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Tuesday, March 20, 2018Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by TOR (vs ORL) and BOS (vs OKC).

Final
TOR93
ORL86
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR -8; Q4 TOR +7
Final
OKC99
BOS100
Q1 BOS -8; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +1
Final
LAC109
MIN123
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +14
Final
DAL105
NOP115
Q1 NOP -1; Q2 NOP +2; Q3 NOP 0; Q4 NOP +10
Final
ATL99
UTA94
Q1 ATL -6; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL -4; Q4 ATL +5
Final
DET115
PHX88
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +27
Final
HOU115
POR111
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +4
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 20, 2017: 7 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs DEN), 39 points.
The lead · OKC @ BOS

Boston climbs back to beat OKC

OKC led by 8 after one. Boston won it 100–99. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-8-3-2+1BOS AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC2622272499
BOS18272827100
Who led
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 12, 14, 12, 19, 19, 8, 23, 23BOS23 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 21, 7, 17, 10, 31, 9, 17, 21BOS21 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 43, 30, 32, 27, 21, 17, 32, 16, 37, 27OKC27 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 17, 21, 11, 21, 12, 19, 22, 24OKC24 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.5Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.5 in 70 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.0minutes, last 2 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
29.72016–17 avg9.7Last 2

9.7 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.7 in 2016–17 (80 games). Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg36.1Today

36 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 62 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Detroit posts the night's biggest win

Detroit beat Phoenix by 27, the widest margin of 7 games.

BOS over OKC1HOU over POR4ATL over UTA5TOR over ORL7NOP over DAL10MIN over LAC14DET over PHX27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 42

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 23, 26, 40, 28, 24, 32, 34, 42HOU @ POR · W
31.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Nov 3, 1995: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
42 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 27, 21, 11, 15, 18, 17, 18, 41ATL @ UTA · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Dec 16, 2006: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Career high41 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 41, 17, 25, 31, 21, 26, 34, 37NOP vs DAL · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 34, 13, 15, 31, 37, 23, 20, 30MIN vs LAC · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 43, 30, 32, 27, 21, 17, 32, 16, 37, 27OKC @ BOS · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 21, 27, 13, 23, 16, 21, 21, 27MIN vs LAC · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 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
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
Taurean PrinceATL+6.3 19.8 last 10 · 13.5 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−4.8 6.3 last 10 · 11.1 season