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Thursday, December 11, 2014Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SAC by 10 after the first quarter and won 113–109.

Final · Box score
Cavs94
Thunder103
Q1 OKC -8; Q2 Thunder 0; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +9
Final · OT · Box score
Rockets113
Kings109
Q1 HOU -10; Q2 HOU -10; Q3 HOU -8; Q4 Rockets 0; OT1 HOU +4
On this day · 2013–14Dec 11, 2013: 9 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (Warriors-Mavs), 33 points.
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The lead · Rockets-Kings

James Harden scores 44 as Houston beats Sacramento

Russell Westbrook goes for 26 points

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-10-10-80+4HOU AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Rockets1620253418113
Kings2620232614109
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 26, 16, 34, 21, 38, 15, 34, 44HOU44 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Patrick BeverleyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 15, 12, 10, 15, 20, 19, 12, 15HOU15 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 15, 16, 4, 20, 22, 16, 26, 24SAC24 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Ben McLemorePoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 14, 18, 21, 12, 2, 6, 15, 21SAC21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Cavs-Thunder

OKC climbs back to beat Cleveland

Cleveland led by 8 after one. OKC won it 103–94. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Thunder-Cavs
Russell Westbrook · OKCKyrie Irving · CLEPTS2620REB73AST86Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Rockets-Kings combined for 222, 25 more than any other game
Points by game
Rockets-KingsRockets 113, Kings 109
222
Cavs-ThunderCavs 94, Thunder 103
197
HOU won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Rockets-KingsRockets 113, Kings 109
+4 HOU
Cavs-ThunderCavs 94, Thunder 103
+9 OKC
HOU erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Rockets-KingsHOU won · Rockets 113, Kings 109
10 pts
Cavs-ThunderOKC won · Cavs 94, Thunder 103
8 pts
McLemore shot 9-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
McLemoreSAC · 21 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST
60% (9-15)
MotiejunasHOU · 14 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
55% (6-11)
WestbrookOKC · 26 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB, 1 STL
50% (12-24)
CollisonSAC · 24 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL
50% (10-20)
Reggie JacksonOKC · 13 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST
45% (5-11)
Final · Rockets-Kings
Rockets 113Kings 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Rockets1620253418113
Kings2620232614109
The story
Patrick Beverley had 15 points and 10 rebounds as Houston beat Sacramento 113-109 in OT

Rudy Gay led Sacramento with 13 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST 15 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 5-12 FG, 4-8 3PT

The swing

Down 8 after the third, the Rockets took the fourth 34-26.

HOU lead by quarter
200 −10−10−80+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Cavs-Thunder
Cavs 94Thunder 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2621192894
Thunder18293125103
The story
Kevin Durant's 19 points carried Oklahoma City past Cleveland, 103-94

For Cleveland, Kyrie Irving had 20 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB 19 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST · 6-14 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 31-19, was where the Thunder built it.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −80+12+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 21 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.4Season avg28.3Last 3

28.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.4 in 18 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.9Season avg33.0Today

33 minutes today, against 9.9 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 44

James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 26, 16, 34, 21, 38, 15, 34, 44Rockets-Kings · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Nick Van Exel DEN, Apr 15, 2000: 44 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Season high44 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 8 games: 38, 2, 32, 21, 27, 22, 28, 26Thunder-Cavs · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 15, 16, 4, 20, 22, 16, 26, 24Kings-Rockets · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Ben McLemorePoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 14, 18, 21, 12, 2, 6, 15, 21Kings-Rockets · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 18, 24, 28, 37, 15, 7, 13, 20Cavs-Thunder · L
20.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 5 games: 27, 10, 28, 23, 19Thunder-Cavs · W
21.4 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Donatas MotiejunasHOU+5.2 15.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Andre DrummondDET+3.6 14.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Wilson ChandlerDEN+3.3 18.0 last 10 · 14.7 season
James HardenHOU+3.2 29.6 last 10 · 26.4 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+3.1 19.3 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−4.4 9.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Iman ShumpertNYK−3.1 6.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Shawne WilliamsMIA−3.1 5.4 last 10 · 8.5 season
Chris CopelandIND−2.9 8.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Kobe BryantLAL−2.3 23.2 last 10 · 25.5 season