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Friday, March 30, 2018Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed PHX by 17 at halftime and won 104–103.

Final
CHI90
ORL82
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI +8
Final
PHI101
ATL91
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +27; Q4 PHI +10
Final
NOP102
CLE107
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE -10; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +5
Final
PHX103
HOU104
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -17; Q3 HOU -11; Q4 HOU +1
Final · OT
DEN126
OKC125
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +1
Final
MIN93
DAL92
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +1
Final
MEM97
UTA107
Q1 UTA +15; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +10
Final · OT
MIL124
LAL122
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +2
Final
LAC96
POR105
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +21; Q4 POR +9
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 30, 2017: 5 games. Top scorer: Ricky Rubio (MIN vs LAL), 33 points.
The lead · PHX @ HOU

Houston erases 17-point lead, steals one from Phoenix

Phoenix led 57–40 at halftime. Houston won the second half 64–46 to take it 104–103. James Harden led Houston with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-17-11+1HOU AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX25322917103
HOU22183529104
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 40, 28, 24, 32, 34, 42, 21, 27, 18, 28HOU28 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
PJ TuckerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 3, 9, 12, 3, 10, 3, 12, 9, 18HOU18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Josh JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 17, 36, 15, 17, 18, 23, 18, 27PHX27 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Troy DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 2, 18, 18, 20, 12, 18, 15, 23PHX23 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 9 games went past regulation.

HOU over PHX1DEN over OKC1MIN over DAL1MIL over LAL2CLE over NOP5CHI over ORL8POR over LAC9PHI over ATL10UTA over MEM10Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.2Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.2 in 60 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 66 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg36.4Today

36 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 62 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Eric Bledsoe 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.
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 19, 13, 19, 13, 23, 14, 20, 39MIL @ LAL · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 14, 12, 14, 22, 2, 16, 20, 36DEN @ OKC · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 32, 16, 37, 27, 29, 23, 19, 33OKC vs DEN · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 40, 28, 24, 32, 34, 42, 21, 27, 18, 28HOU vs PHX · W
30.7 PPG season to date · −2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 23, 30, 23, 16, 19, 22, 23, 28MIL @ LAL · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 17, 21, 14, 5, 18, 20, 8, 28MEM @ UTA · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 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
Taurean PrinceATL+8.4 22.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Julius RandleLAL+7.1 23.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Josh JacksonPHX+6.9 19.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Troy DanielsPHX+6.0 15.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+6.0 27.2 last 10 · 21.2 season
Cold
Nikola MiroticNOP−5.4 9.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Justin HolidayCHI−5.1 7.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Elfrid PaytonPHX−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Courtney LeeNYK−4.6 7.3 last 10 · 11.9 season