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Friday, March 11, 2016Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed CHI by 8 after the first quarter and won 118–96.

Final
DET103
CHA118
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +16; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +15
Final
BKN89
PHI95
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +6
Final
HOU102
BOS98
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +4
Final
MIA118
CHI96
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +22
Final · OT
NOP114
MEM121
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +7
Final
MIN99
OKC96
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN +3
Final
WAS93
UTA114
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +21
Final
ORL107
SAC100
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +7
Final
POR112
GSW128
Q1 GSW +13; Q2 GSW +20; Q3 GSW +24; Q4 GSW +16
Final
NYK94
LAC101
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +7
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 11, 2015: 10 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (LAC @ OKC), 33 points.
The lead · MIA @ CHI

Miami rallies from 8 down to beat Chicago

Trailing by 8 after one, Miami outscored the Bulls 95–65 the rest of the way. Final: 118–96. Goran Dragic led Miami with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-4+3+22MIA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA23313034118
CHI3127231596
Who led
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 21, 13, 17, 25, 15, 23, 10, 26MIA26 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Josh RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 15, 11, 8, 9, 6, 6, 7, 14, 22MIA22 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 16, 22, 15, 12, 28, 12, 21, 17CHI17 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
Justin HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 2, 3, 3, 0, 7, 6, 0, 2, 12, 14CHI14 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.1Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.1 in 53 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 55 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg38.2Today

38 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MIN @ OKC

Minnesota takes over late to edge OKC

Down 4 after three, Minnesota won the fourth 30–23. Final: 99–96. Gorgui Dieng led Minnesota with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over OKC3HOU over BOS4PHI over BKN6MEM over NOP7ORL over SAC7LAC over NYK7CHA over DET15GSW over POR16UTA over WAS21MIA over CHI22Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over OKC.
Top performances

Klay Thompson 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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 9, 32, 26, 21, 15, 27, 23, 37GSW vs POR · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 22, 20, 13, 13, 22, 20, 38, 34NOP @ MEM · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 42, 51, 46, 33, 18, 41, 12, 34GSW vs POR · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Lance StephensonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 12, 14, 7, 16, 13, 17, 2, 33MEM vs NOP · W
6.6 PPG season to date · +26.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 42, 46, 27, 26, 39, 36, 40, 29, 32HOU @ BOS · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 27, 12, 18, 30, 32, 27, 22, 30BOS vs HOU · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 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
Alex LenPHX+8.4 17.0 last 10 · 8.6 season
Jabari ParkerMIL+8.3 21.5 last 10 · 13.2 season
Devin BookerPHX+7.5 19.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL+7.5 21.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+5.8 22.2 last 10 · 16.4 season
Cold
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Gerald GreenMIA−4.7 4.5 last 10 · 9.2 season
Trey BurkeUTA−3.8 7.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Otto Porter Jr.WAS−3.7 7.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Ty LawsonIND−3.4 2.3 last 10 · 5.7 season