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Friday, March 2, 2018Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by PHI (vs CHA) and CHI (vs DAL) and TOR (vs WAS).

Final · OT
DET106
ORL115
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +9
Final
CHA99
PHI110
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI -6; Q4 PHI +11
Final
GSW114
ATL109
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +5
Final
DAL100
CHI108
Q1 CHI -8; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI -7; Q4 CHI +8
Final
DEN108
MEM102
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +6
Final
IND103
MIL96
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +7
Final
TOR102
WAS95
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +7
Final
OKC124
PHX116
Q1 OKC -5; Q2 OKC -7; Q3 OKC -2; Q4 OKC +8
Final
NYK105
LAC128
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +23
Final
MIN108
UTA116
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +8
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 · 2016–17Mar 2, 2017: 3 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ POR), 45 points.
The lead · TOR @ WAS

Toronto rallies from 8 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 8 after one, Toronto outscored the Wizards 83–68 the rest of the way. Final: 102–95. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-8+4+3+7TOR AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR19322625102
WAS2720272195
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 8, 25, 27, 7, 33, 20, 21, 23TOR23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 3, 20, 11, 24, 11, 4, 7, 9, 8, 20TOR20 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 17, 27, 14, 22, 15, 16, 23, 17, 29, 24WAS24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 7, 36, 18, 33, 24, 21, 8, 23WAS23 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Clippers by 23.

GSW over ATL5DEN over MEM6IND over MIL7TOR over WAS7CHI over DAL8OKC over PHX8UTA over MIN8ORL over DET9PHI over CHA11LAC over NYK23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
24.9Season avg34.0Last 5

34.0 points a game over his last five games, against 24.9 in 48 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.7Season avg18.1Last 3

18.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.7 in 62 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.8Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 16.8 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook 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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 16, 36, 34, 21, 23, 17, 15, 8, 30, 43OKC @ PHX · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Mar 2, 2019: 43 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
43 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 15, 18, 18, 28, 27, 30, 40, 34, 39PHX vs OKC · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 40, 19, 23, 20, 31, 24, 17, 31, 23, 31CHA @ PHI · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 21, 21, 17, 21, 25, 17, 17, 30MIL vs IND · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kent BazemorePoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 6, 13, 10, 17, 12, 12, 6, 29ATL vs GSW · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 10, 17, 50, 24, 28, 22, 32, 28GSW @ ATL · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 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
Andrew HarrisonMEM+6.3 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Anthony DavisNOP+6.1 34.2 last 10 · 28.1 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 season
Allen CrabbeBKN+5.5 18.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Otto Porter Jr.WAS+5.3 20.4 last 10 · 15.1 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Eric GordonHOU−4.6 13.9 last 10 · 18.5 season
Wesley JohnsonLAC−4.6 1.4 last 10 · 6.0 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR−4.5 19.2 last 10 · 23.7 season