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Monday, March 22, 2021Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed ATL by 15 at halftime and won 119–110.

Final
SAC119
CLE105
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +14
Final
OKC112
MIN103
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC +9
Final
CHA100
SAS97
Q1 CHA +10; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA +3
Final
UTA120
CHI95
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +25
Final
TOR99
HOU117
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +18
Final · OT
BOS126
MEM132
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM -5; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +6
Final
IND113
MIL140
Q1 MIL +22; Q2 MIL +23; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +27
Final
ATL110
LAC119
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC -15; Q3 LAC -8; Q4 LAC +9
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 · ATL @ LAC

Clippers storm back from 15 down to beat Atlanta

The Clippers trailed by 15 at the half and won 119–110. Kawhi Leonard led Clippers with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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+1-15-8+9LAC AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL29342720110
LAC30183437119
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 25, 22, 28, 23, 22, 20, 17, 25LAC25 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Terance MannPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 0, 14, 3, 7, 0, 3, 16, 21LAC21 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 32, 37, 28, 14, 13, 23, 14, 28ATL28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 34, 17, 15, 13, 16, 22, 20, 19, 27, 23ATL23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Milwaukee by 27.

CHA over SAS3MEM over BOS6OKC over MIN9LAC over ATL9SAC over CLE14HOU over TOR18UTA over CHI25MIL over IND27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.7Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.7 in 42 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 0 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns leads the day with 33

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.
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 16, 16, 34, 13, 29, 41, 24, 33MIN vs OKC · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 42, 24, 13, 15, 33, 32, 30, 21, 19, 31OKC @ MIN · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 32, 30, 32, 29, 28, 29, 16, 30SAC @ CLE · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 21, 33, 28, 24, 21, 42, 31, 30UTA @ CHI · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 35, 21, 16, 22, 15, 13, 14, 14, 29MEM vs BOS · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 2, 4, 15, 11, 18, 15, 19, 21, 28MIL vs IND · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 14 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+7.7 24.4 last 10 · 16.7 season
Norman PowellTOR+7.1 26.6 last 10 · 19.5 season
Russell WestbrookWAS+5.4 27.4 last 10 · 22.0 season
Will BartonDEN+4.9 17.8 last 10 · 12.9 season
Jimmy ButlerMIA+4.7 26.3 last 10 · 21.6 season
Cold
Paul GeorgeLAC−4.7 17.8 last 10 · 22.5 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−4.0 16.4 last 10 · 20.4 season
Cedi OsmanCLE−3.7 6.4 last 10 · 10.1 season
Domantas SabonisIND−3.7 16.5 last 10 · 20.2 season
Wendell Carter Jr.CHI−3.6 7.4 last 10 · 11.0 season