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Friday, March 8, 2019Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CHI by 17 at halftime and won 112–104.

Final
WAS111
CHA112
Q1 CHA +10; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA -1; Q4 CHA +1
Final
DAL106
ORL111
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL +19; Q4 ORL +5
Final
DET112
CHI104
Q1 DET -6; Q2 DET -17; Q3 DET -11; Q4 DET +8
Final
PHI91
HOU107
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +15; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +16
Final
UTA104
MEM114
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +10
Final
CLE110
MIA126
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +16
Final
TOR127
NOP104
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +23
Final
DEN105
GSW122
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +17
Final
OKC110
LAC118
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +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 8, 2018: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (GSW vs SAS), 37 points.
The lead · DET @ CHI

Detroit erases 17-point lead, steals one from Chicago

Chicago led 66–49 at halftime. Detroit won the second half 63–38 to take it 112–104. Blake Griffin led Detroit with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-6-17-11+8DET AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET24252043112
CHI30361424104
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 15, 20, 20, 17, 14, 27, 9, 27DET27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 32, 13, 14, 22, 24, 19, 6, 21DET21 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 42, 11, 30, 47, 12, 27, 39, 24CHI24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 17, 18, 37, 17, 0, 20, 31, 7, 15, 23CHI23 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 61 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 59 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Toronto by 23.

CHA over WAS1ORL over DAL5DET over CHI8LAC over OKC8MEM over UTA10HOU over PHI16MIA over CLE16GSW over DEN17TOR over NOP23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Lou Williams 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.
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 45, 30, 18, 24, 21, 18, 17, 18, 21, 40LAC vs OKC · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Anthony Peeler VAN, Feb 4, 1997: 40 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 22, 9, 18, 20, 26, 36, 21, 39GSW vs DEN · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 38, 25, 32, 24, 46, 19, 22, 38UTA @ MEM · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 23, 19, 20, 18, 19, 20, 23, 34LAC vs OKC · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 44, 43, 41, 22, 23, 19, 22, 38, 37, 32OKC @ LAC · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 42, 31, 42, 30, 28, 30, 58, 42, 35, 31HOU vs PHI · W
36.6 PPG season to date · −5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 7 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
Russell WestbrookOKC+9.0 32.1 last 10 · 23.1 season
Robin LopezCHI+8.4 16.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Trae YoungATL+8.3 26.6 last 10 · 18.3 season
Avery BradleyMEM+7.4 17.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+7.2 31.4 last 10 · 24.2 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−10.2 16.6 last 10 · 26.8 season
Garrett TempleLAC−5.8 2.5 last 10 · 8.3 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.5 1.1 last 10 · 6.6 season
Marc GasolTOR−4.9 9.9 last 10 · 14.8 season
JJ RedickPHI−4.8 12.9 last 10 · 17.7 season