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Tuesday, March 6, 2018Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed BKN by 5 at halftime and won 114–101.

Final
PHI128
CHA114
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +14
Final
ATL90
TOR106
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +16
Final · OT
MIA113
WAS117
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +4
Final
HOU122
OKC112
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +10
Final
DEN107
DAL118
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +11
Final
NYK87
POR111
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +24
Final
BKN101
GSW114
Q1 GSW +16; Q2 GSW -5; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +13
Final
NOP121
LAC116
Q1 NOP +8; Q2 NOP +15; Q3 NOP +15; Q4 NOP +5
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 6, 2017: 11 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ SAS), 39 points.
The lead · BKN @ GSW

Stephen Curry hits six threes, Golden State tops Brooklyn

34 points for Stephen Curry. Final: 114–101.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+16-5+6+13GSW AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN19342721101
GSW35133828114
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 22, 17, 44, 21, 21, 25, 28, 34GSW34 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 17, 50, 24, 28, 22, 32, 28, 19GSW19 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 4, 21, 16, 18, 19, 6, 25, 15, 6, 20BKN20 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
DeMarre CarrollPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 12, 21, 6, 18, 16, 22, 20, 19BKN19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
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
9.8Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 56 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg5.1Last 3

5.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 55 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg39.7Today

40 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · DEN @ DAL

Dallas upsets Denver

Dallas (19–45) beat Denver (35–28) 118–107. Yogi Ferrell led Dallas with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over MIA4NOP over LAC5HOU over OKC10DAL over DEN11GSW over BKN13PHI over CHA14TOR over ATL16POR over NYK24Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over DEN.
Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 41

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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 44, 38, 42, 45, 27, 53, 26, 23, 41NOP @ LAC · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shaquille O'Neal LAL, Dec 18, 1996: 41 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
41 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 50, 39, 44, 24, 40, 26, 35, 20, 39, 37POR vs NYK · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 22, 17, 44, 21, 21, 25, 28, 34GSW vs BKN · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 34, 21, 23, 17, 15, 8, 30, 43, 30, 32OKC vs HOU · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 7, 36, 18, 33, 24, 21, 8, 23, 22, 30WAS vs MIA · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 15, 11, 17, 24, 21, 6, 10, 30CHA vs PHI · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 0 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
Damian LillardPOR+8.6 35.4 last 10 · 26.8 season
Anthony DavisNOP+7.0 35.3 last 10 · 28.3 season
Andrew HarrisonMEM+6.3 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Tomas SatoranskyWAS+5.6 12.4 last 10 · 6.8 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Wesley JohnsonLAC−5.1 0.7 last 10 · 5.8 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Rodney HoodCLE−4.2 11.5 last 10 · 15.7 season