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Sunday, March 8, 2015Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed BOS by 14 after the first quarter and won 103–98.

Final
CHI105
SAS116
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +11
Final
LAC98
GSW106
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +8
Final
UTA95
BKN88
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +7
Final
CHA108
DET101
Q1 CHA -6; Q2 CHA -8; Q3 CHA -6; Q4 CHA +7
Final
BOS98
ORL103
Q1 ORL -14; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +5
Final
TOR104
OKC108
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC +4
Final
DAL100
LAL93
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +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 8, 2014: 6 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (CLE vs NYK), 30 points.
The lead · BOS @ ORL

Orlando turns it around against Boston

From 14 down after one to a 5-point win: 103–98. Victor Oladipo led Orlando with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14-60+5ORL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS3118202998
ORL17262634103
Who led
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 22, 17, 13, 19, 21, 38, 32, 22ORL22 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 15, 4, 12, 15, 13, 11, 19, 21ORL21 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 21, 19, 28, 20, 11, 21, 27, 21BOS21 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Brandon BassPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 18, 8, 8, 15, 15, 7, 17, 19BOS19 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 63 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.6Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: San Antonio by 11.

OKC over TOR4ORL over BOS5UTA over BKN7CHA over DET7DAL over LAL7GSW over LAC8SAS over CHI11Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Tony Parker leads the day with 32

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.
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 2, 5, 2, 19, 6, 19, 24, 32SAS vs CHI · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 23, 20, 19, 12, 20, 12, 6, 31DAL @ LAL · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 24, 34, 33, 21, 20, 39, 40, 49, 43, 30OKC vs TOR · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Feb 28, 2024: 30 PTS · 11 REB · 16 AST
30 PTS · 11 REB · 17 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 8, 17, 22, 16, 9, 14, 17, 25DET vs CHA · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 14, 18, 14, 13, 35, 25, 30, 24TOR @ OKC · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 8, 16, 14, 16, 21, 19, 23, 24CHA @ DET · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 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+6.8 16.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL+6.3 15.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Mo WilliamsCHA+6.2 20.1 last 10 · 13.9 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+5.9 33.3 last 10 · 27.4 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.3 17.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Arron AfflaloPOR−5.5 8.4 last 10 · 13.9 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.7 12.6 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cory JosephSAS−4.2 3.6 last 10 · 7.8 season
Donald SloanIND−4.0 4.8 last 10 · 8.8 season