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Saturday, March 4, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MIN by 12 after the first quarter and won 97–90.

Final
DET136
PHI106
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +15; Q3 DET +24; Q4 DET +30
Final
CLE92
MIA120
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +26; Q4 MIA +28
Final
TOR94
MIL101
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +7
Final
LAC101
CHI91
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +10
Final
CHA112
DEN102
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +11; Q4 CHA +10
Final
MEM108
HOU123
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +15
Final · OT
MIN90
SAS97
Q1 SAS -12; Q2 SAS -12; Q3 SAS -8; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +7
Final
BKN116
POR130
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +14
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 4, 2016: 10 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ TOR), 50 points.
The lead · MIN @ SAS

Kawhi Leonard posts 34 and 10 as San Antonio beats Minnesota

34 points and 10 rebounds in a 97–90 win.

Game flow · SAS 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.Final0-12-12-80+7SAS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIN26291513790
SAS142919211497
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 36, 32, 22, 21, 25, 31, 31, 34SAS34 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 15, 19, 23, 15, 16, 6, 21, 18SAS18 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 22, 26, 24, 26, 37, 29, 21, 24MIN24 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 27, 41, 40, 27, 30, 27, 20, 17MIN17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 61 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg2.1Last 3

2.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 55 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.2Season avg26.6Today

27 minutes today, against 7.2 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Detroit posts the night's biggest win

Detroit beat Philadelphia by 30, the widest margin of 8 games.

MIL over TOR7SAS over MIN7LAC over CHI10CHA over DEN10POR over BKN14HOU over MEM15MIA over CLE28DET over PHI30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 34

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.
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 36, 32, 22, 21, 25, 31, 31, 34SAS vs MIN · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 42, 25, 30, 40, 38, 13, 24, 25, 26, 33HOU vs MEM · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 40, 27, 17, 15, 4, 2, 10, 19, 13, 31DEN vs CHA · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 20, 26, 18, 22, 17, 25, 18, 31POR vs BKN · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 29, 24, 34, 12, 34, 30, 26, 27CHA @ DEN · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 30, 17, 36, 17, 9, 24, 17, 26BKN @ POR · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 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+7.7 19.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Frank KaminskyCHA+6.1 17.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+5.6 28.9 last 10 · 23.3 season
Seth CurryDAL+4.6 17.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Al-Farouq AminuPOR+4.4 13.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Deron WilliamsCLE−4.6 7.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Tim FrazierNOP−4.5 3.6 last 10 · 8.1 season
Shelvin MackUTA−4.4 2.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Ersan IlyasovaATL−4.1 9.8 last 10 · 13.9 season