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Saturday, March 12, 2016Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed PHX by 9 after three quarters and won 123–116.

Final
IND112
DAL105
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +7
Final
HOU109
CHA125
Q1 CHA +15; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +16
Final
DET125
PHI111
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +14
Final · OT
MIA104
TOR112
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +8
Final
MEM83
ATL95
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +12
Final
NOP92
MIL103
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +11
Final
OKC85
SAS93
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +8
Final
WAS100
DEN116
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 DEN +16
Final
PHX116
GSW123
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW -9; Q4 GSW +7
Final
ORL84
POR121
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +21; Q3 POR +25; Q4 POR +37
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 12, 2015: 5 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (CLE @ SAS), 57 points.
The lead · PHX @ GSW

Stephen Curry hits seven threes, Golden State tops Phoenix

35 points for Stephen Curry. Final: 123–116.

Game flow · GSW 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7+4-9+7GSW AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX24323921116
GSW31292637123
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 36, 42, 51, 46, 33, 18, 41, 12, 34, 35GSW35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Marreese SpeightsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 8, 10, 10, 2, 2, 16, 1, 25GSW25 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 25, 18, 26, 16, 20, 21, 10, 30PHX30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Alex LenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 22, 18, 12, 31, 19, 14, 4, 26PHX26 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 59 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg5.2Last 3

5.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 40 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg37.8Today

38 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · WAS @ DEN

Denver climbs out of an 8-point hole against Washington

Down 8 after three, the Nuggets won the fourth quarter 41–17 and the game 116–100. D.J. Augustin led Denver with 17 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs WAS
D.J. Augustin · DENOtto Porter Jr. · WASPTS1723REB22AST101Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

DeMar DeRozan 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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 6, 20, 31, 38, 19, 25, 30, 38TOR vs MIA · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 36, 42, 51, 46, 33, 18, 41, 12, 34, 35GSW vs PHX · W
30.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 25, 18, 26, 16, 20, 21, 10, 30PHX @ GSW · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 20, 10, 19, 16, 30, 22, 25, 30DAL vs IND · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 59, 9, 30, 12, 17, 29, 31, 40, 25, 29NOP @ MIL · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 37, 27, 30, 32, 32, 30, 28, 28OKC @ SAS · L
28.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 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
Alex LenPHX+8.4 17.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Devin BookerPHX+8.2 20.5 last 10 · 12.3 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL+7.5 21.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jabari ParkerMIL+6.9 20.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
E'Twaun MooreCHI+5.8 13.4 last 10 · 7.6 season
Cold
Gerald GreenMIA−4.7 4.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Kevin MartinSAS−4.5 5.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Trey BurkeUTA−3.8 7.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Ty LawsonIND−3.4 2.3 last 10 · 5.7 season