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Monday, March 6, 2017Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed HOU by 16 after the first quarter and won 112–110.

Final
MIA106
CLE98
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +18; Q4 MIA +8
Final
NYK113
ORL105
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK -7; Q4 NYK +8
Final
MIL112
PHI98
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +23; Q4 MIL +14
Final
GSW119
ATL111
Q1 GSW -7; Q2 GSW -5; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +8
Final
CHI95
DET109
Q1 DET -12; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +14
Final
IND88
CHA100
Q1 CHA +11; Q2 CHA +21; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +12
Final
BKN122
MEM109
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN -1; Q3 BKN -3; Q4 BKN +13
Final
HOU110
SAS112
Q1 SAS -16; Q2 SAS -7; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +2
Final
SAC96
DEN108
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +12
Final
NOP83
UTA88
Q1 UTA +15; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +5
Final
BOS102
LAC116
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +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 6, 2016: 7 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ TOR), 40 points.
The lead · HOU @ SAS

Kawhi Leonard scores 39, San Antonio holds off Houston

Final: 112–110. Kawhi Leonard added 6 rebounds and 5 assists. James Harden scored 39 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-16-7-1+2SAS AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU39152828110
SAS23243431112
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 32, 22, 21, 25, 31, 31, 34, 39SAS39 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 2, 0, 12, 5, 17, 8, 4, 3, 19SAS19 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 40, 38, 13, 24, 25, 26, 33, 39HOU39 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 9, 5, 9, 15, 6, 8, 6, 13HOU13 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Milwaukee by 14.

SAS over HOU2UTA over NOP5MIA over CLE8NYK over ORL8GSW over ATL8CHA over IND12DEN over SAC12BKN over MEM13MIL over PHI14DET over CHI14LAC over BOS14Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
19.9Season avg29.0Last 5

29.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.9 in 51 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg8.9Last 3

8.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 26 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in 62 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 39

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 40, 38, 13, 24, 25, 26, 33, 39HOU @ SAS · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 32, 22, 21, 25, 31, 31, 34, 39SAS vs HOU · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 13, 17, 9, 10, 15, 22, 34, 36IND @ CHA · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 13, 18, 24, 14, 20, 13, 6, 36DEN vs SAC · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 25, 26, 23, 34, 25, 28, 43, 32CLE vs MIA · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 32, 17, 10, 31, 29, 30, 23, 32MEM vs BKN · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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+6.5 18.1 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+5.3 18.9 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Ersan IlyasovaATL−4.5 9.3 last 10 · 13.8 season
Deron WilliamsCLE−4.5 7.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
Shelvin MackUTA−4.4 2.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Josh RichardsonMIA−4.2 5.7 last 10 · 9.9 season