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Wednesday, March 3, 2021Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed ORL by 19 at halftime and won 115–112.

Final
IND114
CLE111
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -10; Q3 IND -8; Q4 IND +3
Final · OT
UTA123
PHI131
Q1 PHI -8; Q2 PHI -9; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +8
Final
DET129
TOR105
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +24
Final
BKN132
HOU114
Q1 BKN +3; Q2 BKN +13; Q3 BKN +16; Q4 BKN +18
Final
CHA135
MIN102
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +22; Q4 CHA +33
Final
CHI128
NOP124
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +19; Q3 CHI +17; Q4 CHI +4
Final
ATL115
ORL112
Q1 ATL -12; Q2 ATL -19; Q3 ATL -12; Q4 ATL +3
Final
OKC78
DAL87
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +9
Final
GSW106
POR108
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +2
Final
LAL120
SAC123
Q1 SAC -8; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +3
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 · 2019–20Mar 3, 2020: 8 games. Top scorer: Caris LeVert (BKN @ BOS), 51 points.
The lead · ATL @ ORL

Trae Young drops 32 in 19-point comeback win over Orlando

Orlando led by 19 at the half. Final: 115–112.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-12-19-12+3ATL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL27153637115
ORL39222922112
Who led
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 23, 40, 31, 35, 28, 33, 17, 15, 18, 32ATL32 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 9, 12, 5, 38, 8, 6, 8, 23ATL23 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 42, 14, 16, 30, 37, 20, 28, 34, 29, 29ORL29 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Terrence RossPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 30, 24, 17, 13, 5, 10, 18, 28ORL28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Hornets rout

Five of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Charlotte beat Minnesota by 33.

POR over GSW2IND over CLE3ATL over ORL3SAC over LAL3CHI over NOP4PHI over UTA8DAL over OKC9BKN over HOU18DET over TOR24CHA over MIN33Final 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
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 32 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 34 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.7Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 10.7 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 40

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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 35, 35, 31, 50, 25, 18, 23, 42, 24, 40PHI vs UTA · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Al Jefferson MIN, Jan 27, 2008: 40 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
40 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 37, 30, 38, 21, 35, 24, 23, 36CHI @ NOP · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 29, 28, 15, 20, 21, 14, 32, 36HOU vs BKN · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 11, 29, 31, 11, 24, 17, 30, 36TOR vs DET · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 40, 27, 36, 25, 29, 37, 24, 29, 16, 35GSW @ POR · L
29.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 24, 35, 23, 13, 30, 31, 21, 33UTA @ PHI · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 6 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
Jamal MurrayDEN+8.0 29.7 last 10 · 21.7 season
Bruce BrownBKN+5.4 14.0 last 10 · 8.6 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+5.3 21.4 last 10 · 16.1 season
Ricky RubioMIN+4.7 12.7 last 10 · 8.0 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.GSW+4.4 19.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Jayson TatumBOS−3.5 21.4 last 10 · 24.9 season
Nicolas BatumLAC−3.0 6.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−2.8 18.7 last 10 · 21.5 season
JaMychal GreenDEN−2.7 6.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Alec BurksNYK−2.7 8.5 last 10 · 11.2 season