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Thursday, March 16, 2017Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed NYK by 7 at halftime and won 121–110.

Final
UTA83
CLE91
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +8
Final
OKC123
TOR102
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +27; Q4 OKC +21
Final
MEM103
ATL91
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +12
Final
BKN121
NYK110
Q1 BKN -5; Q2 BKN -7; Q3 BKN +5; Q4 BKN +11
Final
LAC114
DEN129
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +23; Q4 DEN +15
Final
ORL92
GSW122
Q1 GSW +14; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +32; Q4 GSW +30
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 16, 2016: 9 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs NYK), 34 points.
The lead · BKN @ NYK

Brooklyn takes care of New York

An 11-point win, 121–110. Brook Lopez led Brooklyn with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-7+5+11BKN AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN28263829121
NYK33282623110
Who led
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 24, 17, 26, 8, 18, 25, 25, 24BKN24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Rondae Hollis-JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 5, 12, 12, 6, 4, 14, 6, 20BKN20 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Kyle O'QuinnPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 4, 7, 2, 11, 4, 2, 2, 23NYK23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 20, 28, 12, 26, 11, 17, 16, 22NYK22 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 67 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg3.2Last 3

3.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 52 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.1Season avg29.3Today

29 minutes today, against 12.1 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MEM @ ATL

Memphis makes it three straight

Memphis beat Atlanta 103–91 and moved to 39–30. Mike Conley led Memphis with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 12 assists.

Streak strip · MEM
W@ DEN105–98Wvs PHX130–112L@ DAL100–104L@ HOU108–123Lvs BKN109–122Lvs LAC98–114Lvs ATL90–107Wvs MIL113–93W@ CHI98–91W@ ATL103–91MEM: last 10 games through Mar 16, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Will Barton 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.
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 15, 13, 9, 9, 8, 7, 2, 22, 35DEN vs LAC · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 28, 38, 30, 29, 24, 30, 16, 33CLE vs UTA · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 16, 13, 29, 13, 25, 30, 28, 29GSW vs ORL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 25, 23, 31, 24, 23, 26, 29, 25GSW vs ORL · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 41, 43, 45, 48, 29, 58, 23, 33, 25, 24OKC @ TOR · W
31.7 PPG season to date · −7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Mar 15, 2021: 25 PTS · 10 REB · 16 AST
24 PTS · 10 REB · 16 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 24, 17, 26, 8, 18, 25, 25, 24BKN @ NYK · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Russell WestbrookOKC+5.2 36.9 last 10 · 31.7 season
Jusuf NurkicPOR+5.2 14.4 last 10 · 9.2 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