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Sunday, March 1, 2015Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed BOS by 16 at halftime and won 106–101.

Final
LAC96
CHI86
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +10
Final · OT
CLE103
HOU105
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +2
Final
GSW106
BOS101
Q1 GSW -13; Q2 GSW -16; Q3 GSW -11; Q4 GSW +5
Final
PHI74
IND94
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +20
Final
CHA98
ORL83
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +1; Q3 CHA +11; Q4 CHA +15
Final
POR110
SAC99
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +11
Final
OKC108
LAL101
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +7
Final
NOP99
DEN92
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP 0; Q3 NOP 0; Q4 NOP +7
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2013–14Mar 1, 2014: 9 games. Top scorer: Trevor Ariza (WAS @ PHI), 40 points.
The lead · GSW @ BOS

Stephen Curry drops 37 in 16-point comeback win over Boston

Boston led by 16 at the half. Final: 106–101.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-16-11+5GSW AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW25242631106
BOS38272115101
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 51, 26, 22, 20, 25, 25, 32, 18, 22, 37GSW37 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 13, 14, 20, 39, 17, 13, 25, 20GSW20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 24, 6, 10, 26, 14, 21, 21, 19, 28, 20BOS20 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Tyler ZellerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 10, 6, 22, 8, 12, 8, 7, 17BOS17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.6Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 4.6 in 34 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 44 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg50.8Today

51 minutes today, against 28.7 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Indiana by 20.

HOU over CLE2GSW over BOS5OKC over LAL7NOP over DEN7LAC over CHI10POR over SAC11CHA over ORL15IND over PHI20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 37

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 22, 18, 31, 28, 18, 19, 42, 37CLE @ HOU · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 51, 26, 22, 20, 25, 25, 32, 18, 22, 37GSW @ BOS · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 45, 40, 9, 26, 20, 31, 21, 15, 33HOU vs CLE · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 26, 23, 15, 19, 18, 18, 29, 31POR @ SAC · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 3, 7, 3, 8, 16, 6, 8, 29CHI vs LAC · L
7.6 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 25, 12, 22, 10, 30, 22, 19, 28LAC @ CHI · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
DeAndre JordanLAC+4.3 15.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Jarrett JackBKN+4.2 16.7 last 10 · 12.5 season
Quincy PondexterNOP+4.2 10.4 last 10 · 6.2 season
Alan AndersonBKN+4.2 11.2 last 10 · 7.0 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC+4.1 20.6 last 10 · 16.5 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Kyle LowryTOR−6.1 11.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Monta EllisDAL−5.2 14.1 last 10 · 19.3 season
Gerald GreenPHX−5.2 7.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Arron AfflaloPOR−4.5 9.7 last 10 · 14.2 season