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Saturday, March 5, 2016Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed BOS by 13 after the first quarter and won 120–103.

Final
BOS103
CLE120
Q1 CLE -13; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +17
Final
UTA106
NOP94
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +12
Final
DET89
NYK102
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +13
Final
IND100
WAS99
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND -8; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +1
Final
BKN118
MIN132
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +17; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +14
Final
HOU100
CHI108
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +8
Final
SAC94
SAS104
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +10
Final
ATL107
LAC97
Q1 ATL -12; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +10
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 5, 2015: 2 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ CHI), 43 points.
The lead · BOS @ CLE

Cleveland climbs out of a 13-point hole against Boston

Down 13 after one, the Cavaliers won the third quarter 36–29 and the game 120–103. LeBron James led Cleveland with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13+1+8+17CLE AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS35192920103
CLE22333629120
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 25, 25, 12, 23, 25, 33, 19, 28CLE28 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 35, 19, 2, 30, 23, 10, 28, 22, 21, 20CLE20 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 36, 25, 22, 18, 27, 12, 18, 30, 32, 27BOS27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jared SullingerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 16, 12, 14, 12, 8, 15, 9, 17BOS17 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Second story · ATL @ LAC

Atlanta climbs back to beat Clippers

Clippers led by 12 after one. Atlanta won it 107–97. Jeff Teague led Atlanta with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ATL vs LAC
Jeff Teague · ATLChris Paul · LACPTS2217REB66AST711Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.8Season avg27.6Last 5

27.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.8 in 56 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg9.5Last 3

9.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 59 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.7Season avg40.5Today

40 minutes today, against 10.7 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Paul George 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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 31, 27, 32, 11, 23, 15, 35, 38IND @ WAS · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 37, 34, 27, 42, 46, 27, 26, 39, 36HOU @ CHI · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 37, 39, 22, 26, 35, 18, 22, 31SAC @ SAS · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 23, 34, 59, 9, 30, 12, 17, 29NOP vs UTA · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 18, 21, 10, 16, 22, 15, 12, 28CHI vs HOU · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 25, 25, 12, 23, 25, 33, 19, 28CLE vs BOS · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 8 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
James HardenHOU+5.9 34.7 last 10 · 28.8 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