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Sunday, April 2, 2017Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed MEM by 5 after the first quarter and won 108–103.

Final
BOS110
NYK94
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +16
Final
CHA113
OKC101
Q1 CHA +9; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +14; Q4 CHA +12
Final
MEM103
LAL108
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +5
Final
DAL109
MIL105
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL -3; Q4 DAL +4
Final
UTA103
SAS109
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +6
Final
ATL82
BKN91
Q1 BKN +5; Q2 BKN +3; Q3 BKN +9; Q4 BKN +9
Final · 2OT
IND130
CLE135
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE 0; OT2 CLE +5
Final
DEN116
MIA113
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +3
Final
CHI117
NOP110
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +7
Final
PHI105
TOR113
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +8
Final
WAS115
GSW139
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +24
Final
HOU123
PHX116
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +7
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 · 2015–16Apr 2, 2016: 5 games. Top scorer: Kawhi Leonard (SAS vs TOR), 33 points.
The lead · MEM @ LAL

Lakers upset Memphis

Lakers (21–55) beat Memphis (42–34) 108–103. D'Angelo Russell led Lakers with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-5+1-1+5LAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM27223123103
LAL22282929108
Who led
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 40, 18, 15, 22, 28, 14, 2, 28LAL28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 32, 4, 10, 19, 23, 4, 6, 12, 14, 18LAL18 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 19, 16, 22, 29, 22, 36, 28, 20MEM20 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Troy DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 11, 12, 6, 6, 10, 5, 21, 20MEM20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Golden State by 24.

DEN over MIA3DAL over MIL4LAL over MEM5CLE over IND5SAS over UTA6CHI over NOP7HOU over PHX7TOR over PHI8BKN over ATL9CHA over OKC12BOS over NYK16GSW over WAS24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.9Season avg36.8Last 5

36.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.9 in 74 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg45.2Today

45 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 34 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 43

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: 39, 18, 19, 37, 27, 21, 37, 22, 28, 43IND @ CLE · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Antoine Walker BOS, Dec 11, 2001: 42 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Season high43 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 23, 17, 27, 21, 32, 29, 24, 42GSW vs WAS · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephon Marbury NYK, Feb 8, 2004: 42 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
42 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 33, 34, 18, 32, 24, 17, 26, 34, 41CLE vs IND · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Mar 17, 2017: 41 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
41 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 28, 15, 18, 39, 37, 57, 32, 40OKC vs CHA · L
31.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Jan 17, 2017: 40 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
40 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 23, 37, 16, 36, 20, 25, 33, 39CHI @ NOP · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Tyler UlisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 9, 10, 3, 16, 15, 16, 11, 34PHX vs HOU · L
6.4 PPG season to date · +28.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 9 REB · 9 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+7.5 18.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Devin BookerPHX+6.0 28.0 last 10 · 22.0 season
Paul GeorgeIND+5.9 29.1 last 10 · 23.2 season
Brandon IngramLAL+5.8 15.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Marquese ChrissPHX+5.6 14.7 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Wesley MatthewsDAL−5.4 8.3 last 10 · 13.7 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
Deron WilliamsCLE−4.9 6.2 last 10 · 11.1 season