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Wednesday, March 10, 2021Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed SAS by 7 at halftime and won 115–104.

Final
WAS112
MEM127
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +15
Final
SAS104
DAL115
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +11
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 10, 2020: 9 games. Top scorer: Bradley Beal (WAS vs NYK), 39 points.
The lead · SAS @ DAL

Dallas makes it four straight

Dallas beat San Antonio 115–104 and moved to 19–16. Kristaps Porzingis led Dallas with 28 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-7+1+11DAL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS32272718104
DAL27253528115
Who led
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 27, 15, 36, 18, 18, 17, 19, 28DAL28 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 46, 44, 21, 31, 19, 27, 33, 22DAL22 PTS · 12 REB · 12 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 12, 23, 8, 32, 22, 10, 20, 30SAS30 PTS · 0 REB · 11 AST
Patty MillsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 12, 10, 15, 13, 14, 14, 13, 14SAS14 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · WAS @ MEM

Memphis leads Washington wire to wire

Memphis was ahead at every break and won 127–112. Best quarter: the first, 35–26. Jonas Valanciunas led Memphis with 29 points, 20 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MEM vs WAS
Jonas Valanciunas · MEMBradley Beal · WASPTS2921REB203AST35Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 29 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+8.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 23.4 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Cooling off
−5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg7.0Last 5

7.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 25 minutes.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 30

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 12, 23, 8, 32, 22, 10, 20, 30SAS @ DAL · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 0 REB · 11 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 10, 11, 16, 22, 6, 11, 13, 29MEM vs WAS · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 27, 15, 36, 18, 18, 17, 19, 28DAL vs SAS · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 46, 44, 21, 31, 19, 27, 33, 22DAL vs SAS · W
28.4 PPG season to date · −6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Grant Hill DET, Apr 4, 1997: 22 PTS · 12 REB · 12 AST
22 PTS · 12 REB · 12 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 12, 22, 16, 20, 6, 35, 35, 21MEM vs WAS · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 37, 33, 28, 33, 34, 46, 23, 33, 21WAS @ MEM · L
32.5 PPG season to date · −11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 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
Jamal MurrayDEN+7.7 29.5 last 10 · 21.8 season
Bruce BrownBKN+5.4 14.0 last 10 · 8.6 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+5.3 21.4 last 10 · 16.1 season
Norman PowellTOR+5.2 23.6 last 10 · 18.4 season
Ricky RubioMIN+4.7 12.7 last 10 · 8.0 season
Cold
Jaylen BrownBOS−3.1 21.6 last 10 · 24.7 season
Nicolas BatumLAC−2.9 6.1 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
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−2.5 13.7 last 10 · 16.2 season