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Tuesday, March 28, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed LAL by 13 after three quarters and won 119–108.

Final
MIL118
CHA108
Q1 MIL +11; Q2 MIL +22; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +10
Final
MIN115
IND114
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN +1
Final
PHX91
ATL95
Q1 ATL +15; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +4
Final
PHI106
BKN101
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +5
Final
MIA97
DET96
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +1
Final
GSW113
HOU106
Q1 GSW +17; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +7
Final
DEN113
POR122
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +9
Final
WAS119
LAL108
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS -3; Q3 WAS -13; Q4 WAS +11
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 28, 2016: 10 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ TOR), 34 points.
The lead · WAS @ LAL

John Wall scores 34 in Washington win over Lakers

Final: 119–108. John Wall added 3 rebounds and 14 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-3-13+11WAS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS27282737119
LAL27313713108
Who led
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 26, 14, 19, 16, 22, 22, 37, 34WAS34 PTS · 3 REB · 14 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 18, 11, 14, 14, 16, 8, 10, 5, 10, 16WAS16 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 10, 5, 14, 40, 18, 15, 22, 28LAL28 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 19, 18, 21, 19, 5, 35, 10, 22LAL22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Washington by 11.

MIN over IND1MIA over DET1ATL over PHX4PHI over BKN5GSW over HOU7POR over DEN9MIL over CHA10WAS over LAL11Final 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
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.5Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 57 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 65 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg39.7Today

40 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

CJ McCollum 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.
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 26, 8, 26, 22, 18, 21, 20, 32, 13, 39POR vs DEN · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 35, 39, 17, 31, 33, 25, 25, 16, 37MIN @ IND · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 22, 39, 18, 19, 37, 27, 21, 37IND vs MIN · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 26, 14, 19, 16, 22, 22, 37, 34WAS @ LAL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 14 AST
Jusuf NurkicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 16, 12, 21, 11, 16, 14, 9, 33POR vs DEN · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +23.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 29, 25, 28, 23, 17, 27, 21, 32GSW @ HOU · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 7 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
Ricky RubioMIN+7.4 17.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Dario SaricPHI+6.8 19.7 last 10 · 12.9 season
Buddy HieldSAC+6.0 16.0 last 10 · 10.0 season
Brandon IngramLAL+5.8 14.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Devin BookerPHX+5.7 27.3 last 10 · 21.6 season
Cold
Shelvin MackUTA−6.0 1.2 last 10 · 7.2 season
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−5.8 5.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Maurice HarklessPOR−4.9 5.1 last 10 · 10.0 season