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Thursday, March 2, 2017Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed GSW by 7 after the first quarter and won 94–87.

Final
GSW87
CHI94
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +7
Final
CHA103
PHX120
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +17
Final
OKC109
POR114
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR -4; Q4 POR +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 · 2015–16Mar 2, 2016: 11 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs NOP), 39 points.
The lead · GSW @ CHI

Chicago upsets Golden State

Chicago (30–30) beat Golden State (50–10) 94–87. Jimmy Butler led Chicago with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-7-4+6+7CHI AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2625221487
CHI1928321594
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 3, 28, 28, 20, 19, 29, 22, 18, 8, 22CHI22 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Bobby PortisPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 4, 16, 6, 19, 9, 7, 12, 17CHI17 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 26, 11, 13, 35, 27, 19, 25, 23GSW23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 36, 26, 35, 18, 24, 21, 16, 13GSW13 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · OKC @ POR

Portland takes care of OKC

A 5-point win, 114–109. Damian Lillard led Portland with 33 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over OKC5CHI over GSW7PHX over CHA17Final margin, points. Pink = POR over OKC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.5Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.5 in 26 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 60 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg37.7Today

38 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook 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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 42, 27, 29, 47, 17, 38, 17, 41, 43, 45OKC @ POR · L
31.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, May 2, 2003: 45 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
45 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 29, 28, 21, 13, 33, 28, 34, 33POR vs OKC · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 10, 29, 24, 34, 12, 34, 30, 26CHA @ PHX · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 26, 11, 13, 35, 27, 19, 25, 23GSW @ CHI · L
24.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 3, 28, 28, 20, 19, 29, 22, 18, 8, 22CHI vs GSW · W
23.9 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 9, 4, 5, 13, 16, 8, 16, 19CHA @ PHX · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 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 17.6 last 10 · 11.5 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
Jimmy ButlerCHI−4.2 19.7 last 10 · 23.9 season