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Friday, March 31, 2017Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed OKC by 13 at halftime and won 100–95.

Final
DEN114
CHA122
Q1 CHA -8; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA -8; Q4 CHA +8
Final
IND100
TOR111
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +11
Final
ORL116
BOS117
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +1
Final
PHI105
CLE122
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +18; Q3 CLE +27; Q4 CLE +17
Final
DAL90
MEM99
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +21; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +9
Final
NYK98
MIA94
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +4
Final · OT
DET105
MIL108
Q1 MIL +13; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +3
Final
SAC89
NOP117
Q1 NOP +13; Q2 NOP +20; Q3 NOP +20; Q4 NOP +28
Final
SAS100
OKC95
Q1 SAS -9; Q2 SAS -13; Q3 SAS -5; Q4 SAS +5
Final
WAS88
UTA95
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +7
Final
HOU98
GSW107
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW -5; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +9
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 31, 2016: 6 games. Top scorer: Austin Rivers (LAC @ OKC), 32 points.
The lead · SAS @ OKC

San Antonio climbs back to beat OKC

OKC led by 13 at the half. San Antonio won it 100–95. Kawhi Leonard led San Antonio with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-9-13-5+5SAS AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS16253029100
OKC2529221995
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 34, 22, 12, 22, 19, 29, 25, 19, 28SAS28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 8, 22, 11, 9, 19, 14, 18, 17SAS17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 24, 28, 15, 18, 39, 37, 57, 32OKC32 PTS · 15 REB · 12 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 23, 9, 17, 18, 15, 15, 13, 16OKC16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

New Orleans posts the night's biggest win

New Orleans beat Sacramento by 28, the widest margin of 11 games.

BOS over ORL1MIL over DET3NYK over MIA4SAS over OKC5UTA over WAS7CHA over DEN8MEM over DAL9GSW over HOU9TOR over IND11CLE over PHI17NOP over SAC28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 74 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg8.2Last 3

8.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 61 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.5Season avg36.4Today

36 minutes today, against 7.5 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 40

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 14, 22, 42, 40, 18, 36, 28, 40TOR vs IND · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Gordon Hayward UTA, Apr 21, 2017: 40 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
40 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 11, 22, 19, 15, 41, 29, 29, 37NOP vs SAC · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 22, 27, 25, 25, 34, 30, 32, 35BOS vs ORL · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 33, 34, 18, 32, 24, 17, 26, 34CLE vs PHI · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 24, 28, 15, 18, 39, 37, 57, 32OKC vs SAS · L
31.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Nov 1, 2002: 33 PTS · 15 REB · 12 AST
32 PTS · 15 REB · 12 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 6, 17, 17, 7, 16, 16, 13, 32ORL @ BOS · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 16 REB · 1 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
Devin BookerPHX+6.3 28.1 last 10 · 21.8 season
Brandon IngramLAL+5.8 14.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Marquese ChrissPHX+5.4 14.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−5.8 5.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−5.3 17.2 last 10 · 22.5 season
Andre DrummondDET−5.3 8.7 last 10 · 14.0 season