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Wednesday, March 1, 2017Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed CLE by 6 after the first quarter and won 103–99.

Final
NYK101
ORL90
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +11
Final
DAL95
ATL100
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +5
Final
PHI98
MIA125
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +20; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +27
Final
WAS105
TOR96
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +16; Q3 WAS +22; Q4 WAS +9
Final
CLE99
BOS103
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +4
Final
DEN110
MIL98
Q1 DEN +17; Q2 DEN +26; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +12
Final
DET86
NOP109
Q1 NOP +13; Q2 NOP +3; Q3 NOP +8; Q4 NOP +23
Final
IND99
SAS100
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +1
Final
MIN107
UTA80
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +16; Q3 MIN +28; Q4 MIN +27
Final
HOU122
LAC103
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +30; Q4 HOU +19
Final
BKN109
SAC100
Q1 BKN +4; Q2 BKN +3; Q3 BKN +9; Q4 BKN +9
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 · 2015–16Mar 1, 2016: 6 games. Top scorer: D'Angelo Russell (LAL vs BKN), 39 points.
The lead · CLE @ BOS

Isaiah Thomas scores 31 in Boston win over Cleveland

Final: 103–99. Isaiah Thomas added 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-6-1+3+4BOS AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2624212899
BOS20292529103
Who led
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 29, 29, 33, 29, 20, 33, 19, 31BOS31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Jae CrowderPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 4, 10, 18, 7, 19, 14, 6, 17BOS17 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 25, 18, 27, 25, 31, 18, 24, 28CLE28 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 28, 27, 25, 26, 23, 34, 25, 28CLE28 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 55 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 2 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
32.12015–16 avg16.5Last 2

16.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 32.1 in 2015–16 (32 games). Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg39.5Today

40 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · IND @ SAS

San Antonio takes over late to edge Indiana

Down 3 after three, San Antonio won the fourth 27–23. Final: 100–99. Kawhi Leonard led San Antonio with 31 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over IND1BOS over CLE4ATL over DAL5WAS over TOR9BKN over SAC9NYK over ORL11DEN over MIL12HOU over LAC19NOP over DET23MIA over PHI27MIN over UTA27Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over IND.
Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 33

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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 34, 12, 42, 32, 24, 18, 29, 39, 38, 33NOP vs DET · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 32, 32, 36, 32, 22, 21, 25, 31SAS vs IND · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 29, 29, 33, 29, 20, 33, 19, 31BOS vs CLE · W
29.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 25, 18, 27, 25, 31, 18, 24, 28CLE @ BOS · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Vince Carter NJN, Feb 4, 2006: 28 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
28 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 28, 27, 25, 26, 23, 34, 25, 28CLE @ BOS · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 21, 10, 11, 14, 2, 15, 16, 27WAS @ TOR · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 0 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
Dario SaricPHI+7.3 18.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+6.5 29.9 last 10 · 23.4 season
Frank KaminskyCHA+6.1 17.5 last 10 · 11.4 season
Robert CovingtonPHI+4.7 17.0 last 10 · 12.3 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+4.5 28.5 last 10 · 24.0 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Ersan IlyasovaATL−4.9 9.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Al HorfordBOS−4.5 9.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Shelvin MackUTA−4.4 2.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Tim FrazierNOP−4.1 4.1 last 10 · 8.2 season