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Wednesday, March 24, 2021Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed PHX by 8 after the first quarter and won 112–111.

Final
DET111
IND116
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +5
Final
BOS119
MIL121
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +2
Final
DEN111
TOR135
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +24
Final
CLE103
CHI94
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +9
Final
CHA122
HOU97
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA +3; Q3 CHA +23; Q4 CHA +25
Final
DAL128
MIN108
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +20
Final
MEM116
OKC107
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +9
Final
PHX111
ORL112
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL -5; Q4 ORL +1
Final
LAC134
SAS101
Q1 LAC +12; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +33
Final
ATL108
SAC110
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +2
Final
BKN88
UTA118
Q1 UTA +21; Q2 UTA +25; Q3 UTA +29; Q4 UTA +30
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 · PHX @ ORL

Orlando rallies from 8 down to beat Phoenix

Trailing by 8 after one, Orlando outscored the Suns 88–79 the rest of the way. Final: 112–111. Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 27 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-80-5+1ORL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX32273220111
ORL24352726112
Who led
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 24, 26, 38, 17, 22, 22, 18, 27ORL27 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 8, 16, 26, 23, 31, 16, 31, 21ORL21 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 35, 20, 27, 35, 16, 26, 23, 25PHX25 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 19, 8, 18, 17, 20, 11, 8, 23PHX23 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Clippers rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Clippers beat San Antonio by 33.

ORL over PHX1MIL over BOS2SAC over ATL2IND over DET5CLE over CHI9MEM over OKC9DAL over MIN20TOR over DEN24CHA over HOU25UTA over BKN30LAC over SAS33Final 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
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.7Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.7 in 43 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 34 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

De'Aaron Fox 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.
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 30, 32, 29, 28, 29, 16, 30, 37SAC vs ATL · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 19, 28, 25, 22, 11, 11, 12, 29DAL @ MIN · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 37, 28, 14, 13, 23, 14, 28, 29ATL @ SAC · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 27, 21, 34, 29, 42, 11, 16, 29MIN vs DAL · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 21, 32, 22, 14, 23, 18, 26, 29DET @ IND · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 43, 21, 20, 13, 17, 19, 8, 13, 19, 28IND vs DET · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 4 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+8.3 25.2 last 10 · 16.9 season
Norman PowellTOR+6.2 25.8 last 10 · 19.6 season
Russell WestbrookWAS+4.7 26.4 last 10 · 21.7 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+4.5 28.6 last 10 · 24.1 season
Michael Porter Jr.DEN+4.0 20.0 last 10 · 16.0 season
Cold
Gordon HaywardCHA−4.9 15.2 last 10 · 20.1 season
Eric BledsoeNOP−4.6 6.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−4.2 18.2 last 10 · 22.4 season
Tyler HerroMIA−3.8 11.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Domantas SabonisIND−3.7 16.4 last 10 · 20.1 season