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Wednesday, March 4, 2015Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed ORL by 9 at halftime and won 105–100.

Final
NYK82
IND105
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +24; Q3 IND +24; Q4 IND +23
Final
PHX105
ORL100
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -9; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +5
Final
CHA115
BKN91
Q1 CHA +20; Q2 CHA +12; Q3 CHA +22; Q4 CHA +24
Final
UTA84
BOS85
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +1
Final
CLE120
TOR112
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +8
Final
MEM102
HOU100
Q1 MEM -7; Q2 MEM -5; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +2
Final
LAL94
MIA100
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +6
Final
DEN100
MIN85
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +15
Final
DET85
NOP88
Q1 NOP -7; Q2 NOP -4; Q3 NOP +2; Q4 NOP +3
Final · OT
PHI118
OKC123
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC -6; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +5
Final
SAC85
SAS112
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +27
Final
MIL93
GSW102
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +9
Final · OT
POR98
LAC93
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +5
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 4, 2014: 6 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs PHI), 42 points.
The lead · PHX @ ORL

Phoenix climbs back to beat Orlando

Orlando led by 9 at the half. Phoenix won it 105–100. Brandon Knight led Phoenix with 28 points, 1 rebound and 7 assists. Victor Oladipo scored 38 for Orlando in the loss.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-9+8+5PHX AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX22213428105
ORL25271731100
Who led
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 26, 8, 20, 13, 20, 19, 15, 1, 13, 28PHX28 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 31, 7, 7, 5, 29, 10, 13, 23PHX23 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 13, 19, 22, 17, 13, 19, 21, 38ORL38 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 14, 28, 18, 31, 26, 21, 10, 18ORL18 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 13 games went past regulation.

BOS over UTA1MEM over HOU2NOP over DET3PHX over ORL5OKC over PHI5POR over LAC5MIA over LAL6CLE over TOR8GSW over MIL9DEN over MIN15IND over NYK23CHA over BKN24SAS over SAC27Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.9Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 4.9 in 36 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg5.4Last 3

5.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 46 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 49

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 24, 34, 33, 21, 20, 39, 40, 49OKC vs PHI · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Jan 19, 2022: 49 PTS · 14 REB · 10 AST
Career high49 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 24, 29, 23, 41, 8, 13, 6, 39NOP vs DET · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 13, 19, 22, 17, 13, 19, 21, 38ORL vs PHX · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 22, 10, 30, 22, 19, 28, 26, 36LAC vs POR · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Isaiah CanaanPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 0, 14, 11, 11, 8, 5, 14, 31PHI @ OKC · L
7.8 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 31, 28, 18, 19, 42, 37, 27, 29CLE @ TOR · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 14 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
Jordan ClarksonLAL+5.6 14.4 last 10 · 8.8 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+5.1 15.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
PJ TuckerPHX+4.8 13.6 last 10 · 8.8 season
DeAndre JordanLAC+4.5 15.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Chris PaulLAC+4.5 23.0 last 10 · 18.5 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−5.4 14.0 last 10 · 19.4 season
Gerald GreenPHX−4.7 7.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jeff GreenMEM−4.7 10.5 last 10 · 15.2 season