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Friday, March 22, 2019Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed CLE by 15 after the first quarter and won 110–108.

Final · OT
MEM119
ORL123
Q1 ORL -10; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL -14; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +4
Final
LAC110
CLE108
Q1 LAC -15; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +2
Final
DEN111
NYK93
Q1 DEN +19; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +18
Final
OKC116
TOR109
Q1 OKC -7; Q2 OKC -10; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +7
Final
SAS105
HOU111
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +15; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU +6
Final
MIA87
MIL116
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +25; Q4 MIL +29
Final
BKN111
LAL106
Q1 BKN -3; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN +5; Q4 BKN +5
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 22, 2018: 6 games. Top scorer: Kemba Walker (CHA vs MEM), 46 points.
The lead · LAC @ CLE

Clippers storm back from 15 down to beat Cleveland

The Clippers trailed by 15 after one and won 110–108. Danilo Gallinari led Clippers with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-15-2+9+2LAC AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC25333418110
CLE40202325108
Who led
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 20, 23, 34, 25, 27, 20, 24, 27LAC27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 14, 9, 12, 15, 17, 14, 17, 16LAC16 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 16, 24, 19, 16, 10, 22, 6, 22CLE22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 21, 14, 13, 15, 17, 14, 23, 20CLE20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 72 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg9.1Last 3

9.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 29 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Milwaukee by 29.

LAC over CLE2ORL over MEM4BKN over LAL5HOU over SAS6OKC over TOR7DEN over NYK18MIL over MIA29Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 61

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: 35, 31, 20, 28, 29, 41, 20, 31, 57, 61HOU vs SAS · W
36.5 PPG season to date · +24.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Dec 20, 2005: 62 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Ties career high61 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 38, 26, 31, 25, 25, 33, 22, 37TOR vs OKC · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
JaVale McGeePoints, last 10 games: 21, 7, 16, 8, 10, 9, 20, 12, 6, 33LAL vs BKN · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 20 REB · 0 AST
Terrence RossPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 2, 22, 15, 7, 14, 6, 19, 31ORL vs MEM · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Tyler DorseyPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 1, 3, 5, 0, 8, 7, 6, 29MEM @ ORL · L
4.3 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 15, 14, 25, 36, 29, 31, 19, 28OKC @ TOR · W
28.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 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
Jalen BrunsonDAL+7.8 16.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Collin SextonCLE+7.1 23.3 last 10 · 16.2 season
Robin LopezCHI+6.8 15.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+5.8 30.4 last 10 · 24.6 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.PHX+5.3 20.5 last 10 · 15.2 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−6.1 18.5 last 10 · 24.6 season
Marc GasolTOR−6.0 8.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Serge IbakaTOR−5.7 9.2 last 10 · 14.9 season