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Tuesday, March 17, 2015Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed MEM by 15 at halftime and won 105–95.

Final
MEM95
DET105
Q1 DET -12; Q2 DET -15; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +10
Final · OT
SAS100
NYK104
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK -10; Q3 NYK -7; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +4
Final
ORL94
HOU107
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +13
Final
MIL84
NOP85
Q1 NOP +11; Q2 NOP -2; Q3 NOP +8; Q4 NOP +1
Final
CHA92
LAC99
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +18; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +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 17, 2014: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ CHI), 35 points.
The lead · MEM @ DET

Detroit erases 15-point lead, steals one from Memphis

Memphis led 54–39 at halftime. Detroit won the second half 66–41 to take it 105–95. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led Detroit with 24 points, 0 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-12-15-1+10DET AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM3024221995
DET18213630105
Who led
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 19, 5, 8, 6, 11, 15, 13, 12, 1, 24DET24 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 14, 17, 25, 2, 14, 11, 10, 23DET23 PTS · 2 REB · 20 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 16, 20, 19, 11, 8, 15, 6, 21MEM21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 21, 18, 8, 23, 9, 12, 14, 17MEM17 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.9Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 14.9 in 51 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg2.3Last 3

2.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 57 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg36.2Today

36 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · SAS @ NYK

New York needs overtime to survive San Antonio

Tied 96–96 after regulation. New York won the final period 8–4 for a 104–100 win. Langston Galloway led New York with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NYK vs SAS
Langston Galloway · NYKTony Parker · SASPTS2221REB46AST46Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Victor Oladipo leads the day with 29

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.
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 38, 32, 22, 13, 14, 11, 25, 29ORL @ HOU · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 19, 5, 8, 6, 11, 15, 13, 12, 1, 24DET vs MEM · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 14, 17, 25, 2, 14, 11, 10, 23DET vs MEM · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 20 AST
Donatas MotiejunasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 14, 10, 4, 18, 10, 13, 9, 23HOU vs ORL · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 18, 26, 18, 26, 25, 17, 15, 23LAC vs CHA · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Langston GallowayPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 11, 5, 14, 4, 12, 10, 7, 22NYK vs SAS · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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
Russell WestbrookOKC+5.9 33.4 last 10 · 27.5 season
Isaiah ThomasBOS+5.1 21.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.0 17.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL+4.9 14.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Donald SloanIND−6.0 2.4 last 10 · 8.4 season
Jared DudleyMIL−4.3 3.1 last 10 · 7.4 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.3 11.6 last 10 · 15.9 season
KJ McDanielsHOU−4.1 4.1 last 10 · 8.2 season