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Wednesday, March 17, 2021Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed CHI by 18 at halftime and won 106–99.

Final
TOR112
DET116
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +4
Final
BKN124
IND115
Q1 BKN -15; Q2 BKN -3; Q3 BKN -2; Q4 BKN +9
Final · OT
MIL109
PHI105
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL -14; Q3 MIL -9; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +4
Final
SAC121
WAS119
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +2
Final
SAS106
CHI99
Q1 SAS -14; Q2 SAS -18; Q3 SAS -13; Q4 SAS +7
Final
BOS110
CLE117
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +7
Final
GSW108
HOU94
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +24; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +14
Final
CHA104
DEN129
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +28; Q4 DEN +25
Final
MIA85
MEM89
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +4
Final
LAC89
DAL105
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +16
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 · SAS @ CHI

San Antonio erases 18-point lead, steals one from Chicago

Chicago led 58–40 at halftime. San Antonio won the second half 66–41 to take it 106–99. Jakob Poeltl led San Antonio with 20 points, 16 rebounds 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 comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14-18-13+7SAS AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS17232739106
CHI3127221999
Who led
Jakob PoeltlPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 14, 8, 2, 6, 6, 7, 14, 20SAS20 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 2, 11, 25, 6, 17, 17, 9, 17SAS17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 21, 35, 24, 23, 36, 19, 30, 15, 40, 29CHI29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 13, 12, 18, 14, 13, 10, 17, 16CHI16 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Charlotte by 25.

SAC over WAS2DET over TOR4MIL over PHI4MEM over MIA4SAS over CHI7CLE over BOS7BKN over IND9GSW over HOU14DAL over LAC16DEN over CHA25Final 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
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 19 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.3Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.3 in 28 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.3Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 7.3 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Norman Powell leads the day with 43

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.
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 17, 30, 36, 25, 33, 13, 32, 43TOR @ DET · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Dec 23, 1999: 42 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Career high43 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 44, 21, 31, 19, 27, 33, 22, 21, 25, 42DAL vs LAC · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephon Marbury NJN, Jan 27, 2000: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
42 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 37, 29, 20, 29, 30, 29, 22, 24, 21, 40BKN @ IND · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Bradley Beal WAS, Dec 22, 2018: 40 PTS · 11 REB · 15 AST
40 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 38, 37, 38, 36, 27, 26, 24, 33, 31, 32MIL @ PHI · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 23, 28, 39, 32, 19, 15, 21, 29CLE vs BOS · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 21, 35, 24, 23, 36, 19, 30, 15, 40, 29CHI vs SAS · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 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
Norman PowellTOR+6.7 26.4 last 10 · 19.7 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN+5.5 21.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Bruce BrownBKN+4.9 13.2 last 10 · 8.3 season
Jimmy ButlerMIA+4.6 26.4 last 10 · 21.8 season
Malik MonkCHA+4.6 17.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Gordon HaywardCHA−4.6 16.1 last 10 · 20.7 season
Khem BirchORL−3.9 1.6 last 10 · 5.5 season
Marcus MorrisLAC−3.4 8.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
JaMychal GreenDEN−3.3 5.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Chris PaulPHX−3.3 12.6 last 10 · 15.9 season