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Friday, March 12, 2021Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed ORL by 13 after the first quarter and won 104–77.

Final
DEN103
MEM102
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +1
Final
CLE82
NOP116
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP +21; Q3 NOP +36; Q4 NOP +34
Final
PHI127
WAS101
Q1 PHI +17; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +26
Final
MIA101
CHI90
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +11
Final
ORL77
SAS104
Q1 SAS -13; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +27
Final
HOU99
UTA114
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +15
Final
IND100
LAL105
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL -8; Q3 LAL -8; Q4 LAL +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
The lead · ORL @ SAS

San Antonio rallies from 13 down to beat Orlando

Trailing by 13 after one, San Antonio outscored the Magic 88–48 the rest of the way. Final: 104–77. Rudy Gay led San Antonio with 19 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAS 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.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13+8+10+27SAS AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2910251377
SAS16312730104
Who led
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 6, 14, 11, 17, 5, 12, 13, 19SAS19 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 26, 27, 18, 19, 17, 14, 11, 17SAS17 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 37, 20, 28, 34, 29, 29, 24, 26ORL26 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Dwayne BaconPoints, last 10 games: 15, 0, 7, 8, 11, 13, 7, 6, 21, 15ORL15 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: New Orleans by 34.

DEN over MEM1LAL over IND5MIA over CHI11UTA over HOU15PHI over WAS26SAS over ORL27NOP over CLE34Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 2 vs 2019–20 avg
Points per game
10.02019–20 avg20.0Last 2

20.0 points a game over his last two games, against 10.0 in 2019–20 (50 games). Today: 27 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
31.82019–20 avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.8 in 2019–20 (56 games). Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Zach LaVine 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.
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 37, 30, 38, 21, 35, 24, 23, 36, 19, 30CHI vs MIA · L
28.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Malcolm BrogdonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 23, 32, 24, 12, 20, 29, 10, 29IND @ LAL · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 33, 16, 15, 41, 24, 19, 39, 37, 20, 28DEN @ MEM · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 35, 23, 13, 30, 31, 21, 33, 28UTA vs HOU · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 27, 23, 29, 26, 21, 17, 13, 28NOP vs CLE · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 13, 24, 15, 27, 33, 29, 27, 28MIA @ CHI · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 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+6.1 27.3 last 10 · 21.2 season
Norman PowellTOR+5.9 24.7 last 10 · 18.8 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+5.3 21.4 last 10 · 16.1 season
Malik MonkCHA+4.3 17.6 last 10 · 13.3 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.GSW+4.3 19.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Jaylen BrownBOS−4.0 20.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−3.5 17.9 last 10 · 21.4 season
Khem BirchORL−3.1 2.5 last 10 · 5.6 season
Nicolas BatumLAC−2.7 6.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
JaMychal GreenDEN−2.7 6.4 last 10 · 9.1 season