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Sunday, March 25, 2018Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed MIA by 9 after the first quarter and won 113–107.

Final
CLE121
BKN114
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +7
Final
SAS103
MIL106
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +3
Final · OT
MIA107
IND113
Q1 IND -9; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +6
Final
BOS104
SAC93
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -8; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +11
Final
LAC117
TOR106
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC -7; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +11
Final
NYK101
WAS97
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +4
Final
POR108
OKC105
Q1 POR +17; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +3
Final
ATL99
HOU118
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +24; Q3 HOU +20; Q4 HOU +19
Final
UTA110
GSW91
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +24; Q4 UTA +19
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 25, 2017: 5 games. Top scorer: John Wall (WAS @ CLE), 37 points.
The lead · MIA @ IND

Indiana flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Miami led 53–52 at the break. Tied 96–96 after regulation, Indiana won the extra time 17–11. Final: 113–107. Victor Oladipo led Indiana with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-1+80+6IND AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA3023212211107
IND2131301417113
Who led
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 27, 11, 18, 18, 20, 21, 18, 23IND23 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 4, 19, 13, 5, 18, 9, 16, 22IND22 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Tyler JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 13, 17, 14, 6, 8, 22, 8, 19MIA19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
James JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 20, 8, 18, 12, 31, 3, 23, 15MIA15 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Houston by 19.

MIL over SAS3POR over OKC3NYK over WAS4IND over MIA6CLE over BKN7BOS over SAC11LAC over TOR11HOU over ATL19UTA over GSW19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 23 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg15.2Last 3

15.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 65 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.3Season avg38.0Today

38 minutes today, against 16.3 a game in 70 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 39, 25, 24, 28, 35, 33, 40, 35, 27, 37CLE @ BKN · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 7, 30, 11, 24, 25, 39, 33, 27, 45, 34SAS @ MIL · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 30, 17, 29, 16, 21, 8, 26, 34POR @ OKC · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 13, 16, 21, 17, 13, 14, 16, 33BOS @ SAC · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Joe HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 5, 3, 11, 11, 5, 11, 7, 30BKN vs CLE · L
10.5 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Taurean PrincePoints, last 10 games: 9, 3, 38, 25, 22, 38, 11, 7, 20, 28ATL @ HOU · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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
Brook LopezLAL+7.1 20.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Taurean PrinceATL+6.4 20.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Julius RandleLAL+6.3 22.4 last 10 · 16.1 season
Dillon BrooksMEM+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Terry RozierBOS+6.0 17.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Justin HolidayCHI−5.9 6.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Rodney HoodCLE−5.5 9.5 last 10 · 15.0 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Courtney LeeNYK−5.0 7.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Kevin LoveCLE−4.7 13.3 last 10 · 18.0 season