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Friday, March 15, 2019Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed MIA by 20 at halftime and won 113–98.

Final
LAL97
DET111
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +14
Final
SAC114
PHI123
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +9
Final
CHA116
WAS110
Q1 CHA +14; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +17; Q4 CHA +6
Final
PHX102
HOU108
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +6
Final
MIL113
MIA98
Q1 MIL -18; Q2 MIL -20; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +15
Final
POR122
NOP110
Q1 POR -7; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +12
Final
NYK83
SAS109
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +26
Final
CHI121
LAC128
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +7
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 15, 2018: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ POR), 35 points.
The lead · MIL @ MIA

Giannis Antetokounmpo scores 33 as Milwaukee wins in Miami

Final: 113–98. Giannis Antetokounmpo made 12 of 19 shots from the field.

Game flow · MIL 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-18-20-1+15MIL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL19233734113
MIA3725181898
Who led
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 16, 43, 21, 29, 26, 27, 24, 33MIL33 PTS · 16 REB · 9 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 18, 29, 6, 27, 9, 15, 23, 21MIL21 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Justise WinslowPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 19, 13, 18, 9, 16, 10, 16, 20MIA20 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 13, 29, 4, 18, 11, 8, 13, 14MIA14 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: San Antonio by 26.

CHA over WAS6HOU over PHX6LAC over CHI7PHI over SAC9POR over NOP12DET over LAL14MIL over MIA15SAS over NYK26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 55 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg16.5Last 3

16.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 63 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.3Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 12.3 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Julius Randle leads the day with 45

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.
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 22, 28, 30, 23, 18, 23, 23, 45NOP vs POR · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +24.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jalen Rose CHI, Mar 16, 2002: 44 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Career high45 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 58, 42, 35, 31, 20, 28, 29, 41HOU vs PHX · W
36.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Feb 22, 2024: 41 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
41 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 29, 22, 30, 15, 36, 27, 23, 40WAS vs CHA · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell GSW, Mar 1, 1997: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 16, 43, 21, 29, 26, 27, 24, 33MIL @ MIA · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 16 REB · 9 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 22, 42, 11, 30, 47, 12, 27, 39, 24, 31CHI @ LAC · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 26, 25, 22, 41, 23, 37, 27, 29PHX @ HOU · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 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
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+8.5 33.1 last 10 · 24.6 season
Jalen BrunsonDAL+7.3 15.8 last 10 · 8.5 season
Robin LopezCHI+7.1 16.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Trae YoungATL+7.0 25.3 last 10 · 18.3 season
Dwight PowellDAL+6.4 16.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−10.9 15.6 last 10 · 26.5 season
Alec BurksSAC−7.0 2.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Blake GriffinDET−6.7 18.0 last 10 · 24.7 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.4 1.0 last 10 · 6.4 season
Serge IbakaTOR−5.3 9.8 last 10 · 15.1 season