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Thursday, March 5, 2020Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed CHA by 3 after the first quarter and won 114–112.

Final
DEN114
CHA112
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +2
Final
LAC120
HOU105
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +23; Q3 LAC +25; Q4 LAC +15
Final
PHI125
SAC108
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +17
Final
TOR121
GSW113
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +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 · 2018–19Mar 5, 2019: 6 games. Top scorer: Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN vs OKC), 41 points.
The lead · DEN @ CHA

Denver takes over late to edge Charlotte

Down 2 after three, Denver won the fourth 34–30. Final: 114–112. Jamal Murray led Denver with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+9-2+2DEN AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN31292034114
CHA34173130112
Who led
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 36, 26, 32, 21, 19, 16, 11, 22, 14, 18DEN18 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 16, 16, 7, 5, 18, 11, 18, 16DEN16 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Devonte' GrahamPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 14, 28, 0, 6, 21, 18, 17, 24CHA24 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
P.J. WashingtonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 17, 16, 9, 12, 15, 12, 19, 20CHA20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · TOR @ GSW

Toronto leads Golden State wire to wire

Toronto was ahead at every break and won 121–113. Best quarter: the first, 32–27. Norman Powell led Toronto with 37 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over CHA2TOR over GSW8LAC over HOU15PHI over SAC17Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 29 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 44 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Norman Powell 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.
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 7, 6, 16, 12, 22, 24, 26, 37TOR @ GSW · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 41, 39, 36, 21, 34, 33, 41, 24, 29HOU vs LAC · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 22, 11, 25, 11, 34, 25, 18, 28PHI @ SAC · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 12, 13, 16, 10, 21, 17, 28, 26TOR @ GSW · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 28, 31, 25, 24, 19, 30, 25, 25LAC @ HOU · W
26.9 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Devonte' GrahamPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 14, 28, 0, 6, 21, 18, 17, 24CHA vs DEN · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 1 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
Malik BeasleyMIN+10.4 21.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Christian WoodDET+8.9 21.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Coby WhiteCHI+8.6 21.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jayson TatumBOS+7.8 31.4 last 10 · 23.6 season
Seth CurryDAL+7.3 19.8 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Marcus MorrisLAC−7.4 10.4 last 10 · 17.8 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−5.6 15.3 last 10 · 20.9 season
Josh RichardsonPHI−5.3 8.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jordan McRaeDET−5.2 6.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Aron BaynesPHX−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season