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Monday, March 15, 2021Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed SAC by 6 at halftime and won 122–116.

Final
SAC116
CHA122
Q1 CHA -5; Q2 CHA -6; Q3 CHA -5; Q4 CHA +6
Final
MIL133
WAS122
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +11
Final
NYK112
BKN117
Q1 BKN +5; Q2 BKN +12; Q3 BKN +12; Q4 BKN +5
Final
SAS109
DET99
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +10
Final
LAC109
DAL99
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +10
Final
IND106
DEN121
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN +15
Final
MEM99
PHX122
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +23
Final
LAL128
GSW97
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +20; Q4 LAL +31
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 · SAC @ CHA

Charlotte keeps rolling, beats Sacramento

That is four in a row. Final: 122–116. Terry Rozier led Charlotte with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CHA 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 Q3Final0-5-6-5+6CHA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC37302920116
CHA32293031122
Who led
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 36, 12, 10, 24, 8, 20, 31, 17, 17, 26CHA26 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 13, 21, 20, 12, 23, 17, 9, 25CHA25 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 29, 27, 20, 23, 32, 30, 32, 29SAC29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 9, 14, 30, 29, 21, 20, 10, 23SAC23 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 18 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
24.22019–20 avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 2019–20 (38 games). Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 26.5 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · IND @ DEN

Denver handles Indiana by 15

The Nuggets won the fourth quarter 34–15. Final: 121–106. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 32 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BKN over NYK5CHA over SAC6SAS over DET10LAC over DAL10MIL over WAS11DEN over IND15PHX over MEM23LAL over GSW31Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over IND.
Top performances

Bradley Beal 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.
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 28, 33, 34, 46, 23, 33, 21, 19, 37WAS vs MIL · L
32.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 40, 16, 28, 21, 27, 27, 24, 40, 18, 34BKN vs NYK · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 21, 28, 25, 14, 27, 7, 26, 33NYK @ BKN · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 41, 24, 19, 39, 37, 20, 28, 26, 32DEN vs IND · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 38, 37, 38, 36, 27, 26, 24, 33, 31MIL @ WAS · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Joel Embiid PHI, Jan 3, 2022: 31 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
31 PTS · 15 REB · 10 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 29, 27, 20, 23, 32, 30, 32, 29SAC @ CHA · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 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
Norman PowellTOR+6.2 25.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+5.4 21.4 last 10 · 16.0 season
Bruce BrownBKN+4.8 13.0 last 10 · 8.2 season
Nikola VucevicORL+4.5 29.5 last 10 · 25.0 season
Terrence RossORL+3.9 19.9 last 10 · 16.0 season
Cold
Gordon HaywardCHA−4.2 16.9 last 10 · 21.1 season
Jaylen BrownBOS−4.2 20.1 last 10 · 24.3 season
Khem BirchORL−3.9 1.6 last 10 · 5.5 season
Chris PaulPHX−3.3 12.6 last 10 · 15.9 season
JaMychal GreenDEN−3.0 6.2 last 10 · 9.2 season