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Wednesday, March 15, 2017Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by SAC (vs PHX) and DAL (vs WAS).

Final
CHA77
IND98
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +21
Final
DAL112
WAS107
Q1 DAL -7; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL -7; Q4 DAL +5
Final
MIN104
BOS117
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +13
Final
UTA97
DET83
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +19; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +14
Final
NOP112
MIA120
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +8
Final
MEM98
CHI91
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +7
Final
LAL100
HOU139
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +39
Final
POR110
SAS106
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +4
Final
SAC107
PHX101
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +6
Final
MIL97
LAC96
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +1
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 15, 2016: 6 games. Top scorer: Bojan Bogdanovic (BKN vs PHI), 44 points.
The lead · DAL @ WAS

Dallas handles Washington by 5

The Mavericks won the fourth quarter 39–27. Final: 112–107. Harrison Barnes led Dallas with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-7-4-7+5DAL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL32212039112
WAS39182327107
Who led
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 25, 18, 17, 14, 21, 23, 18, 22DAL22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 11, 10, 18, 25, 13, 23, 17, 20DAL20 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 30, 19, 25, 30, 25, 39, 27, 26WAS26 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 27, 32, 27, 23, 38, 26, 20, 24WAS24 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Houston by 39.

MIL over LAC1POR over SAS4DAL over WAS5SAC over PHX6MEM over CHI7MIA over NOP8BOS over MIN13UTA over DET14IND over CHA21HOU over LAL39Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 60 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg7.1Last 3

7.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 11 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg38.9Today

39 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 1 rebounds, 13 assists.

Top performances

Paul George 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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 22, 34, 36, 21, 18, 28, 22, 39IND vs CHA · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 33, 19, 22, 24, 33, 39, 29, 36POR @ SAS · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 25, 31, 31, 34, 39, 19, 31, 34SAS vs POR · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 24, 15, 15, 23, 21, 22, 15, 33MIA vs NOP · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Skal LabissierePoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 10, 0, 10, 15, 8, 7, 11, 32SAC @ PHX · W
7.2 PPG season to date · +26.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 23, 13, 5, 13, 13, 21, 7, 32LAL @ HOU · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 8 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+7.8 20.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Frank KaminskyCHA+6.4 17.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Ricky RubioMIN+5.7 15.7 last 10 · 10.0 season
Jusuf NurkicPOR+5.2 14.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL+4.6 19.1 last 10 · 14.5 season
Cold
Jimmy ButlerCHI−6.2 17.0 last 10 · 23.2 season
DeMarcus CousinsNOP−6.0 20.7 last 10 · 26.7 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Brandon JenningsWAS−5.3 2.5 last 10 · 7.8 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−5.0 9.4 last 10 · 14.4 season