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Wednesday, March 20, 2019Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed BOS by 11 at halftime and won 118–115.

Final
MIL102
CLE107
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +5
Final
NOP96
ORL119
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +22; Q3 ORL +31; Q4 ORL +23
Final
BOS115
PHI118
Q1 PHI -9; Q2 PHI -11; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +3
Final
UTA137
NYK116
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +27; Q3 UTA +32; Q4 UTA +21
Final · OT
WAS120
CHI126
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +6
Final · OT
HOU125
MEM126
Q1 MEM +13; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +19; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +1
Final
MIA110
SAS105
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +5
Final · OT
TOR123
OKC114
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +9
Final
DAL118
POR126
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +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 20, 2018: 7 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ POR), 42 points.
The lead · BOS @ PHI

Joel Embiid posts 37 and 22 as Philadelphia beats Boston

37 points and 22 rebounds in a 118–115 win. Kyrie Irving scored 36 for Boston in the loss.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-11-5+3PHI AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS39302125115
PHI30282733118
Who led
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 37, 15, 37, 23, 26, 33, 17, 21, 40, 37PHI37 PTS · 22 REB · 4 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 14, 22, 19, 12, 22, 27, 23, 22PHI22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 24, 19, 30, 18, 31, 30, 30, 36BOS36 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 5, 21, 10, 10, 12, 9, 20, 22BOS22 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games need overtime

Three of 9 games went past regulation.

MEM over HOU1PHI over BOS3CLE over MIL5MIA over SAS5CHI over WAS6POR over DAL8TOR over OKC9UTA over NYK21ORL over NOP23Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.7Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.7 in 62 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.8Season avg21.7Last 3

21.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.8 in 67 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 57

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 42, 35, 31, 20, 28, 29, 41, 20, 31, 57HOU @ MEM · L
36.1 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Deron Williams NJN, Mar 4, 2012: 57 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
57 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 38, 37, 32, 23, 31, 19, 7, 42OKC vs TOR · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Jan 9, 2019: 42 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
42 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 37, 15, 37, 23, 26, 33, 17, 21, 40, 37PHI vs BOS · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 22 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 24, 19, 30, 18, 31, 30, 30, 36BOS @ PHI · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 21, 12, 40, 28, 26, 20, 28, 35MEM vs HOU · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 17, 19, 20, 15, 16, 12, 19, 33TOR @ OKC · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 6 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+7.4 32.0 last 10 · 24.6 season
Jalen BrunsonDAL+7.1 15.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Robin LopezCHI+6.8 15.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Collin SextonCLE+6.7 22.9 last 10 · 16.2 season
Damyean DotsonNYK+6.1 17.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−8.8 17.4 last 10 · 26.2 season
Alec BurksSAC−7.7 1.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Blake GriffinDET−6.2 18.5 last 10 · 24.7 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.7 0.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Serge IbakaTOR−5.6 9.4 last 10 · 15.0 season