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Monday, March 13, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed LAC by 7 at halftime and won 114–108.

Final
CHI115
CHA109
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +6
Final
DAL78
TOR100
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +22
Final
MIL93
MEM113
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +20
Final
WAS104
MIN119
Q1 MIN +18; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +15
Final
ATL99
SAS107
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +8
Final
LAC108
UTA114
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA -7; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +6
Final
LAL101
DEN129
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +24; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +28
Final
ORL115
SAC120
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +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 13, 2016: 5 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (SAC vs UTA), 31 points.
The lead · LAC @ UTA

Utah beats Clippers, 114–108

Utah led 89–86 after three and won by 6. Gordon Hayward led Utah with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-5-7+3+6UTA AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC28283022108
UTA23264025114
Who led
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 19, 13, 12, 23, 23, 23, 9, 27UTA27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
George HillPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 19, 21, 15, 2, 34, 15, 9, 19UTA19 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 16, 21, 17, 23, 7, 19, 30, 33LAC33 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 8, 10, 13, 3, 14, 15, 12, 16LAC16 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 59 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg9.4Last 3

9.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg36.1Today

36 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Denver posts the night's biggest win

Denver beat Lakers by 28, the widest margin of 8 games.

SAC over ORL5CHI over CHA6UTA over LAC6SAS over ATL8MIN over WAS15MEM over MIL20TOR over DAL22DEN over LAL28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns 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.
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 37, 29, 21, 24, 29, 23, 35, 39MIN vs WAS · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 16, 21, 17, 23, 7, 19, 30, 33LAC @ UTA · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 21, 25, 31, 31, 34, 39, 19, 31SAS vs ATL · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 19, 13, 12, 23, 23, 23, 9, 27UTA vs LAC · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 12, 30, 19, 25, 30, 25, 39, 27WAS @ MIN · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Jeremy LambPoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 3, 4, 12, 14, 8, 10, 14, 26CHA vs CHI · L
9.7 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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+7.5 19.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Jusuf NurkicPOR+5.8 15.1 last 10 · 9.3 season
Seth CurryDAL+5.7 18.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+5.6 37.5 last 10 · 31.9 season
Frank KaminskyCHA+5.4 16.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Jimmy ButlerCHI−5.6 17.8 last 10 · 23.4 season
Deron WilliamsCLE−5.5 6.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Brandon JenningsWAS−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Tim FrazierNOP−5.2 2.5 last 10 · 7.7 season