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Tuesday, March 24, 2015Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed MIA by 14 after three quarters and won 89–88.

Final
TOR104
DET108
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +4
Final
SAS94
DAL101
Q1 DAL -12; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +7
Final
MIA88
MIL89
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL -14; Q4 MIL +1
Final
LAL117
OKC127
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +15; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +10
Final
PHI106
SAC107
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC -7; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +1
Final
GSW122
POR108
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW -5; Q3 GSW +13; Q4 GSW +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 24, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: Tyreke Evans (NOP vs BKN), 33 points.
The lead · MIA @ MIL

Milwaukee fights back late to top Miami

Miami led 79–65 after three. Milwaukee won the fourth 24–9 and the game 89–88. Ersan Ilyasova led Milwaukee with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-5-2-14+1MIL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA272428988
MIL2227162489
Who led
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 12, 19, 12, 15, 17, 20, 14, 19MIL19 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 5, 29, 11, 12, 19, 15, 19, 23, 15, 16MIL16 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 34, 28, 25, 32, 32, 22, 12, 21MIA21 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 18, 17, 18, 20, 20, 18, 12, 16MIA16 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 70 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 59 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Golden State by 14.

MIL over MIA1SAC over PHI1DET over TOR4DAL over SAS7OKC over LAL10GSW over POR14Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 38

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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 31, 17, 14, 24, 21, 12, 11, 38DAL vs SAS · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 29, 27, 12, 20, 39, 30, 20, 20, 33SAC vs PHI · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 12, 36, 9, 25, 19, 16, 16, 24, 24, 33GSW @ POR · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 15, 10, 11, 10, 17, 8, 8, 30LAL @ OKC · L
10.0 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 32, 14, 28, 23, 14, 17, 18, 27, 29POR vs GSW · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 2, 14, 11, 10, 23, 11, 22, 17, 28DET vs TOR · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 9 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+5.7 18.8 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