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Sunday, March 20, 2016Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed POR by 11 after the first quarter and won 132–120.

Final · OT
POR120
DAL132
Q1 DAL -11; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +12
Final
ORL100
TOR105
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +5
Final
LAC105
NOP109
Q1 NOP -3; Q2 NOP -2; Q3 NOP +6; Q4 NOP +4
Final
BOS120
PHI105
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +15
Final
UTA94
MIL85
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +9
Final
SAC88
NYK80
Q1 SAC +16; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +8
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 20, 2015: 12 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC vs ATL), 36 points.
The lead · POR @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki scores 40 as Dallas beats Portland

Dallas won 132–120. Dirk Nowitzki: 40 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-11+3+80+12DAL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
POR361927317120
DAL2533322319132
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 30, 22, 25, 30, 23, 20, 24, 40DAL40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 17, 9, 8, 13, 15, 4, 11, 31DAL31 PTS · 3 REB · 16 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 50, 26, 41, 17, 19, 21, 23, 33, 26POR26 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Allen CrabbePoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 6, 8, 11, 18, 2, 4, 1, 24POR24 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.9Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.9 in 63 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg7.2Last 3

7.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 64 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.0Season avg32.6Today

33 minutes today, against 9.0 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · LAC @ NOP

New Orleans upsets Clippers

New Orleans (25–43) beat Clippers (43–25) 109–105. Jrue Holiday led New Orleans with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over LAC4TOR over ORL5SAC over NYK8UTA over MIL9DAL over POR12BOS over PHI15Final margin, points. Pink = NOP over LAC.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 40

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 30, 22, 25, 30, 23, 20, 24, 40DAL vs POR · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Nov 20, 1999: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Season high40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 17, 9, 8, 13, 15, 4, 11, 31DAL vs POR · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 16 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 32, 27, 22, 30, 21, 29, 20, 26BOS @ PHI · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 50, 26, 41, 17, 19, 21, 23, 33, 26POR @ DAL · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 9, 3, 18, 6, 16, 18, 10, 0, 4, 26PHI vs BOS · L
8.3 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 38, 19, 25, 30, 38, 27, 28, 15, 25TOR vs ORL · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 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
Devin BookerPHX+9.3 21.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN+7.5 18.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS+6.3 24.2 last 10 · 17.9 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+6.1 24.9 last 10 · 18.8 season
Victor OladipoORL+5.9 21.8 last 10 · 15.9 season
Cold
Gerald GreenMIA−5.3 3.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Kevin MartinSAS−4.9 4.9 last 10 · 9.8 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jared DudleyWAS−4.7 3.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Trey BurkeUTA−4.2 6.4 last 10 · 10.6 season