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Thursday, March 8, 2018Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed SAS by 9 after three quarters and won 110–107.

Final
BKN125
CHA111
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN +6; Q3 BKN +11; Q4 BKN +14
Final
PHI99
MIA108
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +9
Final
BOS117
MIN109
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +8
Final
PHX87
OKC115
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +21; Q4 OKC +28
Final
SAS107
GSW110
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW -9; Q4 GSW +3
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 8, 2017: 11 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs UTA), 35 points.
The lead · SAS @ GSW

Kevin Durant scores 37, Golden State rallies past San Antonio

Golden State trailed by 9 after three and won 110–107.

Game flow · GSW 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+7-4-9+3GSW AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS21293720107
GSW28183232110
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 50, 24, 28, 22, 32, 28, 19, 37GSW37 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 17, 19, 11, 26, 13, 15, 18, 13GSW13 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 31, 23, 20, 38, 27, 8, 7, 30SAS30 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 12, 12, 12, 13, 18, 12, 4, 14SAS14 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · PHI @ MIA

Miami handles Philadelphia by 9

The Heat won the fourth quarter 35–25. Final: 108–99. Hassan Whiteside led Miami with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over SAS3BOS over MIN8MIA over PHI9BKN over CHA14OKC over PHX28Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.1Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.1 in 51 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg2.8Last 3

2.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 56 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg27.9Today

28 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 37

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 50, 24, 28, 22, 32, 28, 19, 37GSW vs SAS · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 31, 23, 20, 38, 27, 8, 7, 30SAS @ GSW · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Nemanja BjelicaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 3, 3, 0, 5, 8, 12, 8, 12, 30MIN vs BOS · L
6.5 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 27, 30, 40, 34, 39, 20, 31, 30PHX @ OKC · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Allen CrabbePoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 24, 11, 21, 13, 20, 6, 9, 29BKN @ CHA · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 17, 15, 8, 30, 43, 30, 32, 27OKC vs PHX · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 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
Damian LillardPOR+8.6 35.4 last 10 · 26.8 season
Anthony DavisNOP+7.5 35.6 last 10 · 28.1 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
Eric GordonHOU−4.6 14.0 last 10 · 18.6 season
Gerald GreenHOU−4.5 6.7 last 10 · 11.2 season