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Thursday, April 9, 2015Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed MIA by 19 at halftime and won 89–78.

Final · Box score
Bulls89
Heat78
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -19; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +11
Final · Box score
Blazers105
Warriors116
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 Warriors 0; Q4 GSW +11
On this day · 2013–14Apr 9, 2014: 12 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (Heat-Grizzlies), 37 points.
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The lead · Bulls-Heat

Chicago erases 19-point lead, steals one from Miami

Stephen Curry goes for 45 points

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-19+6+11CHI AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls2012332489
Heat183381978
Who led
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 11, 27, 27, 18, 19, 14, 26, 12, 15, 16CHI16 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Taj GibsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 13, 4, 2, 12, 12, 10, 5, 15, 14CHI14 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 14, 13, 7, 10, 17, 13, 12, 19MIA19 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 6, 10, 19, 11, 21, 15, 28, 15MIA15 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Blazers-Warriors

Golden State handles Portland by 11

The Warriors won the fourth quarter 32–21. Final: 116–105. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 45 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Warriors-Blazers
Stephen Curry · GSWLaMarcus Aldridge · PORPTS4527REB26AST104Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Blazers-Warriors8
Bulls-Heat6
The night in charts
Blazers-Warriors combined for 221, 54 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-WarriorsBlazers 105, Warriors 116
221
Bulls-HeatBulls 89, Heat 78
167
GSW won the closest game by 11
Closest finishes
Blazers-WarriorsBlazers 105, Warriors 116
+11 GSW
Bulls-HeatBulls 89, Heat 78
+11 CHI
Steph shot 17-of-23 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
StephGSW · 45 PTS, 10 AST, 2 REB
74% (17-23)
WhitesideMIA · 19 PTS, 16 REB, 1 BLK
60% (9-15)
CJPOR · 17 PTS, 2 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
57% (8-14)
GibsonCHI · 14 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
50% (6-12)
KlayGSW · 26 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
48% (10-21)
Final · Blazers-Warriors
Blazers 105Warriors 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers27273021105
Warriors30272732116
The story
Klay Thompson had 26 points as Golden State beat Portland 116-105

Damian Lillard led Portland with 20 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB 26 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST · 10-21 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

The Warriors won the fourth 32-21, their biggest quarter edge.

GSW lead by quarter
200 +3+30+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bulls-Heat
Bulls 89Heat 78
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls2012332489
Heat183381978
The story
Pau Gasol's 16 points and 15 rebounds carried Chicago past Miami, 89-78

For Miami, Goran Dragic had 15 PTS, 2 REB 16 PTS, 15 REB, 1 AST · 8-17 FG

The swing

The Bulls trailed by 19 going into the third, then won it 33-8.

CHI lead by quarter
200 +2−19+6+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Hassan Whiteside was the fantasy play: 39.2 FPTS on 19 PTS, 16 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 59 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 64 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg37.9Today

38 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 45

Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 38, 25, 27, 28, 11, 24, 25, 45Warriors-Blazers · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Allen Iverson PHI, Jan 24, 2005: 45 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
45 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 27, 32, 17, 29, 14, 21, 24, 27Blazers-Warriors · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 28, 21, 25, 16, 21, 6, 7, 26Warriors-Blazers · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 8, 19, 18, 20, 19, 36, 17, 20Blazers-Warriors · L
21.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 14, 13, 7, 10, 17, 13, 12, 19Heat-Bulls · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 9, 4, 13, 27, 10, 15, 13, 17Blazers-Warriors · L
6.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Brook LopezBKN+8.4 25.6 last 10 · 17.2 season
Zach LaVineMIN+8.3 17.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL+8.2 19.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Reggie JacksonDET+7.3 21.7 last 10 · 14.4 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+7.3 19.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
KJ McDanielsHOU−6.8 1.1 last 10 · 7.9 season
Donald SloanIND−6.3 1.7 last 10 · 8.0 season
Mason PlumleeBKN−4.8 4.1 last 10 · 8.9 season
D.J. AugustinOKC−4.1 5.7 last 10 · 9.8 season