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Friday, March 4, 2016Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed UTA by 9 after the first quarter and won 94–88.

Final
IND101
CHA108
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA -2; Q4 CHA +7
Final
PHX102
ORL84
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +18
Final
MIA112
PHI102
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +10
Final
NYK104
BOS105
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS -6; Q4 BOS +1
Final
POR115
TOR117
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +2
Final
WAS83
CLE108
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +25
Final
UTA88
MEM94
Q1 MEM -9; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM -5; Q4 MEM +6
Final
MIN101
MIL116
Q1 MIL -6; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +15
Final · OT
BKN121
DEN120
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN +6; Q3 BKN 0; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN +1
Final
ATL106
LAL77
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +18; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +29
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 4, 2015: 13 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC vs PHI), 49 points.
The lead · UTA @ MEM

Memphis rallies from 9 down to beat Utah

Trailing by 9 after one, Memphis outscored the Jazz 75–60 the rest of the way. Final: 94–88. Zach Randolph led Memphis with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MEM 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+10-5+6MEM AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2811331688
MEM1930182794
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 17, 18, 14, 15, 19, 22, 19, 25MEM25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Lance StephensonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 12, 16, 8, 14, 12, 14, 7, 16MEM16 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 22, 21, 28, 11, 27, 16, 26, 18UTA18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 23, 22, 19, 25, 13, 11, 15, 14UTA14 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Hawks rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Atlanta beat Lakers by 29.

BOS over NYK1BKN over DEN1TOR over POR2MEM over UTA6CHA over IND7MIA over PHI10MIL over MIN15PHX over ORL18CLE over WAS25ATL over LAL29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 57 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg8.1Last 3

8.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg44.8Today

45 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 50

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 51, 30, 34, 23, 31, 33, 30, 20, 50POR @ TOR · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +24.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jaylen Brown BOS, Jan 3, 2026: 50 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
50 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 35, 22, 21, 22, 31, 6, 20, 31, 38TOR vs POR · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 20, 31, 27, 32, 11, 23, 15, 35IND @ CHA · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 25, 28, 20, 22, 9, 26, 30, 33CHA vs IND · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 15, 36, 25, 22, 18, 27, 12, 18, 30, 32BOS vs NYK · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 20, 12, 18, 21, 26, 30, 23, 32MIL vs MIN · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 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+7.5 33.3 last 10 · 25.8 season
Alex LenPHX+7.3 15.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Jabari ParkerMIL+7.1 19.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+6.6 20.2 last 10 · 13.6 season
Doug McDermottCHI+6.2 15.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Trey BurkeUTA−5.7 5.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Luis ScolaTOR−4.9 3.7 last 10 · 8.6 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Allen CrabbePOR−4.3 6.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
Gerald GreenMIA−3.8 5.7 last 10 · 9.5 season