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Wednesday, March 2, 2022Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed ORL by 15 after three quarters and won 122–114.

Final
CHA119
CLE98
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA +15; Q3 CHA +16; Q4 CHA +21
Final · OT
IND122
ORL114
Q1 IND -9; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND -15; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +8
Final
NYK108
PHI123
Q1 PHI -8; Q2 PHI -7; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +15
Final · OT
UTA132
HOU127
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +5
Final
MIA119
MIL120
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL -4; Q4 MIL +1
Final
SAC95
NOP125
Q1 NOP -2; Q2 NOP +4; Q3 NOP +14; Q4 NOP +30
Final
OKC119
DEN107
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC +7; Q4 OKC +12
Final
POR90
PHX120
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +23; Q4 PHX +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
On this day · 2020–21Mar 2, 2021: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (LAL vs PHX), 38 points.
The lead · IND @ ORL

Malcolm Brogdon drops 31 in 15-point comeback win over Orlando

Orlando led by 15 after three. Final: 122–114.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-4-150+8IND AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
IND2236183412122
ORL313129194114
Who led
Malcolm BrogdonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 23, 12, 1, 6, 19, 15, 20, 31IND31 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 23, 22, 17, 21, 14, 22, 23, 21IND21 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Franz WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 13, 9, 12, 26, 12, 13, 15, 28ORL28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Mo BambaPoints, last 10 games: 3, 8, 13, 16, 6, 2, 11, 6, 15, 19ORL19 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 8 games went past regulation.

MIL over MIA1UTA over HOU5IND over ORL8OKC over DEN12PHI over NYK15CHA over CLE21NOP over SAC30PHX over POR30Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.7Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.7 in 50 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 53 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Donovan Mitchell 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.
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 32, 14, 24, 30, 37, 33, 26, 37UTA @ HOU · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 15, 22, 10, 18, 12, 28, 19, 33NOP vs SAC · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 23, 13, 19, 24, 27, 27, 30, 33CLE vs CHA · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Malcolm BrogdonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 23, 12, 1, 6, 19, 15, 20, 31IND @ ORL · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 11, 23, 36, 23, 18, 46, 24, 30NYK @ PHI · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 18, 24, 19, 15, 25, 27, 20, 30MIA @ MIL · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 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
DeMar DeRozanCHI+7.4 35.6 last 10 · 28.2 season
RJ BarrettNYK+6.2 25.1 last 10 · 18.9 season
Julius RandleNYK+6.1 25.8 last 10 · 19.7 season
Reggie BullockDAL+6.1 14.3 last 10 · 8.2 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+5.9 22.9 last 10 · 17.0 season
Cold
Patty MillsBKN−5.5 7.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Devonte' GrahamNOP−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
OG AnunobyTOR−4.8 12.7 last 10 · 17.5 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN−4.6 16.8 last 10 · 21.4 season
Cameron ReddishNYK−4.5 5.8 last 10 · 10.3 season