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Friday, March 25, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed LAL by 7 after the first quarter and won 116–105.

Final · 2OT
MIN132
WAS129
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN 0; OT2 MIN +3
Final
CHA105
DET112
Q1 DET +12; Q2 DET +16; Q3 DET +22; Q4 DET +7
Final
MIL90
ATL101
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +11
Final
TOR109
HOU112
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +3
Final
ORL97
MIA108
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +11
Final
MEM104
SAS110
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +6
Final
PHX94
SAC116
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +22; Q4 SAC +22
Final
DAL120
GSW128
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +13; Q4 GSW +8
Final
DEN116
LAL105
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +11
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 25, 2015: 13 games. Top scorer: Brook Lopez (BKN @ CHA), 34 points.
The lead · DEN @ LAL

Denver beats Lakers, 116–105

Denver led 83–77 after three and won by 11. D.J. Augustin led Denver with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+12+6+11DEN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN24342533116
LAL31153128105
Who led
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 17, 13, 12, 17, 24, 8, 9, 20DEN20 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Jusuf NurkicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 4, 4, 2, 17, 10, 10, 11, 5, 18DEN18 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 13, 5, 12, 26, 14, 20, 17, 28LAL28 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 24, 5, 12, 12, 8, 22, 13, 20LAL20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.2Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.2 in 41 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg7.5Last 3

7.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 60 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg39.0Today

39 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · MIN @ WAS

Minnesota needs two overtimes to survive Washington

Tied 109–109 after regulation. Minnesota won the final period 11–8 for a 132–129 win. Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIN vs WAS
Karl-Anthony Towns · MINBradley Beal · WASPTS2726REB104AST55Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Klay Thompson 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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 37, 20, 18, 19, 39, 15, 17, 32, 40GSW vs DAL · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jalen Brunson NYK, Feb 1, 2024: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 35, 27, 34, 31, 14, 19, 33, 33GSW vs DAL · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 32, 12, 15, 33, 29, 25, 24, 26, 32HOU vs TOR · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Jan 13, 2011: 32 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
32 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 26, 24, 17, 22, 26, 18, 8, 32SAS vs MEM · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 40, 29, 31, 22, 20, 31, 24, 19, 29SAC vs PHX · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 16, 26, 25, 16, 21, 15, 6, 14, 29CHA @ DET · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 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+9.9 22.8 last 10 · 12.9 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN+7.9 18.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Victor OladipoORL+7.4 23.4 last 10 · 16.0 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+6.3 25.1 last 10 · 18.8 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.1 22.8 last 10 · 16.7 season
Cold
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jimmy ButlerCHI−4.3 17.1 last 10 · 21.4 season
Kevin MartinSAS−4.2 5.7 last 10 · 9.9 season
Trey BurkeUTA−4.1 6.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Ersan IlyasovaORL−4.1 6.4 last 10 · 10.5 season