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Friday, April 9, 2021Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed MIN by 14 after the first quarter and won 145–136.

Final
IND111
ORL106
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +5
Final · OT
MIN136
BOS145
Q1 BOS -14; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS -5; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +9
Final · OT
MEM129
NYK133
Q1 NYK -12; Q2 NYK -9; Q3 NYK -7; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +4
Final
CHI108
ATL120
Q1 ATL -8; Q2 ATL -13; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +12
Final
PHI94
NOP101
Q1 NOP +1; Q2 NOP 0; Q3 NOP +8; Q4 NOP +7
Final
SAS119
DEN121
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +2
Final
CHA127
MIL119
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +19; Q4 CHA +8
Final
WAS110
GSW107
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +3
Final
HOU109
LAC126
Q1 LAC -10; Q2 LAC +21; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +17
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 · MIN @ BOS

Jayson Tatum scores 53, Boston rallies past Minnesota

Boston trailed by 14 after one and won 145–136.

Game flow · BOS 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.Final0-14-9-50+9BOS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIN3927312712136
BOS2532353221145
Who led
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 27, 34, 25, 26, 22, 20, 25, 53BOS53 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 18, 25, 24, 22, 17, 17, 32, 26BOS26 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 27, 31, 18, 30, 39, 23, 32, 30MIN30 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 19, 18, 20, 21, 6, 25, 17, 26MIN26 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Clippers by 17.

DEN over SAS2WAS over GSW3NYK over MEM4IND over ORL5NOP over PHI7CHA over MIL8BOS over MIN9ATL over CHI12LAC over HOU17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 48 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 19 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.2Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 8.2 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Jayson Tatum leads the day with 53

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.
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 27, 34, 25, 26, 22, 20, 25, 53BOS vs MIN · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +27.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tim Duncan SAS, Dec 26, 2001: 53 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Career high53 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 22, 18, 12, 23, 25, 19, 22, 50CHI @ ATL · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, May 4, 2006: 50 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Career high50 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 21, 21, 19, 28, 13, 30, 14, 42ATL vs CHI · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 15, 2006: 42 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
42 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 30, 27, 39, 38, 28, 34, 16, 37NOP vs PHI · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 35, 14, 32, 27, 18, 32, 36, 37, 41, 32GSW vs WAS · L
29.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 28, 23, 28, 24, 19, 29, 27, 31LAC vs HOU · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 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
Aleksej PokusevskiOKC+6.8 14.6 last 10 · 7.8 season
Theo MaledonOKC+6.1 15.9 last 10 · 9.8 season
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerNOP+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Chuma OkekeORL+5.9 12.8 last 10 · 6.9 season
Jrue HolidayMIL+5.6 22.8 last 10 · 17.2 season
Cold
Damian LillardPOR−6.0 23.1 last 10 · 29.1 season
Bradley BealWAS−5.3 25.6 last 10 · 30.9 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−5.2 14.4 last 10 · 19.6 season
Lauri MarkkanenCHI−4.5 11.5 last 10 · 16.0 season
Zach LaVineCHI−3.9 23.6 last 10 · 27.5 season