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Thursday, March 30, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed CLE by 9 at halftime and won 99–93.

Final
BKN89
DET90
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET -4; Q4 DET +1
Final
CLE93
CHI99
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI -9; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +6
Final
LAL104
MIN119
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +15
Final
LAC124
PHX118
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +6
Final
HOU107
POR117
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +10
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 30, 2016: 9 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ UTA), 31 points.
The lead · CLE @ CHI

Chicago rallies from 9 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 9 at the half, Chicago outscored the Cavaliers 58–43 the rest of the way. Final: 99–93. Nikola Mirotic led Chicago with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CHI 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-9+7+6CHI AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2822212293
CHI2219372199
Who led
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 6, 24, 14, 15, 5, 8, 28, 15, 28, 28CHI28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 23, 14, 28, 23, 37, 16, 36, 20, 25CHI25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 16, 33, 34, 18, 32, 24, 17, 26CLE26 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 26, 21, 46, 33, 26, 23, 8, 20CLE20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · BKN @ DET

Detroit takes over late to edge Brooklyn

Down 4 after three, Detroit won the fourth 31–26. Final: 90–89. Marcus Morris led Detroit with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over BKN1CHI over CLE6LAC over PHX6POR over HOU10MIN over LAL15Final margin, points. Pink = DET over BKN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.6Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.6 in 72 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg13.8Last 3

13.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 66 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg39.6Today

40 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 13 assists.

Top performances

Ricky Rubio leads the day with 33

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.
Ricky RubioPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 23, 20, 10, 9, 19, 16, 21, 33MIN vs LAL · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 28, 19, 10, 11, 28, 70, 23, 33PHX vs LAC · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 35, 39, 17, 31, 33, 25, 25, 16, 37, 32MIN vs LAL · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 27, 49, 31, 30, 21, 22, 19, 31POR vs HOU · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 23, 30, 12, 21, 15, 17, 26, 31LAC @ PHX · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 38, 18, 41, 40, 39, 38, 22, 24, 30HOU @ POR · L
29.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 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+8.6 19.5 last 10 · 10.9 season
Nikola MiroticCHI+6.7 17.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Dario SaricPHI+6.7 19.6 last 10 · 12.9 season
Devin BookerPHX+6.3 28.1 last 10 · 21.8 season
Brandon IngramLAL+5.8 14.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Wesley MatthewsDAL−6.0 7.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−5.8 5.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Kevin LoveCLE−5.7 13.4 last 10 · 19.1 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−5.3 17.2 last 10 · 22.5 season