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Sunday, March 8, 2020Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed BOS by 11 at halftime and won 105–104.

Final
CHI107
BKN110
Q1 BKN -1; Q2 BKN +8; Q3 BKN +7; Q4 BKN +3
Final
LAL112
LAC103
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +9
Final
NOP120
MIN107
Q1 NOP +7; Q2 NOP +8; Q3 NOP +14; Q4 NOP +13
Final
OKC105
BOS104
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC -11; Q3 OKC -1; Q4 OKC +1
Final
MIL131
PHX140
Q1 PHX +19; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +9
Final
IND112
DAL109
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +3
Final
ORL126
HOU106
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +25; Q3 ORL +29; Q4 ORL +20
Final
MIA100
WAS89
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +11
Final · OT
SAS129
CLE132
Q1 CLE +17; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +3
Final
DET84
NYK96
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +12
Final
TOR118
SAC113
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +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 8, 2019: 9 games. Top scorer: Lou Williams (LAC vs OKC), 40 points.
The lead · OKC @ BOS

OKC fights back from 11 down against Boston

Final: 105–104, after trailing by 11 at the half. Chris Paul led OKC with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · OKC 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+3-11-1+1OKC AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC29233122105
BOS26372120104
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 14, 29, 12, 19, 17, 18, 14, 16, 21, 28OKC28 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 13, 21, 13, 9, 24, 23, 16, 27OKC27 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 21, 29, 10, 12, 12, 18, 7, 24BOS24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Marcus SmartPoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 14, 12, 17, 26, 14, 18, 29, 19BOS19 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Magic rout

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Orlando beat Houston by 20.

OKC over BOS1BKN over CHI3IND over DAL3CLE over SAS3TOR over SAC5LAL over LAC9PHX over MIL9MIA over WAS11NYK over DET12NOP over MIN13ORL over HOU20Final 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
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 53 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.9Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.9 in 45 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Khris Middleton leads the day with 39

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.
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 28, 25, 40, 22, 12, 20, 12, 39MIL @ PHX · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 23, 11, 22, 11, 27, 19, 20, 37NOP @ MIN · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 33, 20, 26, 23, 23, 30, 21, 36DAL vs IND · L
28.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 29, 24, 14, 26, 21, 22, 23, 36PHX vs MIL · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 4, 7, 11, 24, 24, 16, 13, 31LAC vs LAL · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 6, 16, 12, 22, 24, 26, 37, 31TOR @ SAC · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 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
Coby WhiteCHI+11.0 24.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Malik BeasleyMIN+10.6 21.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Christian WoodDET+9.2 22.0 last 10 · 12.8 season
Caris LeVertBKN+6.7 24.3 last 10 · 17.6 season
CJ McCollumPOR+6.4 28.9 last 10 · 22.5 season
Cold
Marcus MorrisLAC−8.0 9.5 last 10 · 17.5 season
Josh RichardsonPHI−5.3 8.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−4.8 16.3 last 10 · 21.1 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM−4.5 12.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
DeMar DeRozanSAS−4.5 17.8 last 10 · 22.3 season