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Wednesday, March 2, 2016Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed OKC by 20 at halftime and won 103–98.

Final
CHI89
ORL102
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +13
Final
CHA119
PHI99
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +20
Final
POR93
BOS116
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +24; Q4 BOS +23
Final
UTA94
TOR104
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +10
Final
NOP95
HOU100
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU +5
Final
SAC98
MEM104
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +16; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +6
Final
IND104
MIL99
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +5
Final
WAS104
MIN98
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +6
Final
DET81
SAS97
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +16
Final
LAL107
DEN117
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +10
Final
OKC98
LAC103
Q1 LAC -13; Q2 LAC -20; Q3 LAC -17; Q4 LAC +5
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 · 2014–15Mar 2, 2015: 5 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR @ PHI), 35 points.
The lead · OKC @ LAC

Clippers erase 20-point lead, steal one from OKC

OKC led 58–38 at halftime. Clippers won the second half 65–40 to take it 103–98. Chris Paul led Clippers with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 13 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-20-17+5LAC AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC3721271398
LAC24143035103
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 35, 28, 24, 16, 17, 40, 23, 21LAC21 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
DeAndre JordanPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 21, 9, 16, 17, 7, 8, 10, 20LAC20 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 32, 23, 31, 26, 24, 32, 37, 27, 30OKC30 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 23, 23, 20, 24, 44, 26, 20, 24OKC24 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Second story · NOP @ HOU

Houston handles New Orleans by 5

The Rockets won the second quarter 28–24. Final: 100–95. James Harden led Houston with 39 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over NOP5IND over MIL5LAC over OKC5MEM over SAC6WAS over MIN6TOR over UTA10DEN over LAL10ORL over CHI13SAS over DET16CHA over PHI20BOS over POR23Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over NOP.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.9Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.9 in 59 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 55 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg37.1Today

37 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 39

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 33, 37, 34, 27, 42, 46, 27, 26, 39HOU vs NOP · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 25, 14, 27, 18, 22, 21, 43, 32TOR vs UTA · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 35, 22, 21, 22, 31, 6, 20, 31TOR vs UTA · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 32, 23, 31, 26, 24, 32, 37, 27, 30OKC @ LAC · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 25, 25, 28, 20, 22, 9, 26, 30CHA @ PHI · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 36, 25, 22, 18, 27, 12, 18, 30BOS vs POR · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
Damian LillardPOR+6.3 31.6 last 10 · 25.3 season
Doug McDermottCHI+6.2 15.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.0 36.7 last 10 · 30.7 season
Jabari ParkerMIL+5.7 18.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+5.2 18.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Cold
Trey BurkeUTA−5.3 5.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Luis ScolaTOR−4.4 4.3 last 10 · 8.7 season
Al JeffersonCHA−3.9 8.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
Gerald GreenMIA−3.8 5.7 last 10 · 9.5 season