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Sunday, March 11, 2018Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed ATL by 14 after the first quarter and won 129–122.

Final
TOR132
NYK106
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +26
Final
CHI129
ATL122
Q1 CHI -14; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +7
Final
GSW103
MIN109
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN -7; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN +6
Final
UTA116
NOP99
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +17
Final
SAC104
DEN130
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +33; Q4 DEN +26
Final
HOU105
DAL82
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +23
Final
PHI120
BKN97
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +23
Final
IND99
BOS97
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND -10; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +2
Final
CLE113
LAL127
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +14
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 11, 2017: 12 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP @ CHA), 46 points.
The lead · CHI @ ATL

Chicago rallies from 14 down to beat Atlanta

Trailing by 14 after one, Chicago outscored the Hawks 109–88 the rest of the way. Final: 129–122. Bobby Portis led Chicago with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists. Taurean Prince scored 38 for Atlanta in the loss.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-14+3+6+7CHI AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI20333838129
ATL34163537122
Who led
Bobby PortisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 38, 15, 12, 12, 22, 7, 15, 2, 21CHI21 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 23, 21, 21, 16, 4, 21, 8, 21CHI21 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Taurean PrincePoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 14, 24, 15, 15, 22, 9, 3, 38ATL38 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Mike MuscalaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 6, 11, 12, 3, 10, 5, 12, 19ATL19 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Toronto by 26.

IND over BOS2MIN over GSW6CHI over ATL7LAL over CLE14UTA over NOP17HOU over DAL23PHI over BKN23TOR over NYK26DEN over SAC26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 57 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg15.5Last 3

15.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 58 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.7Season avg33.8Today

34 minutes today, against 8.7 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 39

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: 50, 24, 28, 22, 32, 28, 19, 37, 40, 39GSW @ MIN · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Taurean PrincePoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 14, 24, 15, 15, 22, 9, 3, 38ATL vs CHI · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +25.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 12, 19, 25, 25, 21, 12, 18, 36LAL vs CLE · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 35, 10, 18, 22, 26, 34, 13, 15, 31MIN vs GSW · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Ricky RubioPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 7, 14, 13, 10, 12, 18, 15, 30UTA @ NOP · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 25, 16, 26, 27, 19, 20, 12, 27UTA @ NOP · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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+6.4 33.2 last 10 · 26.8 season
Andrew HarrisonMEM+6.3 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Anthony DavisNOP+5.7 33.7 last 10 · 28.0 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 season
Julius RandleLAL+5.4 20.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Rodney HoodCLE−5.6 9.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Wesley JohnsonLAC−4.5 1.3 last 10 · 5.8 season
Gerald GreenHOU−4.4 6.8 last 10 · 11.2 season