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Friday, March 19, 2021Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed CHI by 10 after the first quarter and won 131–127.

Final
SAC107
BOS96
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +11
Final
SAS116
CLE110
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +6
Final
DET113
HOU100
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +13
Final
GSW116
MEM103
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +13
Final
IND137
MIA110
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +27
Final
BKN113
ORL121
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +19; Q4 ORL +8
Final
UTA115
TOR112
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +3
Final · OT
CHI127
DEN131
Q1 DEN -10; Q2 DEN -8; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +4
Final
MIN101
PHX113
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +12
Final
DAL119
POR125
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR -5; Q4 POR +6
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 · CHI @ DEN

Nikola Jokic scores 34, Denver wins in overtime

Tied 116–116 after regulation. Final: 131–127.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-10-8-80+4DEN AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHI3025342711127
DEN2027343515131
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 39, 37, 20, 28, 26, 32, 12, 34DEN34 PTS · 15 REB · 9 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 24, 24, 23, 3, 10, 16, 19, 34DEN34 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 35, 24, 23, 36, 19, 30, 15, 40, 29, 32CHI32 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 13, 13, 7, 3, 3, 0, 11, 8, 6, 22CHI22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Indiana posts the night's biggest win

Indiana beat Miami by 27, the widest margin of 10 games.

UTA over TOR3DEN over CHI4SAS over CLE6POR over DAL6ORL over BKN8SAC over BOS11PHX over MIN12DET over HOU13GSW over MEM13IND over MIA27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.8Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg25.0Last 3

25.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 15 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.8 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving 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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 21, 27, 27, 24, 40, 18, 34, 43BKN @ ORL · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James MIA, Mar 18, 2014: 43 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Season high43 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 3, 14, 16, 15, 28, 15, 17, 40GSW @ MEM · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Nov 20, 1999: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Season high40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 19, 27, 33, 22, 21, 25, 42, 38DAL @ POR · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 17, 12, 3, 9, 14, 9, 17, 38ORL vs BKN · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +24.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 39, 37, 20, 28, 26, 32, 12, 34DEN vs CHI · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 15 REB · 9 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 24, 24, 23, 3, 10, 16, 19, 34DEN vs CHI · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 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
Anthony EdwardsMIN+8.2 24.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Norman PowellTOR+7.4 27.0 last 10 · 19.6 season
Danilo GallinariATL+4.7 17.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Russell WestbrookWAS+4.6 26.4 last 10 · 21.8 season
Bruce BrownBKN+4.3 12.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Cold
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.0 15.4 last 10 · 20.4 season
Tyler HerroMIA−4.1 11.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Domantas SabonisIND−3.8 16.5 last 10 · 20.2 season
Marcus MorrisLAC−3.4 8.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cedi OsmanCLE−3.3 7.1 last 10 · 10.4 season