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Sunday, March 22, 2015Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 9 points, by CHA (vs MIN) and CLE (vs MIL).

Final
SAS114
ATL95
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +19
Final
CLE108
MIL90
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE -9; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +18
Final
MIA75
OKC93
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +18
Final
NOP100
LAC107
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +7
Final
NYK89
TOR106
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +17
Final · OT
DET105
BOS97
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET -6; Q3 DET -6; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +8
Final
DEN119
ORL100
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +30; Q4 DEN +19
Final
WAS86
SAC109
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +23
Final
CHA109
MIN98
Q1 CHA -9; Q2 CHA -5; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +11
Final
DAL92
PHX98
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +6
Final
PHI87
LAL101
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +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 22, 2014: 8 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ CLE), 37 points.
The lead · CHA @ MIN

Charlotte climbs back to beat Minnesota

Minnesota led by 9 after one. Charlotte won it 109–98. Mo Williams led Charlotte with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · CHA 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 Q3Final0-9-5+4+11CHA AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA18362827109
MIN2732192098
Who led
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 21, 19, 20, 18, 7, 18, 9, 24CHA24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 23, 24, 14, 9, 10, 21, 17, 18CHA18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Gorgui DiengPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 6, 10, 21, 10, 11, 6, 19, 16MIN16 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 9, 29, 10, 16, 14, 19, 23, 37, 22, 15MIN15 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: Sacramento by 23.

PHX over DAL6LAC over NOP7DET over BOS8CHA over MIN11LAL over PHI14TOR over NYK17CLE over MIL18OKC over MIA18SAS over ATL19DEN over ORL19SAC over WAS23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 50 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg11.6Last 3

11.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 67 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg44.6Today

45 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 69 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Danilo Gallinari leads the day with 40

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.
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 14, 11, 9, 23, 24, 17, 10, 40DEN @ ORL · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +29.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Dec 17, 2000: 40 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Career high40 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 4, 7, 12, 14, 7, 15, 2, 29LAL vs PHI · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 17, 27, 31, 21, 26, 16, 29, 28CLE @ MIL · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Enes KanterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 6, 21, 18, 23, 18, 19, 22, 27OKC vs MIA · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 15, 13, 12, 1, 24, 20, 15, 27DET @ BOS · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 39, 29, 23, 43, 15, 36, 20, 26NOP @ LAC · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 5 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+7.6 19.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
JJ RedickLAC+6.5 22.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.8 18.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Elfrid PaytonORL+5.7 14.3 last 10 · 8.6 season
Isaiah ThomasBOS+5.1 21.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Cold
Donald SloanIND−7.5 0.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
KJ McDanielsHOU−5.1 3.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Jared DudleyMIL−4.3 3.1 last 10 · 7.4 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.3 11.2 last 10 · 15.5 season