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Friday, March 18, 2016Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed ORL by 3 after three quarters and won 109–103.

Final
CLE109
ORL103
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +6
Final
OKC111
PHI97
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +17; Q4 OKC +14
Final
SAC108
DET115
Q1 DET +14; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +7
Final
BOS91
TOR105
Q1 TOR +16; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +14
Final
MIN111
HOU116
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +5
Final
POR117
NOP112
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +5
Final
GSW130
DAL112
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +18
Final
PHX95
LAL90
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +5
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 18, 2015: 11 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (MIN @ TOR), 37 points.
The lead · CLE @ ORL

Cleveland takes care of Orlando

A 6-point win, 109–103. Kyrie Irving led Cleveland with 26 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists. Victor Oladipo scored 45 for Orlando in the loss.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+9-3+6CLE AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE27362026109
ORL29253217103
Who led
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 20, 27, 30, 26, 17, 15, 33, 26CLE26 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 19, 28, 28, 25, 24, 27, 23, 18CLE18 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 28, 6, 17, 19, 26, 18, 18, 23, 25, 45ORL45 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 12, 20, 23, 16, 15, 30, 9, 18ORL18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.4Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.4 in 62 earlier games. Today: 45 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg7.6Last 3

7.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 63 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.3Season avg26.7Today

27 minutes today, against 8.3 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · MIN @ HOU

Houston never trails at a break against Minnesota

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 116–111. James Harden led Houston with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 14 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over MIN5POR over NOP5PHX over LAL5CLE over ORL6DET over SAC7OKC over PHI14TOR over BOS14GSW over DAL18Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over MIN.
Top performances

Victor Oladipo leads the day with 45

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.
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 28, 6, 17, 19, 26, 18, 18, 23, 25, 45ORL vs CLE · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +29.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Carmelo Anthony NYK, Dec 11, 2012: 45 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Career high45 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 15, 27, 23, 37, 20, 18, 19, 39GSW @ DAL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 50, 26, 41, 17, 19, 21, 23, 33POR @ NOP · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 21, 28, 28, 19, 17, 17, 18, 32MIN @ HOU · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 17, 23, 19, 16, 33, 25, 28, 32TOR vs BOS · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 46, 33, 18, 41, 12, 34, 35, 27, 34, 31GSW @ DAL · W
30.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 10 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
Devin BookerPHX+9.3 21.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN+8.1 18.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Victor OladipoORL+6.6 22.5 last 10 · 15.9 season
Jabari ParkerMIL+6.6 20.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL+5.8 19.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
Gerald GreenMIA−4.7 4.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jared DudleyWAS−4.4 4.0 last 10 · 8.4 season
Kevin MartinSAS−4.3 5.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Trey BurkeUTA−4.2 6.4 last 10 · 10.6 season