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Friday, March 6, 2015Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed BKN by 11 after three quarters and won 108–100.

Final
TOR94
CHA103
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +9
Final
CHI84
IND98
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +14
Final
SAC114
ORL119
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +5
Final
UTA89
PHI83
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +6
Final
MIA97
WAS99
Q1 WAS +22; Q2 WAS +28; Q3 WAS +15; Q4 WAS +2
Final
CLE97
ATL106
Q1 ATL +17; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +9
Final · OT
PHX108
BKN100
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX -11; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +8
Final
DET93
HOU103
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +10
Final
LAL90
MEM97
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM -4; Q4 MEM +7
Final
BOS104
NOP98
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +6
Final
DEN111
SAS120
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +9
Final
DAL89
GSW104
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +15
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 6, 2014: 3 games. Top scorer: Gerald Green (PHX vs OKC), 41 points.
The lead · PHX @ BKN

Phoenix outlasts Brooklyn in overtime

92–92 at the end of regulation. Phoenix took the last extra period 16–8. Final: 108–100. Eric Bledsoe led Phoenix with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final00+4-110+8PHX AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHX2129192316108
BKN212534128100
Who led
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 32, 12, 13, 21, 18, 28, 12, 20, 13, 19PHX19 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 3, 14, 17, 5, 12, 11, 19, 11, 7, 19PHX19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 22, 19, 15, 12, 7, 26, 8, 19BKN19 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Cory JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 1, 2, 0, 2, 7, 3, 6, 12BKN12 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 62 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg2.7Last 3

2.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 54 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg36.4Today

36 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · LAL @ MEM

Lakers' skid reaches four

Memphis won 97–90; the Lakers fall to 16–45. Zach Randolph led Memphis with 24 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · LAL
Lvs DEN96–106L@ POR86–102Lvs BKN105–114Wvs BOS118–111W@ UTA100–97Wvs MIL101–93Lvs OKC101–108L@ CHA103–104L@ MIA94–100L@ MEM90–97LAL: last 10 games through Mar 6, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Rudy Gay leads the day with 39

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.
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 28, 15, 28, 16, 24, 25, 10, 39SAC @ ORL · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 40, 9, 26, 20, 31, 21, 15, 33, 18, 38HOU vs DET · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Nov 24, 2007: 37 PTS · 12 REB · 12 AST
38 PTS · 12 REB · 12 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 19, 22, 17, 13, 19, 21, 38, 32ORL vs SAC · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 10, 14, 18, 14, 13, 35, 25, 30TOR @ CHA · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 24, 29, 23, 41, 8, 13, 6, 39, 29NOP vs BOS · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 15, 28, 31, 21, 16, 22, 14, 29SAC @ ORL · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 2 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
Danilo GallinariDEN+6.1 16.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL+5.6 14.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+5.5 32.9 last 10 · 27.4 season
Mo WilliamsCHA+5.4 19.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
PJ TuckerPHX+5.2 14.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Monta EllisDAL−5.2 13.8 last 10 · 19.0 season
Arron AfflaloPOR−5.1 8.8 last 10 · 13.9 season
Mike ConleyMEM−4.8 11.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.5 12.9 last 10 · 17.4 season