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Wednesday, March 14, 2018Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed BOS by 14 after the first quarter and won 125–124.

Final
MIL117
ORL126
Q1 ORL +16; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +9
Final · 2OT
WAS125
BOS124
Q1 WAS -14; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS 0; OT2 WAS +1
Final · OT
MIA119
SAC123
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +4
Final
LAL106
GSW117
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +11
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 14, 2017: 5 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs PHI), 29 points.
The lead · WAS @ BOS

Bradley Beal scores 34, Washington wins in double overtime

Tied 106–106 after regulation. Final: 125–124.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-14-7+100+1WAS AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
WAS23292925910125
BOS3722212699124
Who led
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 8, 23, 22, 30, 16, 14, 19, 34WAS34 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 16, 15, 12, 16, 17, 4, 27, 20WAS20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 5, 13, 15, 21, 7, 17, 10, 31BOS31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 14, 15, 14, 17, 13, 13, 16, 21BOS21 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Second story · MIA @ SAC

Sacramento needs overtime to survive Miami

Tied 111–111 after regulation. Sacramento won the final period 12–8 for a 123–119 win. Buddy Hield led Sacramento with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs MIA
Buddy Hield · SACGoran Dragic · MIAPTS2433REB62AST33Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 59 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.0minutes, last 2 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
22.22016–17 avg16.2Last 2

16.2 minutes a game over his last two games, against 22.2 in 2016–17 (81 games). Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg47.7Today

48 minutes today, against 24.4 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 38

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 11, 24, 35, 18, 30, 28, 20, 38MIL @ ORL · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Jonathon SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 4, 11, 4, 9, 25, 24, 10, 35ORL vs MIL · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 8, 23, 22, 30, 16, 14, 19, 34WAS @ BOS · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 19, 13, 17, 16, 7, 10, 23, 33MIA @ SAC · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 20, 16, 10, 9, 12, 19, 9, 32ORL vs MIL · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 5, 13, 15, 21, 7, 17, 10, 31BOS vs WAS · L
12.7 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 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
Julius RandleLAL+5.9 21.6 last 10 · 15.7 season
Jarell MartinMEM+5.8 13.2 last 10 · 7.4 season
Damian LillardPOR+5.6 32.5 last 10 · 26.9 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 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
Gerald GreenHOU−4.7 6.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Wesley JohnsonLAC−4.6 1.1 last 10 · 5.7 season