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Friday, March 29, 2019Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed GSW by 14 at halftime and won 131–130.

Final
IND112
BOS114
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +2
Final
POR118
ATL98
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +20
Final · OT
GSW130
MIN131
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN -14; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +1
Final
DEN115
OKC105
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +10
Final
WAS124
UTA128
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +4
Final
CHA115
LAL129
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +14
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 29, 2018: 5 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL @ GSW), 32 points.
The lead · GSW @ MIN

Minnesota rallies from fourteen down at the half, wins in overtime

Golden State led 68–54 at the break. It was 115–115 after regulation, and Minnesota won the extra time 16–15. Final: 131–130. Andrew Wiggins led Minnesota with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. Stephen Curry scored 37 for Golden State in the loss.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-5-1400+1MIN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
GSW3236182915130
MIN2727322916131
Who led
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 18, 14, 14, 20, 20, 22, 22, 24MIN24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Josh OkogiePoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 0, 2, 21, 19, 10, 17, 9, 21MIN21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 24, 33, 25, 36, 15, 26, 28, 37GSW37 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 25, 24, 17, 15, 25, 14, 28, 23GSW23 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Trail Blazers rout

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Portland beat Atlanta by 20.

MIN over GSW1BOS over IND2UTA over WAS4DEN over OKC10LAL over CHA14POR over ATL20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 68 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 51 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 37

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 24, 33, 25, 36, 15, 26, 28, 37GSW @ MIN · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 24, 34, 30, 33, 28, 31, 11, 36POR @ ATL · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 24, 19, 30, 34, 16, 10, 11, 35UTA vs WAS · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 40, 40, 15, 27, 25, 16, 32, 28, 34WAS @ UTA · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 18, 31, 30, 30, 36, 31, 11, 30BOS vs IND · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Bobby PortisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 18, 11, 15, 18, 14, 10, 6, 28WAS @ UTA · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 4 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
Devin BookerPHX+8.3 34.8 last 10 · 26.5 season
Collin SextonCLE+7.9 24.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Jalen BrunsonDAL+7.7 16.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeLAL+7.5 18.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Jonas ValanciunasMEM+5.4 20.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−8.8 17.1 last 10 · 25.9 season
Alec BurksSAC−7.7 1.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Marc GasolTOR−6.1 7.7 last 10 · 13.8 season
Kent BazemoreATL−5.9 5.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Kevin DurantGSW−5.3 21.5 last 10 · 26.8 season