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Monday, March 2, 2020Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed DAL by 10 after the first quarter and won 109–107.

Final
UTA126
CLE113
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +13
Final
HOU123
NYK125
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +2
Final
POR130
ORL107
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +23
Final
MEM127
ATL88
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +39
Final
MIL89
MIA105
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +16
Final
DAL107
CHI109
Q1 CHI -10; Q2 CHI -10; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +2
Final
IND116
SAS111
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +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 · 2018–19Mar 2, 2019: 9 games. Top scorer: Donovan Mitchell (UTA vs MIL), 46 points.
The lead · DAL @ CHI

Chicago climbs back to beat Dallas

Dallas led by 10 after one. Chicago won it 109–107. Coby White led Chicago with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-10-10+6+2CHI AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL29291732107
CHI19293328109
Who led
Coby WhitePoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 6, 14, 12, 33, 33, 35, 22, 19CHI19 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 9, 4, 9, 7, 15, 22, 4, 18, 13, 18CHI18 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 14, 33, 19, 16, 33, 23, 17, 15, 19, 26DAL26 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 29, 21, 33, 33, 20, 26, 23, 23DAL23 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 60 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Memphis posts the night's biggest win

Memphis beat Atlanta by 39, the widest margin of 7 games.

NYK over HOU2CHI over DAL2IND over SAS5UTA over CLE13MIA over MIL16POR over ORL23MEM over ATL39Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

CJ McCollum leads the day with 41

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.
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 20, 23, 27, 41, 28, 28, 35, 41POR @ ORL · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 9, 2000: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Ties season high41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 32, 28, 42, 29, 38, 37, 30, 21, 35HOU @ NYK · L
34.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 23, 25, 17, 13, 28, 31, 16, 32CLE vs UTA · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 24, 19, 27, 16, 17, 27, 16, 30ORL vs POR · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 8, 23, 22, 15, 12, 16, 3, 21, 28UTA @ CLE · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 12, 3, 5, 16, 17, 21, 5, 15, 19, 27NYK vs HOU · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high27 PTS · 5 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
Malik BeasleyMIN+9.5 19.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Christian WoodDET+8.4 20.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jayson TatumBOS+8.0 31.5 last 10 · 23.5 season
Coby WhiteCHI+7.4 20.0 last 10 · 12.6 season
Seth CurryDAL+7.3 19.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Josh RichardsonPHI−5.3 8.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Aron BaynesPHX−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jordan McRaeDEN−5.0 6.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−4.6 16.6 last 10 · 21.2 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM−4.5 12.4 last 10 · 16.9 season