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Thursday, March 7, 2019Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed POR by 3 at halftime and won 129–121.

Final
IND98
MIL117
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +19
Final · OT
OKC129
POR121
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +8
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 · 2017–18Mar 7, 2018: 7 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR @ DET), 42 points.
The lead · OKC @ POR

Russell Westbrook scores 37, OKC wins in overtime

Tied 113–113 after regulation. Final: 129–121. Damian Lillard scored 51 for Portland in the loss.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+1-3+20+8OKC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
OKC3127272816129
POR303122308121
Who led
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 44, 43, 41, 22, 23, 19, 22, 38, 37OKC37 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 45, 47, 28, 45, 14, 25, 25, 32OKC32 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 13, 17, 21, 33, 24, 23, 24, 51POR51 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 21, 15, 35, 14, 35, 6, 27, 25POR25 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · IND @ MIL

Milwaukee leads Indiana wire to wire

Milwaukee was ahead at every break and won 117–98. Best quarter: the fourth, 33–26. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIL vs IND
Giannis Antetokounmpo · MILMyles Turner · INDPTS2922REB1217AST53Top 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
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 65 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 50 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.3Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 35.3 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 51 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 51

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 13, 17, 21, 33, 24, 23, 24, 51POR vs OKC · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Jan 21, 2006: 51 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Season high51 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 44, 43, 41, 22, 23, 19, 22, 38, 37OKC @ POR · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 45, 47, 28, 45, 14, 25, 25, 32OKC @ POR · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 33, 30, 27, 17, 16, 43, 21, 29MIL vs IND · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 15, 28, 22, 21, 18, 29, 6, 27MIL vs IND · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 21, 15, 35, 14, 35, 6, 27, 25POR vs OKC · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 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
Trae YoungATL+8.3 26.6 last 10 · 18.3 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+8.1 31.0 last 10 · 22.9 season
Avery BradleyMEM+7.4 17.1 last 10 · 9.7 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+7.2 31.4 last 10 · 24.2 season
Kelly OlynykMIA+6.6 16.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−10.2 16.6 last 10 · 26.8 season
Garrett TempleLAC−4.9 3.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−4.8 1.9 last 10 · 6.7 season
Alec BurksSAC−4.4 5.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Caris LeVertBKN−4.4 10.5 last 10 · 14.9 season