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Monday, March 7, 2016Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed SAC by 13 at halftime and won 115–112.

Final
MIN103
CHA108
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA -2; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +5
Final
MEM106
CLE103
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +3
Final
SAS91
IND99
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +8
Final
MIL90
CHI100
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +10
Final
SAC112
NOP115
Q1 NOP +2; Q2 NOP -13; Q3 NOP -6; Q4 NOP +3
Final
LAC109
DAL90
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +19
Final
ORL113
GSW119
Q1 GSW +13; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +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 · 2014–15Mar 7, 2015: 8 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ MIN), 32 points.
The lead · SAC @ NOP

Anthony Davis scores 31, New Orleans rallies past Sacramento

New Orleans trailed by 13 at the half and won 115–112. DeMarcus Cousins scored 40 for Sacramento in the loss.

Game flow · NOP 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+2-13-6+3NOP AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC31322623112
NOP33173332115
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 34, 59, 9, 30, 12, 17, 29, 31NOP31 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Norris ColePoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 5, 9, 21, 7, 21, 11, 6, 23NOP23 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 37, 39, 22, 26, 35, 18, 22, 31, 40SAC40 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 22, 24, 16, 11, 23, 9, 9, 18SAC18 PTS · 10 REB · 2 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
13.0Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.0 in 57 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg5.4Last 3

5.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 53 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg36.5Today

37 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Clippers by 19.

MEM over CLE3NOP over SAC3CHA over MIN5GSW over ORL6IND over SAS8CHI over MIL10LAC over DAL19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 41

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 23, 36, 42, 51, 46, 33, 18, 41GSW vs ORL · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Dec 20, 2000: 41 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
41 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 37, 39, 22, 26, 35, 18, 22, 31, 40SAC @ NOP · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Aaron Gordon ORL, Nov 29, 2017: 40 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
40 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 28, 20, 22, 9, 26, 30, 33, 34CHA vs MIN · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 34, 59, 9, 30, 12, 17, 29, 31NOP vs SAC · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 28, 16, 30, 12, 14, 21, 28, 28MIN @ CHA · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 25, 12, 23, 25, 33, 19, 28, 28CLE vs MEM · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 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
Alex LenPHX+8.5 17.1 last 10 · 8.6 season
Jabari ParkerMIL+8.4 21.5 last 10 · 13.1 season
Damian LillardPOR+7.0 32.8 last 10 · 25.8 season
James HardenHOU+6.4 35.4 last 10 · 29.0 season
Goran DragicMIA+5.7 19.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Cold
Trey BurkeUTA−5.7 5.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Gerald GreenMIA−4.1 5.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Allen CrabbePOR−4.1 6.3 last 10 · 10.4 season
Ty LawsonIND−3.4 2.3 last 10 · 5.7 season