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Sunday, March 5, 2017Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed ORL by 16 at halftime and won 115–114.

Final
IND97
ATL96
Q1 IND -11; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +1
Final
GSW112
NYK105
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +7
Final
BOS106
PHX109
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +3
Final
ORL114
WAS115
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS -16; Q3 WAS -11; Q4 WAS +1
Final · OT
UTA110
SAC109
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA -14; Q3 UTA -12; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +1
Final
OKC89
DAL104
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +15
Final
NOP105
LAL97
Q1 NOP +6; Q2 NOP -4; Q3 NOP +10; Q4 NOP +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 · 2015–16Mar 5, 2016: 8 games. Top scorer: Paul George (IND @ WAS), 38 points.
The lead · ORL @ WAS

Bradley Beal drops 32 in 16-point comeback win over Orlando

Orlando led by 16 at the half. Final: 115–114.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-16-11+1WAS AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL28332924114
WAS25203436115
Who led
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 22, 19, 40, 22, 25, 23, 27, 32WAS32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 11, 14, 2, 15, 16, 27, 6, 27WAS27 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Terrence RossPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 3, 11, 7, 13, 24, 6, 10, 20ORL20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 14, 24, 9, 20, 7, 22, 11, 18ORL18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Dallas by 15.

IND over ATL1WAS over ORL1UTA over SAC1PHX over BOS3GSW over NYK7NOP over LAL8DAL over OKC15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
31.7Season avg41.2Last 5

41.2 points a game over his last five games, against 31.7 in 62 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg11.6Last 3

11.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 46 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg39.3Today

39 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Isaiah Thomas leads the day with 35

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.
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 33, 29, 20, 33, 19, 31, 18, 35BOS @ PHX · L
29.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 27, 13, 17, 9, 10, 15, 22, 34IND @ ATL · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 22, 19, 40, 22, 25, 23, 27, 32WAS vs ORL · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 11, 13, 35, 27, 19, 25, 23, 31GSW @ NYK · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 42, 32, 24, 18, 29, 39, 38, 33, 29, 31NOP @ LAL · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 29, 47, 17, 38, 17, 41, 43, 45, 48, 29OKC @ DAL · L
31.7 PPG season to date · −2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 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
Dario SaricPHI+7.7 19.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Seth CurryDAL+6.2 19.1 last 10 · 12.9 season
Frank KaminskyCHA+6.1 17.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+5.6 28.9 last 10 · 23.3 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.ATL+4.9 18.4 last 10 · 13.5 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Deron WilliamsCLE−4.6 7.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Ersan IlyasovaATL−4.6 9.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Shelvin MackUTA−4.4 2.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Tim FrazierNOP−4.3 3.7 last 10 · 8.0 season