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Monday, March 19, 2018Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed LAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 110–100.

Final
MIL117
CLE124
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +7
Final
LAL100
IND110
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +10
Final
CHA94
PHI108
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI -7; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +14
Final
MEM115
BKN118
Q1 BKN +1; Q2 BKN +2; Q3 BKN -7; Q4 BKN +3
Final · 2OT
DEN141
MIA149
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA 0; OT2 MIA +8
Final
CHI92
NYK110
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +18
Final
GSW75
SAS89
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +14
Final
DET106
SAC90
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +16
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 19, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ MIA), 49 points.
The lead · LAL @ IND

Indiana rallies from 8 down to beat Lakers

Trailing by 8 after one, Indiana outscored the Lakers 81–63 the rest of the way. Final: 110–100. Myles Turner led Indiana with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-8-2+12+10IND AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL37222120100
IND29283518110
Who led
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 13, 12, 5, 24, 17, 19, 25, 2, 21IND21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 14, 13, 17, 27, 11, 18, 18, 20IND20 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 11, 11, 20, 14, 14, 26, 11, 27LAL27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 14, 27, 29, 22, 17, 20, 18, 23LAL23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.2Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.2 in 60 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg40.2Today

40 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 68 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: New York by 18.

BKN over MEM3CLE over MIL7MIA over DEN8IND over LAL10PHI over CHA14SAS over GSW14DET over SAC16NYK over CHI18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 40

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 31, 39, 25, 24, 28, 35, 33, 40CLE vs MIL · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Jan 17, 2017: 40 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
40 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 35, 18, 30, 28, 20, 38, 33, 37MIL @ CLE · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 4, 36, 21, 20, 15, 23, 17, 34DEN @ MIA · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 38, 27, 8, 7, 30, 11, 24, 25, 39, 33SAS vs GSW · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
James JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 6, 6, 4, 20, 8, 18, 12, 31MIA vs DEN · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Kelly OlynykPoints, last 10 games: 0, 17, 15, 3, 10, 13, 9, 13, 17, 30MIA vs DEN · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 6 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
Taurean PrinceATL+7.6 21.1 last 10 · 13.5 season
Dillon BrooksMEM+7.5 17.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Julius RandleLAL+7.2 23.1 last 10 · 15.9 season
Brook LopezLAL+6.5 19.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Andrew HarrisonMEM+6.3 15.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Rodney HoodCLE−6.3 8.8 last 10 · 15.1 season
Kevin LoveCLE−6.1 11.8 last 10 · 17.9 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Courtney LeeNYK−5.3 7.0 last 10 · 12.3 season
Gerald GreenHOU−4.7 6.6 last 10 · 11.3 season