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Saturday, March 28, 2015Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed OKC by 11 after the first quarter and won 94–89.

Final
ATL100
CHA115
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +14; Q4 CHA +15
Final
NYK80
CHI111
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +20; Q3 CHI +31; Q4 CHI +31
Final
GSW108
MIL95
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +13
Final
OKC89
UTA94
Q1 UTA -11; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +5
Final
DEN114
POR120
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +6
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 28, 2014: 12 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs MEM), 33 points.
The lead · OKC @ UTA

Utah rallies from 11 down to beat OKC

Trailing by 11 after one, Utah outscored the Thunder 73–57 the rest of the way. Final: 94–89. Trey Burke led Utah with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Russell Westbrook scored 37 for OKC in the loss.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-11-2+10+5UTA AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC3217172389
UTA2126291894
Who led
Trey BurkePoints, last 10 games: 0, 9, 8, 14, 17, 20, 16, 22, 6, 22UTA22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 29, 12, 18, 26, 22, 11, 24, 17UTA17 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 36, 24, 36, 36, 12, 27, 16, 37OKC37 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Enes KanterPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 23, 18, 19, 22, 27, 25, 16, 18OKC18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 73 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 57 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg34.4Today

34 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · DEN @ POR

Portland leads Denver wire to wire

Portland was ahead at every break and won 120–114. Best quarter: the fourth, 34–36. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 32 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over OKC5POR over DEN6GSW over MIL13CHA over ATL15CHI over NYK31Final margin, points. Pink = POR over DEN.
Top performances

Russell Westbrook 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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 36, 24, 36, 36, 12, 27, 16, 37OKC @ UTA · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 24, 24, 34, 31, 16, 19, 27, 32POR vs DEN · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 19, 16, 16, 24, 24, 33, 38, 25GSW @ MIL · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 15, 27, 25, 29, 8, 28, 15, 24CHI vs NYK · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Trey BurkePoints, last 10 games: 0, 9, 8, 14, 17, 20, 16, 22, 6, 22UTA vs OKC · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 13, 17, 18, 24, 13, 15, 12, 18, 22DEN @ POR · L
8.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 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
Jameer NelsonDEN+6.8 15.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Randy FoyeDEN+6.4 14.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Zach LaVineMIN+6.2 14.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Nerlens NoelPHI+6.1 16.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.9 17.0 last 10 · 11.1 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−6.5 1.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Blake GriffinLAC−4.5 17.3 last 10 · 21.8 season
Mason PlumleeBKN−4.0 5.4 last 10 · 9.4 season