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Friday, March 20, 2015Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed MIL by 10 at halftime and won 129–127.

Final
POR104
ORL111
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL -6; Q4 ORL +7
Final
NYK81
PHI97
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +16
Final · 3OT
MIL127
BKN129
Q1 BKN +1; Q2 BKN -10; Q3 BKN -5; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN 0; OT2 BKN 0; OT3 BKN +2
Final
IND92
CLE95
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +3
Final
DEN91
MIA108
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +17
Final
TOR92
CHI108
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +16
Final
ATL115
OKC123
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC -7; Q3 OKC -5; Q4 OKC +8
Final
MEM112
DAL101
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +11
Final
BOS89
SAS101
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +12
Final
CHA91
SAC101
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +10
Final
NOP96
GSW112
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +16
Final
WAS99
LAC113
Q1 LAC +14; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +14
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 20, 2014: 4 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ CLE), 35 points.
The lead · MIL @ BKN

Brook Lopez scores 32, Brooklyn wins in triple overtime

Tied 101–101 after regulation. Final: 129–127.

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (7 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.End OT1End OT2Final0+1-10-5000+2BKN AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2OT3T
MIL3038161710610127
BKN3127212210612129
Who led
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 26, 8, 19, 19, 15, 15, 10, 16, 10, 32BKN32 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 10, 19, 10, 15, 21, 19, 9, 24BKN24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 30, 17, 30, 18, 17, 4, 15, 29MIL29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 5, 29, 11, 12, 19, 15, 19, 23MIL23 PTS · 14 REB · 2 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
9.2Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 69 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 63 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg55.2Today

55 minutes today, against 29.1 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 29 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · ATL @ OKC

OKC takes care of Atlanta

An 8-point win, 123–115. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 36 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BKN over MIL2CLE over IND3ORL over POR7OKC over ATL8SAC over CHA10MEM over DAL11SAS over BOS12LAC over WAS14PHI over NYK16CHI over TOR16GSW over NOP16MIA over DEN17Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over ATL.
Top performances

Russell Westbrook 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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 40, 49, 43, 30, 24, 29, 36, 24, 36, 36OKC vs ATL · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Dec 17, 2004: 36 PTS · 10 REB · 14 AST
36 PTS · 10 REB · 14 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 10, 39, 27, 23, 26, 24, 23, 33SAC vs CHA · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 26, 8, 19, 19, 15, 15, 10, 16, 10, 32BKN vs MIL · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 17, 21, 26, 22, 24, 24, 34, 31POR @ ORL · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 14, 2, 33, 11, 23, 21, 30, 30LAC vs WAS · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 15 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 30, 17, 30, 18, 17, 4, 15, 29MIL @ BKN · L
13.0 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 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+6.9 34.7 last 10 · 27.8 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+6.4 19.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
JJ RedickLAC+6.3 22.1 last 10 · 15.8 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+6.3 17.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Elfrid PaytonORL+5.9 14.6 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Donald SloanIND−7.5 0.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Jared DudleyMIL−4.3 3.1 last 10 · 7.4 season
KJ McDanielsHOU−4.1 4.1 last 10 · 8.2 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.0 11.7 last 10 · 15.7 season