, 13, 10, 13, 21, 7, 8, 26Spurs-Mavs · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 20, 33, 32, 23, 11, 13, 31, 24Warriors-Nuggets · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 12, 17, 27, 12, 8, 23, 16, 24Mavs-Spurs · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Timofey MozgovPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 14, 7, 23, 15, 13, 15, 22, 23Nuggets-Warriors · W
9.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high23 PTS · 29 REB · 3 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 16, 14, 15, 27, 15, 21, 33, 21Warriors-Nuggets · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 20, 12, 9, 15, 17, 13, 10, 20Spurs-Mavs · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jordan HillLAL+6.3 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+6.3 19.8 last 10 · 13.5 season
Ramon SessionsMIL+6.1 18.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
JR SmithNYK+6.0 20.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Timofey MozgovDEN+5.6 14.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−8.5 5.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Glen DavisLAC−5.7 3.8 last 10 · 9.5 season
Tony AllenMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Kevin LoveMIN−4.8 21.0 last 10 · 25.8 season
Channing FryePHX−4.7 6.3 last 10 · 11.0 season