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Wednesday, March 18, 2015Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed POR by 9 at halftime and won 108–104.

Final
BKN92
CLE117
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +25
Final
DET83
PHI94
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +11
Final
POR104
MIA108
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA -9; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +4
Final
MIN100
TOR105
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +5
Final
IND86
CHI103
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +17
Final
ORL102
DAL107
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +5
Final
SAS114
MIL103
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +11
Final
BOS118
OKC122
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC -4; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +4
Final
LAC116
SAC105
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +11
Final
ATL95
GSW114
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +19
Final
WAS88
UTA84
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +4
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 18, 2014: 5 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ CLE), 43 points.
The lead · POR @ MIA

Miami rallies from 9 down to beat Portland

Trailing by 9 at the half, Miami outscored the Trail Blazers 60–47 the rest of the way. Final: 108–104. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 32 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-5-9-2+4MIA AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR32252423104
MIA27213129108
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 16, 25, 28, 34, 28, 25, 32, 32MIA32 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 8, 12, 15, 11, 10, 8, 11, 24MIA24 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 29, 17, 21, 26, 22, 24, 24, 34POR34 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 5, 14, 32, 14, 28, 23, 14, 17POR17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 68 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 45 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Cavaliers rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Cleveland beat Brooklyn by 25.

MIA over POR4OKC over BOS4WAS over UTA4TOR over MIN5DAL over ORL5PHI over DET11SAS over MIL11LAC over SAC11CHI over IND17GSW over ATL19CLE over BKN25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Martin leads the day with 37

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.
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 9, 29, 10, 16, 14, 19, 23, 37MIN @ TOR · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 39, 40, 49, 43, 30, 24, 29, 36, 24, 36OKC vs BOS · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 29, 17, 21, 26, 22, 24, 24, 34POR @ MIA · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 16, 25, 28, 34, 28, 25, 32, 32MIA vs POR · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 36, 14, 2, 33, 11, 23, 21, 30LAC @ SAC · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 26, 18, 26, 25, 17, 15, 23, 27LAC @ SAC · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 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
Russell WestbrookOKC+7.4 35.0 last 10 · 27.6 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+6.6 17.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.5 18.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
JJ RedickLAC+5.1 20.7 last 10 · 15.6 season
Tony ParkerSAS+5.1 20.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Cold
Donald SloanIND−7.5 0.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Cory JosephSAS−4.6 2.9 last 10 · 7.5 season
Jared DudleyMIL−4.3 3.1 last 10 · 7.4 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.3 11.6 last 10 · 15.9 season