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Saturday, March 5, 2022Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed SAC by 14 at halftime and won 114–113.

Final
SAC113
DAL114
Q1 DAL -10; Q2 DAL -14; Q3 DAL -7; Q4 DAL +1
Final
SAS117
CHA123
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA +2; Q4 CHA +6
Final
ORL96
MEM124
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +23; Q3 MEM +23; Q4 MEM +28
Final
PHI82
MIA99
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +17
Final
POR121
MIN135
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +14
Final
GSW116
LAL124
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL +8
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 · SAC @ DAL

Spencer Dinwiddie scores 36, Dallas holds off Sacramento

Final: 114–113. Spencer Dinwiddie added 2 rebounds and 7 assists. De'Aaron Fox scored 44 for Sacramento in the loss.

Game flow · DAL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-14-7+1DAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC36292721113
DAL26253429114
Who led
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 4, 4, 8, 20, 24, 14, 17, 36DAL36 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 22, 19, 23, 8, 8, 22, 14, 23DAL23 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 26, 33, 20, 26, 29, 25, 26, 44SAC44 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 9, 22, 33, 14, 14, 15, 12, 15SAC15 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.9Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.9 in 50 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Memphis by 28.

DAL over SAC1CHA over SAS6LAL over GSW8MIN over POR14MIA over PHI17MEM over ORL28Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 56

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 30, 26, 33, 21, 32, 26, 26, 56LAL vs GSW · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +27.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Apr 7, 1998: 56 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Season high56 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 26, 33, 20, 26, 29, 25, 26, 44SAC @ DAL · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Mar 11, 2003: 43 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Ties career high44 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 29, 30, 31, 31, 24, 16, 11, 38POR @ MIN · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 39, 24, 22, 25, 17, 39, 20, 36MIN vs POR · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 4, 4, 8, 20, 24, 14, 17, 36DAL vs SAC · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Keldon JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 26, 16, 13, 22, 32, 10, 2, 33SAS @ CHA · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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
Anfernee SimonsPOR+7.5 24.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
RJ BarrettNYK+6.5 25.4 last 10 · 18.9 season
Luka DoncicDAL+6.2 34.0 last 10 · 27.8 season
Oshae BrissettIND+6.0 13.7 last 10 · 7.7 season
Ja MorantMEM+6.0 33.7 last 10 · 27.7 season
Cold
Devonte' GrahamNOP−5.0 7.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
OG AnunobyTOR−4.8 12.7 last 10 · 17.5 season
Patty MillsBKN−4.6 8.1 last 10 · 12.7 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN−4.6 16.8 last 10 · 21.4 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−4.5 6.3 last 10 · 10.8 season