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Sunday, March 15, 2015Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed LAC by 8 after the first quarter and won 100–98.

Final
CHI100
OKC109
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC 0; Q3 OKC +5; Q4 OKC +9
Final
HOU100
LAC98
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +2
Final · 2OT
DEN118
NOP111
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN -6; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN 0; OT2 DEN +7
Final
CLE123
ORL108
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +15
Final
MIN97
SAS123
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +30; Q4 SAS +26
Final
POR113
TOR97
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +16
Final
NYK89
PHX102
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +13
Final
ATL91
LAL86
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +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 15, 2014: 6 games. Top scorer: John Wall (WAS vs BKN), 33 points.
The lead · HOU @ LAC

James Harden scores 34, Houston rallies past Clippers

Houston trailed by 8 after one and won 100–98.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-8+8+10+2HOU AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU22362616100
LAC3020242498
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 15, 33, 18, 38, 28, 18, 15, 34HOU34 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 4, 9, 8, 4, 19, 11, 4, 19HOU19 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 28, 26, 36, 14, 2, 33, 11, 23LAC23 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 6, 13, 6, 9, 13, 22, 14, 19LAC19 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: San Antonio by 26.

HOU over LAC2ATL over LAL5DEN over NOP7OKC over CHI9PHX over NYK13CLE over ORL15POR over TOR16SAS over MIN26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.7Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.7 in 67 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 66 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg47.0Today

47 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 36

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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 41, 8, 13, 6, 39, 29, 23, 43, 15, 36NOP vs DEN · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 39, 40, 49, 43, 30, 24, 29, 36OKC vs CHI · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 15, 33, 18, 38, 28, 18, 15, 34HOU @ LAC · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 24, 18, 26, 20, 8, 22, 57, 33CLE @ ORL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 8, 29, 23, 26, 10, 19, 18, 16, 15, 27CHI @ OKC · L
9.0 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 19, 22, 17, 21, 11, 26, 13, 25NOP vs DEN · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 10 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+6.6 17.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Mo WilliamsCHA+6.4 20.6 last 10 · 14.2 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+6.4 19.3 last 10 · 12.9 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+5.6 33.1 last 10 · 27.5 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL+5.5 15.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Donald SloanIND−4.9 3.7 last 10 · 8.6 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.5 12.7 last 10 · 17.2 season
Jared DudleyMIL−4.3 3.1 last 10 · 7.4 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.3 11.6 last 10 · 15.9 season